Subscriber OnlyNewstalk host Kieran Cuddihy isn’t easily silenced, even when his mouth is fullRadio: Newstalk host tucks into burgers while taking on bigger issues, as Ray D’Arcy earns dad rock cachetBy Mick Heaney●Fri Mar 29 2024 - 05:00
TV & RadioBig Mood review: Nicola Coughlan is fantastic but the same can’t be said for the rest of this unfunny, jarring showTelevision: Switcheroo between sitcom humour and serious drama when lead’s bipolar diagnosis emerges lands as cheap stuntBy Ed Power●Thu Mar 28 2024 - 23:00
Subscriber OnlyEyewitness to War and Peace by Eamonn Mallie: recollections of a passing eraReporter looks back on a lifetime’s work during the Troubles in Northern Ireland
TV & RadioBig Mood review: Nicola Coughlan is fantastic but the same can’t be said for the rest of this unfunny, jarring showTelevision: Switcheroo between sitcom humour and serious drama when lead’s bipolar diagnosis emerges lands as cheap stunt
MusicSinéad O’Connor: Pantsless queer horrorcore act evokes seance and celebration in New York tribute to late singerQueer horrorcore act features dancers in papal hats, cones of aluminium foil and one-shouldered unitards
A question for Willie O’Dea and Sharon Keogan: What exactly do you mean by ‘woke’?Unthinkable: It’s worth learning to spot linguistic devices to avoid plain speech, which can have real impacts on Irish societyBy Joe Humphreys
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Sinéad O’Connor: Pantsless queer horrorcore act evokes seance and celebration in New York tribute to late singerQueer horrorcore act features dancers in papal hats, cones of aluminium foil and one-shouldered unitardsBy Melena Ryzik
‘I am proud of my roots’: Musician Gilbert O’Sullivan conferred with Freedom of WaterfordSongwriter and three-time Ivor Novello winner honoured in hometown for leaving ‘indelible mark’ on music worldBy Olivia Kelleher
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators review: Rock n’ roll is still alive and wellWolfgang Van Halen’s support act adds to night of musical pedigree in the 3Arena with not a note of Guns N’ Roses heardBy Ronan McGreevy
High Llamas: Hey Panda – Proof that it’s never too late to stop taking creative risks By Lauren Murphy
The Staves: All Now – Life-affirming songs from Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor By Tony Clayton-Lea
‘Independent movies are a strange combination of people with money and people with big egos’In The Sweet East, cinematographer Sean Price Williams has teamed up with critic Nick Pinkerton for a firecracker debutBy Tara Brady
Four new films to see this week: Conor McGregor in Road House, Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate, Late Night with the Devil and The DelinquentsGyllenhaal and McGregor brawl on Amazon in Road House, plus class horror films Immaculate and Late Night with the Devil, and epic Argentine crime drama The DelinquentsBy Donald Clarke and Tara Brady
Mothers’ Instinct: Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain excel in psychodrama that’s either ludicrous on purpose or just by accident By Donald Clarke
Kung Fu Panda 4: A weaker entry in the franchise that is still vastly superior to most mainstream animated features By Tara Brady
Eyewitness to War and Peace by Eamonn Mallie: recollections of a passing eraReporter looks back on a lifetime’s work during the Troubles in Northern IrelandBy Matthew O'Toole
Noel O’Regan on James Tait Black shortlistBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesBy Martin Doyle
Newstalk host Kieran Cuddihy isn’t easily silenced, even when his mouth is fullRadio: Newstalk host tucks into burgers while taking on bigger issues, as Ray D’Arcy earns dad rock cachetBy Mick Heaney
Big Mood review: Nicola Coughlan is fantastic but the same can’t be said for the rest of this unfunny, jarring showTelevision: Switcheroo between sitcom humour and serious drama when lead’s bipolar diagnosis emerges lands as cheap stuntBy Ed Power
The Secret Army review: Extraordinary story of lost IRA documentary told in gripping styleTelevision: US academic gained unprecedented access to leadership of Provisionals in 1972By Ed Power
Irish cinema’s green wave: There are many stories about Ireland better than Irish Wish that need to be toldAoife Barry: How do we make sure that the stories Ireland tells about itself on screen are not reductive?By Aoife Barry
Mother and Child review: A family reunion staged as a psychological dramaTheatre: This production has none of that oppressive intimacy; even as mother and child both discover they are sad products of their upbringingsBy Chris McCormack
Aladdin review: A show-stopping Genie finally brings Disney’s stage musical fully to lifeTheatre: Yeukayi Ushe’s commanding turn earns a fourth star for what is otherwise a merely serviceable adaptation of the animated filmBy Sara Keating
Lavit Gallery’s Annual Members Exhibition review: Flooded with intense, playful colourPainted abstracts and landscapes are the most common genres among collection of members’ worksBy Tom Lordan
‘Samia is in Rafah. She says there’s thousands of kids living in tents. They’re all starving and freezing’What’s Next For?: Street artist Emmalene Blake has been highlighting the suffering and hope of Palestinian peopleBy Una Mullally