Bono, Edge, Larry Mullen jnr and Adam Clayton haven’t sounded so invigorated and unburdened for decades

Television: Black Doves is certainly no classic but it moves at pace and makes for a good midwinter binge

The English indie band were smart enough always to keep pushing forward. Now they’re going backwards – to underwhelming effect

Television: The presenter explores plunging global birth rates with a gregarious, slightly anarchic presenting style

Television: As the mystery unfolds, the Irish language component of Crá fades into the background, and a gripping thriller plays out

Nerina Pallot had to negotiate blokey media and music worlds early in her career. Now, with a lot more creative control, the singer-songwriter sets her own course

Television: Patrick Stewart brought dignity to science fiction as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Us geeks owe him an enormous debt

Traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny are finally exposed in tense, close-run ending, while James Blunt becomes collateral damage

The actor’s Star Trek role made her globally famous. Now she brings her no-nonsense attitude to The Galway Bay Murders, a new RTÉ crime drama

Television: The former State Pathologist presents in a sober style and uses her expertise well to convey the severe punishment suffered by the accused

Julian Casablancas and co serve up the sort of nostalgia that their overwhelmingly Gen Z audience craves

Television: Despite being hopeless on Celebrity Traitors, scientist Hannah Fry is on much firmer ground with a deep dive into the subject of machine learning

In Dublin, Flowers exudes rock-star magnetism, his new country-rock-themed material topped off with a murderously enjoyable Killers hits set

Television: What really comes across in this well-intentioned documentary is the Friends star’s loneliness

Singer wanted The Hounds of Love album to draw on her Irish heritage, which led her to Dublin and a lifelong friendship with Lunny