Bad – The Song That Saved My Life review: A U2 anthem linking two extreme trajectoriesTelevision: Bono never forgot his childhood pal Andy Rowen and tapped into his feelings about him for two of U2’s defining early anthemsMon Jun 15 2026 - 12:47
No sleep ’til Wicklow: Mike D brings a note of mayhem to a laid-back Beyond the PaleReview: The former Beastie Boy throws himself around like your dad cutting loose when the wedding DJ plays NirvanaMon Jun 15 2026 - 09:54
Is Olivia Rodrigo covering Fontaines DC and CMAT the pop artist’s bid to garner grown-up cred?With her album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, the singer wants a place as a grown-up artist. She tested the water with her Fontaines DC and CMAT songsSun Jun 14 2026 - 05:22
Olivia Rodrigo’s new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, is brilliantly catchy and beautifully bittersweet Olivia Rodrigo’s third LP vindicates her willingness to take inspiration from alternative pop’s most woebegone weirdos and wunderkindsFri Jun 12 2026 - 14:17
Brexit - A Very British Civil War review: Ghastly portrait of ruling classes having a larkTelevision: If nothing else, this two-parter achieves the remarkable feat of making you grateful for parish-pump Irish politicsTue Jun 09 2026 - 21:23
BackStory on RTÉ One: ‘Some people would tell me I’m absolutely not Irish... I feel less accepted’ Television: Irish-Zimbabwean singer Siobhán McClean’s return to Africa takes on a new significance unimaginable a decade agoTue Jun 09 2026 - 11:41
No Three Lions: The 10 best soccer bangers, including World Cup Fever and World in MotionThe record industry loves a cash-in, but some songs rise above it all, just as the beautiful game doesTue Jun 09 2026 - 05:21
Making peil from pixels: is the new Gaelic football video game any good? The latest attempt to do digital justice to the GAA is Gaelic Football Laochra by Belfast developer Buck Eejit GamesMon Jun 08 2026 - 13:00
Aldous Harding review: At one point it could be Dolly Parton singing over a David Lynch filmThe indie star’s gift is to make normal life feel like a scary story spun around the campfire – or from a psychiatrist’s couchMon Jun 08 2026 - 09:48
Is it heresy to suggest the World Cup is more fun when Ireland aren’t in it?We all have our favourite World Cup memories, and in most cases, they involve sitting on a couch in a livingroom, staring at the screenMon Jun 08 2026 - 06:00
Niall Horan: Dinner Party review – Sorry, Harry Styles. This is the year’s best 1D albumThe One Direction alumnus knows what he’s good at. This spectacularly unspectacular LP feels rooted in a genuinely optimistic world viewFri Jun 05 2026 - 12:39
Cape Fear on Apple TV+: Schlocky genre revival that’s not half as clever as it thinks it isTelevision: Javier Bardem gets stuck into this script like an unhinged panto-dame, his histrionics leaving his fellow cast – including Amy Adams – at a lossFri Jun 05 2026 - 06:05
Addison Rae in Dublin review: Old school pop star exudes joy and glamour on rainy nightMoving and singing like a Gen Z Britney Spears, few other artists make putting on a show for your fans feel like such uncomplicated funThu Jun 04 2026 - 12:16
Clarkson’s Farm season five on Prime: A cuddly Jeremy Clarkson? On Diddly Squat farm, pigs truly do flyTelevision: Jeremy Clarkson has so thoroughly cuddly-ified himself that it is bracing to recall he was once the most controversial man in BritainWed Jun 03 2026 - 12:18
Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane review – Like a highlight reel of the Beatle’s adventures in rockA postcard from Paul McCartney to his younger self, The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a fine addition to his canonFri May 29 2026 - 00:01
Putin - In Ten Pictures review: An unsettling portrait of a Bond villain made flesh Television: This gripping documentary paints a sobering portrait of 21st-century despotism: suited, booted and ready for its close-upThu May 28 2026 - 20:21
The Four Seasons, season two: Steve Carell was right to bail on this show about pampered midlife AmericansTelevision: Tina Fey is the best thing here, and even she always seems just one eye-roll away from shrugging her shoulders and exitingThu May 28 2026 - 10:00
007 First Light: Could the new James Bond from Greystones be exactly what the franchise needs?Patrick Gibson, a former Gonzaga and Trinity College student, plays a grounded young Bond in a new video gameWed May 27 2026 - 14:13
The Lemon Twigs in Dublin: Retro brothers’ gig is a close second to a full-on time machineAt Vicar Street, Brian and Michael D’Addario narrow the gap between 2026 and 1966 to the point where it’s hard to spot the differenceWed May 27 2026 - 11:23
Christopher Cross at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre: Thrilling night shows that great pop is eternalReview: Slick, brisk Dublin concert features Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) and Ride Like the Wind, among other yacht-rock classicsMon May 25 2026 - 11:45
Dear England review: Hugely watchable account of one man’s effort to reverse World Cup woesLet’s face it, many will watch this for the sheer pleasure of witnessing England lose – not once or twice, but thriceSun May 24 2026 - 22:47
Jack Antonoff on living in the spotlight with Margaret Qualley and producing Taylor Swift Taylor Swift’s superstar producer makes his own music with Bleachers. On their new album, Everyone for Ten Minutes, he weighs up the impact of celebrity Sat May 23 2026 - 05:19
Who are Katseye? And why did my kids want me to remortgage the house to go to their Dublin show?The K-pop group, who racked up more than 30 billion views on TikTok in 2025, kick off their tour of Europe and North America in IrelandFri May 22 2026 - 10:46
Ed O’Brien: Blue Morpho review – Like a sobbing friend you’d gladly spend all night in the pub withThe guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship, both bombastically bereft and compelling companyFri May 22 2026 - 05:00
Brú review on TG4: An honest account of the sacrifices young people make for elite sport Television: At a time when sport on TV feels like a covert way to advertise betting websites and beer there’s something hugely refreshing about thisThu May 21 2026 - 22:09
The Boroughs on Netflix: Stranger Things creators hit up the pensioners in this pacy murder mysteryTelevision: Boomer bigwigs Geena Davis, Bill Pullman and Alfred Molina top the bill in this supernatural amateur detective rompThu May 21 2026 - 15:21
Kylie Minogue’s Netflix documentary: Why an Ireland gig was controversial and 11 other things I learnedTelevision: The Australian soap star-turned-global celebrity revisits her lifetime in the spotlight in a new three-part Netflix seriesWed May 20 2026 - 06:00
Tradfluencer – The Sharon Shannon Story review: A folk superstar never cut out for celebrityTelevision: Fascinating portrait of pioneering musician fails to find the person behind the musicMon May 18 2026 - 22:06
Eurovision 2026 review: Father Ted, controversy and Ireland’s absence as Bulgaria winsBoos, boycotts and tensions over Israel overshadow the 70th Eurovision Song Contest, in ViennaSun May 17 2026 - 07:33
Yacht-rocker Christopher Cross: ‘I certainly didn’t have the money for a yacht. Never had one’ Along with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, the Grammy-winner made some of the greatest pop ever. But success never seemed a givenSat May 16 2026 - 05:13
Drake: Iceman review – The rapper can write great pop. But this is a listless, forgettable albumFor all the Kendrick Lamar background heat, Drake sounds like an artist adrift, with little to cling to beyond an enthusiastically nurtured sense of victimhoodFri May 15 2026 - 17:27
Rivals season two: Irish duo Aidan Turner and Victoria Smurfit seem appropriately embarrassedTelevision: Did someone look at the personal life of Boris Johnson and think, hey, you could get some really great telly out of that?Fri May 15 2026 - 08:09
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Sergeant-major routine is ditched for a chummy Boy’s Own romp Television: Riding into the sunset with the actor Liam Cummingham and the comedian PJ Gallagher, it’s like an Irish version of old Top Gear specialsWed May 13 2026 - 22:00
A Traveller Family review: Quietly thoughtful insight into a proud community struggling with identityTelevision: Alex Fegan’s documentary will hopefully go some way towards opening people’s eyes – it lets its subjects speak for themselvesTue May 12 2026 - 10:25
Lemoncello: ‘Dublin is squeezing the life out of musicians. It’s not a home for artists any more’Claire Kinsella and Laura Quirke form the duo Lemoncello, now one of the most important young folk acts in IrelandSat May 09 2026 - 05:23
Aldous Harding: Train on the Island review – Hypnotic, wonderfully bizarre goth popIf you appreciate music that’s in little hurry to be liked, Aldous Harding is the acquired taste you’ve been looking forFri May 08 2026 - 05:00
Legends on Netflix: Steve Coogan in his element in a gripping true crime thriller Television: Excellent drama about an unglamorous cabal of customs officers tackling gangs who are flooding the UK with heroinThu May 07 2026 - 12:03
Oprah Winfrey is coming to Dublin. Here are 10 of her most memorable moments through the yearsThe world’s most famous chat show host visits Dublin in SeptemberThu May 07 2026 - 06:00
Amandaland on BBC One: Amanda is one of the best comedy roles British TV has produced in yearsTelevision: Amandaland’s greatest asset is not its cast but a steady supply of zingers, which keep the action ticking alongWed May 06 2026 - 21:00
David Attenborough wrote me, an annoying child in 1980s Cork, a letter to explain his mistakeSadly, a letter from a posh man on the BBC - the same one who turns 100 on Friday - was not seen as that big a deal back thenWed May 06 2026 - 06:00
How brilliantly cheeky of RTÉ to essentially launch their version of Who Do You Think You Are? Review: The programme brings a satisfyingly human touch to our understanding of the 1926 census, showing the complicated lives behind the raw facts and figuresSun May 03 2026 - 19:18
Gary Lydon: Actor best known for Banshees of Inisherin dies aged 61The actor, who also had roles in The Clinic and Love/Hate, was born in London to Irish parents and returned to Wexford as a child Sun May 03 2026 - 10:47
Psychedelic rockers The Lemon Twigs: ‘Singing for Brian Wilson at his birthday was surreal’Hanging out with The Beach Boys’ troubled genius a signpost for still-youthful industry veterans Michael and Brian D’AddarioSat May 02 2026 - 05:18
Last night’s Late Late Show could have been Patrick Kielty’s last. Who needs the other more?Television: With contract-renewal negotiations seemingly in limbo, there’s a chance the RTÉ host won’t be back next season Sat May 02 2026 - 02:30
Tori Amos: In Times of Dragons review – This album wants to soar. But it’s firmly earthboundThe LP tries to be both a plunge into Irish mysticism and an anti-Trump protest. The singer is reluctant to fully commit to either visionFri May 01 2026 - 04:42
Big Thief at 3Arena: Gen Z’s favourite indie band steal the show with brilliantly cathartic concertAdrienne Lenker and her bandmates provide a night of highs, lows and heartbreaking digressionsThu Apr 30 2026 - 11:37
Big Mood on Channel 4: Nicola Coughlan shines in this showTelevision: This second season feels like a regression from series one and the earnestness with which it tackled mental healthThu Apr 30 2026 - 06:00
Widow’s Bay on Apple TV: After Amazon’s Melania Trump doc, this is the second scariest show to stream this yearTelevision: Comedy-horror starring Matthew Rhys does not veer into nastiness or gore, making it all the more unsettlingWed Apr 29 2026 - 06:00
The first film I saw at a cinema was Christopher Reeve’s Superman. It upended my childlike mindSuperheroes deserve some of the backlash they’ve been receiving of late, but is there a risk of throwing Batman out with the bathwater?Tue Apr 28 2026 - 05:13
Celebrity Super Spaces: Like Vogue Williams' pink countertop, this show is a bit muchThis feel-good filler has no huge aspirations but is amiable Sunday-evening viewingSun Apr 26 2026 - 21:45
