Martin Phillipps of The Chills: ‘There’s common link between New Zealand and Ireland. We’ve both been done wrong’It’s a long time since Martin Phillipps and his band were the next best thing, but his story of survival is remarkableSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:45
Untameable: This should be a bogwater-dull documentary. Instead it’s grippingTelevision: The tone is elevated, as you would expect from a film about bogs from a text by Colm Tóibín, and focusing on Seamus HeaneyThu Jun 15 2023 - 23:34
Give Me a Crash Course in ... the new Beatles songBefore AI conquers humanity, it’s helping Paul McCartney complete a new Beatles tune using old John Lennon demoThu Jun 15 2023 - 17:13
Depeche Mode at Malahide Castle: Dave Gahan and Martin Gore put on a blazing showIt is no surprise that a concert unfolding in the shadow of the death of Andrew Fletcher, the band’s keyboardist, should be full of vitalityThu Jun 15 2023 - 09:39
Black Mirror season six: Skip the underwhelming first instalment and head straight for the best episodesTelevision: Forget AI or killer robots. For this series of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian series, the true threat to the world is human wickednessThu Jun 15 2023 - 08:01
Charlie Brooker on hitting the reset button in the new Black Mirror series and ChatGPTTelevision: Black Mirror has cracked, and something new and different has poured throughWed Jun 14 2023 - 13:52
‘The Rolling Stones wanted me to compromise. And I didn’t want to compromise’Paul Charles is no pushover. One of the lessons of Adventures in Wonderland, the Irish music agent’s new memoir, is that sometimes you have to say noWed Jun 14 2023 - 05:30
‘He was branded an IRA man’: RTÉ Europe editor Tony Connelly on his gripping family historyTelevision: Michael Connelly served with the RIC and then left the newly independent Republic to join the fledgling RUCMon Jun 12 2023 - 22:35
Best Interests: Sharon Horgan moves between dread, fear and anger in this heartbreaking dramaTelevision: Horgan plays Nicci, mother of Marnie, who has fallen into a coma. Should Nicci and her husband agree to turn off her life support?Mon Jun 12 2023 - 22:00
Pulp in Dublin review: Suddenly, a rather ordinary gig jumps to an extraordinary placeThe band’s first tour in a decade touches down at St Anne’s Park on Friday night for a greatest-hits setSat Jun 10 2023 - 09:09
Niall Horan: ‘I’ve tried to remain somewhat humble – not tried, just did it. The Irishness helps’Fame came early to the One Direction star, but he continues to navigate the hectic lifestyle with impressive poiseSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
‘Rap is expressive, open, honest. It’s storytelling in your own voice. It’s real’Rappers from the Kabin, a creative hub for young people, will showcase their talents as part of the Rhyme Island project during Cruinniú na nÓg this weekendFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:45
The Crowded Room: Punchy opening, schmaltzy ending – Tom Holland takes us on a bumpy rideTelevision: Sasha Lane, from Conversations With Friends, shines opposite the Spider-Man star in this uneven psychological thrillerFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
Arnold: Schwarzenegger documentary fails to ask the tough questionsTelevision: As a movie star, the 75-year-old deserves his victory lap. It’s just a shame there isn’t more to this Netflix seriesWed Jun 07 2023 - 09:33
Taylor Swift discovers the dark side of superfandomFor some, the big question about Wednesday’s The 1975 gig was whether Matty Healy is a suitable boyfriend for Taylor SwiftWed Jun 07 2023 - 06:15
Dubliner Catherine Agbaje debuts in Love Island as ITV reels from ongoing Phillip Schofield controversyTelevision: Barely 90 minutes in, and show is already playing the hits. Fans will adore it. Everyone else will have changed the channelTue Jun 06 2023 - 08:49
The Idol: Nobody makes something this dreadful by accidentTelevision: A creepy male gaze-athon from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye. Let’s never speak of it againMon Jun 05 2023 - 16:27
Keaton Henson: ‘I just hate being looked at by lots of people’Songwriter’s new album, House Party, investigates notion of musicians projecting alter-ego versions of themselvesSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
The Gallows Pole: As English as red buses and morris dancers – and you won’t want to miss a minuteTelevision: Director Shane Meadows embarks on a spooky plunge into the heart of old EnglandThu Jun 01 2023 - 13:28
Ted Lasso began life as a lockdown treat. The toe-curling finale features unrelenting schmaltzTelevision: For the viewer, the overwhelming feeling may be relief that this orgy of saccharine is finally doneThu Jun 01 2023 - 13:01
Single Drunk Female: Nuance and empathy elevate this snappy sitcom above other addiction dramasTelevision: As charming as ever but with the central conundrum of whether addiction can be funny unansweredWed May 31 2023 - 14:11
White House Plumbers: An agreeably preposterous retelling of the Watergate scandalTelevision: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star in this screwball comedy that happens to be based on actual eventsWed May 31 2023 - 09:04
Barry finale: An ending even more devastating than Succession’sTelevision: Nobody laughs in Bill Hader’s dark comedy. They’re too busy sobbingMon May 29 2023 - 21:40
What a punch Succession packs at the death. It goes out doing what it does bestTelevision: Jesse Armstrong’s dark dramedy about the billionaire Roy family ends with a flurry of body blowsMon May 29 2023 - 11:54
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I asked Paul Brady to sing Arthur McBride three times one evening’The singer-songwriter has gone back to his family folk roots via his new album, Folkocracy, and found it’s not such an uncomfortable place to beSun May 28 2023 - 05:45
Ryan Tubridy’s last Late Late: Host brims with emotion as Saoirse Ronan, U2 and Paul McCartney make appearances Television: ‘I’m leaving with a spring in my step as opposed to a heavy heart,’ the RTÉ broadcaster says as he steps down after 14 yearsSat May 27 2023 - 00:13
Who’d have thought Kim Kardashian would be the one to flag the dangers of oversharing?Rather than give the inside scoop on their fab life, the family shoot the breeze on antiseptic couchesFri May 26 2023 - 14:45
Succession’s big finale: Here are seven questions we need to be answeredBefore the last episode of the megasatire drops, we ask: Will Roman die? Is Tom Wambsgans poised for victory? What’s next for Greg?Fri May 26 2023 - 11:15
Fubar: Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready for TV. But is TV ready for Arnold?Television: The 1980s action star has jumped from the movies to the small screen with his first starring role for NetflixThu May 25 2023 - 12:01
Tina Turner: broken and beaten survivor reinvented herself to become a superstarFor Irish fans, there will be incredible memories of live shows in Croke Park and the 3Arena and her cover of Paul Brady’s Paradise is HereWed May 24 2023 - 21:26
‘Everybody has their own terrorist. The British army are mine,’ says FionaTelevision: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland gives a voice to those who lived through the bombings and the shootings of the TroublesMon May 22 2023 - 22:15
A grumpily stoic Johnny Depp, a ‘megapint’ of wine, and the hate campaign against Amber Heard Television: Depp v Heard, on Channel 4, begins with a blow-by-blow reprisal of last year’s libel trialSun May 21 2023 - 22:00
Give Me a Crash Course in ... The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomSequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has even more compelling gameplaySat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Arlo Parks: ‘There will always be people who misunderstand what you do. But you just keep doing you’‘Fontaines DC are a big inspiration... I’ve always been inspired by people who approach the world from the outside’Sat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Andy Rourke and The Smiths: The four Manchester-Irish friends who took on the worldThe bassist will be remembered as an able lieutenant to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He deserves to be seen as so much moreFri May 19 2023 - 11:59
Refreshing documentary humanises prisoners without trying to obscure their crimesTelevision: Schmaltz is thankfully kept at bay and the Mountjoy inmates shy away from self-pityThu May 18 2023 - 14:23
Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me is a candid insight into a traumatic childhoodTelevision: Whereas it was easy to chuckle at Vardy’s Wagatha Christie trial, there is little cause for laughter in this moving new filmWed May 17 2023 - 16:39
With Patricia Arquette’s High Desert, Apple TV+ cements its status as the home of deranged drama Television: The star gives it everything, but this is a prestige-TV mirage – the closer you look, the less there is to seeWed May 17 2023 - 09:46
Peter Broderick: ‘Musicians like to pretend they play music all the time. Often we’re putting stuff on social media’The music industry has changed drastically. For one Galway-based American songwriter being on a label like Erased Tapes is vitalTue May 16 2023 - 05:15
Steeltown Murders: A riveting true-crime drama about the 30-year hunt for a serial killer in WalesTelevision: Life on Mars star Philip Glenister plays a careworn copper back looking for the murderer of teenagers Geraldine Hughes and Pauline FloydMon May 15 2023 - 22:00
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Fun, beautiful and addictively immersiveWhile the emphasis on tinkering and problem-solving initially takes getting used to, it soon becomes hugely satisfyingMon May 15 2023 - 14:02
Clean Sweep, RTÉ’s new slow-burn psychological thriller, has a dirty little secret Television: Charlene McKenna plays an ‘average’ Irish mother whose secrets come rushing back in the bloodiest fashionSun May 14 2023 - 22:30
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War: ‘History that Irish people may prefer not to know’Television: A quasi-official ambassador for the British perspective, Michael Portillo brings viewers on a fun dash through the archivesWed May 10 2023 - 22:35
Setting aside the question of historical accuracy, Netflix’s Cleopatra docudrama is deathly dullTelevision: As the legacy of Cleopatra blazes on, the true shame is that Netflix didn’t make a more interesting documentaryWed May 10 2023 - 10:42
Eurovision 2023 TV review: One of the finalists will haunt your dreams even more than Conor O’Donohoe’s gold catsuitWhere does Ireland go from here? Not to the Eurovision final, which, once again, will have to get by without Irish representationTue May 09 2023 - 22:56
Eurovision 2023: Who are Ireland’s entry Wild Youth, when do they perform in first semi-final, who are the favourites and moreEverything you need to know about this year’s first Eurovision semi-final, which sees Ireland attempt to qualify for Sunday’s finalTue May 09 2023 - 08:20
Annie McCarrick: What’s haunting is knowing that someone watching probably knows what happenedMissing: Beyond the Vanishing Triangle uncovers new details about the American woman’s disappearance, in 1993, but also does her a disserviceMon May 08 2023 - 23:44
Simon Le Bon: ‘I’ve had a lot of fun in Ireland. I once ended up in Lisdoonvarna. I was the only guy with a girlfriend’At 3Arena in Dublin on Sunday, Duran Duran did a magnificent job of reeling in the years and rolling out the hitsMon May 08 2023 - 10:58
Kin season 2 finale: For an often patchy show, the conclusion is shockingFor an often patchy show, this is a more than respectable end to the second seriesMon May 08 2023 - 06:03
The Eurovision entry that brought down a government, and 11 other dramatic song contest momentsWild Youth will be singing for Ireland in Tuesday’s semi-final. They’re taking part in a competition with an eventful historyMon May 08 2023 - 05:45
