Music‘Seeing Oasis live in 1996 changed everything ... I changed my clothes, hair and walk’ Readers recall their previous Oasis concert experiencesBy Hosanna BoulterThu Aug 14 2025 - 06:00
Subscriber OnlyTubs in a topper, RTÉ on its uppers: Patrick Freyne can see clearly nowRyan Tubridy’s return of €150,000 to his old employer, plus eight other TV moments I missed while I was away reading books and smelling flowersBy Patrick FreyneThu Aug 14 2025 - 05:00
Subscriber OnlyVera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart book review: Not nearly as funny as it thinks it isNone of this satirical writer’s shots at capitalist America bite so fiercely that he risks his phone being examined by the TSA when next he enters Trump’s US
MusicOasis payday is here with Gallagher brothers and Dublin city set for a bonanzaFans have shelled out hundreds to see the band, while gig tourists will swell the local economy this weekend
TV & RadioBreaking Out: The remarkable life of gregarious and charismatic songwriter Fergus O’FarrellTelevision: O’Farrell’s final years in Schull yank hardest at the heartstrings in this emotionally devastating documentary
The trouble with always having to be rightUnthinkable: Open-mindedness is a quality we claim to value. In reality, we discourage itBy Laura Kennedy
‘Seeing Oasis live in 1996 changed everything ... I changed my clothes, hair and walk’ Readers recall their previous Oasis concert experiencesBy Hosanna Boulter
Oasis payday is here with Gallagher brothers and Dublin city set for a bonanzaFans have shelled out hundreds to see the band, while gig tourists will swell the local economy this weekendBy Laura Slattery
Kilkenny Arts Festival review: Viol recital by Fahmi Alqhai spans from 16th century to a pallid Purple HazeDemonstration of this ancient instrument in all its guises moves through a wide repertoireBy Michael Dervan
Ethel Cain: Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You review – Gorgeously vulnerable By Ed Power
Bob Vylan at All Together Now 2025: ‘Our fight is the Irish fight. And the Irish fight is the Palestinians’ fight’ The iconoclastic punks put in a fantastically furious set that breathtakingly meshes punk and politicsBy Ed Power
Bob Geldof glows with awkward-customer energy as Boomtown Rats play All Together Now 2025As the singer condemns Israel’s actions in Gaza, Geldof the crazy-haired frontman and the sweary St Bob of Live Aid immortality are both on showBy Ed Power
Film-maker Dag Johan Haugerud: From laid-off librarian to Golden Bear-winning director of the Oslo Stories trilogyThe Norwegian director on writing a convincing teenage girl, how the camera embellishes beauty, and achieving international success at the age of 60By Donald Clarke
Jamie Lee Curtis: ‘Once you mess with your face you can’t get it back’Freakier Friday, which reunites the Oscar-winner with Lindsay Lohan, is good clean fun. But its themes mean a lot to an actor who has had her share of personal trialsBy Tara Brady
Oslo Stories: Love review – Pay attention to the details in this understated, patient and disarming film By Tara Brady
Together review: Alison Brie and Dave Franco star in stomach-churning masterclass in eugh By Donald Clarke
Materialists review: This non-romcom has the welcome oddness of a future classic By Donald Clarke
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart book review: Not nearly as funny as it thinks it isNone of this satirical writer’s shots at capitalist America bite so fiercely that he risks his phone being examined by the TSA when next he enters Trump’s USBy John Boyne
‘I’m gone frail? Excuse me, but I’m as healthy as a goat’Goodness, Gertie, wasn’t that something? says Rose, wiping her trousers. Isn’t that a story to tell in St Teresa’s?By Mattie Brennan
Tubs in a topper, RTÉ on its uppers: Patrick Freyne can see clearly nowRyan Tubridy’s return of €150,000 to his old employer, plus eight other TV moments I missed while I was away reading books and smelling flowersBy Patrick Freyne
Breaking Out: The remarkable life of gregarious and charismatic songwriter Fergus O’FarrellTelevision: O’Farrell’s final years in Schull yank hardest at the heartstrings in this emotionally devastating documentaryBy Ed Power
Lucy Letby: Who to Believe review - Baffling exploration of convicted neonatal nurse’s caseTelevision: We learn a lot more about the charges against Letby, while being many times more confused as to her guilt or innocence By Ed Power
First trailer released for The Office spin-off series starring Domhnall GleesonThe ‘documentary’ crew turns focus on a struggling midwestern newspaper called the Toledo Truth TellerBy Hosanna Boulter
The Weir at 3Olympia review: A kingly Brendan Gleeson, a magnificent Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and a timeless Irish playIn Conor McPherson’s drama, now almost 30 years old, the great Gleeson provides an astral mass for the other actors to orbitBy Donald Clarke
Kilkenny Arts Festival review: Sinews strain as daylight fades in uplifting Neon DuskTheatre: Intimate setting lends new dimension to high-intensity acrobatic performanceBy Deirdre Falvey
Cities of the World: Around the globe in 282 artworksKathy Prendergast and Chris Leach are showing their work together for the first time at a special exhibition opening at the Kilkenny Arts Festival By Gemma Tipton
State of the art: ‘My dream is to be in the studio working solidly. Having a full-time job is a distraction from that’Faigh Amach, at Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, spotlights work by Ella Bertilsson, Kathy Tynan and Emily WaszakBy Gemma Tipton
