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From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024

The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable

Fri Dec 13 2024 - 06:00

Dish: With Aisling Bea, Florence Pugh and Marian Keyes, this dinner-party podcast has the perfect guests

Podcast review: Hosted by Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw, Dish is more than a good idea

Tue Oct 15 2024 - 05:00

Big Mood review: Nicola Coughlan is fantastic but the same can’t be said for the rest of this unfunny, jarring show

Television: Switcheroo between sitcom humour and serious drama when lead’s bipolar diagnosis emerges lands as cheap stunt

Thu Mar 28 2024 - 23:00

TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch this week

February 24th-Mar 1st: CMAT wows Dingle in Other Voices, and Channel 4 puts juries on trial

Sun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00

Alice & Jack review: romcom with Domhnall Gleeson and Aisling Bea has chemistry in all the wrong places

Television review: With Domhnall Gleeson, Aisling Bea and 2023 Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough in lead roles, the Channel 4 series has much going for it, but it is simply not likeable

Wed Feb 14 2024 - 22:00

Last One Laughing Ireland: Behind the scenes with Graham Norton and Aisling Bea on the new Irish comedy show

How do you stop yourself from laughing, or even smiling, and what does it do to your psyche if you do? A new Prime Video series sees 10 Irish comics strive to keep a straight face

Sat Jan 13 2024 - 06:00

Kae Tempest among highlights at this year’s Other Voices festival

Dingle event featured performances from BC Camplight, ØXN, CMAT and many more

Sun Dec 03 2023 - 22:00

Electric Picnic 2023: the sun comes out from dawn to dusk for a glorious end to summer

Temperatures hit the mid-20s over weekend as this year’s festivalgoers are spared the annual mudfest

Sun Sept 03 2023 - 19:19

Electric Picnic 2023: Saturday stage times for all the top areas, weather forecast and more

When and where to catch Fred Again, Paolo Nutini, The Coronas and more

Sat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00

Electric Picnic 2023: Some of the best podcasts, poetry and people to catch at Mindfield

Including The Rodfather, Three Castles Burning, Miriam O’Callaghan’s Sunday Brunch and Aisling Bea

Thu Aug 31 2023 - 05:00

Electric Picnic 2023: Stage times for all areas and weather forecast for festival weekend

Full line-up of performers including Billie Eilish, Niall Horan, Fred Again, The Killers and more

Tue Aug 29 2023 - 11:00

Aisling Bea: I want to be ‘easy and nice’ but sometimes it is not possible

The Kildare comedian, actor and writer comes clean on multitasking, wanting a role in a Marvel movie, what she would tell her younger self, and how being an ‘easy and nice’ woman isn’t all that simple

Sat Jun 10 2023 - 05:30

Amy Huberman, Aisling Bea among cast for Graham Norton’s Prime series LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland

Prime Video has announced the line-up of Irish comedic talent competing in the Graham Norton-hosted format

Thu May 25 2023 - 05:00

Nish Kumar: ‘The Conservative government in Britain are cultural vandals’

The comedian on dealing with hate and why Britain’s public broadcasting is under siege

Wed May 11 2022 - 00:00

TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony

Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future

Mon May 09 2022 - 10:20

Irish EastEnders actor Melanie Clark Pullen dies aged 46

Bray native best known for role in the soap in the 1990s had been diagnosed with cancer

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 22:03

Maeve Higgins: ‘Irish people are treated as some kind of miracle when they do well abroad’

The comedian on making it in the US and Ireland’s ‘overlooked, undervalued’ women

Sat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00

Partition, armchair epidemiology and Joe Duffy: 2021’s top conversation killers

A guide to surviving the inevitable rows and getting one up on your loved ones this Christmas

Fri Dec 24 2021 - 06:00

Aisling Bea: Irish people tried to connect my posh English accent to some form of oppression

‘I’m doing a Manchester accent next year,’ says the actor, ‘so hold on to your Twitter knickers’

Tue Nov 02 2021 - 06:00

We need to calm down about Irish people and their accents

Emer McLysaght: We have an odd national obsession with how our celebrities speak

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 01:00

Going to college? Head to the open days in universities around the country

When are they on and what’s on offer? Key facts about 2021-2022 open days

Tue Oct 26 2021 - 11:01

Irish brands leading the circular fashion revolution

A community-focused movement is turning discarded materials into covetable products

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00

Londoners will love Aisling Bea’s This Way Up. We might roll our eyes a little

TV review: The Kildare comedian explores the irritations and melancholy of modern life

Thu Jul 15 2021 - 19:37

Riverdance the movie: Pierce Brosnan and Brendan Gleeson hoof it up on a screen near you

Michael Flatley becomes an impressively antlered elk in a new animated film based on the hit show

Mon May 24 2021 - 06:00

Angela Scanlon on life in London: ‘I am Irish through and through’

The presenter on Irishness, the excitement of live TV and the upside of lockdown

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 06:00

How nuns schooled today’s torch-bearers of feminism

A generation of female superheroes in tartan skirts and gabardines

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 00:00

Aisling Bea and Michael Harte win British television craft awards

Bea took the breakthrough talent award while Harte claimed the editing: factual prize

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 22:06

Love Wedding Repeat: You should avoid this ‘Four Weddings’ rip-off

But you probably won’t, since it’s on Netflix and these days the audience is captive

Fri Apr 10 2020 - 06:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in April

After Life’s second season and a new Mindy Kaling sitcom are among the latest arrivals

Wed Apr 01 2020 - 06:00

Quizzes, karaoke, meditation: The best online resources for self-isolation

From fitness to MoMa, there are countless resources online to keep you occupied

Thu Mar 26 2020 - 05:45

Patrick Freyne: The best of TV in 2019 and what to watch this year

Funniest programmes are of the hand-drawn variety like Rick and Morty

Fri Jan 03 2020 - 05:00

TV in 2019: A year of big and unhappy endings

Fleabag, Game of Thrones and Catastrophe all ended – and somehow brought us all together

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Hollywood trade mission reveals new normal for Irish screen industry

RTÉ risks being bypassed as business of TV drama realigns

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 05:15

Netflix: The 10 best new shows and films to watch in October

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Living With Yourself, The Laundromat and Big Mouth season 3

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 06:00