The star of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has been heavily involved in its soundtrack – as music has always been the actor’s most profound inspiration

The broadcaster says he thought ‘the sky would fall in’ if he left RTÉ, but his departure has been an ‘enforced liberation’

On some level I feel like maybe it’s okay if Danny Dyer runs everything. Looking at the world right now, there are definitely worse political systems

In the week he brought Foo Fighters to Kerry, the man behind Other Voices says the Irish State cannot just pay lip service to the arts’ centrality

Miss Piggy and Babs Windsor – aka Sabrina Carpenter – are clearly in love

The American band made St James Church of Other Voices fame feel like the smallest stadium in the world

Campaigners say the cyclical scheme is ‘a decent start’ but want it expanded. Others are unsure ‘how sustainable it is to support every artist in the country forever’

From a warm, funny series about connection to the embodiment of cuddly evil, these are the recent(ish) shows I’ve liked most

Speaking of strange islands, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s less famous brother Charles has a documentary on Prime Video

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast stars Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three friends investigating another’s death

The conversation is mainly about Musk but still relatively revealing about Collison’s worldview. These are my takeaways

This story of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with dark forces could almost be a metaphor for creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travails

Thankfully, the Irish Bridgerton star is engaged in a psy-op to bring down the sexy empire from within

Ryan Murphy’s show has the shape of satire while never making it entirely clear what’s being satirised

Including Lisa McGee’s new Northern comedy How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot and hospital drama The Pitt