TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
October 12th-17th highlights: including Obituary, The End of the World with Beanz, and The Iris Affair
Siobhán Cullen
Obituary star Siobhán Cullen: ‘I love walking through cemeteries. Pop into your local graveyard’
The twisted obituary writer Elvira Clancy returns in RTÉ’s dark comedy – with Máiréad Tyers as her new newsroom boss
The Sugar Wife review: Siobhán Cullen and Chris Walley star in elegant revival of drama loaded with moral quandaries
Annabelle Comyn stages professional rendering of well-made play in which affluent Dublin couple are challenged by arrival of two visitors
The Dry review: This Irish sitcom sparkles once you get past the alcoholism cliches
Television: Series two is a huge improvement on the first iteration of this Dublin-set show starring Ciarán Hinds
Bodkin star Siobhán Cullen: ‘I think I have always seen it as a game. How much can I bend the rules?’
Dubliner talks about growing up in theatre, a fear of comedy scripts and her latest Netflix offering
Bodkin review: toe-curling paddywhackery from Barack and Michelle Obama plumbs the diddly dee depths
Netflix dramedy thinks it is critiquing cliches about Ireland when in fact it is adding to the stockpile
Boland: Journey of a Poet – One-note production of a near-perfect biographical play
Review: Druid’s chronicle of Eavan Boland’s life and work overlooks myriad possibilities
95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals
By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more
Once Upon a Bridge: Unchecked aggression and its regretful aftermath
Theatre review: In Sonya Kelly’s new play, commonplace hostilities can alter lives forever
‘Mum fought for every last intake of breath’ - Covid-19 bereaved relatives speak
Relatives feature in new documentary telling stories of eight people who died during pandemic
‘I could only hold her hand while dressed in a biohazard suit with gloves’
Irishwoman whose mother died of coronavirus describes final days together
‘I write stories to force adults to think about horrible topics’
16-year-old Amy Cahill – author of the story My Mammy Lives in a Box – on writing about suicide
DruidShakespeare: Richard III review – Striking, intoxicating, disturbing
Garry Hynes’s production is like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas
The statement of over 70 women supporting those who spoke out about Michael Colgan
Actors, writers, directors, producers, designers and stage managers sign statement supporting others who ended silence about abuse of power
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices