The true-crime dilemma: ‘Family of people who have been harmed could hear these stories’Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer, who are bringing their Criminal podcast to Ireland this week, set out to go beyond sensationalism in their reportingTue Feb 20 2024 - 05:15
Life in a Million Ads review: Is this the worst moment for RTÉ to air a ‘sustainable economy’ documentaryTelevision: Architect and presenter Roisín Murphy’s enthusiasm is not enough to stop this documentary falling shortMon Feb 19 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: Bad news for Eileen Dunne as she loses out to Rosanna DavisonTelevision: Former RTÉ news reader says she ‘enjoyed every moment’ on the showSun Feb 18 2024 - 21:17
Idles: ‘It’s not supposed to be a perpetual party. Unfortunately it has had negative consequences for us’Mark Bowen on helping frontman Joe Talbot face his alcohol demons, changing tack on new album Tangk, and Bob Vylan’s recent scathing criticism of the bandSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:15
This Is Me … Now: A Love Story review: Jennifer Lopez’s bizarre film is always watchableTelevision: Self-funded streaming project manages to be a lot of things while also being nothing at allFri Feb 16 2024 - 13:12
Alice & Jack review: romcom with Domhnall Gleeson and Aisling Bea has chemistry in all the wrong placesTelevision review: With Domhnall Gleeson, Aisling Bea and 2023 Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough in lead roles, the Channel 4 series has much going for it, but it is simply not likeableWed Feb 14 2024 - 22:00
The New Look review: Sumptuous but too slow on wartime rivalry of Dior and ChanelTelevision: You can feel the high production values in this Apple TV series, but the results are ultimately flawedWed Feb 14 2024 - 11:08
L’Rain: ‘All the music I make is political in a very personal sense. Especially when you’re crossing borders’Brooklyn artist to play her gorgeous new LP in Ireland for the first time when she begins her European tour at the Button Factory in DublinWed Feb 14 2024 - 05:00
Andrew Trimble: For Ulster and Ireland – A journey into identity that could land differently on both sides of the BorderTelevision review: ‘What is my identity? Where do I come from?’ asks the former Ireland rugby internationalMon Feb 12 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: Rosanna Davison is high on emotion as Davy Russell tops the public vote Television: Blu Hydrangea has what it takes to win after excelling with a Paso Doble to RuPaul’s Sissy That Walk during Dedicated Dance WeekSun Feb 11 2024 - 21:51
One Day review: Freewheeling trip through the 1990s is one you will binge watch by the weekendTelevision: Netflix’s One Day is as shallow as a night of speed dating – yet its reservoirs of charm are endless in its evocation life in your 20sThu Feb 08 2024 - 06:00
Another Body: My AI Porn Nightmare – a disturbing digital detective storyTelevision: Story of young women whose likenesses were superimposed over explicit pornography makes for uneasy and compelling viewingTue Feb 06 2024 - 23:00
Meredith Monk: ‘What I love about Ireland is that there is still a belief in magic’The New York-born artist, who is about to give a rare Irish performance, has reinvented vocalisation from the ground up and inside outMon Feb 05 2024 - 05:00
Blackshore review: Silly, watchable drama is one of the better thrillers from RTÉ Television: The State broadcaster refuses to get over the Nordi craze but Lisa Dwan brings a dynamic grumpiness to her leading role as the sort of cop who goes to the pub on her own and reads a book while frowningSun Feb 04 2024 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: Fair City actor Shane Quigley Murphy voted off as show takes sour turn over online abuse of Katja MiaTelevision review: Dancing with the Stars takes a sour turn as Virgin Media presenter Katja Mia reveals she was subjected to online abuseSun Feb 04 2024 - 21:06
Depeche Mode at Dublin’s 3Arena: ‘So much better than England,’ Dave Gahan tells crowd on seismic eveningBand in creative heritage rock stage of career honours fallen comrade keyboardist Andrew Fletcher with two hours of irresistibly pugilistic popSun Feb 04 2024 - 11:26
Róisín Murphy: ‘The Irish culture I grew up in is the main thing that made me who I am’Her childhood home is a balm for the singer, who, after the challenge of a social-media furore, is marking three decades in music with a string of sold-out concertsSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:30
The Last Dinner Party: ‘There are all-male bands signed to the same label as us who have never faced any backlash’Some claim the all-woman band are an industry creation. That just smacks of old-fashioned misogyny, according to possibly the hottest band on the planetSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:15
Mr & Mrs Smith review: Sharon Horgan makes a cameo in this joyless clunkerTelevision: Donald Glover’s dour thriller is blunt reminder that some things are best left in the pastFri Feb 02 2024 - 05:45
Apprentice review: The show has sprung free of its cryogenic chamber and is somehow still full of vimTelevision: Alan Sugar is still in his fake BBC boardroom terrorising frightened baby entrepreneursThu Feb 01 2024 - 22:00
Margo Price in Dublin review: Gut-quaking mayhem strewn through a rollicking eveningReturning after a costume change she’s back behind the drums, bringing Sunday-night fever to grey, sleepy DublinMon Jan 29 2024 - 10:46
Room to Improve: Dermot Bannon refuses to change, which is precisely what Ireland loves about himTelevision review: This year, RTÉ's most bulletproof brand has demonstrated signs of wear and tearSun Jan 28 2024 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: ‘It’s devastating’ – public votes tearful TikTok star Miriam Mullins off the showTelevision: Dancing with the Stars often takes its time to achieve lift-off. Four weeks in, this season is at last coming togetherSun Jan 28 2024 - 21:09
Late Late Show’s Eurosong special review: Bambie Thug wins as Patrick Kielty avoids any cringe momentsTelevision: This year’s Eurovision line-up was mould-breaking, daring and a bit scary as winner Bambie Thug's sugar-and-spice mix of pop and industrial metal will undoubtedly land with a splash in SwedenSat Jan 27 2024 - 11:02
How did The Smiths end up getting played at Donald Trump rallies?Trump plays Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want as part of his 2024 presidential bidFri Jan 26 2024 - 10:59
Masters of the Air review: Barry Keoghan shows there is more to him than high-concept shiftinessTelevision: The Dublin actor fits comfortably into the vast canvas of the show helping to keep airborne what will surely go down as one of the most epic projects to soar across the small screen this yearFri Jan 26 2024 - 09:24
Sexy Beast review: Sarah Greene’s performance is impeccable, but she can’t save this shocking mockney cocktail, strewn with lazy violenceTelevision reciew: This unnecessary prequel to Jonathan Glazer cult gangster flick spirals into a shocking mockney cocktail, strewn with lazy violenceThu Jan 25 2024 - 11:00
Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping review – Jokes about big choppers aside, it’s silly, enjoyable fun with a hint of Alan PartridgeTelevision review: Carry On Glamping doesn’t know where it is going because Vegas has no idea what he’s doing – or so we are encouraged to believeWed Jan 24 2024 - 22:00
The Late Late Show’s Eurosong special: Everything you need to knowThe Late Late Show is hosting its annual Eurosong special this Friday where Ireland’s Eurovision act will be chosenWed Jan 24 2024 - 15:37
Jackie & Coco: how a mother’s fight after daughter’s death changed Ireland’s online bullying lawTelevision: Gerard Walsh’s documentary tracks Jackie Fox’s campaign to honour the legacy of her daughter, Nicole Fox-FenlonMon Jan 22 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: No pretty-in-pink ending for Rory Cowan as he’s first to be eliminated on stormy nightRory Cowan is the obvious candidate for an early exit, but he’s pushed all the way by jockey Davy RussellSun Jan 21 2024 - 21:26
Last One Laughing is worst thing to happen Irish comedy since Brendan O’Carroll put on a frockTV review: To say Last One Laughing is short of giggles is a bit like stating Ireland could do with a few more houses.Fri Jan 19 2024 - 06:15
The Last Nuns in Ireland: ‘Where were the men, the parents? We were scapegoated for what was going wrong in society’TV review: Dearbhail McDonald suggests it is time to stop seeing nuns – and, by implication, ourselves and our history – in black and whiteTue Jan 16 2024 - 23:15
The Last Priests in Ireland: How moral guardians in Darth Vader cassocks suffocated the countryTelevision: The compelling argument at the film’s core is that Irish Catholicism wasn’t all that Irish to begin withMon Jan 15 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: wilting chemistry between Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy a cause for concernTelevision: Davy Russell disaster follows pro-dancers falling ill on week two of DWTS 2024Sun Jan 14 2024 - 21:31
Sleater-Kinney: ‘We lean on each other when things are difficult, and certainly these past couple of years have been tough’The influential indie group, now a duo, on finishing an album while grieving, mistrusting nostalgia, and admiring Taylor SwiftSat Jan 13 2024 - 05:15
Ireland’s Eurovision entry: The six songs on the Late Late Eurosong vying to represent IrelandWe haven’t reached the final since 2018. The stakes have never been higher as Ireland prepares to choose its song for Eurovision 2024Fri Jan 12 2024 - 16:55
Inside Penneys: A starry-eyed love letter to one of Ireland’s great success storiesTelevision: For an Irish business to bestride the world is not to be sniffed at, but tough questions are left unansweredTue Jan 09 2024 - 21:00
Sinéad review: O’Connor’s life story told with honesty and without pretensionTelevision: Dignified RTÉ profile of singer, featuring contributions from Imelda May, Christy Moore and more, tells story honestly and without pretensionTue Jan 09 2024 - 09:01
Room to Improve review: ‘Oh my god,’ exclaims Dermot Bannon. ‘They are doing everything back to front’Television: Dermot Bannon’s show celebrates successful makeovers – but it is the near-disasters that live in the memorySun Jan 07 2024 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: The show returns to kick off the new year in whizz-bang fashionTelevision: There’s an early front-runner and some stumbles in the enjoyable season opener that is full of the traditional sweat and spiceSun Jan 07 2024 - 21:36
Tommy Tiernan Show review: We’re left wondering if Dylan Moran’s shtick is an affectation or a cause for concernTelevision: This season, with no studio, it’s just Tiernan and a guest – a framing that gives the broadcast the air of a confessionalSun Jan 07 2024 - 11:02
Karla Chubb of Sprints: ‘You definitely get the comments, the F-word and stuff shouted at you’The Dublin punk-pop quartet deal with difficult subjects. Listening to Letter to Self is like tiptoeing into a stranger’s room and reading their diarySat Jan 06 2024 - 05:30
First Dates Ireland: All’s well until a body slam of a put-down is delivered at dinnerTelevision: While the straightforward people-watching formula is unchanged, there’s a spiciness in the airThu Jan 04 2024 - 22:35
Operation Transformation: The show could do with taking a step back and putting its feet upTelevision: this love letter to everyday fitness has always been a bit flabby at the edgesThu Jan 04 2024 - 10:00
Dancing with the Stars 2024: Who are the contestants, when is it on and moreRTÉ will breathe a sigh of relief at the return of Dancing with the Stars - here is everything you need to knowWed Jan 03 2024 - 06:00
True Detective: Night Country - Isn’t an Irish person an odd choice as a metaphor for western colonialism? Television: Long-awaited fourth season is a compelling thriller, supercharged by hints of the supernaturalTue Jan 02 2024 - 15:00
The Tourist: Jamie Dornan in another British drama ‘does’ Ireland? Yes, our hearts are sinkingJamie Dornan’s glare of Herculean confusion dominates a cooked up Tarantino Does the Quiet ManMon Jan 01 2024 - 22:00
Late Late Show New Year’s special review: Patrick Kielty is tigerishly buoyant as a TV anticlimax unfoldsTelevision: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishingMon Jan 01 2024 - 12:34
Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special: Unless you’re a true believer, you will find this seasonal one-off a slogTelevision: Brendan O’Carroll should be praised for addressing dementia sensitively but the show is sorely lacking in laughsMon Dec 25 2023 - 21:35
