The tangle of confusion, hope and fear of school in autumn 2020A Big Week In September captures the challenge of mobilising a generation of childrenMon Oct 05 2020 - 22:35
Speak out against wrongdoing in an Irish workplace, and here is what happensSay ‘whistleblower’ and the Irish hear ‘rat’ or ‘snitch’, this RTÉ investigation foundMon Sept 21 2020 - 22:33
Mary Lou McDonald talks frankly of her struggles with anxietyIn The Meaning of Life, McDonald discusses Covid-19 and confronts the ghosts of IRA victimsMon Sept 21 2020 - 07:30
Life from the age 40 until your first hip-replacement is actually rubbishReview: BBC’s Us tells chilling truths about what happens to relationships in the autumn of lifeSun Sept 20 2020 - 22:45
‘People in raincoats with short hair were going ‘what the f***’s this?’ ’Factory legends A Certain Ratio on Curtis, Martin Hannett, Grace Jones and a new albumSat Sept 19 2020 - 05:00
Netflix’s Nurse Ratched is a pale imitation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest characterReview: Any resemblance of Ryan Murphy's thrilling curio to One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is entirely coincidentalFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:00
A line-by-line, death-by-death reminder of the evil of the TroublesUnquiet Graves details the grim work of the loyalist Glennane Gang of the 1970sWed Sept 16 2020 - 23:05
David Attenborough has become the voice of the apocalypseExtinction: The Facts asks whether we can prevent the devastation of the natural worldMon Sept 14 2020 - 16:08
The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in orderIt’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finestSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Bearman of Buncrana: not the odyssey into rural Ireland’s heart of weirdness we wantedReview: The show about wildlife park owner Killian McLaughlin is not as OTT as it should beThu Sept 10 2020 - 21:00
The Deceived: Paul Mescal, as charismatic as ever, but where’s his inner GAA hunk gone?Review: The Normal People star appears in a new thriller from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGeeMon Sept 07 2020 - 23:00
‘Grief has been delayed.’ Love and Loss in a PandemicReview: Unbearable trauma is captured in RTÉ’s respectful, unflinching documentaryMon Sept 07 2020 - 22:31
Late Late Show review: Russell Crowe swigs on a pint and talks scary tarantulasRyan Tubridy captures the hopes, frustrations, heartbreak and weirdness of life during coronavirusSat Sept 05 2020 - 10:20
Suzanne Vega: ‘Fame is the handsome neighbour across the hall’The voice of the 1980s folk explosion talks superstardom, touring and her new albumSat Sept 05 2020 - 06:00
Without Electric Picnic, summer’s end seems strangeThousands should be descending on Co Laois next weekend, but it’s oh so quietSun Aug 30 2020 - 05:45
Roblox: The booming video game that’s now bigger than MinecraftCreated in 2006, the game platform has grown hugely among pre-teens in the pandemicWed Aug 19 2020 - 13:19
The hatred of HP Lovecraft: Racist, anti-Irish bigot and horror masterThat the Irish were among the ‘inferior’ races struck the Rhode Island writer as obviousSat Aug 15 2020 - 05:00
Scarlet for ya: Paul Mescal does classic Connell in The Rolling Stones’ new videoThe Normal People star has more in common with the Stones than you might thinkThu Aug 06 2020 - 20:55
Fontaines DC v The Coronas: Ireland has a Blur v Oasis moment to call its ownBoth bands release albums today. Who’s like the Gallaghers and who like Damon Albarn?Fri Jul 31 2020 - 06:00
The concerts and events still taking place across Ireland this summerGovernment restrictions have limited capacity but some festivals are still onTue Jul 21 2020 - 05:00
Diarmuid Gavin invites us inside his Xanadu of split levels, balconies and fancy foliageGardening Together: Gavin is the Dark Knight to Dermot Bannon’s caped crusaderFri Jul 17 2020 - 20:30
Don’t blame Rupert Murdoch for Covid-19. But everything else ...TV review: Shakespearean bathos hangs over BBC’s The Rise of the Murdoch DynastyWed Jul 15 2020 - 15:59
50 best Irish albums of all time – in orderA list that reflects contemporary Irish music as much as it pays its respects to the pastSat Jul 11 2020 - 06:00
Mrs America: Cate Blanchett and Rose Byrne light up the screenTV review: This dramatisation of US equal-rights battles features megawatt performancesThu Jul 09 2020 - 09:56
Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads 2020 show their ageTV review: They are most satisfying when Bennett lets his penchant for the grisly take overWed Jul 08 2020 - 21:00
Yellowstone: Kevin Costner looks like he’s just stepped on something sharpTV review: This deeply dreary series comes to RTÉ two years after its US debutWed Jul 08 2020 - 20:59
John Cleese has a faulty sense of humour about the IrishThe comedian’s mockery of Irish people and names began in 1975 and continued this weekThu Jul 02 2020 - 13:00
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Nazis, deathless demons and police brutalityTV review: Natalie Dormer is a fantastic shape-shifting fiend in this prime-time pulpThu Jul 02 2020 - 11:05
Inside Ireland’s Covid Battle: You might be fighting tears before the first ad breakTV review: RTÉ reports, with great dignity, on the lives of Covid-19 patients at St James’sMon Jun 29 2020 - 23:11
Straight-faced Anne Doyle presenting Waterford Whispers News should be a full-time seriesRTÉ Does Comic Relief review: Actually funny comedy from the national broadcaster? Pinch meSat Jun 27 2020 - 11:00
Not so much Reeling in the Years as Reeling in the Chairs – and it’s charmingTV review: Saoi sa Chathaoir, which begins with Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, is a welcome stress-busterTue Jun 23 2020 - 21:19
This lavish remake is Perry Mason, but not as we know himTV review: HBO private-eye series is hard to warm to when it’s as bleak as the day is longTue Jun 23 2020 - 11:51
Eve Hewson is a wonderful actor but she picks some strange showsIn The Luminaries, Hewson is fantastic as a Dubliner in 1860s New ZealandSun Jun 21 2020 - 22:00
O’Casey In The Estate spins a powerfully human storyRTÉ follows a group of striving actors from Dublin’s East Wall, avoiding the usual luvviedomThu Jun 18 2020 - 23:15
Come on, Mr Portillo, say ‘Dáil’ again. You know we like itHawks & Doves, Michael Portillo’s Irish history lesson, crackles with melodramaWed Jun 17 2020 - 22:35
Jessie Ware: 'Paul Mescal better watch out when the lockdown finishes'The popstar on her new album, watching Normal People and getting some of the best reviews of her careerSat Jun 13 2020 - 05:00
Normal People: How well do you know Connell and Marianne? Test your knowledgeThe hit television series ends today on RTÉ. See how closely you’ve been paying attentionTue Jun 02 2020 - 06:00
The Late Late Show rediscovers its original purposeSeason finale review: There was steel in the Late Late’s sinews in this final show of the seasonSat May 30 2020 - 11:15
Jehnny Beth: ‘There is something very cool about Irish people’The Savages singer talks about being bisexual, leaving the UK and Cillian Murphy, who features on her new solo album To Love Is To LiveSat May 30 2020 - 05:00
Nadine Shah: ‘As a woman you get referred to as a ticking time bomb’The indie pop powerhouse on double standards, Brexit racism and Keir StarmerSat May 23 2020 - 05:00
There will be floods, zombies and, yes, viruses. Plus this infernal train rideIt’s a rough moment for Netflix to release Snowpiecer, its new future-shock franchiseFri May 22 2020 - 05:00
Normal People: Connell still can’t speak in complete sentencesTV review: Director Lenny Abrahamson has passed the glum baton to Hettie MacdonaldTue May 19 2020 - 06:00
Johnny Logan, grand daddy of Eurovision, leads an Irish-flavoured showEurovision: Europe Shine A Light TV review. It feels held together with duct-tape, but its heart is in the right placeSun May 17 2020 - 11:01
Perfume Genius: ‘It does feel like a strange time to be promoting or releasing anything’Mike Hadreas’s Set My Heart on Fire Immediately isn’t out yet but it’s already gathering heatSat May 09 2020 - 05:00
Normal People: Who are the Irish musicians on the soundtrack?The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel is a shop window for the best of Irish musicMon May 04 2020 - 12:59
Late Late Show: The moment Leo Varadkar forgot his homeworkThe episode shows either that the Taoiseach didn’t know his brief or that he cares about detailSat May 02 2020 - 11:00
One World: Together At Home review - Lots of glamour but where was the anger?It is an evening to suit every taste - musically and also in terms of home furnishingsSun Apr 19 2020 - 22:01
Graham Norton, live from his lean-to, is jittery without his adoring audienceThe Graham Norton Show returns to BBC, demonstrating that ‘banter’ is impossible over SkypeSat Apr 11 2020 - 11:00
Britain’s Got Talent: Everything you need to knowWhen is it on TV, who are the judges, are there any Irish acts and moreFri Apr 10 2020 - 13:30
What is Houseparty, the app everyone’s talking about – and not in a good way?In February it was barely known. In March, massive. Now, users want to delete itFri Apr 03 2020 - 05:30
