MusicKneecap say they have received ‘hundreds of violent threats’ over Coachella performanceSharon Osbourne and Fox News respond as Kneecap spark controversy at Coachella with anti-Israel messageBy Rory CarrollWed Apr 23 2025 - 14:07
TV & RadioAndor season 2 review: Irish actors shine in taut Star Wars prestige TV Television: Disney was slightly off kilter with season 1 but is back on course with latest additionBy Ed PowerWed Apr 23 2025 - 12:40
Subscriber OnlyThe Best of Everything by Kit de Waal: Navigating the ups and downs of lifeKit de Waal is too astute a writer to deliver just misery fiction - her latest novel, about a young St Kittitian working as an auxiliary nurse in 1970s England, is realism in the truest sense
MusicThe Music Quiz: Which Dublin pub forms part of the title of a song on Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke’s new album, Tall Tales?Plus: Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon is better known professionally as?
Subscriber OnlyHow CS Lewis’s Irish childhood influenced the Chronicles of NarniaThe author of the classic children’s stories left Belfast as a boy, but his homeland remained a powerful force in his imagination
Don’t dismiss Peig Sayers. Her stoic folk wisdom has plenty to offer today Unthinkable: Ireland has been transformed economically, but the sense that everything could go pear-shaped overnight remainsBy Joe Humphreys
MusicThe Music Quiz: Which Dublin pub forms part of the title of a song on Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke’s new album, Tall Tales?
Kneecap say they have received ‘hundreds of violent threats’ over Coachella performanceSharon Osbourne and Fox News respond as Kneecap spark controversy at Coachella with anti-Israel messageBy Rory Carroll
Self Esteem on the music business: ‘It’s things like dressing rooms with only a urinal which make women give up’For Rebecca Lucy Taylor, performing as Self Esteem has been a way of unpicking years of anger at the way the industry operates By Ed Power
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Paddy Hanna, Lullahush, Cushla, Maria Somerville and Danny Groenland April 2025 releases include Oylegate, Ithaca, Tech Duinn, Luster and Burning RomeBy Tony Clayton-Lea
Sugababes in Dublin review: A steamroller of peerless pop and sisterhoodFounding band members Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy replace old tensions with collective joyBy Ed Power
Julien Baker & Torres: Send a Prayer My Way review – Understated campfire-country album crackles with songwriting chemistry By Ed Power
Finneas in Dublin review: Without his sister Billie Eilish, O’Connell shows his worth with a fun, high-quality gigIf Finneas can get more time off from working with his sister, he may make a career out of thisBy Cian O'Connell
Havoc director Gareth Evans: ‘I’ve always been a disciple of the John Woo school of film-making’Tom Hardy is top-notch, but what sets this film apart is the poetic mayhem of a creator raised on Asian greatsBy Donald Clarke
April director Dea Kulumbegashvili: ‘The woman was still alive, but they already knew they would not be able to save her’The film-maker was taken aback by an incident at a hospital as she prepared to make her second feature. Everyday life in Georgia can be horrible, she saysBy Tara Brady
The Friend review: Bill Murray and Naomi Watts are genuinely touching in this lovely New York fantasy By Donald Clarke
Fréwaka review: Aislinn Clarke’s Gaeltacht horror mines Irish mythology for socially conscious spookery By Tara Brady
Sinners review: The best film of 2025 so far, right down to the Celtic vampires singing Rocky Road to Dublin By Donald Clarke
The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal: Navigating the ups and downs of lifeKit de Waal is too astute a writer to deliver just misery fiction - her latest novel, about a young St Kittitian working as an auxiliary nurse in 1970s England, is realism in the truest senseBy Val Nolan
The Celts: A Modern History by Ian Stewart - an extensive work overlooking several essential studiesIn trying to intertwine several narratives, this book becomes impractical by confusing its variation of themesBy Peter Berresford Ellis
Andor season 2 review: Irish actors shine in taut Star Wars prestige TV Television: Disney was slightly off kilter with season 1 but is back on course with latest additionBy Ed Power
Star Wars’ Andor season two is here. Here is a recap of season oneSelf-centred lone wolf protagonist develops sympathy for the rebellion while taking care of business for volatile spymaster Luthen RaelBy Noel Murray
Death announced of Wildfire Films producer Martha O’NeillAward-winning film and television producer served on boards of Screen Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland and the Irish Film Institute
Dragon Hearts: Moving insight into a world where mortality meets dragon boat racingTelevision: Documentary follows people with experience of cancer who have embraced the ancient sportBy Ed Power
How CS Lewis’s Irish childhood influenced the Chronicles of NarniaThe author of the classic children’s stories left Belfast as a boy, but his homeland remained a powerful force in his imagination By Sara Keating
Making History Friel review: Everyman production throws a lot at Brian Friel’s clunky playThe drama’s radical idea is to locate disorganised rebel leaders in a drawingroom comedy, but it’s soon derailed by a insistent focus on the nature of rememberingBy Chris McCormack
From a garda at prayer to Ireland’s first McDonald’s drive-through: Martin Parr’s revealing photographs of Irish lifeDublin Street Photography Festival 2025: The Magnum photographer has spent his career documenting everyday Ireland and BritainBy Tom Lordan
Golden Fleece Award 2025: ‘I was skint last year, and it affected my head so badly. Winning this means a huge amount’Sasha Sykes and Sarah Browne have won €10,000 each. What do prizes like this one do for artists’ creativity? By Gemma Tipton
