Spud rant and Jasper Carrott interview are like a diet of root vegetables: filling but dull

TV presenter’s sheer likability sees off actor Johnny Ward and country singer Cliona Hagan

Minister for Finance rules out including ancient craft as part of artistic tax exemption

Review: Dublin's 3Arena was very much a women's zone as fans and band rolled back the years

Eurovision winner alleged newspaper article claimed she covered-up child abuse

The 52-year-old concert promoter was innovative, energetic and ambitious , mourners hear

New dramas are in production, but a crowded market makes it hard to score a hit

Paul Howard’s musical tells story of a Kerry woman following her dream of working in VHI

Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy on their curious transitions to the real world

Other countries throw stars and hit songwriters at the contest. Is there any path back to glory?

Unlike brashy pop stars of the 90s, Lipa’s message of independence is more subdued

Star sends tweet in Irish to friend and ‘Ireland's Got Talent’ judge warning we better work hard or be ‘ag sashayáil away!’

‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault

It has puppeteers, aerial artists and a man playing the spoons - but will anybody watch?

A new series of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ begins, and ‘Dancing with the Stars’ struts on

The talent show is a glitzier version of what happens in school halls and GAA clubs across the country

St Nathy’s: The school where the tables have turned on the old parent-teacher model

Comedian Joanne McNally speaks about her dark comedy show ‘Bite Me’

Increase in cash on company balance sheet coincides with return to reality show for pop guru

The gruff interrogator seems to enjoy the Ploughing Championships but it doesn’t really suit him

Alison Spittle’s new show; David Simon in NYC; and a doc on the most famous Irish person ever: Shergar

In an age when every pop star is perfectly polished, Coyle is a wibbly wobbly wonder

Rugby, matchmaking and current affairs will combine to set ‘new tone’, says broadcaster

Ryanair director and former managing partner of A&L Goodbody died last week aged 68

Eurovision ballads have to be oversized, massive honking tunes that are full of fun

Vocalist, managed by Louis Walsh, says Kiev experience the ‘best 3 minutes of my life’

The 20-year-old hopes to rise above the competition in the second semi-final in Kiev

When is it on, what are Ireland’s chances and is ‘sounds like Ed Sheeran’ this year’s trend?

Joe Walsh (55), from Mayo, flying helicopter when it crashed near New Jersey apartment block

Our writer is put to work in the two Michelin-starred kitchen of chef Daniel Clifford, and gets the Celebrity MasterChef judge to spill the beans on the stars

Dublin comedian proves 2016 wasn’t bad for everyone, finishing year on a career high

Performer from Galway perfect for competition says manager Louis Walsh

This week, Fight Like Apes called it a day. I first discovered them in the Róisín Dubh in Galway and nothing was ever quite the same

Joanne McNally: When my therapist asks me to give my eating disorder an identity, it begins to take shape in front of me – and it looks exactly like Louis Walsh

TV Review: There’s no fun to be had watching this dull series about a dinner party

Labour TD talks of ‘impromptu concert’ to launch Bill on Irish music quotas

Review: ‘Reg’, ‘Insight’, ‘Dublin’s Gangland War’, ‘Farmer in Charge’, ‘Big Brother’

Cork farmer Maurice Walsh knows nothing about hairdressing. His mission? To to help save a struggling hairdressing salon in Dublin

Top libel lawyer sees ‘several new claims’ per week on privacy, libel and harassment issues

Lindsey Holmes’s house in Sandymount in Dublin contains a mixture of modern and old, bargain finds and antiquities