Game quality remained high in a year in which 1990s nostalgia played a big role

You have to credit McIlroy for possessing something all too rare in professional sport: a moral compass

The biggest show of the year, Adolescence, became so huge that it fuelled a moral panic, but the best stuff was on the little-watched Apple TV

Including releases by Ethel Cain, Anna Von Hausswolff, Wednesday, Hayley Williams and Cole Pulice

Television: By the time Best joined Cork Celtic he was not so much a shadow of his former self as a pickled parody, more in love with booze than the beautiful game

Most revealing are extracts from an interview in Tipperary in the early 1970s by RTÉ broadcaster Donncha Ó Dúlaing

Television: Oh, for a gag about breaking wind or a well-deployed single entendre to interrupt the monotony

Television: Christmas is about excess and familial angst, but also tenderness and tears, and all of the above are combined in perfect portions here

The singer-songwriter’s streak of earnestness elevated him beyond other hitmakers of the day

Will this be a step down for a personality who was once one of Ireland’s highest-paid broadcasters?

Enigmatic Galway songwriter sounds like a storm-tossed mix of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley

Television: Since its debut in 2020, Emily in Paris has been variously celebrated as a guilty pleasure and lamented as a sure sign of civilisation’s downfall

The documentary examines the cruelty of Trump’s new immigration policies and how a green card, long a golden ticket, is no longer a guarantee of safe passage

Rap trio brings its controversy machine to the Dublin venue with a formidable live gig, guest collaborations and plenty of fun

Television: Film is based on theories around a bestselling memoir full of struggle and courage, but did any of it actually happen?