The billion-dollar Rings of Power is part of the weird new age of television
Prime Video is investing untold amounts in its Lord of the Rings fantasy. But the fastest-growing new streamer has a very different approach
What I Read This Week: Background hum of an approaching election grows ever louder
Inside Politics presenter Hugh Linehan picks his favourite stories of the week including, Patrick Freyne’s Rose of Tralee report and Ken Early’s take on the chaos at Chelsea
Which politicians have done most for Irish culture? As the general election approaches, it’s a question worth asking
The main parties’ approaches to Ireland’s cultural life was encapsulated by the opposing outlooks of Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald
Government’s refusal to scrap the licence fee shows a depressingly limited understanding of the media landscape
The debate needs to move on from the best way to fund a public-service broadcaster to the best way to fund public-service content
Betty the chimp: Was Dublin Zoo’s tea party favourite really a terrifying matriarch and bully?
Death of oldest living chimpanzee in human care raises issue of recurring human impulse to anthropomorphise other species
Sinéad O’Connor’s waxwork looks nothing like the fiery young woman from 1990 it represents
Opinion: I don’t know what that is, but it sure as hell is not Sinéad O’Connor
Show me ‘citizen journalism’ and I’ll show you a rat’s nest of some of the most noxious people around
What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs
The culture wars are over, apparently. Just don’t bet on peace anytime soon
Lisa Nandy, the UK’s new culture secretary, announced this week the ‘end of the era of culture wars’, but an armistice is not actually within her remit
Labour faces decisions that will alienate some in Britain who voted for it
Keir Starmer is an antidote to the privileged Tories he has displaced but he will need to be ruthlessness and willing to upend policy
The Abbey Theatre is vacating the stage during peak season for reasons unknown. What is going on?
The events that have unfolded over the past five years at the national theatre raise obvious parallels with the RTÉ debacle
The biggest problem with RTÉ’s new five-year plan is what it doesn’t address
We waited an age for A New Direction’s ‘third age’, and it already feels rather out of date
Even with Spielberg-style cuddliness, there’s a cold, dark void at the heart of artificial intelligence
Hugh Linehan: With his Kubrick-derived film AI Artificial Intelligence, the director created a surprisingly convincing version of where technology is leading us
Climate activists turn the screw on literary festivals
The investment firm has met the ire of literary activists amid accusations of greenwashing
Things can only get better? Rishi Sunak’s election chant reckoning was perfection
Countless politicians have tried to co-opt pop hits as campaign anthems
A Googlepocalypse is sweeping the United States – and its devastating effects are on their way to Ireland
Hugh Linehan: The link economy is dying, and with it an entire ecosystem that supported content creation and communication is coming to an end