Aisling Bea on Who Do You Think You Are? – Likeable comedian gets emotional at tales of family role in Irish freedom
Television: Bea sees the funny side of a British crew helping her to learn of her family’s involvement in the Easter Rising
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Skye Edwards of Morcheeba: ‘I heard that Madonna came to one of our gigs – and that Ozzy Osbourne’s a big fan’
The music press might not always have appreciated Morcheeba, but other artists did. Thirty years into their career, the band’s new album is one of their best
Damiano David: Funny Little Fears review – Eurovision-winning Måneskin frontman goes solo with a beautifully overwrought LP
The Italian has given himself every chance of making it as an over-the-top troubadour
Eurovision 2025: When is Ireland’s semi-final on, what are Emmy’s chances and how does voting work?
All eyes are on the Swiss city of Basle for the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision. Can Ireland win glory with Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen?
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Leo Varadkar has to get halfway up a mountain with Lyra before he lets his guard down
Television: A former taoiseach and a Cork popstar make for a curious couple on this South African survival challenge
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story review – A chilling gaze into a monstrous, soulless void
Netflix series review: It’s hard to see how we needed another documentary about this murderous couple, yet here we are
Bad Nanny review: Incredible story of fraudster Samantha Cookes skilfully told in excellent documentary
Television: Chirpy Englishwoman was exposed as a serial fraudster, but only after taking in a long list of victims
‘RTÉ said we don’t have any problem with Emmy. We have an Irish writer on the team’: Ireland’s Eurovision singer from Norway
Norwegiam singer Emmy on representing Ireland in Basle for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest and how she and song cowriter Larissa Tormey have engineered Laika Party to grab the attention. But can they triumph?
Alicia Witt: ‘It was a scene that got cut from the movie. I did kiss Madonna in rehearsals’
Ahead of a musical performance in Dublin, the actor and songwriter talks about grief, her formative friendship with David Lynch and her encounter with Harvey Weinstein
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant review – Win Butler and co release the biggest damp squib of their career
It’s hard to escape the sense that this is Butler’s ‘shame walk’ album after the allegations that engulfed him in 2022
A Deadly American Marriage review: Excruciating documentary gives Jason Corbett’s killers Molly Martens and her father a platform and megaphone
Television: Molly and Thomas Martens reassert their own allegations and bizarre fabrications as Corbett’s children also feature in film
Tarrac na Farraige review: RTÉ documentary about fishing livelihoods is both stunning and heartbreaking
Television: Engaging portrait of a way of life that may soon be gone forever is like a love letter to the gorgeous Irish coastline
Good American Family review: An eye-poppingly bizarre true story that fails to come to life
Television: Series starring Ellen Pompeo commits the egregious sin of attempting to send the viewer to sleep at every turn
Eric Church: Evangeline vs the Machine review – Student of the heart’s crookedness plays it straight
Album showcases Nashville veteran’s expressive baritone and flair for beautifully arranged songs that revisit classic country themes