Subscriber OnlyInside the alleged Hollywood smear campaign against Blake Lively: ‘We can bury anyone’Messages detail alleged campaign to tarnish Lively’s reputation after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on set of It Ends With UsBy Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie TateMon Dec 23 2024 - 13:00
FilmBlake Lively accuses director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment during filming of It Ends With UsActor Lively also made allegations of a co-ordinated PR effort to damage her reputationBy Edward HelmoreMon Dec 23 2024 - 10:55
Subscriber OnlyRinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World’s Deadliest Crooks by Geoff White - An engrossing and mind-blowing guideToday’s technologies are facilitating crime on a vast scale, and Ireland has a significant footprint in this murky, international gang-controlled world
Subscriber OnlyFrom Christian Lee Hutson to Oisín Leech: The top five roots albums of 2024Our pick of the year’s roots albums take in Malin Head, Missouri and points between
FilmNosferatu director Robert Eggers: ‘We needed to find a way to make the vampire scary again’The film-maker follows in the eerie footsteps of FW Murnau and Werner Herzog in his new feature, starring Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult
‘On the ninth day of Christmas, Nietzsche said with glee: sever links with your family’ Unthinkable: For the seasan that’s in it, we’ve gone for a philosophical Christmas carolBy Joe Humphreys
From Christian Lee Hutson to Oisín Leech: The top five roots albums of 2024Our pick of the year’s roots albums take in Malin Head, Missouri and points betweenBy Joe Breen
Top five Irish jazz albums of 2024, from Mary Coughlan to Adjunct Ensemble‘Thank God I’m alive,’ Mary Coughlan sings on her album Repeat, Rewind. Hear, hearBy Philip Watson
One Leg One Eye review: Forget Fairytale of New York. This is a soundtrack of the real Irish ChristmasIan Lynch and George Brennan offer a wonderful ghost-train ride through droning electronica, warped uilleann pipes and spirals of unfiltered noiseBy Ed Power
The Pogues at 3Arena: Applause rang out into the night, the crowd singing their way out on to the quaysA stacked line-up including members of Fontaines DC, Lankum and The Mary Wallopers delivers a brilliantly infectious performanceBy Una Mullally
The 2 Johnnies Christmas Party at 3Arena: It’s easy to sneer at the triteness and crudeness, but are 13,000 happy fans wrong?Support for the podcast stars, whose guests include Marty Morrissey, Nathan Carter and Dustin the Turkey, is fanaticalBy Cian O'Connell
Inside the alleged Hollywood smear campaign against Blake Lively: ‘We can bury anyone’Messages detail alleged campaign to tarnish Lively’s reputation after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on set of It Ends With UsBy Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate
Blake Lively accuses director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment during filming of It Ends With UsActor Lively also made allegations of a co-ordinated PR effort to damage her reputationBy Edward Helmore
Better Man review: Robbie Williams as a monkey is a surprising look at the ego-driven’s star’s life By Donald Clarke
The Six Triple Eight: Stirring tribute to the only black women’s unit to serve in Europe during the second World War By Tara Brady
Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World’s Deadliest Crooks by Geoff White - An engrossing and mind-blowing guideToday’s technologies are facilitating crime on a vast scale, and Ireland has a significant footprint in this murky, international gang-controlled worldBy Karlin Lillington
December’s YA picks: Genre fiction where horror tropes are subverted, thwarted and perpetuatedIncluding books by Susan Cahill; Bill Wood; Scarlett Dunmore; Rosie Talbot and Sarah Maxwell; and Bex HoganBy Claire Hennessy
Christmas TV guide in Ireland: The best specials, festive movies and pick of RTÉ scheduleDecember 22nd-27th: including Christmas specials of Doctor Who, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Gavin & Stacey, and OutnumberedBy Kevin Courtney
The Young Offenders Christmas Special review: Where’s Jock? Without him, Conor’s firearm foxer isn’t quite a crackerChris Walley’s charismatic tearaway is still in prison on drug charges, leaving his best pal, the Knocknaheeny scamp Conor, flying soloBy Ed Power
When Claire Byrne confronts Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary on RTÉ, the atmosphere is seriously tetchyRadio 1 host clashes with airline boss over high airfares, while Ray D’Arcy captures a frazzled festive atmosphereBy Mick Heaney
‘We jumped the shark in the very first episode!’: 35 years of The SimpsonsThe fact that the era-defining 1990s cartoon sitcom is still in production today is a source of both wonder and despairBy Alex Reid
The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takersGambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should beBy Chris McCormack
Beauty & the Beast review: On the way home, younger audience members re-enact scenes. There’s no higher recommendationAlan Hughes and Karl Broderick’s interactive pantomime, directed by Simon Delaney, features the promising Caoileann Woodcock as BelleBy Tara Brady
Hamad Butt: Apprehensions review – A prophet of dread wielding precise, precarious instrumentsArt: The British-Pakistani artist died 30 years ago, at just 34. His work is being rehabilitated with the help of the Irish Museum of Modern ArtBy Tom Lordan
The art of 2024: 10 of Ireland’s best exhibitions of the yearFrom big group shows exploring topics as vast as time to small but beautifully formed solo painting exhibitions, art has rewarded on many levels this yearBy Gemma Tipton
