Traitors Ireland contestant Faye: ‘When everyone’s coming at you, it’s hard not to take it personally’Television: Faye was ‘taken aback’ when branded a ‘mean girl’ while Wilkin reveals he did not understand the series formatTue Sept 23 2025 - 14:02
The Traitors Ireland: There are twists to come as things go insane in SlaneKnives are out among the faithfuls in Monday’s episode, while the back-stabbers have a wobbleMon Sept 22 2025 - 22:30
Traitors Ireland evictee Joanna left ‘heartbroken, devastated’ by online backlashShe is second contestant to criticise toxic online comments relating to RTÉ reality gameshowMon Sept 22 2025 - 18:02
David Bowie was right: this German pop professor is a geniusMichael Rother, the musical maverick behind Neu! and Harmonia, is an antidote to the cynicism of the modern music industryMon Sept 22 2025 - 10:35
Joy Crookes: ‘England has a way of screwing people over constantly’Mercury-nominated singer Joy Crookes on colonialism, resilience and regarding Sinéad O’Connor as her musical godmotherMon Sept 22 2025 - 05:13
Traitors Ireland review: Things take a nasty turn as another falls at the roundtable Television: With Paudie gone, the few remaining faithful turn on one another and it’s horrible to watchSun Sept 21 2025 - 22:30
Patti Smith: ‘After the Taylor Swift song, what made me happy was that kids were buying Dylan Thomas books’The 78-year-old poet, artist and musician on the 50th anniversary of Horses, rock’n’roll as revolution and the first time she heard U2Sat Sept 20 2025 - 05:28
NewDad: Altar review – Irish rock’s godfathers of glum reign supreme on brilliant second albumJulie Dawson’s dolorous voice is the magic ingredient, as it was on Madra, the Galway band’s debut long-playerFri Sept 19 2025 - 04:52
Black Rabbit on Netflix: A grungy US drama about a dingy upmarket city restaurant? Come again?Television: Jude Law and Jason Bateman play odd-couple brothers whose adventures in hospitality go disastrously awryThu Sept 18 2025 - 18:00
Jimmy Kimmel profile: Who is the TV host at centre of Charlie Kirk controversy?TV host placed on indefinite leave by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments, prompting debate on whether the land of the free is becoming a dystopia Thu Sept 18 2025 - 17:28
Who’s Building Ireland review: A quirky take on housing crisis with a snapshot of rising racism hereTelevision: Candid stories from immigrant construction workers are refreshingly honest and cut through the nonsense that can make living here such a struggleWed Sept 17 2025 - 22:30
The Morning Show review: The most absurd high-end drama in the history of television returnsAn upgraded cast, allusions to real-world events and sheer excessiveness are all part of the appeal in series four of this Apple TV+ drama Wed Sept 17 2025 - 19:00
Traitors Tuesday review: A thrilling conclusion to a bizarre episodeTelevision: The blows fall as the contestants struggle to decide whether Paudie or Vanessa is the most suspiciousTue Sept 16 2025 - 22:30
The Traitors cut loose: Paudie’s son Andrew lifts lid on hug-gate - ‘he was being pure cute’ Television: Patrick, former casino manager and restaurateur, says he was never so stressed in his lifeTue Sept 16 2025 - 18:47
The Traitors Ireland: Stakes have never been higher as Paudie draws the line at huggingIn another ludicrously gripping instalment, the psychological torture cranks up for freshly recruited ‘faithful slayer’ Nick Mon Sept 15 2025 - 22:30
The Traitors Ireland: Most dramatic round table yet as third traitor in a row gets the bootWith the grand final to take place in just over a week, can the faithful continue their winning streak?Sun Sept 14 2025 - 22:30
King Princess: ‘Harry Potter is a queer story: it’s about choice and difference. JK Rowling is a demon’The Brooklyn musician on her new album Girl Violence, wealthy Titanic relatives and acting opposite Nicole KidmanSun Sept 14 2025 - 05:13
The Traitors Ireland: That RTÉ is operating on a relative shoe-string budget is obvious The Traitors Ireland differs only from other versions in that the contestants are a mite swearier and the budget is visibly lowerSat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Ed Sheeran has just released an album. Why didn’t he want The Irish Times to hear it?On Play, Ed Sheeran returns to his day job of churning out annoyingly catchy bangersFri Sept 12 2025 - 12:06
Glúin Z on TG4 review: Down-with-the-kids doc could have worked harder at avoiding clichesTelevision: Glúin Z is sharpest when discussing Ireland’s apocalyptic accommodation situation, but the property crisis doesn’t just impact Gen ZThu Sept 11 2025 - 21:15
Stranded on Honeymoon Island review: Dating show makes Love Island look like Mastermind Even by the tawdry standards of reality Television, Davina McCall’s new show is painful watching. This is pop culture rock bottomWed Sept 10 2025 - 22:00
Traitors Ireland review: The biggest bloodbath on RTÉ since Ryan Tubridy’s Toy Show F-bombTelevision: The second Traitor is unveiled, leaving a conclave of oneTue Sept 09 2025 - 22:30
Only Murders in the Building season five: Far from turning stale, this is one of the best seasons yetTelevision: Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short return for more deadpan skeweringTue Sept 09 2025 - 10:09
The Traitors Ireland review: Faithful remain guileless, while Traitors turn on each otherAfter banishing yet another innocent, the Faithful are proving inept at unmasking the Traitors in their midstSun Sept 07 2025 - 22:33
Saint Etienne on bowing out: ‘Some of the things people said got me crying. You don’t realise the impact you’ve had’Sarah Cracknell and co are going out on a high with their 13th album. They talk about Britpop, their labelmates Kneecap and Gen Z’s strange yearning for the 1990sSat Sept 06 2025 - 05:15
The Paper on Sky Max & Now: Domhnall Gleeson pulls off deadpan droll in US Office offshootTelevision: US local news may be on its uppers, but American cringe comedy is on the mendFri Sept 05 2025 - 06:00
Dev - Rise and Rule review: Chatty, well-made series fails to decode Éamon de ValeraTelevision: David McCullagh is chummily informal and in command of the facts, but even he can’t unpick the enigma that is de ValeraWed Sept 03 2025 - 22:30
Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend review – After Espresso, this decaf album desperately lacks buzzSabrina Carpenter’s ambitious LP lacks the sense of fun that crackled through Short n’ SweetWed Sept 03 2025 - 16:05
The Traitors Ireland: RTÉ’s parlour game kicks off with an addictive opening episodeTelevision: Siobhán McSweeney presides over a made-to-measure version of the international social-deduction hitSun Aug 31 2025 - 22:30
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age: ‘It requires a certain amount of brinkmanship to not die. And some of us will die’The frontman has certainly come closer than many. He opens up about mortality, how he tried and failed to quit music, and the ‘very complex and multilayered junkie’ Mark LaneganSun Aug 31 2025 - 05:36
Hozier doesn’t go full Bono, but there’s plenty of politics in epic Electric Picnic performance Hozier has pivoted into thunderous soul-pop that blazes like a glitterball strapped to a bulldozerSat Aug 30 2025 - 11:49
Chappell Roan review: good luck to the rest of the Electric Picnic line-up following this performanceOne of festival’s largest ever crowds witnesses typhoon of pop performanceFri Aug 29 2025 - 22:13
Thursday Murder Club review: The weak link here, sadly, is the greatest James Bond of allTelevision: A hollow page-turner adapted for film with all the zing of a lesser season of Inspector MorseFri Aug 29 2025 - 06:00
CMAT: Euro-Country review – Dunboyne Diana’s new album delivers joy and sadness in the same heartbeatCiara Mary-Alice Thompson’s excellent third album will make you want to cry and dance all at onceThu Aug 28 2025 - 11:09
Irish Nurses in the NHS review: A wave of women who were Ireland’s loss and Britain’s gainTelevision: The 30,000 Irish-born nurses that once worked in the NHS have been relatively overlookedWed Aug 27 2025 - 23:30
The Terminal List - Dark Wolf review: This series is fun and much smarter than it needs to beTelevision: Dark Wolf is loud and noisy and not for everyone, but packs undeniable punchWed Aug 27 2025 - 13:51
Wolf Alice: The Clearing review – Indie royalty go off target in shot at the mainstreamEven Ellie Rowsell’s velveteen vocals can’t rescue the band’s unapologetic attempt to ape Fleetwood MacWed Aug 27 2025 - 05:10
The Hives’ Pelle Almqvist: ‘I believe that in Ireland there is tall-poppy syndrome. There’s a lot of that in Sweden’The garage-rock saviours never took their popularity two decades ago very seriously, expecting it to vanish, and are pleasantly baffled to see their audience trending towards Gen ZTue Aug 26 2025 - 05:13
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox review: Spectacularly odd treatment of a very serious subjectTelevision: Knox should never have put her name to this whimsical drama that lurches from silly to distressingFri Aug 22 2025 - 14:33
Sharon Van Etten at Collins Barracks review: Cult songwriter puts a sublime goth twist on her confessional popWhen Sharon Van Etten plays in Dublin, Collins Barracks is the perfect framing device for a performance wreathed in dry ice and nicely chilled angstFri Aug 22 2025 - 13:23
Hostage on Netflix: An incredibly silly premise but the stars Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy throw up sparksPolitical thriller’s appeal rests 100% – more if possible – on the star power of Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy Thu Aug 21 2025 - 12:22
Rose of Tralee finale: An occasionally entertaining, sometimes gruelling watch The evening chugs by smoothly enough, with the Laois Rose crowned winner, though you wish Kathryn Thomas would stop addressing every Rose as ‘girrrrrl’Wed Aug 20 2025 - 06:16
Maroon 5: Love Is Like review – Bland on the runAdam Levine and co deliver 10 tracks that’ll have you urging the UN to declare zesty sax runs a crime against humanityWed Aug 20 2025 - 05:00
Rose of Tralee 2025 review: Another batch of warm, likeable overachievers makes for slightly plodding TVHosts Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas have negligible chemistryTue Aug 19 2025 - 00:42
I’ve seen the future of live music – and it isn’t OasisGive me a night of Blackpink’s future-facing cyberpop over cash-grab nostalgia any day of the weekMon Aug 18 2025 - 13:19
Breaking Out: The remarkable life of gregarious and charismatic songwriter Fergus O’FarrellTelevision: O’Farrell’s final years in Schull yank hardest at the heartstrings in this emotionally devastating documentaryWed Aug 13 2025 - 08:50
Lucy Letby: Who to Believe review - Baffling exploration of convicted neonatal nurse’s caseTelevision: We learn a lot more about the charges against Letby, while being many times more confused as to her guilt or innocence Tue Aug 12 2025 - 10:51
Sharon Van Etten on making her latest album: ‘We were trying to conjure as many ghosts as we could’ The New Jersey native talks from her parents’ basement about Sinéad O’Connor, growing older and being an angsty teenTue Aug 12 2025 - 05:16
A Year at Kylemore Abbey: Clarkson’s Farm with rosary beads will leave you nun the wiserTelevision: RTÉ pitched this three-parter as an insight to the nuns community, but the focus is firmly on Kylemore Abbey, the tourist spotSun Aug 10 2025 - 19:30
Down with this sort of thing: Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has naughty nuns, whips and a thirtysomething CathySounds disgraceful. When is it out?Fri Aug 08 2025 - 16:29
