OUR WRITERS
MUSIC
FILM
First Look review: Barry Keoghan gives a tense, psychologically uneasy performance in Butterfly Jam
Once We Were Punks review: If you’re over a certain age, this is a moving Irish music documentary
BOOKS
TV & RADIO
STAGE
ART
ALL CULTURE
Eurovision 2026: Australia through to grand final
Only 35 countries competing this year with Ireland among nations not taking part due to Israel’s involvement
The Gate’s assured Ideal Husband remains fittingly haunted by the circumstances of its creation
Matthew Malone and Caitríona Ennis star in Marc Atkinson Borrull’s revival of Oscar Wilde’s most political work
Tame Impala in Dublin: Sometimes it’s hard to understand what Kevin Parker is aiming for
Psychedelic sounds and dazzling light show create sense of digital disorientation in 3Arena
First Look review: Barry Keoghan gives a tense, psychologically uneasy performance in Butterfly Jam
Cannes 2026: Irish actor stars with Riley Keough in Kantemir Balagov’s singular family drama
Event guide: Paul Simon, Kraftwerk and other best things to see in Ireland over the next week
May 16th-22nd, 2026: The best music, art and more coming your way over the next week
Eurovision: prominent bars join TV boycott as Jewish Council criticises RTÉ
PantiBar owner says decision to stop screening contest is validated by Israel’s attempt to use it as ‘propaganda tool’
Retro riding: A history of sex on Irish TV, from The Late Late Show to Rivals
Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is back on Disney+. Here’s how such shows have developed since TV introduced sex to Ireland in the 1960s
Once We Were Punks review: If you’re over a certain age, this is a moving Irish music documentary
Older punks recall the oddness of once trying to be The Damned in a remote corner of Cavan
Frida Slattery as Herself, by Ana Kinsella: It’s easy to see why this debut excited editors
This is an effortless, elegant and impressive debut from a promising young writer
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Sergeant-major routine is ditched for a chummy Boy’s Own romp
Television: Riding into the sunset with the actor Liam Cummingham and the comedian PJ Gallagher, it’s like an Irish version of old Top Gear specials
Silvia Gribaudi: Suspended Chorus review – Grace, fluidity and a sense of abandon
Dublin Dance Festival 2026: One-woman show illuminates vulnerability of performers, particularly female dancers who defy Instagrammable stereotypes
‘Please don’t mention anything that happens here,’ Derren Brown says. But I have to tell you about it
At the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, we start to doubt the authenticity of the illusion and wonder how much of what we are seeing has been baked in advance
Cannes 2026: Glamour, sheer excruciation and the vanishing Irish-shot film Bucking Fastard
The festival opened with a very French, very odd ceremony featuring Jane Fonda, Peter Jackson and bad impersonations of Robert De Niro and Julia Roberts
Obsession: The best US horror film of the 2020s – starring a ringer for Paul Mescal
Twisted love story directed by Curry Barker delivers a chilling critique of human relationships
A new Wild Atlantic Way? How nine ‘literary routes’ could form a map of Irish writing
The proposed ‘Literary Ways’ criss-crossing Border counties highlight writers from WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney to Nell McCafferty and Lisa McGee
