Event guide: Paul Simon, Kraftwerk and other best things to see in Ireland over the next week
May 16th-22nd, 2026: The best music, art and more coming your way over the next week
The Music Quiz: A singer from which Irish band is co-lead in the Irish production of Oklahoma!
Plus: According to Rolling Stone, which guitarist is the King of the Licks?
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Goodtime John, Molly O’Mahony, Mick Flannery, Tony St Ledger, Mac Giolla Ghunna
May 2026 releases include Good as Gold, Waiting on the World, The House Must Win and Man on a Bridge
‘It is a strange thing to never see your own money, apart from on the screen of a phone’
Me & My Money: Fiona Breheny, children’s book author and illustrator
Parents who want Irish-language education for their children ‘are being failed by State’
Alan Esslemont, the author and former TG4 ard-stiúrthóir (director general), on agreeability, childhood memory and death being ‘an awfully big adventure’
Event guide: International Literature Festival Dublin, Tame Impala and more in Ireland this week
May 9th-15th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: Which Irish newspaper might remind you of the 1970s rock band Wishbone Ash?
Plus: US country singer Kacey Musgraves performed which song by SZA on BBC1’s Live Lounge?
Comedian Killian Sundermann: ‘My parents let me wear a jean jacket for my Confirmation because I was into rock’n’roll’
Comedian and actor Killian Sundermann on the joy of a good comedy gig and his dislike of anonymous notes
‘A car is the one thing I consistently allow myself to splurge on’
Me & My Money: Edel Clarke is chief executive and co-founder of Druid Padel
Event guide: Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle, An Ideal Husband and other best things to see in Ireland this week
May 2nd-8th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: What topped Rolling Stone’s list of best karaoke songs performed in a movie?
Plus: Which European football club has teamed up with Pink Floyd to launch new merchandise?
I bought my first violin for €10,000 at age 12. It took months of busking to pay for it
Me & My Money, Patrick Rafter, violinist/conductor
Actor Carrie Crowley: ‘I’m not sure I’d like to be a young person in today’s world’
The actor on her ‘ferocious’ independence, her psychological quirk, and what she has lost and would like back
Madonna, the highest-grossing female artist of all time, is back in the news. Here is why
Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II, is the sequel to her hit 2005 album, and the veteran is proving to be as wily as ever
Event guide: Dublin Dance Festival, Big Star Quintet and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
April 25th-May 1st, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week