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Sigrid on Britney Spears, her latest songs and her love affair with Ireland

Sigrid on Britney Spears, her latest songs and her love affair with Ireland

She is counting down to the release of her fizzbomb second album, How To Let Go

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 00:00
Tan France: ‘I thought if I had whiter skin I wouldn’t be called a p*** every day’

Tan France: ‘I thought if I had whiter skin I wouldn’t be called a p*** every day’

TV review: Beauty and the Bleach explores a bias towards lighter skin

Thu Apr 28 2022 - 15:08
Annie McCarrick: ‘No one considered a serial killer. That only happened in other countries’

Annie McCarrick: ‘No one considered a serial killer. That only happened in other countries’

Scannal: Annie McCarrick TV review – RTÉ’s short film is respectful and understated

Wed Apr 27 2022 - 12:58
Inside Facebook’s Metaverse, where racial, homophobic and sexual abuse are rampant

Inside Facebook’s Metaverse, where racial, homophobic and sexual abuse are rampant

Journalist Yinka Bokinni posed as a 22 year-old-woman and a 13 year-old-child for Channel 4

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 15:03
Ed Sheeran live at Croke Park: ‘Nothing beats Saturday night in Croker does it?’

Ed Sheeran live at Croke Park: ‘Nothing beats Saturday night in Croker does it?’

Review: The first of the singer’s series of large Irish gigs was epic and heartfelt

Sat Apr 23 2022 - 23:00
Inside Number 9: Grasping the grim nettle that is existence itself

Inside Number 9: Grasping the grim nettle that is existence itself

The chill factor is dialled up as the Twilight Zone-esque anthology series returns

Wed Apr 20 2022 - 23:45
Let’s Eat Grandma: ‘Trying to make sense of grief in a song was really difficult’

Let’s Eat Grandma: ‘Trying to make sense of grief in a song was really difficult’

The pop duo on coping with bereavement, growing apart and new album Two Ribbons

Wed Apr 20 2022 - 00:00
Derry Girls: Episode two isn’t as spicy as Ryan Tubridy’s interview with the cast

Derry Girls: Episode two isn’t as spicy as Ryan Tubridy’s interview with the cast

TV review: Nor is it as funny as last week, but even in cruise control this show is a hoot

Tue Apr 19 2022 - 21:45
Better Call Saul review: Self-destruction never felt so wholesome

Better Call Saul review: Self-destruction never felt so wholesome

Bob Odenkirk returns for a final season as Breaking Bad’s doomed huckster

Tue Apr 19 2022 - 14:18
Claire Rousay: ‘Touring as a woman, if you don’t protect yourself no one will’

Claire Rousay: ‘Touring as a woman, if you don’t protect yourself no one will’

The avant-garde musician plays Ireland for the first time at the end of the month

Mon Apr 18 2022 - 00:00
Gazza: It was like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest with Gazza as Jack Nicholson

Gazza: It was like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest with Gazza as Jack Nicholson

TV review: The first of this two-part series about Paul Gascoigne reeks of deja vu

Wed Apr 13 2022 - 22:00
Derry Girls season 3: We’re Taken by surprise when a certain Irish actor puts in a cameo

Derry Girls season 3: We’re Taken by surprise when a certain Irish actor puts in a cameo

Contains spoilers: On the evidence of this gags-galore first show, the final season will be a blast

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 21:45
Nation of Language: New York indie boards the Trans-Europe Express

Nation of Language: New York indie boards the Trans-Europe Express

The Brooklyn band blend Kraftwerk, early OMD and Gary Numan into something new

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 00:00
Pink Floyd’s Hey, Hey, Rise Up! is their first new material in 28 years – was it worth waiting for?

Pink Floyd’s Hey, Hey, Rise Up! is their first new material in 28 years – was it worth waiting for?

Hey, Hey, Rise Up! by Pink Floyd with Andriy Khlyvnyuk is definitely long – but is it strong?

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 11:07
Single Drunk Female is one of the year’s most radical new shows

Single Drunk Female is one of the year’s most radical new shows

TV review: The Disney+ show is not just another Fleabag – it’s far more interesting

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 15:49
Lucius sprinkle disco glitter over heartache on divorce album

Lucius sprinkle disco glitter over heartache on divorce album

Co-vocalists wrote Second Nature to inspire fans to dance their way out of lockdown

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 00:00
Banks: I finally feel like I kind of know what’s going on – with my fourth album'

Banks: I finally feel like I kind of know what’s going on – with my fourth album'

You have to be more powerful than your own demons, says the goth-pop singer

Wed Apr 06 2022 - 00:00
‘Miaow, miaow, miaow.’ Inside Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell’s toe-curling relationship

‘Miaow, miaow, miaow.’ Inside Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell’s toe-curling relationship

TV review: The House of Maxwell is about a larger-than-life-father and disgraced daughter

Tue Apr 05 2022 - 13:40
Peaky Blinders final episode: Just when Cillian Murphy seemed free of this absurd show...

Peaky Blinders final episode: Just when Cillian Murphy seemed free of this absurd show...

Contains spoilers: The soggy farewell season has unspooled like a series of baroque pop videos

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 17:00
Baz Ashmawy gives us a property show that makes the lips wobble

Baz Ashmawy gives us a property show that makes the lips wobble

DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland builds a home for motor neurone disease patient Johnny Aylward

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 11:41
The hidden, avant-garde side of Eighties hit machine Daryl Hall

The hidden, avant-garde side of Eighties hit machine Daryl Hall

Record label ‘thought it interfered with their Hall and Oates cash cow. It was angering’

Sat Apr 02 2022 - 05:00
Grammys 2022: Everything you need to know

Grammys 2022: Everything you need to know

On Sunday night, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo go head-to-head in seven categories

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 16:25
Moon Knight review: Oscar Isaac has drawn the short straw

Moon Knight review: Oscar Isaac has drawn the short straw

The best thing about it is Ethan Hawke, as Moon Knight’s nemesis Dr Arthur Harrow

Thu Mar 31 2022 - 09:39
Was arch-prude Mary Whitehouse really ahead of her time?

Was arch-prude Mary Whitehouse really ahead of her time?

TV review: A new documentary resists painting the moral crusader as a crank

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 22:24
Dancing with the Stars 2022: Nina Carberry triumphs in a lump-in-throat final

Dancing with the Stars 2022: Nina Carberry triumphs in a lump-in-throat final

Erica Cody and Ellen Keane were the true stars of this three-month feel-good contest

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 22:31
Dancing with the Stars 2022: Everything you need to know

Dancing with the Stars 2022: Everything you need to know

A new season has yet to be green-lit. The judges, though, are keen to return

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 15:19
Taylor Hawkins was Foo Fighters’ heart and soul – a bad boy in an age of dull musicians

Taylor Hawkins was Foo Fighters’ heart and soul – a bad boy in an age of dull musicians

The late drummer with frontman capabilities was a throwback to an older kind of rock star

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 16:03
Bridgerton season two has it all, from sardonic Nicola Coughlan to the new hero’s bum

Bridgerton season two has it all, from sardonic Nicola Coughlan to the new hero’s bum

TV review: Fans will adore it, from the top of its powered wig to the tip of its chenille dress

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 10:24
Then Barbara Met Alan: A charmingly anarchic disability rights biopic

Then Barbara Met Alan: A charmingly anarchic disability rights biopic

Review: You’d wish Irish broadcasters had the same appetite for social upheavals

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 16:49
If you’re part of the cult of Dermot Bannon, you’ll enjoy this

If you’re part of the cult of Dermot Bannon, you’ll enjoy this

TV review: Room To Improve – Constructive Criticism avoids being a backslapping bacchanalia

Sun Mar 20 2022 - 23:00
Dancing With The Stars: Nina Carberry is well placed to gallop home in first place

Dancing With The Stars: Nina Carberry is well placed to gallop home in first place

Semi-finals review: The jockey faces Ellen Keane, Erica Cody and Jordan Conroy in the final

Sun Mar 20 2022 - 22:30
Notorious RTÉ Player distinguishes itself with a new three-part series

Notorious RTÉ Player distinguishes itself with a new three-part series

TV review: A dreamy snapshot of multicultural Ireland in Our Land

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 09:41
Graham Norton’s Holding is a satisfying murder mystery – but it’s a crime against Cork accents

Graham Norton’s Holding is a satisfying murder mystery – but it’s a crime against Cork accents

TV review: Did Charlene McKenna base her accent on Roy Keane’s Mick McCarthy tirade?

Mon Mar 14 2022 - 22:00
Rex Orange County: ‘I’m really not a sadboy – I’m up and down, like everybody else’

Rex Orange County: ‘I’m really not a sadboy – I’m up and down, like everybody else’

Alex O’Connor on Tyler, The Creator’s life-changing call and his new album, Who Cares?

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00
Butterfly: A compelling performance from Emmett J Scanlan as the father of a trans child

Butterfly: A compelling performance from Emmett J Scanlan as the father of a trans child

TV review: This 2018 series about a transgender child has lost none of its newsworthiness

Wed Mar 09 2022 - 11:56
The Way We Were finds moments of wit and humanity amid our bleak social history

The Way We Were finds moments of wit and humanity amid our bleak social history

TV review: Despite the wall-to-wall misery, the first episode strikes a tone of optimism

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 15:07
What lessons did Stacey Dooley learn while living in a convent? Nun whatsoever

What lessons did Stacey Dooley learn while living in a convent? Nun whatsoever

TV review: The usually empathetic presenter just wasn’t on the sisters’ wavelength

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 00:15
‘The story of my life is a search for acceptance. Believe in minds that work differently’

‘The story of my life is a search for acceptance. Believe in minds that work differently’

TV review: This heartfelt documentary follows Fiacre Ryan, a poet with non-verbal autism

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 15:25
Nilüfer Yanya: ‘There is still  a double standard. There’s still not equality’

Nilüfer Yanya: ‘There is still a double standard. There’s still not equality’

The secret to getting inside Nilüfer Yanya’s propulsive music is understanding that she is an outsider. For the Londoner singer, identity and belonging are complicated subjects

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 05:00
Killing Eve: Even the best TV eventually wears out its welcome

Killing Eve: Even the best TV eventually wears out its welcome

TV review: This concluding series is flailing, silly and, worse yet, often simply dreary

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 23:10
Peaky Blinders, never a great drama, returns without the electrifying Helen McCrory

Peaky Blinders, never a great drama, returns without the electrifying Helen McCrory

TV review: The BBC show is still a triumph of style over plot but it hasn’t lost its swagger

Sun Feb 27 2022 - 23:55
Mrs Brown comes to Netflix, but the Irish mammy is now a ‘mummy’

Mrs Brown comes to Netflix, but the Irish mammy is now a ‘mummy’

Brendan O’Carroll might be unstoppable after guest starring in A Madea Homecoming

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 15:25
Mark Lanegan, the self-destructive musical underdog who came ‘home’ to Killarney

Mark Lanegan, the self-destructive musical underdog who came ‘home’ to Killarney

The grunge icon, who has died aged 57, never stopped making raw, rhapsodic music

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 23:23
‘Vincent Hanley’s spirit and kindness were so huge. We have to remember him’

‘Vincent Hanley’s spirit and kindness were so huge. We have to remember him’

TV review: For all the tragedy, this new documentary is an unflinching celebration of Hanley’s life

Mon Feb 21 2022 - 22:35
Unlike Dermot Bannon’s design choices, Room To Improve will never go out of fashion

Unlike Dermot Bannon’s design choices, Room To Improve will never go out of fashion

TV review: Episode one of a new series follows parents doing everything they can for a child

Sun Feb 20 2022 - 22:30
Úna Ní Bhroin climbed a tree so that Greta Thunberg could take on the world

Úna Ní Bhroin climbed a tree so that Greta Thunberg could take on the world

TV review: TG4’s Finné is a fascinating study of 1990s eco-activism in Ireland

Sat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00
Tears for Fears: ‘Life spiralled out of control. It took a while to reclaim it’

Tears for Fears: ‘Life spiralled out of control. It took a while to reclaim it’

The pop duo have funnelled personal tragedy into an extraordinary comeback album

Sat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00
An unflinching story of self-harm, by Gemma Collins of The Only Way is Essex

An unflinching story of self-harm, by Gemma Collins of The Only Way is Essex

TV review: Collins blames her parents and upbringing for her history of self-harm

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 12:31
Fontaines D.C. get political, slamming ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’

Fontaines D.C. get political, slamming ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’

I Love You, the band’s ‘devastating’ angst-rock new song, lambastes the Government’s record

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 06:00
Home of the Year: It’s not MMA, but an architect-designer squabble is the next best thing

Home of the Year: It’s not MMA, but an architect-designer squabble is the next best thing

TV review: The season is off to a lively start. Hopefully the judges will continue to disagree

Wed Feb 16 2022 - 09:18
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