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‘It’s important for ice hockey players to be clean!’ I jot down during Heated Rivalry’s shower scene
There’s also a focus on special ice-hockey exercises. Our heroes engage in these nudely, like Spartans. I try to draw diagrams
Rental Family review: Brendan Fraser helps sell this odd but charming American-in-Tokyo comedy
Fraser plays a struggling actor hired to pose as the estranged father of a young mixed-race girl
The Voice of Hind Rajab review: A clear-headed chronicle of a Palestinian tragedy
The film’s spine is its use of the real audio recordings of the child of the title trapped in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza
Dog Days by Emily La Barge: Confronting the trauma of an attack
An author in search of nothing short of a new form of writing
Any Given Day – Cork University Hospital review: Patient-focused series avoids the usual melodrama
Television: Medical documentary puts positive spin on our health service while patient stories are compelling and honest
Decision on appeal in Kneecap terror case to be given at later date, judge says
Case against Belfast rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was dismissed last September on technical grounds
Hijack season two: Even Idris Elba looks uncomfortable with the direction of this latest heist
Television: The fast-moving unfussy plot was a strong feature of Hijack series one on Apple TV. Alas, second time out, it’s all too convoluted
An Poc ar Buille singer Sean Ó Sé dies, aged 89
President Connolly says Cork man among most distinctive and cherished voices in Irish traditional song
Kiefer Sutherland arrested after allegedly assaulting ride-share driver
Actor given February court date
The Music Quiz: Which of Lana Del Rey’s songs namechecks Kings of Leon?
Plus: What is the birth name of the British singer-songwriter Raye?
The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: A book deserving of wide readership
Solid attempt to tackle difficult task of explaining legal and philosophical assumptions behind slavery
Irish fiction debuts to look forward this year from Neil Tully, Ana Kinsella to Colin Morgan
‘I’m happy to say that rights have been optioned for TV’: A rich crop of fiction is set to emerge this year
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – a trivial but entertaining series diversion
This fourth episode strays into torture porn and is the most gratuitously nasty of the series so far
Money ‘no issue’ for long awaited revamp of National Concert Hall, says Minister
Major redevelopment of classical music venue first announced in 2005 but stalled by financial crash
Report into botched Arts Council IT project is ‘fairly stark’ in its findings, Minister says
Patrick O’Donovan commits to implementing 149 recommendations in expert group’s report ‘in their entirety’























































































