Dancing with the Stars review: Waltz by meteorologist Joanna Donnelly in memory of her mother leaves everyone in tears
Television: week two of DWTS 2025 sees goosebumps abound and emotions flow
Alex Kapranos: ‘I saw a guy in a band being extremely predatory with underage girls. He was exploiting his position’
Franz Ferdinand are back with The Human Fear, perhaps their best album yet. The band’s frontman talks about two decades in the music business
American Primeval review: Seldom has the stench of American conquest risen so raw and hot
Television: Grippingly gory new western does the seemingly impossible by making us see the old west in a bloody new light
Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown soundtrack review – In what world does this Dylanless Bob Dylan album make sense?
Star of new biopic deserves gold medal for effort, but you can only wonder about the target audience
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action review - gripping film does not flinch from horror unleashed by obnoxious show
Television review: The tasteless sleaze Jerry Springer paraded across the screen has long since been eclipsed by the great dumbing down of culture off camera
Prosthetics, a body suit and a standout performance: Why Colin Farrell deserves his Golden Globe for The Penguin
Television: Star buried his natural charm and affability under layers of latex to become the most un-Farrell-like creature imaginable
Room to Improve review: Dermot Bannon’s fancy pants design runs into a client’s wish for a lovable and liveable home
Television: Room To Improve turns an everyday makeover project into an engaging story and tells it with passion and empathy
Dancing with the Stars review: Twists, turns and all kinds of grimaces as new judge Karen Byrne goes up against sourpuss Brian Redmond
Television: Olympians Jack Woolley and Rhys McClenaghan are clear front-runners as RTÉ’s dance competition returns for its 2025 season
Irish music acts to watch in 2025: 22 to follow, from Cardinals to Yunè Pinku
Who are Ireland’s rising stars? Here’s who to keep an eye on this year
Missing You review: another hard-nosed lady cop with a scorched-earth personal life from Harlan Coben
Netflix review: While the cliches are ticked off one by one, the UK-set whodunnit with a convoluted plot and soap opera-level acting is pleasing hokum from mystery writer Harlan Coben
Skinner: New Wave Vaudeville – Spasmodic shot of art rock walks the tightrope between high culture and backstreet scuzz
Dubliner Aaron Corcoran names debut album in honour of Manhattan club’s ethos of ‘celebrating the weird part of who you are’
The Traitors review: riotously addictive gameshow is piled high with murder, mystery and statement capes
Television review: Much of the fun with The Traitors from the BBC is in how seriously it takes itself. A creepy castle in the Scottish Highlands helps with the ambience, too. RTÉ will probably be set the new Irish version at Limerick Junction
The Late Late NYE Show review: Patrick Kielty rises above some mystifying moments with a good line in take-no-prisoner jokes
Television: Despite blink-and-it’s-over conversations with wildly mismatched guests, this New Year’s Eve special is much better than 2023’s
Dancing with the Stars 2025: Who are the contestants, when is it on and more
Everything you need to know about RTÉ’s new season of the competition for the glitterball trophy
Nanci Griffith: From a Distance review – harrowing account of the country music star’s life that ended in isolation and alcoholism
Television review: While Nanci Griffith's final years were tragic, there are many heartwarming aspects to the story of a singer with low self-esteem and a poetic air who found success in Ireland