Television: If nothing else, this two-parter achieves the remarkable feat of making you grateful for parish-pump Irish politics

Television: Irish-Zimbabwean singer Siobhán McClean’s return to Africa takes on a new significance unimaginable a decade ago

The record industry loves a cash-in, but some songs rise above it all, just as the beautiful game does

The latest attempt to do digital justice to the GAA is Gaelic Football Laochra by Belfast developer Buck Eejit Games

The indie star’s gift is to make normal life feel like a scary story spun around the campfire – or from a psychiatrist’s couch

We all have our favourite World Cup memories, and in most cases, they involve sitting on a couch in a livingroom, staring at the screen

The One Direction alumnus knows what he’s good at. This spectacularly unspectacular LP feels rooted in a genuinely optimistic world view

Television: Javier Bardem gets stuck into this script like an unhinged panto-dame, his histrionics leaving his fellow cast – including Amy Adams – at a loss

Moving and singing like a Gen Z Britney Spears, few other artists make putting on a show for your fans feel like such uncomplicated fun

Television: Jeremy Clarkson has so thoroughly cuddly-ified himself that it is bracing to recall he was once the most controversial man in Britain

A postcard from Paul McCartney to his younger self, The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a fine addition to his canon

Television: This gripping documentary paints a sobering portrait of 21st-century despotism: suited, booted and ready for its close-up

Television: Tina Fey is the best thing here, and even she always seems just one eye-roll away from shrugging her shoulders and exiting

Patrick Gibson, a former Gonzaga and Trinity College student, plays a grounded young Bond in a new video game

At Vicar Street, Brian and Michael D’Addario narrow the gap between 2026 and 1966 to the point where it’s hard to spot the difference