Writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson say that despite the ‘love’ in the North for their hit PSNI-centred drama, they were petrified to take on such a ‘hot potato’ topic

Saint Etienne, who bring their farewell tour to Dublin next week, have been my glittering soundtrack for growing up and wanting to sail away

The Irish star can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to act. There aren’t many downsides to the job, she says

Dublin Fringe Festival 2026: Dereliction and greed are viewed through a surreal lens in this new show. But can anything top the ‘bizarre stuff’ that’s really happening?

Films cost just €4 at most participating cinemas on Saturday and Sunday, marking a temporary break from ticket inflation

Meg Mason, the author of bestseller Sorrow and Bliss, returns with Sophie, Standing There, a meta novel about a lonely literary-festival worker’s parasocial relationship with a famous writer

Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated

From Athenry to the BBC, sports broadcaster Mulkerrins talks ambition, freelance life and capturing the emotion of sport’s biggest moments

Politicians love them, but the 19th century solution to the problem of monotonous, draining work is surely not the answer today

Music extravaganza curated by the Coldplay frontman will feature support from Spanish and Argentinian footballers

The broadcaster on the push and pull factors behind her move, her new podcast and turning 50

Seventeen years on from her debut album, Florence Welch remains an artist born for the largest of stages

In the age of global heating, water stations at outdoor events must be a priority, not an afterthought

With Confessions II out next week, it’s time to get into the groove and press play on the queen of pop’s back catalogue

The American star regularly enhances her own reputation by paying live tribute to other artists

After the ‘bonkers’ Oscars, the Co Derry-born author of Hamnet is poised to publish Land, a novel inspired by her own family history in post-Famine Ireland

This Emmy magnet HBO Max show was a battle of the generations, but also more than just that

The Skins and Game of Thrones star has written a memoir about her involvement in a cult-like ‘wellness’ organisation and her bipolar diagnosis

The Irish documentary-maker thought he was the hardest-working person he knew. But that was before he met Kylie Minogue

Amazon MGM Studios is searching for a young actor to take over as the spy

Keating also had roles in Doctor Who and Casualty.

No idea is too odd for television amid plans for scaled-up word puzzle, a Big Break reboot and a ‘psychological battlefield’ in a lift lobby

The author returns with a new character, a despairing history teacher Artie Dam, in The Things We Never Say, overshadowed by Trump

Sleeper at Opium and Miki Berenyi Trio at the Grand Social proved the potency of seeing long-loved artists for the first time

Sky’s version of the US sketch-show institution is halfway through its first series. Will it be back for a second?

News outlets are built on curiosity. Now they’re having to defend the kind the powerful don’t like

From megalithic art to science fiction, Earth’s sole natural satellite has compelled us, scared us and been the site of our fantasies

Using the late singer’s talent as a stick with which to beat a new generation of female artists is ironic and unfair

The award-winning US author ‘refused to write historically’, but Kin, her new novel, is set in the 1960s. She explains why

From her quiet emotion in War & Peace to her compelling physicality in Hamnet, the Irish actor has shown her talent runs deep

Hollywood is used to being in the international persuasion business. Donald Trump’s triumphalist warmonger videos change that

Star shrinks the 3Arena to the status of an intimate club in night showcasing her genre-hopping talent

Sublime new Gorillaz album The Mountain shows, once again, how it helps to be a ‘daily musician’

The celebrated designer on dressing Irish presidents, how fashion has changed and the future of her luxury brand

From How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to These Sacred Vows, too many series feel trapped in time

The second half of Emily Brontë’s novel is often left out of adaptations. It deserves its own film