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Welcome to Moore Street on RTÉ One: A melancholic valentine to a Dublin street left for dead
Television: Shuttered stalls, plunging footfall, drug addiction and lawlessness – it’s a wonder this wasn’t called Farewell to Moore Street
Imperfect Women on Apple TV: Flaws here are clunky scripting and an implausible plot
A tale of lies, female friendship and dreadful men set in upper-middle-class California that somehow doesn’t feature Nicole Kidman
Patrick Freyne: From Fargo to The Den, these reboots were made for gawking
Everything gets a reboot these days, but it’s still surprising how many of them make for good telly
Midwinter Break review: Suppressed emotions and gentle ambiguities
Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville play an Irish couple in this adaptation of Bernard MacLaverty’s novel
Dead Man’s Wire review: Energetic dramatisation of real-life hostage crisis
Bill Skarsgård plays struggling businessman Tony Kiritsis with a volatile mix of grievance, bravado and wounded pride
The Woman in the Water by Henrietta McKervey: Gothic thriller reopens familiar mystery
Inspired by Rebecca, this novel explores themes of duty, reputation and female autonomy
‘We said to Natalie Portman, we need you to protect the movie. And she did’
Ugo Bienvenu, director of the Oscar-nominated animated film Arco, on sticking with his creative vision
Anna Macleod: Tír Breac/Speckled Land review – An artist in negotiation with her materials, attuned to history and mythology
Visual art: The Scottish-Irish artist’s practice is grounded by a central emphasis on research and social engagement
The Music Quiz: What is the birth name of former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson?
Plus: The title of UK rapper Dave’s 2025 album, The Boy Who Played Harp, references which book in the Bible?
Seamus Heaney’s later years: Nicholas Allen explores his final poetry volumes
Allen examines ageing, illness and the enduring light of Heaney’s poetic world
Fog Bells: A flavour of the depth and richness of the poetry currently being written in Turkish
In March 1995, I ventured to Istanbul and immediately fell in love with the chaotic layers and depths of the city and its language
Proud to be Irish: Aidan Gillen, Joe O’Connor and more on their cultural treasures
What underrated or unheralded Irish film, book, TV show, art or music do you tell your friends about?
Oscars 2027: Which films will be up for best picture? Donald Clarke predicts the nominees
From Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey to Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, a look at next year’s potential best-picture contenders
Glenroe, Bosco, Mrs Brown’s Boys: The best and worst Irish TV shows ever made
Put your feet up as we bring you the best of Irish television – and then take a deep breath as we run through the worst
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Basciville, Chalk, How I Became a Wave, Ellie O’Neill and Gerr Walsh
March 2026 releases include Love in the Time of the State, Crystalpunk, How I Became a Wave, Time of Fallow and Ages & Ages
