Michael Palin, Mike Leigh and Christy Moore: This week’s unmissable online events

Celine Byrne and Robert Webb also among the virtual attractions over next seven days

Australia’s first national poet – An Irishman’s Diary on Bernard O’Dowd

Saracens dethrone Leinster in Champions Cup final

Defending champions overpowered as Saracens secure a third title

Syrian ‘hero swimmer’ arrested amid trafficking claims in Lesbos

Sara Mardini who saved 18 refugees with Olympian sister detained for the last week

Ocean’s 8 talk with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna: The weekend’s best TV

Also the Blue Planet team chart the story of life on Earth over the course of a single day

Walter Becker: Steely Dan guitarist, songwriter and avocado farmer

Obituary: Becker made suavely subversive pop hits out of slippery jazz harmonies

Steely Dan's Irish concerts to go ahead despite death of Walter Becker

Band are due to play their first gig in Ireland for more than 20 years in October

Leaving Cert English Paper 2: Relief as expected topics appear

‘A hugely important paper that celebrates literature as relevant, moving and thought-provoking’

In a word . . . Omelette

Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest

Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD

Romie O’ and Juliet – An Irishman’s Diary on why the accents of Shakespeare may sound strangely familiar

Harvard debate team loses to New York prison inmates

Defeat for prestigious set-up comes months after winning national debating title

Dead Poets Society, Grease and Harry Potter: Top class films set in school

Music, poetry and magic are the main lessons to come out of these classics