Simon Cowell

In Home of the Year, three experts pass judgment on architecturally ambitious houses

Prize of guaranteed stardom has long eluded winners of the one-time TV juggernaut

Securing any EU trade deal and regional development in the UK are steep challenges

Climate change meets reality TV, as RTÉ asks three Irish families to out-recycle one another

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Living With Yourself, The Laundromat and Big Mouth season 3

Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions: Union Jack thrones, dancing beefeaters, someone dressed like the queen. Maybe it is the queen

As the singer launches his solo career, he reflects on a series of personal tragedies

Simon Cowell’s latest signings are five US-Canadian ‘creatives’ who tick all the right boxes for global pop success. With such heavyweight backing, they may be too big to fail

The hammer fell for the last time in legendary Buckleys of Sandycove this afternoon after 56 years in business and nearly a million lots sold

The boy band turned ‘man band’ are back on tour, 20 years after they first got together

The hypnotist and author says he taught others to become thin, confident, smart, rich, but only recently sorted his own life

Cowell’s belief show will go on for another 10 years proves how adrift from reality he truly is

Sandycove institution famed for its bric-a-brac and bargains was started in 1947

The singer is supporting Taylor Swift tonight. It won’t be long before she’s headlining

Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent

Patrick Freyne: What I learned from the role models making the headlines

Paul McGrath marks his anniversary on ‘Ray D’Arcy’, while Trinny Woodall appears on the ‘Late Late’

Southgate’s thoroughly pedestrian side seem devoid of the usual preening self-regard

‘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?

Review: Long camera takes give a sense of the claustrophobia of life in the trenches

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

Sean and Conor Price get four yes votes and a place in Bootcamp round on TV show

This kind of nostalgia has a certain shelf-life

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

The singer who had a hit at nine talks showbiz, ‘Grease’ and Michael Jackson’s snake

The band are about to perform The Joshua Tree in Croke Park, so where does it stand in the canon?

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs tops Forbes list with $130m, while Beyoncé is in second place

Review: It’s hard to see 2016 victor Matt Terry achieving the success X Factor promises

US president-elect’s cabinet choices appear to be more about style than substance

The story of how Trump and Clinton rose is a tale of power, influence, class and ambition

Ratings have declined, but the familiar format is still regarded as a safer bet than most

Can familiar faces rejuvenate the ageing pop format?

Girls from Presentation Secondary School were placed fourth out of nine performers

‘Full stop-sized’ figure made to commemorate 400th anniversary of playwright’s death

Jackie Chan and Nick Faldo also linked with Mossack Fonseca documents

“You’re too much of an idealist, Sorcha. You look at the world and you think, ‘How can I make it better?’ whereas real leaders look at the world and think, ‘How can I make it pay?’”

Light entertainment shows are at the heart of a public service media ‘strategic paradox’

The former Westlife star never packed in his pop career and you won’t find him with the ‘headbangers’ on ‘Big Brother’

Average audience of 956,600 beats previous high set by ‘The X Factor’ final of 2010