Patrick Freyne: Here’s why AI is making us dumber and more lonelyWriting forces people to resolve internal contradictions and confront their own bullshit. It’s why it’s hard. It’s why it’s beautifulSat Apr 18 2026 - 06:00
Rory McIlroy wanted to enjoy the Masters Dinner as well. Well la-di-da, Mr FancyHere’s our alternative Masters Dinner, leaning into who we are as a nationThu Apr 09 2026 - 14:33
Raising Chelsea: Conception, birth and first brand partnership of an aristocratic nepo babyJamie Laing and Sophie Habboo’s Disney show blurs lines between family life and brand-buildingThu Apr 09 2026 - 05:15
Patrick Freyne: Is U2’s new EP Easter Lily almost ... cool?The band offer us a record about friendship, faith, art, meaning and, appropriately for Easter, death and the possibility of rebirthFri Apr 03 2026 - 05:00
Chatbots can now pass the Turing test. Lots of humans can’tNetflix’s new show Inside forces influencers to do challenging tasks, such as not acting like techie toddlersThu Apr 02 2026 - 05:15
I hate to kink-shame, but is violent leather play really a stable basis for social change?Daredevil: Born Again is back on Disney+, which means alliterative attorney Matt Murdoch is back violently assaulting peopleThu Mar 26 2026 - 05:15
Author Djamel White: ‘I didn’t feel like I fit in at school or at home’After dropping out, the debut novelist went on to study creative writing, eventually gaining a master’s. Now, he is happy to represent kids who don’t quite fit the systemSat Mar 21 2026 - 16:52
What is the manosphere and why is everyone talking about it?Louis Theroux’s new documentary explores the world of male influencers who target confused young boysFri Mar 20 2026 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne’s guide to reboots: From the good to the not so goodEverything gets a reboot these days, but it’s still surprising how many of them make for good tellyThu Mar 19 2026 - 05:15
Patrick Freyne on the manosphere influencers who shaped him, from Charlie Haughey to Magnum PILouis Theroux’s latest documentary has me thinking about the golden age of male role models – the 1980s and 1990sThu Mar 12 2026 - 05:17
Cillian Murphy: ‘It was one of the greatest weeks of my life. I haven’t talked about it much’ The star of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has been heavily involved in its soundtrack – as music has always been the actor’s most profound inspirationSat Mar 07 2026 - 05:21
Ray D’Arcy: ‘I’ve lost my job and my mother. What’s going to happen next?’The broadcaster says he thought ‘the sky would fall in’ if he left RTÉ, but his departure has been an ‘enforced liberation’Fri Mar 06 2026 - 10:39
Britain has had enough of experts and royals. It’s now a celebritocracyOn some level I feel like maybe it’s okay if Danny Dyer runs everything. Looking at the world right now, there are definitely worse political systemsThu Mar 05 2026 - 05:15
‘School could be quite cruel. Songs were a saviour for me’: Philip King on music, film and the essentiality of the artsIn the week he brought Foo Fighters to Kerry, the man behind Other Voices says the Irish State cannot just pay lip service to the arts’ centralitySun Mar 01 2026 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: The Muppets’ body horror might seem extreme, but children need to learnMiss Piggy and Babs Windsor – aka Sabrina Carpenter – are clearly in loveThu Feb 26 2026 - 05:14
Foo Fighters turn St James’ Church, Dingle, into the world’s smallest stadiumThe American band made St James Church of Other Voices fame feel like the smallest stadium in the worldSun Feb 22 2026 - 22:04
Basic Income for the Arts is now permanent. But for artists who apply, the money is notCampaigners say the cyclical scheme is ‘a decent start’ but want it expanded. Others are unsure ‘how sustainable it is to support every artist in the country forever’Sat Feb 21 2026 - 05:20
Patrick Freyne: If I could marry a TV show, I’d choose this one about a bearded manFrom a warm, funny series about connection to the embodiment of cuddly evil, these are the recent(ish) shows I’ve liked mostThu Feb 19 2026 - 05:15
Patrick Freyne: Check out this reality show about screen-free kids, called Lord of the FliesSpeaking of strange islands, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s less famous brother Charles has a documentary on Prime VideoThu Feb 12 2026 - 05:15
Lisa McGee on her new Netflix mystery comedy: ‘A messed-up cousin of Derry Girls’ How to Get to Heaven from Belfast stars Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three friends investigating another’s deathSat Feb 07 2026 - 05:28
Elon Musk met John Collison for a pint. Here’s what happened The conversation is mainly about Musk but still relatively revealing about Collison’s worldview. These are my takeawaysFri Feb 06 2026 - 18:42
Lord of the Dance at 3Arena: The whole Celtic kitschen sink plays out under Flatley’s watchful eyeThis story of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with dark forces could almost be a metaphor for creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travailsThu Feb 05 2026 - 23:51
What do the women want? Nice frocks, good sex and, as Nicola Coughlan knows, one key elementThankfully, the Irish Bridgerton star is engaged in a psy-op to bring down the sexy empire from withinThu Feb 05 2026 - 05:14
Patrick Freyne: The Beauty asks big questions. What if sexy people got so hot they exploded?Ryan Murphy’s show has the shape of satire while never making it entirely clear what’s being satirisedThu Jan 29 2026 - 05:15
Patrick Freyne’s top 14 shows to look out for in 2026Including Lisa McGee’s new Northern comedy How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot and hospital drama The PittThu Jan 22 2026 - 05:12
The rise and fall of Twitter: From a hub for democratic discourse to a bigoted, toxic sinkholeElon Musk’s site has evolved from one that influenced culture and helped foment revolution to one where users ‘get nothing back except rage’Sun Jan 18 2026 - 06:00
‘It’s important for ice hockey players to be clean!’ I jot down during Heated Rivalry’s shower sceneThere’s also a focus on special ice-hockey exercises. Our heroes engage in these nudely, like Spartans. I try to draw diagramsThu Jan 15 2026 - 05:12
Kevin Bakhurst’s shocking ransom note: dear British telly, we have Oti Mabuse Kidnapping the Strictly Come Dancing star for Dancing with the Stars has been a mixed blessing for Montrose Thu Jan 08 2026 - 05:19
‘When the Taliban came, I lost everything. I found Ireland like paradise’Ireland is one of only two countries providing formalised routes to safety for people who face persecution in AfghanistanSun Jan 04 2026 - 06:00
Behind a Dermot Bannon Room to Improve reveal: ‘I haven’t done a glass box for years’For the RTÉ show’s new series, the architect and QS Claire Irwin renovated the Dublin home of Norita and Louis O’DonoghueSat Jan 03 2026 - 05:29
Patrick Freyne: From the removal of joy to global destruction, 16 reasons I hate AI The weird billionaires behind artificial intelligence are desperately trying to shoehorn AI chatbots into every bit of technology you ownSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Inside a hospice at Christmas: ‘I didn’t know it was going to be like this. It’s beautiful here’Patients and staff describe a day in the life inside Roscommon HospiceSun Dec 21 2025 - 09:14
If Emily in Paris had a HR department, the ‘HR’ would definitely stand for ‘happy riding’Emily and colleagues have moved to Rome, where they’re doing what they do best: having sexual relationships with their clients Thu Dec 18 2025 - 05:17
Dear Trish, I’m worried about my friend Meghan and her aggressive craftingShe’s a saffron-scented aristo who I shouldn’t name, and I’m only a cabbage-scented bog creature. But we’re very closeThu Dec 11 2025 - 05:18
Patrick Freyne’s quest for the best Christmas sandwich in Dublin: ‘I give it five Santas out of five’Warning: please bear in mind that our food-critic-for-a-day has the taste buds of a junkyard dog and finds almost all food deliciousTue Dec 09 2025 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: Bye, folks. I’m off to Hollywood. Nepo baby or not, I’m an excellent actorMy latest role is in Eternity. Having a voice like an earthbound angel is my curse, as you’ll hearFri Dec 05 2025 - 05:12
‘What’s Kevin the Carrot’s problem?’: Patrick Freyne on this year’s Christmas adsPlus Patrick Freyne on this year’s Boots, John Lewis, Argos, Tesco, Coca-Cola, Barbour and M&S Food commercialsThu Dec 04 2025 - 05:17
Patrick Freyne: Vogue Williams, top Irish export – with Kerrygold, Bono and alcoholismThe Irish I’m a Celebrity contestant has been a reality-TV star since the innocent days of Fade Street, on RTÉThu Nov 27 2025 - 05:15
Leon Diop: ‘The far right want to turn this into an immigrant problem, but they just don’t like black and brown people’The founder of advocacy group Black and Irish on the childhood racism he experienced in Tallaght, overcoming his identity crisis, and the recent violence in CitywestSat Nov 15 2025 - 06:00
John C Reilly: ‘I worked with this older Irish actor one time. He was bummed out if I said anything that wasn’t the lines’John C Reilly is bringing Mister Romantic, his performance of love songs by Nat King Cole, Tom Waits and others, to DublinSat Nov 15 2025 - 05:31
Patrick Freyne: I genuinely worry that Kim Kardashian might be flammableThe output of Ryan Murphy, who thinks subtlety is for cowards, now resembles children’s programming but real sexy likeThu Nov 06 2025 - 05:17
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows to watch this HalloweenIncluding the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for lifeThu Oct 30 2025 - 05:16
What is ‘Six Seven’ and why is the world currently obsessed with this latest online trend?The viral phrase from a 2024 rap track has children shouting in unison — and leaving adults utterly lostTue Oct 28 2025 - 15:59
A Syrian artist who took refuge in Dublin: ‘Picasso came to this life to open a door. I hope I can open a door’Manar Mervat Al Shouha, who fled civil war, prefers to talk through her paintings, but she has much to say about her fears for Syria, Irish people’s indirectness, and how ‘the feeling of time’ is similar in both countriesSat Oct 25 2025 - 05:19
As a culchie, I know culchies. Here’s my definitive guide to culchie culture, aka culchureDublin Jackeens will quake as a new series of The 2 Johnnies’ Late Night Lock In takes over our TV screensThu Oct 23 2025 - 05:11
Carl Kinsella on living with OCD: ‘It’s like having a puppet regime installed in your head’The columnist and author on relating more to Generation X than his own age group, taking extended breaks from everyday life, and his existential dread of tech billionairesMon Oct 20 2025 - 06:00
Leaving Gaza for Ireland: My soul is there. My memories are there. My cat is thereDr Mohammed Abu Mughessib, who has lived in Gaza for 25 years, has been accepted for an MSF advisory job based in IrelandSat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Heather Humphreys gives it welly as she rallies rural support Candidate says she could ‘still milk a cow’ if she had to as farmers share concern over issues facing themThu Oct 16 2025 - 18:58
I don’t want to see Victoria Beckham chatting over coffee. I want to see her in a rocket to spaceThere’s definitely a fascinating documentary to be made about the Beckham family. Maybe next timeThu Oct 16 2025 - 05:16
Pillow Queens: ‘When we’re seeing trans friends’ rights being taken we absolutely let the music take a back seat’Irish band reflects on what makes them different, feeling a ‘new energy’ and how their work has resonated with peopleSat Oct 11 2025 - 05:19
