TV & RadioThe Responder: Martin Freeman’s descent into furious nihilism makes for gripping viewingTelevision review: Tony Schumacher’s gritty script and Freeman’s unshowy performance gives The Responder its raw-boned powerBy Ed Power●Sun May 5 2024 - 22:00
FilmBernard Hill, actor who rose to fame in Boys from the Blackstuff, dies aged 79Bernard Hill's stellar career included roles in James Cameron’s Titanic and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogyBy Mark Brown●Sun May 5 2024 - 18:33
Subscriber OnlyNew poetry: Rapture’s Road; And Then the Hare; Landscape of the Body; All the Good Things You DeserveNew work by Seán Hewitt, Michelle O’Sullivan, Lani O’Hanlon and Elaine Feeney
TV & RadioYoung Offenders star Alex Murphy: ‘For Roy Keane to be eager to be on the show was just mad’The hit comedy, which returns to the BBC next week, was the actor’s first professional work. So he didn’t expect a Cork sporting legend to arrive on set
TV & RadioTV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonightMay 5th-10th: Martin Freeman in second series of The Responder, Bambie Thug at the Eurovision and the return of The Young Offenders amon this week’s highlights
‘No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’: How common were such notices in Britain?Unthinkable: The only known photograph of such a sign is from an unknown sourceBy Joe Humphreys
Passion, booze, madness and comradeship: Bruce Springsteen’s special relationship with IrelandA new chapter in that friendship opens as the Boss returns for an all-Ireland tour with dates in Belfast, Kilkenny, Cork and DublinBy Ed Power
Bambie Thug: ‘I fully support anyone boycotting Eurovision’Eurovision Song Contest 2024: Ireland’s entrant, who competes in the first semi-final next week, on couch-surfing, identity and standing up for their beliefsBy Deirdre Falvey
Mitski at 3Arena review: a remarkable opening kick-starts a breathtaking night of melody and melodramaFrom the start Japanese-American pop star Mitski pulls the crowd into a spooky pop neverlandBy Ed Power
The Black Keys in Dublin: Gritty show gives people what they wanted, especially towards the triumphant finishThe Ohio players came to play and people got what they wanted, mainly towards the triumphant finishBy Glen Murphy
Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – Step aside Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, this is the pop album we’ve been waiting for By Lauren Murphy
Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement – Somehow both more and less than The Epic and Heaven and Earth By Philip Watson
Bernard Hill, actor who rose to fame in Boys from the Blackstuff, dies aged 79Bernard Hill's stellar career included roles in James Cameron’s Titanic and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogyBy Mark Brown
Four new films to see this weekLove Lies Bleeding, The Fall Guy, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, UnfrostedBy Donald Clarke and Tara Brady
Unfrosted review: Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart brandopic is yet another unwelcome addition to the genre By Donald Clarke
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review: Elene Naveriani’s warm, wise dramedy makes merry with a midlife crisis By Tara Brady
The Fall Guy review: Who ordered a half-baked revival of a Lee Majors TV show? Anyone? By Tara Brady
John Connolly: ‘You can blame my Catholic upbringing. I still wear a cross’The crime novelist on the 21st book in his Charlie Parker series, why he enjoys being on stage but not mixing with other writers, and his irritation at the claim that he ‘knocks books out’By Fiona Gartland
New poetry: Rapture’s Road; And Then the Hare; Landscape of the Body; All the Good Things You DeserveNew work by Seán Hewitt, Michelle O’Sullivan, Lani O’Hanlon and Elaine FeeneyBy Martina Evans
The Responder: Martin Freeman’s descent into furious nihilism makes for gripping viewingTelevision review: Tony Schumacher’s gritty script and Freeman’s unshowy performance gives The Responder its raw-boned powerBy Ed Power
Young Offenders star Alex Murphy: ‘For Roy Keane to be eager to be on the show was just mad’The hit comedy, which returns to the BBC next week, was the actor’s first professional work. So he didn’t expect a Cork sporting legend to arrive on setBy Ed Power
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonightMay 5th-10th: Martin Freeman in second series of The Responder, Bambie Thug at the Eurovision and the return of The Young Offenders amon this week’s highlightsBy Kevin Courtney
Bryan Dobson: ‘Retirement could be a terrible shock to the system – or not, who knows!’The RTÉ news man has been behind a microphone or in front of a camera for 40 years. Moving on ‘could be a terrible shock to the system’. But for now he feels ‘just fine’ about itBy Laura Slattery
Tom Moran Is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar review: Vulnerable exploration of a journey from self-hatred to self-fulfilmentTheatre: More than any other factor, the catharsis he is seeking onstage is an attempt to process trauma that he feels stems from an insecure attachment at homeBy Tom Lordan
The Last Pearl: Blue Raincoat’s best voyage yetTheatre: Niall Henry’s absorbing play about a deep-sea diver is eerily resonant with contemporary concernsBy Chris McCormack
Visual art reviews: Each Now, Is the time, the Space; and Aleana Egan: Second-hand Group shows can create brilliant conversations, but unless you are familiar with the work of these artists, you may need help to get inBy Gemma Tipton
The blink of an eye: Great street photography that finds magic in the mundaneA new festival in Dublin captures the glorious, random, intimate moments of everyday lifeBy Gemma Tipton