TV & RadioEmily in Paris: new trailer for series four reveals new love triangles and a babyNetflix show is back with a single Emily following Camille and Gabriel’s failed weddingTue Jul 23 2024 - 11:26
TV & RadioBishop Casey’s Buried Secrets review: ‘He had no fear of being caught’Television: Searing documentary about sex abuse allegations may forever cast Eamonn Casey in a damning lightBy Ed PowerTue Jul 23 2024 - 10:23
Subscriber OnlyModerate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams: Moderate to good, occasionally greatThe occasional misfires in this collection are easy to overlook amid so many delightfully comic stories executed with precision and care
BooksKeanu Reeves: ‘Maybe I have father issues and mother issues. And maybe I think about death’What if the star of The Matrix worked with a sci-fi novelist to tell story of 80,000-year-old warrior who can rip people’s arms off but struggles with loneliness?
Subscriber Only‘It’s a really amazing story. He’s like a movie hero, travelling around the world’The 19th-century Irish composer William Vincent Wallace lived an extraordinary life. Lurline, his newly revived opera, is a reminder of his musical ambition
For the sake of your mental health, stop trying to have an opinion on everything all the timeUnthinkable: People are panicking, theorising and condemning on social media in every imaginable direction. But it’s all right not to have a view on everything all the time. In fact, it’s healthyBy Laura Kennedy
‘It’s a really amazing story. He’s like a movie hero, travelling around the world’The 19th-century Irish composer William Vincent Wallace lived an extraordinary life. Lurline, his newly revived opera, is a reminder of his musical ambitionBy Michael Dervan
Forest Fest 2024 review: Golden oldies shine, Shane MacGowan’s spirit inspiresDexys deliver another outstanding performance, and everyone loves The Human League’s actionBy Martin Doyle
Eminem: The Death of Slim Shady review – Lyrical dexterity live and kicking on this uneasy funeral for his world-beating alter ego By Siobhán Kane
Col Patterson: Seed – Kildare man’s optimism and heart shine through in second solo album By Lauren Murphy
Pillow Queens at Iveagh Gardens review: band’s biggest concert is a triumph from start to finishPillow Queens' performance is brimming with heavy guitars, feather-light hooks and feverishly effervescent songsBy Ed Power
Artist and shepherd Orla Barry: ‘Breeding animals is like making an artwork. You’re putting certain animals together’Orla Barry took up farming as a more financially secure sideline to her art. As the new film Notes from Sheepland shows, it has proved equally precariousBy Tara Brady
I am partly responsible for JD Vance’s rise to be Donald Trump’s running mate. SorryWhen I reviewed Hillbilly Elegy, the film based on JD Vance’s memoir, I didn’t anticipate its potential to become one of the few movies to change historyBy Donald Clarke
Crossing: Sublime adventure as a haughty aunt searches for her estranged trans niece By Tara Brady
Skywalkers: A Love Story – Steel yourself for the queasy highs of this rooftopping documentary By Donald Clarke
Keanu Reeves: ‘Maybe I have father issues and mother issues. And maybe I think about death’What if the star of The Matrix worked with a sci-fi novelist to tell story of 80,000-year-old warrior who can rip people’s arms off but struggles with loneliness?By Alexandra Alter
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams: Moderate to good, occasionally greatThe occasional misfires in this collection are easy to overlook amid so many delightfully comic stories executed with precision and careBy Doug Battersby
Emily in Paris: new trailer for series four reveals new love triangles and a babyNetflix show is back with a single Emily following Camille and Gabriel’s failed wedding
Bishop Casey’s Buried Secrets review: ‘He had no fear of being caught’Television: Searing documentary about sex abuse allegations may forever cast Eamonn Casey in a damning lightBy Ed Power
Oliver Callan says absence from airwaves due to skin cancer surgery RTÉ broadcaster says he was affected by a basal cell carcinoma ‘like thousands of us out there with our Irish skin’By Tim O'Brien
Bronwyn: Teacher’s Pet investigator Hedley Thomas on the trail of another missing mother – and another apparent deathPodcast review: Thomas’s dogged approach to the case of Bronwyn Winfield marks this series out from true-crime titillationBy Fiona McCann
The Map of Argentina review: Sexual desire and forbidden passion in a drama that clutches you to its chestGalway International Arts Festival 2024: Marina Carr’s play features Maeve Fitzgerald as married mother Deb, who has fallen madly in love with another manBy Deirdre Falvey
Duck Pond review: Bouncy, bendy bodies in a beautiful, acrobatic take on Swan LakeGalway International Arts Festival 2024: The Australian contemporary-circus troupe Circa bring superlative skill to their take on Swan LakeBy Deirdre Falvey
Mark Francis: Acoustic Oceans review – A fascinating development in the Irish artist’s decades-spanning careerThis new series of works plays with contemporary anxieties relating to deceptive data and informational noiseBy Tom Lordan
The Outlaws Are Back review: Irresistibly diverse group exhibition from Cork’s undergroundArt collective’s wide range of influences and styles forcefully captured in latest showBy Tom Lordan