Eli Hewson of Inhaler: ‘There’s so much nepotism in every facet of life’The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’Sat Feb 01 2025 - 05:20
The Apprentice: Irish contestants feature in new season but how long can the show keep going?Television: Aoibheann Walsh, who is from Donegal, and Jordan Dargan, a Dubliner, are among the 18 candidates on Alan Sugar’s The ApprenticeFri Jan 31 2025 - 09:13
For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her lifeIreland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’Thu Jan 30 2025 - 22:05
FKA Twigs: Eusexua review – Mysterious, playful, witty, sensual and catchyThe mercurial Cheltenham talent is on a mission to make pop weird againThu Jan 30 2025 - 05:15
Brian and Maggie review: Why does no Irish broadcaster bring our history to light in such a riveting way? Television: why does no Irish broadcaster have the ambition to bring our history to light in so riveting a fashion?Wed Jan 29 2025 - 22:00
Skinner: ‘A lot of bands are afraid of speaking out about the way they’ve been treated. Some of the carry-on is atrocious’The postpunk songwriter has been careful to make his debut album, New Wave Vaudeville, as independently as he canWed Jan 29 2025 - 05:15
‘I’m appalled we’re going through senseless anti-Semitism again,’ says survivor of Auschwitz women’s orchestraTelevision: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, powerful BBC documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz tells the remarkable story of 99-year-old cellist Anita Lasker-WallfischMon Jan 27 2025 - 12:19
Dancing with the Stars: Celebrity chef Kevin Dundon serves up another dance floor messDancing with the Stars: Ireland AM’s Elaine Crowley is second contestant to go from showSun Jan 26 2025 - 21:25
Ireland’s 2025 Eurovision entry: The six Eurosong acts vying to represent Ireland The pressure is very much on with Bambie Thug putting Ireland back on the Eurovision radar with a commendable sixth-place finish in 2024Fri Jan 24 2025 - 17:16
Mogwai: The Bad Fire review – Plenty of gruff authenticity, plus a moment that spears your heartThe Glasgow indie stalwarts found a new lease of life during the pandemic; for their first album since, the quiet of lockdown had been replaced by the roiling storm clouds of everyday lifeThu Jan 23 2025 - 05:00
Clumsy de Valera documentary dooms leading revolutionary women to walk-on partsTelevision review: The story of how leading women of 1916 were later marginalised is chunkily incorporated into the grand sweep of de Valera’s fall and rise in TG4′s De Valera san FhásachWed Jan 22 2025 - 22:30
Prime Target review: Saltburn meets The Da Vinci Code in tremendously silly technothrillerTelevision: Leo Woodall of One Day fame joins Stephen Rea in this riotous romp that has the courage to take itself seriously and never once winks at the cameraWed Jan 22 2025 - 08:52
‘You sound sexy’ – Caitríona Perry brushes off Kid Rock’s flirtation on live TVFormer RTÉ anchor was interviewing musician on BBC as part of Donald Trump inauguration coverageTue Jan 21 2025 - 12:22
Video Nasty review: cheeky all-too-rare drama that shows 1980s Ireland like it really wasTelevision: Series follows Dublin teenagers seeking to complete their collection of banned VHS moviesMon Jan 20 2025 - 21:35
Dancing with the Stars review: Mickey Joe Harte first to be voted off this year’s showTelevision review: ‘It’s been great craic,’ says the Donegal Eurovision singer Mikey Joe Harte. ‘I made so many friends’Sun Jan 19 2025 - 21:28
‘Who actually has the power? Is it Taylor Swift – or have men just found a way to profit off the idea of a powerful woman?’Blistering punk-pop duo Lambrini Girls recorded debut album last year, when the world seemed to be at peak insanity. But the spiral continues, they saySat Jan 18 2025 - 05:15
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks was a masterpiece. He forced us to look at the world in horrifying new waysTwin Peaks was one of the first dramas to demonstrate that TV could be an art form. Shows such as The Sopranos and Mad Men owe it everythingFri Jan 17 2025 - 09:29
Severance review: four heroes who twigged their work-life balance was dangerously out of whack discover something worseTelevision review: Ben Stiller’s directing of season two of Severance has the wonderfully chilly qualities of a 1970s sci-fi movie, but the purgatorial workplace drama is in danger of receiving its P45Fri Jan 17 2025 - 07:30
David Gray: Dear Life review – Lean into this raw, bumpy album. It’s well worth the effortNever mind that he’s British. David Gray might be the most consequential Irish songwriter of his generationThu Jan 16 2025 - 05:00
Marilyn Manson: Unmasked – ‘I felt so violated. I didn’t call it rape for many, many years,’ says ex-partnerTelevision review: actor Evan Rachel Wood tells Channel 4′s grim exposé rock singer Marilyn Manson raped her during filming of music videoWed Jan 15 2025 - 06:00
Peggy Seeger: ‘I met Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. He came for my autograph’The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folkWed Jan 15 2025 - 05:15
Silent Witness review: Cosy crime drama delivers plenty of killer blowsTelevision: Back for a murderously enthusiastic 28th season, Silent Witness brings a jot of bloody consistency to an unpredictable worldTue Jan 14 2025 - 22:00
Dancing with the Stars review: Waltz by meteorologist Joanna Donnelly in memory of her mother leaves everyone in tearsTelevision: week two of DWTS 2025 sees goosebumps abound and emotions flowSun Jan 12 2025 - 21:31
Alex Kapranos: ‘I saw a guy in a band being extremely predatory with underage girls. He was exploiting his position’Franz Ferdinand are back with The Human Fear, perhaps their best album yet. The band’s frontman talks about two decades in the music businessSat Jan 11 2025 - 05:30
American Primeval review: Seldom has the stench of American conquest risen so raw and hotTelevision: Grippingly gory new western does the seemingly impossible by making us see the old west in a bloody new lightThu Jan 09 2025 - 06:00
Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown soundtrack review – In what world does this Dylanless Bob Dylan album make sense?Star of new biopic deserves gold medal for effort, but you can only wonder about the target audienceThu Jan 09 2025 - 05:00
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action review - gripping film does not flinch from horror unleashed by obnoxious showTelevision review: The tasteless sleaze Jerry Springer paraded across the screen has long since been eclipsed by the great dumbing down of culture off cameraTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Prosthetics, a body suit and a standout performance: Why Colin Farrell deserves his Golden Globe for The PenguinTelevision: Star buried his natural charm and affability under layers of latex to become the most un-Farrell-like creature imaginableMon Jan 06 2025 - 13:03
Room to Improve review: Dermot Bannon’s fancy pants design runs into a client’s wish for a lovable and liveable homeTelevision: Room To Improve turns an everyday makeover project into an engaging story and tells it with passion and empathySun Jan 05 2025 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars review: Twists, turns and all kinds of grimaces as new judge Karen Byrne goes up against sourpuss Brian RedmondTelevision: Olympians Jack Woolley and Rhys McClenaghan are clear front-runners as RTÉ’s dance competition returns for its 2025 seasonSun Jan 05 2025 - 21:44
Irish music acts to watch in 2025: 22 to follow, from Cardinals to Yunè PinkuWho are Ireland’s rising stars? Here’s who to keep an eye on this yearSat Jan 04 2025 - 05:15
Missing You review: another hard-nosed lady cop with a scorched-earth personal life from Harlan CobenNetflix review: While the cliches are ticked off one by one, the UK-set whodunnit with a convoluted plot and soap opera-level acting is pleasing hokum from mystery writer Harlan CobenThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:00
Skinner: New Wave Vaudeville – Spasmodic shot of art rock walks the tightrope between high culture and backstreet scuzzDubliner Aaron Corcoran names debut album in honour of Manhattan club’s ethos of ‘celebrating the weird part of who you are’Thu Jan 02 2025 - 05:00
The Traitors review: riotously addictive gameshow is piled high with murder, mystery and statement capesTelevision review: Much of the fun with The Traitors from the BBC is in how seriously it takes itself. A creepy castle in the Scottish Highlands helps with the ambience, too. RTÉ will probably be set the new Irish version at Limerick JunctionWed Jan 01 2025 - 21:00
The Late Late NYE Show review: Patrick Kielty rises above some mystifying moments with a good line in take-no-prisoner jokesTelevision: Despite blink-and-it’s-over conversations with wildly mismatched guests, this New Year’s Eve special is much better than 2023’sWed Jan 01 2025 - 11:24
Dancing with the Stars 2025: Who are the contestants, when is it on and moreEverything you need to know about RTÉ’s new season of the competition for the glitterball trophyMon Dec 30 2024 - 05:00
Nanci Griffith: From a Distance review – harrowing account of the country music star’s life that ended in isolation and alcoholismTelevision review: While Nanci Griffith's final years were tragic, there are many heartwarming aspects to the story of a singer with low self-esteem and a poetic air who found success in IrelandSun Dec 29 2024 - 21:00
Henry Mount Charles: A Lord in Slane – The strange blend of fact and fiction around one of the last Anglo-Irish eccentricsTelevision: Much we think we know about the custodian of Slane Castle is conjured from thin air, as becomes clear in this absorbing documentaryFri Dec 27 2024 - 19:27
Squid Game season two review: Tense, bloody follow-up ticks boxes if you’re craving more Red Light, Green LightTelevision: Seong Gi-hun, the down-and-out hero from season one, is on the trail of ‘the Recruiter’, the dapper gent who searches for contestantsThu Dec 26 2024 - 08:00
Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special review: Unkillable comedy’s wit is as sharp as a mouthful of Brussels sproutsTelevision: Brendan O’Carroll’s slapstick purgatory remains a Bacchanalia of single entendres and fnarr-fnarr gagsWed Dec 25 2024 - 21:28
Indiana Jones should be on the sex offenders’ register: Some Christmas films age better than othersSome of the beloved hits of your youth have not aged well. Many were far darker than you imagineTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:30
The Young Offenders Christmas Special review: Where’s Jock? Without him, Conor’s firearm foxer isn’t quite a crackerChris Walley’s charismatic tearaway is still in prison on drug charges, leaving his best pal, the Knocknaheeny scamp Conor, flying soloFri Dec 20 2024 - 21:59
One Leg One Eye review: Forget Fairytale of New York. This is a soundtrack of the real Irish ChristmasIan Lynch and George Brennan offer a wonderful ghost-train ride through droning electronica, warped uilleann pipes and spirals of unfiltered noiseFri Dec 20 2024 - 11:25
Saint Etienne: The Night – Say hello to the insomniac street preachersBob Stanley, Sarah Cracknell and Pete Wiggs return with album about chilly thoughts that race through the middle-aged mind when the lights dimThu Dec 19 2024 - 05:00
So This Is Christmas review: Beautifully made but ultimately cheerless viewing – a glimmer of hope would have been niceTelevision: We all know Christmas can be tough but this film lays it on with a trowelWed Dec 18 2024 - 22:35
Strike: The Ink Black Heart review: JK Rowling’s unlikely cult hit is a gift that keeps on givingTelevision: BBC’s sixth adaptation of author’s Robert Galbraith crime books is full of rumpled charmMon Dec 16 2024 - 22:00
From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024 The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictableFri Dec 13 2024 - 06:00
100 Years of Solitude review: A woozy, feverish watch to be savoured in bite-sized portionsTelevision: Lavish adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s 1967 novel is both meditative and steamy, sometimes to the point of hilarityThu Dec 12 2024 - 11:04
No Good Deed review: Even Lisa Kudrow can’t save this pre-Christmas turkey of a dark comedyTelevision: LA suburbia-set series is just too miserable to make viewers laugh. It’s like the grimmest ever season of Location, Location, LocationThu Dec 12 2024 - 07:00
Tori Amos: Diving Deep Live – An A-grade tour of the singer’s lesser-spotted B-sides and deep cutsFew cut a more fascinating figure than Amos, whose stage performances have long offered a more profound and esoteric experience than her studio workThu Dec 12 2024 - 05:00
