Dr Cassidy’s Casebook: ‘Unfortunately, it could knock on anyone’s door’ Former state pathologist was met by two gardaí and a double murder when she arrived in Ireland from Glasgow in 1997Tue Sept 05 2023 - 12:17
John Gilligan comes across as smirking and shifty in Confessions of a Crime BossTelevision: Confessions of a Crime Boss alarmed Ministers concerned it might sanitise the drug dealer. He doesn’t come out well from the first episodeTue Sept 05 2023 - 06:00
Hidden Assets season two: Halfway to being an effective Irish cop show Television: The Irish scenes of this pan-European thriller crackle with chemistry. The confusingly written Belgian plot is harder to care aboutMon Sept 04 2023 - 10:39
Billie Eilish at Electric Picnic 2023: ‘I have a fat fever. I’m sick as balls. I need you guys to give me all you got’Electric Picnic 2023: The 21-year-old is a fantastic headliner, flu or not. The rest of the festival will have its work cut out to match herSat Sept 02 2023 - 04:18
Wet Leg at Electric Picnic 2023: Smart, punchy, shin-kicking pop from Rhian Teasdale and Hester ChambersElectric Picnic 2023: Their music is full of zing on record, but dark, funny tracks such as Ur Mum and Chaise Longue are even better liveSat Sept 02 2023 - 03:00
Give Me a Crash Course in ... StarfieldThere’s an official theme song by Imagine Dragons and a reported $200 million budgetFri Sept 01 2023 - 11:08
Co Meath biochemist goes in search of herself and her ‘lady bits’ Yewande Biala is charming and full of empathy in Secrets of the Female Orgasm, where she speaks forthrightly about her sexual hang-upsThu Aug 31 2023 - 23:05
Electric Picnic: 15 of the most memorable moments, from a blistering Fontaines DC’s set to Lana Del Rey’s tearsStradbally has welcomed thousands of acts since 2004. As this year’s festival approaches, here are 15 moments that stick in our mindsThu Aug 31 2023 - 11:08
Dónal Finn on The Wheel of Time effect: ‘People travelled from phenomenal distances. They were incredible fans’The Cork man is taking over as protagonist Mat in the fantasy series, a character he believes has an ‘inherently Irish’ qualityThu Aug 31 2023 - 05:30
Boygenius in Dublin: Full-on rock-star performances from Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker At Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Monday night, the crowd’s excitement tips into a pinch-yourself giddinessTue Aug 29 2023 - 10:04
The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby: An unlikely star of Irish children’s televisionTelevision: If chatting Pat remains essentially mysterious, what fascinating company he providesMon Aug 28 2023 - 23:30
The Woman in the Wall: Ruth Wilson’s Irish accent runs aground on the rocks of this drama’s stereotypes Television: The BBC’s hysterically overcooked Magdalene-laundry series is like a reboot of EastEnders’ donkey-in-the-pub episodeSun Aug 27 2023 - 22:00
Slowdive: ‘I became very disenchanted, having met a lot of the journalists. It was the idiots who gave us bad reviews’The shoegaze luminaries on confounding those 1990s critics, the weird Creation years and their fifth albumSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:30
Keep It a Secret: Point Break meets Father Ted film is window to an Ireland largely erased from historyPoint Break meets Father Ted film is window to an Ireland largely erased from historyFri Aug 25 2023 - 07:56
Ahsoka: Rosario Dawson stars in an enjoyable return to lightsaber-wielding first principlesTelevision: For Star Wars fans and Disney executives alike, this series is a new hope worth cheering onWed Aug 23 2023 - 11:33
Ben Schwab: ‘To be in your 70s and see your music reissued on Spotify – it’s a trip for my dad’Sylvie’s music honours the dreamy soft pop of 1970s California, including Mad Anthony, the group Schwab’s father took a shot at the big time withTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:00
Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood: A talented and driven role model – why won’t anyone give him a job?Television: As Jessop pushes for greater representation, the feelgood quality of this show continues to the endMon Aug 21 2023 - 22:00
Blessed are the geeks. We have inherited the EarthThe 20,000 people who attended last weekend’s Dublin Comic Con were living proof that nerd culture has gone mainstreamFri Aug 18 2023 - 05:30
At Home with the Furys: Packed lunches, camping trips ... A €200m boxer’s suprisingly normal lifestyleTelevision: Netflix’s breezy fly-on-the-wall documentary leaves Tyson Fury’s mental-health challenges – and Irish heritage – largely in the shadowsWed Aug 16 2023 - 10:17
Henpocalypse!: A bash, bawdy chortle-fest with a sliver of ice in its soulTelevision: A hen party has to survive on chocolate penises as civilisation collapses in Caroline Moran’s offbeat comedy horror seriesTue Aug 15 2023 - 22:30
Arushi Jain: ‘They didn’t understand the language. I was taken aback – I felt not a part of this system’The producer and composer was shocked when she arrived in the US from India. Her music explores the challenges of immigrant identityTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:09
In the Name of Gerry Conlon: Horrifying revelations about Britain’s treatment of the Guildford FourTelevision: Italian photographer Lorenzo Moscia’s documentary is a striking portrait of someone who lost everythingMon Aug 14 2023 - 22:45
‘When we left Donegal, I spent my whole school year yearning to go back’Hannah Peel’s Mercury-nominated Fir Wave, her Dancing at Lughnasa soundtrack, her Game of Thrones score – all are illuminated by a longing that folds into how she feels about IrelandSat Aug 12 2023 - 01:15
Painkiller: Matthew Broderick goes for broke in this queasy take on the Sacklers’ Purdue Pharma horror showTelevision: Hard not to feel Netflix’s take on an American tragedy verges on being in poor tasteThu Aug 10 2023 - 09:33
Only Murders in the Building: Meryl Streep steals the show, riffing off Steve Martin and Martin ShortTelevision: Third time out, this giddy whodunit has not lost its charmWed Aug 09 2023 - 08:59
Laura Whitmore Investigates: ‘I was the victim of a stalking incident ... It was scary’Television: The Irish TV presenter mixes empathy and journalistic verve in these frank and sometimes shocking documentariesWed Aug 09 2023 - 06:00
Iggy Pop at All Together Now: untamed, cathartic and still refusing to play by the rulesAmerican singer brings down the curtain at Curraghmore in a blaze of gnarled, playful gloryMon Aug 07 2023 - 11:48
Lorde at All Together Now: Knockout performance underscores singer’s star power‘It’s such a privilege to come back here,’ says the artist. ‘My dad is Irish’Mon Aug 07 2023 - 09:24
Billie Eilish’s last Electric Picnic appearance drew the biggest crowd in the festival’s history. But things have changed The 21-year-old singer has certainly inherited a very Irish melancholy: ‘My one wish is to not take things for granted’Mon Aug 07 2023 - 05:00
Max Richter and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at All Together Now: Pure joyWith summer finally arriving at the festival, Richter brings all four seasons, remixed and wonderfulSun Aug 06 2023 - 20:29
All Together Now: Homage paid to Sinéad O’Connor at Waterford festivalThe mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hitsSun Aug 06 2023 - 20:00
Lisa O’Neill at All Together Now: Folk singer pays thoughtful tribute to Sinéad O’Connor All Together Now 2023: ‘I loved her … Sinéad got into trouble but it was the right kind of trouble’Sat Aug 05 2023 - 21:26
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart: Sigourney Weaver is magnificently aloof in hypnotic show that gets under your skinTelevision: This adaptation of Holly Ringland’s bestseller is as grim as anything and beautifully absurdFri Aug 04 2023 - 16:49
Dara Ó Briain takes on the moon and the places ‘Irish people know but the British seem never to have heard of’Television: The Irish comedian’s new show, Wonders of the Moon, has the gently rambling quality of a lecture conveyed by a funny, eccentric professorTue Aug 01 2023 - 22:00
Noël Browne had a vision for a healthy, compassionate Ireland. The church and the medical profession blocked himTelevision: Alan Gilsenan’s film The Seven Ages of Noel Browne profiles the ‘problematic’ minister, champion of the mother-and-child schemeMon Jul 31 2023 - 23:10
Dot Allison: ‘My name comes at the end of the credits – a bit of everyday sexism’The Scottish singer had her moment in the pop spotlight almost three decades ago, but her music continues to delight and inspireSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Good Omens: Neil Gaiman’s bromance is as silly as a vicar in a tutu – and perfect escapismTelevision: Michael Sheen and David Tennant return in a second season that benefits from plenty of fun, and surprisingly gory, plot paddingFri Jul 28 2023 - 06:43
Sinéad O’Connor’s 10 most important songs: From Mandinka to The Skye Boat SongThe one constant in Sinéad O’Connor’s musical journey was her refusal to be pinned downThu Jul 27 2023 - 13:50
The Girl from Plainville: A teenage friendship, a suicide and a mission to untangle the truthElle Fanning is excellent as real-life Michelle Carter, whose relationship with Conrad Roy ended tragicallyWed Jul 26 2023 - 23:00
Bethany Cosentino: ‘It’s tough not to grab on to things an absolute stranger says about you’The musician, formerly half of Best Coast, is indie-rock royalty. That doesn’t mean she has had an easy rideWed Jul 26 2023 - 05:15
Women’s World Cup: Before Ireland v Canada, it’s time to settle the clash of the songs Sweetlemondae’s Turn the World and Zrazy’s Come on Ireland will be blaring out today. Which is better?Wed Jul 26 2023 - 05:00
Million Dollar Pigeons review: ‘Two million dollars? Relax, mate. It’s a pigeon’Million Dollar Pigeons never gets its feathers in a flap as it shows how pigeon racing has gone from backyard pursuit to cash-rich industryMon Jul 24 2023 - 23:25
Fifteen-Love: Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Turner are searing together in this gripping tennis dramaTelevision: Hyland plays a tennis wunderkind fallen on hard times, with Turner as her slimy former coach, in this Prime Video seriesMon Jul 24 2023 - 08:09
Georgia: ‘My drinking got quite heavy over lockdown’On new album Euphoric, a big, emotion-filled pop odyssey, the musician sheds that bleakness and lives in the momentSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
This TV show’s title made some contributors quit. But it’s a grippingly heartfelt filmTelevision: In Am I a R*tard? the comedian Rosie Jones lays bare the abuse she faces every day because of her disabilityThu Jul 20 2023 - 23:05
Aslan’s final song with Christy Dignam: The Fields Of Athenry - uninhibited and emotiveReview: Band bring epic polish to the last ever recording with Dignam, whose vocals give the release a shiny stadium rock glossThu Jul 20 2023 - 16:00
The Bear: When Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman sign up for cameos, you know you’ve hit the big time Television: Back for a second season, Disney+’s surprise hit sticks to the recipe that sustained the first seriesWed Jul 19 2023 - 02:00
The Murdochs: Empire of Influence – A crash course in relentless ambition Television: If Succession’s Roys were a nasty bunch, their real-world equivalents are no less ruthlessTue Jul 18 2023 - 23:20
The Sixth Commandment: Éanna Hardwicke gives a masterclass in creepy understatementTelevision: Irish actor plays the murderer Ben Field, who inveigled his way into the lives of two vulnerable older peopleMon Jul 17 2023 - 22:00
It’s the first post-Paxman University Challenge. The smarty-pants students are still hereTelevision: Amol Rajan becomes only the third host in the quizshow’s 61 years – a bit like The Late Late Show without the payments controversyMon Jul 17 2023 - 21:00
