MusicSteve Albini, alt-rock musician and producer who worked with Nirvana and Pixies, dies aged 61Death of music figure from a heart attack at his studio, Electrical Audio, confirmed by staffBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas●Wed May 8 2024 - 18:49
MusicEurovision: Bambie Thug was asked to remove pro-Palestinian Ogham writing for performanceEuropean Broadcasting Union says writing on artist’s body ‘contravened contest rules’By Shauna Bowers●Wed May 8 2024 - 14:34
BooksPeace Comes Dropping Slow by Denis Bradley: A no-frills account of the Troubles and its legacyThis book is quite the page-turner, a masterly and deeply moving account of a formative era in Ireland
TV & RadioDoireann Garrihy to leave RTÉ 2FM breakfast show after five yearsPresenter leaving morning radio show to concentrate on podcasts, travel, and pursue other projects
Music‘I’m feeling so proud. It made me cry’: Bambie Thug’s mother on the singer making the Eurovision finalIrish in Malmo ‘really supportive’ and celebrating as Bambie Thug looks forward to Saturday’s final
Should you have children? These five philosophical questions can help you decideUnthinkable: Procreating to ‘save the West’ is probably a bad idea, but what’s a good reason to have children?By Joe Humphreys
Steve Albini, alt-rock musician and producer who worked with Nirvana and Pixies, dies aged 61Death of music figure from a heart attack at his studio, Electrical Audio, confirmed by staffBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Eurovision: Bambie Thug was asked to remove pro-Palestinian Ogham writing for performanceEuropean Broadcasting Union says writing on artist’s body ‘contravened contest rules’By Shauna Bowers
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
‘We hadn’t heard from Mammy. Where was she? Then all hell broke loose’: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings 50 years onMay-17-74: Anatomy of a Massacre, a new documentary, chronicles the atrocities attributed to the Glenanne gang and hears from victims and their familiesBy Noel Baker
Alice Rohrwacher: ‘I want my films to feel like Pasolini’s, like they are parables’Josh O’Connor stars in the director’s new feature as an archaeologist who falls in with a band of tomb-raiding thievesBy Tara Brady
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review: A gripping story that rattles along towards an intriguing coda By Donald Clarke
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
Peace Comes Dropping Slow by Denis Bradley: A no-frills account of the Troubles and its legacyThis book is quite the page-turner, a masterly and deeply moving account of a formative era in IrelandBy Marianne Elliott
Claire Keegan wins prestigious German awardAuthor follows likes of Julian Barnes and Elizabeth Strout as winner of Siegfried Lenz Prize
Doireann Garrihy to leave RTÉ 2FM breakfast show after five yearsPresenter leaving morning radio show to concentrate on podcasts, travel, and pursue other projectsBy Fiachra Gallagher
Dara Ó Briain and Josh Widdicombe gleefully dive into the story of the ‘worst footballer ever’Podcast review: On their way to recounting Ali Dia’s brief appearance for Southampton, the comedians tell a complex, compelling taleBy Fiona McCann
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
Jilly Morgan’s Birthday Party review: Subversive chill brings unsettling edge to what seems to be a play about loveTheatre: Liam McCarthy’s decades-spanning new play portrays what might or might not have happened at a house party in Limerick in 1983By Mary Coll
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
Alan Phelan and Mark Swords: The List and the Line review - A riveting dialogue between past and contemporary aesthetic attitudesThe artists’ work, with its overt sensuousness and colourful bombast, is perfect for show at Casino MarinoBy Tom Lordan
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