Haim: I Quit review – Ferociously catchy, satisfyingly grudge-bearingDanielle Haim’s had her heart broken, and you’re going to hear all about in the sisters’ wonderfully vituperative songsFri Jun 20 2025 - 12:52
Grenfell Uncovered on Netflix: First-rate journalism highlights how working class victims were left waiting for answersTelevision: Immediate aftermath of tragedy carries clear echoes of official response to Stardust blazeFri Jun 20 2025 - 09:00
Heston Blumenthal: My Life with Bipolar: Gripping account of celebrity chef’s journey from denial to diagnosisTelevision: One of the themes of this fascinating and admirably honest film is Blumenthal’s fear that the drugs that help his mind may have snuffed out his creativity Thu Jun 19 2025 - 21:00
Story of a Song review: How Spandau Ballet’s Through the Barricades emerged from the TroublesTelevision: Engaging Aistear an Amhráin series is the sort of show RTÉ needs to make more ofWed Jun 18 2025 - 15:47
Charli XCX live review: Pop star fails to become queen of Malahide Castle as she brings Brat to DublinThe British singer gives a good account of herself at this fun, upbeat gig – but it is no blockbusterWed Jun 18 2025 - 10:50
Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II – Lost albums brim with emotional generosity, suppressed pain, and machismoThese 83 songs run the gamut from old-school rock’n’roll to rumpled country pop via new wave, indie rock and cinematic mood musicTue Jun 17 2025 - 00:00
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Once Joe Canning thaws this tropical thrill ride is a fine full stop to a rewarding seriesTelevision: Hurler Canning and athlete Thomas Barr prove unusually personable by sports star standardsWed Jun 11 2025 - 22:35
Brian Wilson: Death of towering figure closes a chapter in music historyAs the tortured visionary behind The Beach Boys, Wilson helped shape the world we live in todayWed Jun 11 2025 - 20:01
Ed Sheeran has as much right to call himself Irish as The Pogues or The SmithsTelevision: What could be more Irish than a singer with a guitar emoting from the bottom of their boots?Wed Jun 11 2025 - 15:04
Love Island review: Even with two Irish hopefuls in the villa I’m ready to pack my bags and head homeTelevision: This year’s lineup is a likeable but pretty unspectacular bunch, lacking in ‘look at me’ reality TV energyTue Jun 10 2025 - 12:09
From that Small Island review: Colin Farrell sounds in pain, as if he pressed on despite urgently needing the looTelevision: RTÉ documentary feels more like a dry academic exercise than something intended to bring history alive for viewersSun Jun 08 2025 - 19:30
Slowdive at In the Meadows review: Forget Oasis, this sonic supernova is the perfect 1990s comebackAlternative-pop underdogs produce a wondrous serving of balmy space-popSun Jun 08 2025 - 12:41
Iggy Pop at In the Meadows review: Old-school rock has rarely felt so timeless and incendiaryThere is never a hint of nostalgia throughout a turn that feels powerfully rooted in the here and nowSun Jun 08 2025 - 12:21
Gilla Band at In the Meadows review: Musical Marmite from Ireland’s own Velvet UndergroundThe listener experiences a sort of indie-rock Stations of the Cross through the band’s brutally uncompromising performanceSun Jun 08 2025 - 12:06
Little Simz: ‘I was about to play the biggest show in my career. Meanwhile, everything behind closed doors is insane’As the rapper, producer and actor releases her album Lotus, a very public falling out has made her reassess who she trustsSat Jun 07 2025 - 05:26
Pulp: More review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s great bait and switchPulp’s first album for 24 years features a fantastic opening track, then a grim drizzle of indie ploddersFri Jun 06 2025 - 00:01
Dept. Q on Netflix: A thumpingly bingable thriller fuelled by mordant wit and a world-weary detectiveTelevision: Starring Matthew Goode, this forensic mystery threaded through a cantakerous cop story gradually reels you inThu Jun 05 2025 - 16:26
Stick review: Owen Wilson is full of charm in this wry, unassuming golf comedyTelevision: The Apple TV show has a satisfyingly ambling quality but there is one caveat for the Irish viewerWed Jun 04 2025 - 11:48
Story of a Song review: Delve into the ballad Grace falls short of filling us in on its afterlifeTelevision: But as a sort of idiot’s guide to Rod Stewart’s favourite Irish weepy, Aistear an Amhráin ticks the boxesTue Jun 03 2025 - 19:30
Putting on an outdoor music festival in Ireland: ‘The bands saw they weren’t going to be up on the back of a truck in Portlaoise’Be it Glasonbury or Forest Fest, a good line-up is key for any music festival. How do Irish organisers attract the biggest names?Tue Jun 03 2025 - 05:20
Housewife of the Year review: A reminder that Ireland of the 1970s and 80s was no country for women of any ageContrast between picture the women presented beside ‘Uncle Gaybo’ and present-day selves is strikingMon Jun 02 2025 - 22:45
Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful review – Like Bangerz without the bangers, or Flowers without the bloomThe star’s first album for two years is an ambitious yet ultimately patchy, underwhelming recordFri May 30 2025 - 10:54
And Just Like That... Season 3 review: Nostalgia served up like a gift box of premium cupcakesTelevision: The sequel to beloved Sex and The City series finds its groove, but still relies on original trioThu May 29 2025 - 14:15
Nessa Barrett in Dublin review: A star on the rise in need of time to find her voiceTikTok singer with a cult fanbase has a few good songs, but needs to up her game if she’s to shed the ‘internet famous’ tagTue May 27 2025 - 12:30
Death Valley review: Timothy Spall effortlessly commands the screen but this BBC drama strugglesTelevision: Cosy crime series set in Wales is well intentioned but an odd character pairing fails to deliverMon May 26 2025 - 15:49
The Last of Us finale review: A nerve-shredding, bloody conclusion that leaves us wanting more, and soonTelevision: The series has delivered a riveting portrayal of the tragically unintended consequences that can flow from revengeMon May 26 2025 - 06:00
Tyler, the Creator at 3Arena review: A brilliantly evocative, provocative performance Hip hop’s one-time bete noire stands before the adoring Dublin crowd older, wiser, sadder and sweeterSun May 25 2025 - 12:27
Sirens review: An anaemic White Lotus cover that hits the right notes but has no tune of its ownSirens, starring Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon, exists in a heightened realityFri May 23 2025 - 10:16
Clarkson’s Farm review: Muddy escapades galore on latest serving of Jeremy Clarkson’s rural reality showTelevision: Former Top Gear presenter is like an old tractor that refuses to die – mucky but very ready for dutyFri May 23 2025 - 06:00
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band: Land of Hope & Dreams review – A roiling, righteous anti-Trump onslaughtStay true to what we believe in, the great blue-collar bard urges on this live EP recorded in ManchesterFri May 23 2025 - 05:03
Nine Perfect Strangers review: The only people likely to be traumatised by this moribund thriller are the viewersTelevision: Kidman does her best, but this year’s cast of dysfunctional one-per-centers make for a threadbare bunchThu May 22 2025 - 11:05
Burkitt review: Beautiful documentary about life of pioneering Fermanagh cancer researcherTelevision: Film-maker Éanna Mac Cana, who has been treated for the lymphoma named after Burkitt, deftly traces a remarkable lifeWed May 21 2025 - 22:30
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Kneecap show their soulful side as they trudge through the Arctic snowTelevision: Episode filmed before recent controversy features the rap trio wending their way across FinlandWed May 21 2025 - 22:30
Aisling Bea on Who Do You Think You Are? – Likeable comedian gets emotional at tales of family role in Irish freedomTelevision: Bea sees the funny side of a British crew helping her to learn of her family’s involvement in the Easter RisingTue May 20 2025 - 11:59
Forget Netflix, Prime Video and Apple TV+: 18 of the best free and paid subscriptionsThere’s more to cultural life than Netflix, Prime Video and Apple TV+ for those who want to think outside the goggleboxMon May 19 2025 - 05:02
Skye Edwards of Morcheeba: ‘I heard that Madonna came to one of our gigs – and that Ozzy Osbourne’s a big fan’The music press might not always have appreciated Morcheeba, but other artists did. Thirty years into their career, the band’s new album is one of their bestSat May 17 2025 - 05:05
Damiano David: Funny Little Fears review – Eurovision-winning Måneskin frontman goes solo with a beautifully overwrought LPThe Italian has given himself every chance of making it as an over-the-top troubadourFri May 16 2025 - 05:09
Eurovision 2025: When is Ireland’s semi-final on, what are Emmy’s chances and how does voting work?All eyes are on the Swiss city of Basle for the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision. Can Ireland win glory with Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen?Thu May 15 2025 - 08:24
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Leo Varadkar has to get halfway up a mountain with Lyra before he lets his guard downTelevision: A former taoiseach and a Cork popstar make for a curious couple on this South African survival challengeWed May 14 2025 - 22:35
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story review – A chilling gaze into a monstrous, soulless voidNetflix series review: It’s hard to see how we needed another documentary about this murderous couple, yet here we areWed May 14 2025 - 05:30
Bad Nanny review: Incredible story of fraudster Samantha Cookes skilfully told in excellent documentaryTelevision: Chirpy Englishwoman was exposed as a serial fraudster, but only after taking in a long list of victimsMon May 12 2025 - 22:35
‘RTÉ said we don’t have any problem with Emmy. We have an Irish writer on the team’: Ireland’s Eurovision singer from NorwayNorwegiam singer Emmy on representing Ireland in Basle for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest and how she and song cowriter Larissa Tormey have engineered Laika Party to grab the attention. But can they triumph? Sat May 10 2025 - 06:23
Alicia Witt: ‘It was a scene that got cut from the movie. I did kiss Madonna in rehearsals’Ahead of a musical performance in Dublin, the actor and songwriter talks about grief, her formative friendship with David Lynch and her encounter with Harvey WeinsteinSat May 10 2025 - 05:15
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant review – Win Butler and co release the biggest damp squib of their careerIt’s hard to escape the sense that this is Butler’s ‘shame walk’ album after the allegations that engulfed him in 2022Fri May 09 2025 - 10:07
A Deadly American Marriage review: Excruciating documentary gives Jason Corbett’s killers Molly Martens and her father a platform and megaphoneTelevision: Molly and Thomas Martens reassert their own allegations and bizarre fabrications as Corbett’s children also feature in filmFri May 09 2025 - 08:01
Tarrac na Farraige review: RTÉ documentary about fishing livelihoods is both stunning and heartbreaking Television: Engaging portrait of a way of life that may soon be gone forever is like a love letter to the gorgeous Irish coastlineThu May 08 2025 - 19:30
Good American Family review: An eye-poppingly bizarre true story that fails to come to lifeTelevision: Series starring Ellen Pompeo commits the egregious sin of attempting to send the viewer to sleep at every turnWed May 07 2025 - 15:03
Eric Church: Evangeline vs the Machine review – Student of the heart’s crookedness plays it straightAlbum showcases Nashville veteran’s expressive baritone and flair for beautifully arranged songs that revisit classic country themesFri May 02 2025 - 05:04
The Four Seasons review: Tina Fey and Steve Carell’s drama has stumbled upon an intriguing new premise - the midlife crisisTelevision review: Mean-spirited and pessimistic portrait of three couples going through midlife malaise is devoid of laughsThu May 01 2025 - 05:30
Genius Game review: David Tennant’s new show deserves to be sent to dunce’s corner Television review: Doctor Who star’s baffling new show is a shameless Traitors rip-off Wed Apr 30 2025 - 21:30
