Mabel: ‘I try and lift up as many other women as I can because I know how powerful that has been for me’London artist on her rapid rise to stardom, the challenges of social media and her latest albumSat Jul 16 2022 - 06:00
Love Island has made Dami the Dubliner its 2022 villain. Now it must protect himThe Irish microbiologist narrowly survived an ejection vote on Monday eveningTue Jul 12 2022 - 05:00
Laura Veirs: ‘I think we could possibly be on the edge of a civil war’The singer-songwriter has seen first hand the damage done in the battle between the two AmericasFri Jul 08 2022 - 17:25
Love Island: Jack Keating bows out quickly after parachuting inTV review: Dead ringer for the Milkybar Kid had his work cut out making an impactFri Jul 08 2022 - 15:07
Black Bird review: Ray Liotta poignantly shines in final acting role before his deathTV review: Programme has such an outlandish premise it could only be based on true story of Jimmy KeaneFri Jul 08 2022 - 12:52
Got an ailing alpaca business? John and Francis Brennan can fix that for youTV review: RTÉ's hotel makeover show casts aside reality-television cliche for compelling human interest storyTue Jul 05 2022 - 11:15
Love Island: Jack Keating needs a better gimmick than being Ronan’s sonTV review: Refreshingly, the 22-year-old is the palest person to ever appear in the kingdom of perma-tansMon Jul 04 2022 - 09:13
Stranger Things finale review: The double-whammy conclusion will floor fansEd Power warches episodes eight and nine of the supernatural dramaFri Jul 01 2022 - 08:01
Harry Wild: Jane Seymour stars in zippy Dublin detective caperTV review: First episode's sweet tone is an achievement given a man is stabbed to death in a ritual sacrificeWed Jun 29 2022 - 22:30
Only Murders in the Building review: Screwball pacing and genuine comedic frisson come together to make this one of the best things on Disney+TV review: Series has an abundance of charm, but bring back Sting and it would be perfectTue Jun 28 2022 - 10:32
Bono: ‘We pay a lot of tax. We’re very proud to pay a lot of tax’You might think differently of the U2 frontman after his appearance on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4Sun Jun 26 2022 - 12:01
Gwenno: ‘The tragedy is that the whole of the UK needs to change because it’s run so badly’Artist discusses her new music recorded in the Cornish language, her Celtic roots and remembering Lord of the DanceSat Jun 25 2022 - 06:00
On Netflix nobody can hear you scream. Or whinge. Or stamp your feetTV review: The 10 young adults on Snowflake Mountain think they’re off for a jolly in a luxury villa. The reality turns out to be even dullerThu Jun 23 2022 - 05:50
Klingons on the starboard bow: The new Star Trek finally takes the saga to warp factor 10TV review: Strange New Worlds, on the new Paramount+ streaming service, is both a new chapter and a blast from the pastWed Jun 22 2022 - 13:05
Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill was originally called A Deal with God, but that name was too sensitiveThe Netflix series Stranger Things has helped the song go to number one in Ireland and the UK 37 years after Bush first released itWed Jun 22 2022 - 11:08
When Baz and Nancy look at coffins, she’s all matter-of-fact, he’s lip-wobblingly emotionalTV review: In Last Orders, Baz Ashmawy struggles to prepare for a loved one’s death, especially his mammy and best friend’sTue Jun 21 2022 - 09:19
Suspect: It stars James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson and Richard E Grant. But this murder mystery is dead on arrival TV review: Channel 4′s Nordic-thriller remake begins in a morgue — appropriately for a series that shows few signs of lifeMon Jun 20 2022 - 16:09
Regina Spektor: ‘With the loss of my dad, I feel like I’m a new person. I don’t know her that well yet’The Russian-American musician on grief, the war in Ukraine and the dangers of cultural boycottsSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
The Obamas’ new TV series is about to start filming in Ireland. Brace yourself for the diddley-dee worstCameras start rolling in west Cork next week on Bodkin, the power producers’ latest Netflix showFri Jun 17 2022 - 17:40
What do you think of Bloody Sunday, the Derry Girl asks the loyalist marching band. The air crackles with hostilityTV review: In The Real Derry, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell’s love letter to her home town, it’s 10 seconds of silence that feels like the real moment of truthThu Jun 16 2022 - 23:05
The Lazarus Project: This time-travel caper has stolen an hour of my life I’ll never get backTV review: The Lazurus Project’s old-hat formula makes it feel like a remix of Groundhog Day and Killing EveThu Jun 16 2022 - 22:00
Charlie Bird: IRA contact, ‘Orange sympathiser’—and still a bit of a mysteryTV review: RTÉ's Loud and Clear documentary struggles to paint a full portrait of the indefatigable journalist, but it’s impossible not to admire himMon Jun 13 2022 - 23:05
Ireland’s teen bands: ‘We never expected to go anywhere beyond the shed’During the pandemic, music became a ‘lifeline’ for these young people. After years of Zoom rehearsals, they’re preparing to play live gigs again, some for the first timeFri Jun 10 2022 - 09:01
Johnny Depp has released a tribute song to a strong woman. And, no, it’s not Amber HeardAfter the actor’s libel trial it’s impossible to listen without prejudice to This Is a Song for Miss Hedy LamarrThu Jun 09 2022 - 22:11
Skint, hungover and happy: The never-ending karaoke evening of 20-something life TV review: Dolly Alderton’s memoir is compellingly conjured in this adaptationWed Jun 08 2022 - 15:45
‘Sinéad O’Connor was hugely important. Mandinka made me think maybe I have a place in this world’Hercules & Love Affair: Andy Butler’s past substance abuse informs the more brooding 1980s goth vibes on his group’s fifth albumWed Jun 08 2022 - 05:00
Love Island 2022: It takes off on hormonal autopilot, then drops a minor bombshell TV review: A new eight-week summer run began on Monday nightMon Jun 06 2022 - 23:50
Love Island 2022: Everything you need to know about its new rules, Irish contestant and moreEd Power on the 2022 show's new rules, changed location and Irish contestantMon Jun 06 2022 - 05:00
George Ezra: ‘I was anxious success would affect my personal life. It doesn’t at all’Singer has struggled with fame but is better-equipped now to face pressureSat Jun 04 2022 - 05:00
The Black Death: Ghoulish though it may sound, there were upsides ...Historian does not make light of suffering but approaches the subject with sense of derring-doWed Jun 01 2022 - 12:16
Claire Byrne Live final episode: The wigged-out current affairs show plays it straightSeries carries on strange tradition of Irish current affairs programming that lurches towards the surreal and bonkersTue May 31 2022 - 10:58
Late Late Show 60th anniversary: Charlie Bird celebrates ‘the show that shaped Ireland’TV review: Ed Power reviews the Late Late Show 60th anniversary specialSat May 28 2022 - 11:25
Sharon Van Etten: ‘I realised I haven’t figured out anything at all’Her extraordinary new album is informed by lockdown, parenthood and traumaSat May 28 2022 - 05:00
Obi-Wan Kenobi walks a tight-rope between enjoyable and underwhelmingTV review: It is absolutely okay. And for many Star Wars fans that now feels like a winFri May 27 2022 - 14:16
Brendan Gleeson the American is not nearly as agreeable Brendan Gleeson the IrishmanTV review: State of the Union shows Gleeson’s problems as so much more interesting than those of his fictitious spouseWed May 25 2022 - 16:43
The menopause and how it affects ‘your brain, your skin, your heart’TV review: The Change – Ireland’s Menopause Story a sobering exploration of still-taboo subjectTue May 24 2022 - 11:37
Eiko Ishibashi: Finding a new direction after the Drive My Car soundtrackThe Japanese composer on how prog rock and TV crime drama inspired her new albumTue May 24 2022 - 05:00
Stranger Things 4, first look review: At first I was bored, then I was bingeingShow’s final season feels like a huge leap forward as Netflix supersizes streaming hitMon May 23 2022 - 08:34
Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard: What we know with one week of evidence to goThe trial enters its final week on Monday, with Heard’s witnesses in the standFri May 20 2022 - 05:30
Derry Girls is comedy gold, but its last episode was no grand finaleDerry Girls finale review: Alas, the last episode overdoes it with a one hour specialWed May 18 2022 - 22:03
Joe Wicks’s heroin-addict father, OCD mother and agonising childhoodTV Review: Facing My Childhood sounded an urgent warning on mental health in familiesWed May 18 2022 - 09:57
Conversations With Friends, episodes 1-2: Awkward snogs, intense dialogue and a future starTV review: Alison Oliver communicates her character’s hyper-introversion brilliantlySun May 15 2022 - 23:00
Eurovision 2022: Ukraine ignore political rules to make ‘help Mariupol’ plea‘Please help Ukraine ... please help Mariupol ... right now,’ say Ukraine’s Kalush OrchestraSun May 15 2022 - 00:33
The Essex Serpent: Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston in gripping, gothic TVFor better or worse, this is serious, thinky telly where the serpents are metaphoricalFri May 13 2022 - 06:00
15-minute city? For many Irish people, that’s the time by which the bus or train is lateTV review: Róisín Murphy’s Big City Plan feels like a grab-bag of chattering-class talking pointsThu May 12 2022 - 23:15
Ireland at Eurovision 2022: Brooke Scullion’s firework performance goes up in smokeThat’s Rich receives lots of applause yet fails to go through to Saturday’s finalThu May 12 2022 - 23:08
Fergal Keane: ‘I found myself having nightmares, flash backs…Trying to cure it with drinking’TV review: Living With PTSD is a gripping exploration of inter-generational painTue May 10 2022 - 11:12
Conversations With Friends, first look review: If anything it’s superior to Normal PeopleJoe Alwyn is the only weak link. His lack of charisma is a void at the heart of the dramaTue May 10 2022 - 00:01
Wagatha Christie: Everything you need to know about this week’s libel trialRebekah Vardy is suing Coleen Rooney for suggesting Vardy leaked stories about herMon May 09 2022 - 05:00
Eurovision 2022: Everything you need to know about Ireland’s entry and broadcast timesThe second semifinal featuring Ireland is on Thursday, the final on SaturdaySat May 07 2022 - 06:00
