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Testimony on RTÉ One: Why didn’t Ireland do more to help victims of Magdalene laundries?
Television: Aoife Kellehert’s film hums with a taut, sustained rage as it chronicles the years of thankless, thwarted work by campaigners
Kaylee Hottle: Godzilla vs Kong actor dies aged 18
Hottle, who was deaf, also appeared in Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
Elaine Byrne: ‘Doctors have to listen behind the words people are saying. Art can be like that’
The winner of this year’s RCSI Art Award on her research-based practice and the parallels between clinicians and artists
On the Sea review: A brave, honest film that closes around you like a squall
Grim drama set among hard-edged fishermen in north Wales stars Dubliner Barry Ward
Saccharine review: Nobody says Ozempic, but it’s clear what inspired this stomach-churning body horror
Relic director Natalie Erika James burrows deep into the intestines of body dysmorphia and beauty fascism
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The Music Quiz: Which US state completes the title of Charlie XCX’s song, Magic Metal [blank]?
Plus: In February 2025, Robbie Williams bought at auction items of memorabilia from the archives of which British comedy legend?
Alan Titley: the most important prose writer in Irish since Máirtín Ó Cadhain
The extent to which Titley has taught us to read differently in Irish is persuasively demonstrated in each page of these welcome critical essays
Building Ireland on RTÉ One: Exploring an Irish town ripe for rediscovery
Television: Athlone is a place ripe for discovery - a mission undertaken in this very watchable episode
Forest Fest 2026: Line-up, site access, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about the Co Laois music and arts festival this weekend
Traitors Ireland refused permission to film new series at ‘archaeologically sensitive’ sites in Meath
‘Misrepresenting the monument for entertainment risks undermining our educational remit’, says OPW
Killing and destruction in Gaza: new book examines Israel’s campaign and the enablers
Fintan Drury’s Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine
RTÉ crime drama Kin to return for third series in 2027
Broadcaster releases details about the much-awaited comeback of the hit Dublin gangster show as part of its upcoming drama slate
César Morales of Ballet de Santiago: ‘I want to show Europe our work. This is a showcase’
Chilean flair is to the fore in production of Swan Lake that's coming to Dublin in August
Robbie Williams to play in Ireland during summer 2027
Tickets for Thomond Park show priced from €91.25 to €252 and on sale this week
Bill Nighy on Ride or Die: ‘I want a very belated action career’
Nighy stars as the boss of an assassination agency in the Prime Video series Ride or Die
