Ed Sheeran and Mary Robinson are right. It’s time to bin Band Aid
Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start
James Vincent McMorrow: ‘I’ve been building back a version of me that made me happy rather than crying every night’
The Dubliner isn’t the first name that comes to mind as a songwriter for a boy-band megastar. But working with Louis Tomlinson was just what he needed after his record-label disappoinment
‘I wasn’t used to people in their early 20s, getting sick and dying’: The harrowing story of Aids in Ireland
Memorial – The Story of HIV/Aids in Ireland review: An empathetic yet unsentimental documentary
Ballroom Blitz review: Adam Clayton’s celebration of Irish showbands hints at the burden of being in U2
TV review: U2 bassist Adam Clayton is a decent presenter and great fun to hang with, but the documentary leans too hard on nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake
Anohni at the National Concert Hall review: A night of nourishing melancholia conjuring an ocean of warmth
In homage to Lou Reed, Anohni gives late musician’s work the creative approach she feels it deserves
Leaders’ debate TV review: With an eye for drama, Miriam O’Callaghan pins Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin to their collars
Television: Miriam O’Callaghan did her best to add pep to this tedious chinwag but we ended up with pure lethargy
Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating – how the food industry cracked the code and made us all eat more
Television: The big message of this show is that we should not feel guilty about our eating habits, just angry about how we got here
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release
Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars review – Innovative look at the tumultuousness of Irish history
Television: The podcaster and author taps into the sense of haunting weirdness that runs through Irish history
Cruel Intentions review: Bring back the oversexed, amoral rich kids. This remake is joyless, ludicrous and dull
Television: The only reason the series exists is to cash in on nostalgia for the original camp masterpiece
The Listeners review: Creepy and absorbing thriller is a showcase for Irish actor Ollie West
Television review: West plays a school student struggling with a sound only he and teacher Rebecca Hall can hear
U2: How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb track by track review – Hold on to your mirror shades for classic moments and wigged-out curios
Inevitably for an out-take album, it’s a bit glued together and rough at the edges, but even U2 agnostics will like a lot of the tracks
Leaders’ debate review: Were all the participants tranquillised en route to the studio?
Television: Occasional sparks insufficient to draw viewers out of their pre-election stupor
Anohni: ‘The Irish are fighting the good fight in so many regards’
The Mercury Prize-winning singer on Trump’s misogyny, climate change and preparing to celebrate her mentor Lou Reed in Dublin
I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! review: Barry McGuigan comes unstuck in bungled rumble in jungle
Television: It’s all a bit ho-hum so far as Coleen Rooney stands out as most recognised ‘celebrity’