Amandaland review: Sharon Horgan comedy spin-off stands firmly on its own two feet
Television: Series sees Motherland’s obviously posh mum Amanda return as she juggles parenting with a career as an influencer
Celebrity Bear Hunt review: This is the funniest thing Netflix has put on for ages, with the token Irish person to keep us watching
Blending deft touches of sadism and unintentional laughs, it’s hard to imagine this show with Bear Grylls and Una Healy being anything other than a massive hit
The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow review – Summer melodies meet bummer vibes
Abel Tesfaye’s ever-ratcheting anxiety becomes overwhelming, then numbing over 22 tracks and 80 minutes
Dancing with the Stars judges and Kellie Harrington in tears after Jack Woolley’s emotional dance
Television:Taekwondo Olympian Jack Woolley recalls how Kellie Harrington was there for him after he was viciously attacked in Dublin: ‘I needed plastic surgery ... she was the first person that turned out’
Boyzone: No Matter What review - It’s gripping, gruelling stuff that you can’t look away from
Television: A bruisingly bingeable documentary on the 1990s boy band Boyzone – Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham – and how it all ended
Eli Hewson of Inhaler: ‘There’s so much nepotism in every facet of life’
The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’
The Apprentice: Irish contestants feature in new season but how long can the show keep going?
Television: Aoibheann Walsh, who is from Donegal, and Jordan Dargan, a Dubliner, are among the 18 candidates on Alan Sugar’s The Apprentice
For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
FKA Twigs: Eusexua review – Mysterious, playful, witty, sensual and catchy
The mercurial Cheltenham talent is on a mission to make pop weird again
Brian and Maggie review: Why does no Irish broadcaster bring our history to light in such a riveting way?
Television: why does no Irish broadcaster have the ambition to bring our history to light in so riveting a fashion?
Skinner: ‘A lot of bands are afraid of speaking out about the way they’ve been treated. Some of the carry-on is atrocious’
The postpunk songwriter has been careful to make his debut album, New Wave Vaudeville, as independently as he can
‘I’m appalled we’re going through senseless anti-Semitism again,’ says survivor of Auschwitz women’s orchestra
Television: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, powerful BBC documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz tells the remarkable story of 99-year-old cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Dancing with the Stars: Celebrity chef Kevin Dundon serves up another dance floor mess
Dancing with the Stars: Ireland AM’s Elaine Crowley is second contestant to go from show
Ireland’s 2025 Eurovision entry: The six Eurosong acts vying to represent Ireland
The pressure is very much on with Bambie Thug putting Ireland back on the Eurovision radar with a commendable sixth-place finish in 2024
Mogwai: The Bad Fire review – Plenty of gruff authenticity, plus a moment that spears your heart
The Glasgow indie stalwarts found a new lease of life during the pandemic; for their first album since, the quiet of lockdown had been replaced by the roiling storm clouds of everyday life