Patrick Freyne’s top TV shows of 2026: Lola Petticrew, a bearded grump and Siobhán McSweeney’s sneaky Irish
Brilliant Irish actor Lola Petticrew (just a normal Irish name) stars in Elizabeth Meriwether’s Disney crime drama, Furious.
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Youth: This might be the best art-imitates-life show Sharon Horgan has attempted
Television: Now, in her 50s and divorced, she is once again wrenching chuckles from her life via looking‑for‑love‑in‑middle‑age dramedy
The Traitors Ireland: What makes this intoxicating show so utterly gripping?
The Traitors Ireland plays shamelessly into our deepest fantasy about human nature: that we can work out what other people really think
Traitors winner to use €22,925 prize to fund IVF treatment
Anna Murphy, a postal worker from Dublin, will share €45,850 prize pot with co-winner Diego Rodrigues Caixeta
The Traitors Ireland finale: Final betrayal barely registers as second season fizzles out
A show that announced itself in a blaze of melodrama a year ago has a stonking case of difficult-second-season syndrome
The Traitors Ireland: Host Siobhán McSweeney comes across as a bit fed up
Television: The series has come down with a severe case of difficult second season syndrome
Celebrity Gogglebox Ireland review: Wildly forgettable and at moments incredibly irritating
Television: Virgin Media must have emptied every contact book to assemble celebs such as Ryan Tubridy, Siobhán McSweeney and Love Islander Seán Fitzgerald
The Traitors Ireland: An underwhelming start to the new season
It’s hard to judge the second season by its opening episode, but will there be a breakout to rival Paudie?
What does it take to win The Traitors?
In the News podcast: Winners Vanessa Ogbonna and Oyin Adeyemi know how it’s done
Traitors Ireland returns, and the other best new shows to watch this week
August 30th-September 4th highlights: including The Traitors Ireland, Sandi’s Ireland: A Literary Journey and Live from the Lycett Arms
Derry Girls stars Siobhán McSweeney and Nicola Coughlan back campaign to curb AI voice-cloning
Artificial versions of people’s voices increasingly used online and in advertising, harming artists’ livelihoods
Good cheer breaks out on Today with David McCullagh. Should we panic?
The normally doleful RTÉ Radio 1 presenter eventually eases back into his customary demeanour as talk turns to hosepipe bans
Who’ll be the new Paudie on The Traitors Ireland? ‘We had 120 prison guards apply this year’
The first season was one of the biggest TV hits of 2025. We go behind the scenes of the new season, which returns to RTÉ on Sunday, August 30th
Traitors Ireland host Siobhán McSweeney: ‘I’m not getting paid enough for it. That’s RTÉ’s fault’
Ahead of the second series, presenter Siobhán McSweeney talks frankly about her pay not always reflecting a show’s success, the reward of theatre work and the Derry Girls effect
RTÉ announces date for The Traitors Ireland second season
The hit RTÉ reality TV show will return at the end of the month
Milliner Margaret O’Connor on making hats with attitude: ‘At the moment I am creating some of my best work’
The awardwinning multidisciplinary artist draws inspiration and creative energy from her childhood memories, horses, music and – most recently – flowers
Theatre at the cinema: How to see star-studded London and Broadway productions in Ireland
Digital platform extends the reach of the stage and gives us all a chance to see the brightest lights shine
Amandaland on BBC One: Amanda is one of the best comedy roles British TV has produced in years
Television: Amandaland’s greatest asset is not its cast but a steady supply of zingers, which keep the action ticking along
Glenroe, Bosco, Mrs Brown’s Boys: The best and worst Irish TV shows ever made
Put your feet up as we bring you the best of Irish television – and then take a deep breath as we run through the worst
Siobhán McSweeney wants to see Bono and Enya on an Irish version of Celebrity Traitors
Siobhán McSweeney, who hosts Traitors Ireland, says show has revived the spectacle of live TV
Nesting author Roisín O’Donnell: ‘At points I lost my nerve - nobody wants to read a book about coercive control’
The author of Nesting on why she couldn’t abandon the novel despite several attempts, finding her confidence as a writer and her children’s excitement at her success
The Celebrity Traitors is clearly ripped off from Traitors Ireland: A Nation Once Again
Perfidious Albion has, in fairness, assembled quite a crop of celebrities - though Claudia Winkleman is no Siobhán McSweeney
Traitors host Siobhán McSweeney speaks out for Philomena’s Law at Labour conference
Call for legal change to protect British-resident survivors of Irish mother and baby homes from welfare cuts
Annie Fletcher: ‘Once you’ve breached my anger, it takes a lot to get the trust back’
The Imma director and lay canon at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Dutch directness, the ‘Annie dance’ and Leonardo da Vinci influencing her career choice
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
September 28th-October 3rd highlights: including The Walsh Sisters; How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge); and Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Traitors Ireland: ‘Poetic justice’, say the winners, but will the show return to RTÉ?
Live screening of finale brings whoops and cheers, with the winners far from the only people celebrating
Traitors Ireland finale: A tense and thrilling conclusion to a spectacular first season
Who of Nick, Ben, Oyin, Vanessa and Kelley will leave Slane Castle with the prize pot?
Traitors Ireland contestant Faye: ‘When everyone’s coming at you, it’s hard not to take it personally’
Television: Faye was ‘taken aback’ when branded a ‘mean girl’ while Wilkin reveals he did not understand the series format
The Traitors Ireland: There are twists to come as things go insane in Slane
Knives are out among the faithfuls in Monday’s episode, while the back-stabbers have a wobble
The Traitors Ireland’s Kevin McGahern: ‘I think it’s miles better than the UK version’
Uncloaked, which airs after each Traitors episode, has given the comedian and writer an opportunity to demonstrate his chatshow chops
The Paudfather, breakout star of The Traitors, on winning hearts with his Irish-dad energy
Paudie and murdered Faithful Christine grapple with newfound fame and life on the outside
Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson: ‘Dyslexia shaped me. I’m always thinking two steps ahead’
The Derry Girls star on life after the Channel 4 hit; her marriage to Hector Barbour, aka DJ Denis Sulta; and how dyslexia has shaped her
The Traitors craic, wit and wolfhounds has restored my pride in Ireland
Ireland is full? Yeah, full of great telly, wit, wolfhounds and fabulous use of Donegal tweed
Traitors Tuesday review: A thrilling conclusion to a bizarre episode
Television: The blows fall as the contestants struggle to decide whether Paudie or Vanessa is the most suspicious
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