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IMRAM: Taylor Swift as Gaeilge and much more
Director Liam Carson introduces this year’s Irish language literature festival programme
New poetry: Recounting traumatic personal pasts, Kelly Michels and David McLoghlin speak for traumatised societies
Reviews of Geraldine Mitchell’s Naming Love; Kelly Michels’s American Anthem; David McLoghlin’s Crash Centre; and John Mee’s The Blue in the Blue Marble
Who doesn’t savour another chance to demonise Generation Zed? (Don’t reach out to ‘correct’ my pronunciation)
‘Zee’ is an Americanism. So how come it seems to have been used in Ireland since Jack Lynch was taoiseach?
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Hot Rabbi but no Lord Baddingham as Netflix basks in ‘member happiness’
The streaming market leader missed a trick by not having Rivals on its platform, but it does like to make the odd pop at its actual rivals
Kathleen Lynn Hospital, Dolores O’Riordan Park and Catherine Corless Place: Readers on how we should honour Irish women
We asked Irish Times readers if there were any streets, buildings, places or structures in Ireland that they thought should be named, or renamed, after women
Danish guitarist Jakob Bro on Paul Motian: ‘It was the most surreal thing ever, like calling someone from a different planet’
Cork Jazz Festival 2024:Bro got his big break when the renowned drummer Motian asked him to join his band
The Wonder of Stevie: A rewarding account of ‘the most miraculous, most inspired streak in American popular music’
Podcast review: New York Times critic Wesley Morris digs into the transformative albums Stevie Wonder released between 1972-1980
The many faces of Hugh Grant: From droll to dark to ‘Mr Stuttery Blinky’
The English actor is now 64 and in what he calls his ‘freak-show era’, where he plays a variety of suave miscreants
Shooting Crows by Trevor Birney: Heartfelt personal writing meets hard-edged journalism
Birney recounts horror of Loughinisland murders and PSNI’s attempt to prevent exposure of collusion
Iron Maiden ‘deeply saddened’ after former singer Paul Di’Anno dies aged 66
‘Pioneering’ frontman performed with British band between 1978 and 1981, featuring on their 1980 debut album
Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali at Wexford Festival Opera 2024: A feast of feuds, rivalries and enmities
Paolo Bordogna nails the role of Mamma Agata, the manipulative helicopter mother in Donizetti’s drama of backstage power struggles
The Franchise review: Sharp satire and punchy energy aside, this parody of superhero films is a miss
Television: If you want to properly satirise a genre, you can’t look down on it to this extent
Award-winning LMFM presenter Michael Reade dies
Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘voice of frustrations, celebrations and curiosity’
The Tragedy of Richard III: Editing Shakespeare’s crude portrait of the disabled royal
Belfast International Arts Festival 2024: Oisín Kearney and Michael Patrick’s inventive staging exposes some of the play’s bile
Chris Stapleton at 3Arena: Soulful, deep and intimate – and the crowd sang every word
The reigning king of country gives fans a night to remember in Dublin
Where is our hot moral indignation when it comes to the fathers of the babies found at Tuam?
Small Things Like These misses an essential truth about Catholic Ireland
Why are so many old rockers still touring? ‘It doesn’t matter how much money they have. Musicians live for the next gig’
David Hepworth, author of Hope I Get Old Before I Die, on why rock stars never retire
Opus by Gareth Gore: Shining a light on the ‘dark money’ behind a shadowy Catholic organisation
A deeply disturbing and important book which will interest and concern anyone who believes in that blessed trinity of modern democracy – openness, transparency and accountability
An Irishman in Berlin: ‘Gentrification was creeping in but since the pandemic it’s really pronounced’
What’s Next For?: Liam Cagney, a musicologist based in the German capital, is writing a book about Berghain, the city’s fabled nightclub
‘The script is Sinéad O’Connor – it’s the music’: Christeene on The Lion the Witch and The Cobra
The performance artist, musician and drag experimentalist is bringing her reimagining of the late Irish singer’s first album to Dublin
IMRAM: Taylor Swift as Gaeilge and much more
Director Liam Carson introduces this year’s Irish language literature festival programme
The Meaning of Life review: A shame Joe Duffy didn’t do better job of bringing context to Sinéad Burke’s life
Television: RTÉ presenter is allowed to display a different side than on Liveline, but Burke needed more context
Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton take seats at Abbey in Dublin for Aidan Quinn and Steve Buscemi one-off
Stars take part in reading of Sam Shepard’s play Ages of the Moon for Irish national theatre’s Love at First Sight season
The Critic at Wexford Festival Opera 2024: Outstanding Charles Villiers Stanford revival doesn’t miss a trick
Conor Hanratty’s production treats the composer with all the loving care that he himself had first bestowed on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play
Two sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on television
Your guide to the best sport on television
‘When you live with domestic violence, you can never relax – even at nighttime’
The National Gallery offers a safe space for survivors of domestic violence to observe and create art as a way to deal with their trauma
Changing career midlife: ‘At 45 I thought I was finished... But it didn’t even occur to me that I could do anything else’
More and more people are opting to switch professions in midlife. We talk to three people who have taken the plunge