TV & RadioJamie-Lee O’Donnell of Derry Girls to star in BBC adaptation of Leonard and Hungry PaulAdaptation of Irish author Rónán Hession’s first novel is filming in Dublin By Nadine O'ReganWed May 21 2025 - 14:28
TV & RadioGeorge Wendt: 11 of the best Norm Peterson quotesGeorge Wendt, who has died aged 76, starred in all 275 episodes of Cheers. Here are his most memorable linesBy Sian CainWed May 21 2025 - 08:53
Subscriber OnlyChildren’s fiction: if trees could talk, what would they say?Eoin McLaughlin’s Once I Was a Tree gives the natural world its own voice; plus two fun titles from a new Irish publisher
BooksThe ‘Wikipedia of the age’: Restored 900-year-old Book of Leinster manuscript goes on first public display in DublinThe 12th-century Book of Leinster contains the origin story of the Irish people
Culture‘I like the underdog thing’: Meghann Fahy’s rise from underestimated actor to Netflix’s Sirens starThe former White Lotus supporting actor takes the lead in the new Netflix series that airs this week
Why Donald Trump is stupid to accept Qatar’s gift of a luxury jetUnthinkable: Socrates said immorality is the result of ignorance - Trump is proof of that By Joe Humphreys
‘It’s going to be expensive’: Austria frets about price tag of hosting EurovisionCountry took Eurovision prize with JJ’s operatic song Wasted Love, and is now on the hook for the 2026 competition
Israelis hail Eurovision second-place performance through prism of Gaza warSinger Yuval Raphael survived the Hamas attack on a music festival, and song lyrics carried clear reference to October 7th, 2023By Mark Weiss
Bryan Adams in 3Arena review: ‘Had I been wearing a tie, I would have wrapped it around my head and run up and down the aisle screaming’No misplaced irony here, just more hits than a wedding disco as the anthems keep comingBy Pat Carty
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: The Would-Be’s, Varo, Curtisy and Pete HolidaiMay 2025 releases include HindZeitgeist, The World That I Knew, Beauty in the Beast and Electric Jukebox Volume OneBy Tony Clayton-Lea
Tate McRae at 3Arena review: An impressive, polished performanceThe Canadian singer-songwriter’s Miss Possessive show delivers a sexy, fun and powerful vibeBy Rebecca Daly
Damiano David: Funny Little Fears review – Eurovision-winning Måneskin frontman goes solo with a beautifully overwrought LP By Ed Power
Cannes 2025: An emotional screening of My Mom Jayne, and Kristen Stewart’s ‘big Cannes energy’ Cannes Diary: Plus reviews of The Chronology of Water, Nouvelle Vague and Die, My LoveBy Tara Brady
Domhnall Gleeson on nepo babies: ‘I’ve been so lucky. It’s important you can acknowledge it. Otherwise you’re lying to yourself’The actor on ‘the Harry Potter thing’, his role in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, and the gift that Tom Cruise keeps sending himBy Róisín Ingle
The Phoenician Scheme review: Beautiful to look at, but like a museum vase – pretty, pristine and hollow By Tara Brady
Bono at Cannes: ‘You wrote this story. The Edge wrote this story. Adam and Larry wrote this story. McGuinness wrote this story’ By Donald Clarke
The ‘Wikipedia of the age’: Restored 900-year-old Book of Leinster manuscript goes on first public display in DublinThe 12th-century Book of Leinster contains the origin story of the Irish peopleBy Ronan McGreevy
Children’s fiction: if trees could talk, what would they say?Eoin McLaughlin’s Once I Was a Tree gives the natural world its own voice; plus two fun titles from a new Irish publisherBy Sara Keating
Jamie-Lee O’Donnell of Derry Girls to star in BBC adaptation of Leonard and Hungry PaulAdaptation of Irish author Rónán Hession’s first novel is filming in Dublin By Nadine O'Regan
George Wendt: 11 of the best Norm Peterson quotesGeorge Wendt, who has died aged 76, starred in all 275 episodes of Cheers. Here are his most memorable linesBy Sian Cain
George Wendt: Cheers star who played Norm dies aged 76Wendt earned six straight Emmy nominations for best supporting actor in a comedy series
Aisling Bea on Who Do You Think You Are? – Likeable comedian gets emotional at tales of family role in Irish freedomTelevision: Bea sees the funny side of a British crew helping her to learn of her family’s involvement in the Easter RisingBy Ed Power
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Magical performance explains why show still enchants so manyDublin Dance Festival 2025: Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this ballet has earned its recognition as one of the most beloved Swan Lake interpretations of all timeBy Christie Seaver
Re:Incarnation review: A vibrant celebration of the eternal cycle of living Dublin Dance Festival 2025: What speaks loudest in this show by 10 Q-Dance Company dancers is the immediate physicality onstageBy Michael Seaver
Cabinet of curiosities: Kunstkammer, at Lismore Castle Arts, explores worlds within worldsCurator Robert O’Byrne brings us on a wild ride through a constellation of bizarre objects and artworksBy Gemma Tipton
Labour of Love at the Glucksman review: A funny, inventive, irrepressible exhibition about the meaning of careA dozen artists contribute to a philosophically minded elaboration of the significance of care in contemporary artBy Tom Lordan
