MusicDaniel O’Donnell announces ‘extended break’ amid health challengesSpokesperson cited allergies and recurrent chest infections on the roadBy Stephen MaguireThu May 15 2025 - 10:37
MusicEurovision 2025: When is Ireland’s semi-final on, what are Emmy’s chances and how does voting work?All eyes are on the Swiss city of Basle for the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision. Can Ireland win glory with Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen?By Ed PowerThu May 15 2025 - 08:24
Subscriber OnlyWriters Anonymous by William Wall: A literary thriller that is emotionally taut and structurally inventiveA profound reflection on identity, authorship and the shifting truths we tell ourselves and others
Subscriber Only‘We’re building a deaf empire, making things rather than waiting for Hollywood to greenlight them’Deaf President Now! directors Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim on their documentary about the Gallaudet University protests of 1988
TV & RadioUncharted with Ray Goggins review: Leo Varadkar has to get halfway up a mountain with Lyra before he lets his guard downTelevision: A former taoiseach and a Cork popstar make for a curious couple on this South African survival challenge
I tried an ancient cure for procrastination for a month. It was grimUnthinkable: Various philosophers advocate ‘attaining a deep awareness of death’s possibility at any moment’By Joe Humphreys
Daniel O’Donnell announces ‘extended break’ amid health challengesSpokesperson cited allergies and recurrent chest infections on the roadBy Stephen Maguire
Eurovision 2025: When is Ireland’s semi-final on, what are Emmy’s chances and how does voting work?All eyes are on the Swiss city of Basle for the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision. Can Ireland win glory with Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen?By Ed Power
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant review – Win Butler and co release the biggest damp squib of their career By Ed Power
Eric Church: Evangeline vs the Machine review – Student of the heart’s crookedness plays it straight By Ed Power
Cormac Begley at Vicar Street review: Milestone performance from concertina master Fluid, freewheeling and unerring tunes blurred the boundaries between musician and concertinaBy Siobhán Long
‘We’re building a deaf empire, making things rather than waiting for Hollywood to greenlight them’Deaf President Now! directors Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim on their documentary about the Gallaudet University protests of 1988By Tara Brady
Cannes 2025: DiCaprio pays moving tribute to De Niro, Binoche passes verdict on Depardieu, and I avoid red-carpet nudityCannes Diary: French film festival’s opening day contends with news from Gérard Depardieu’s sexual-assault trialBy Donald Clarke
Magic Farm review: Chloë Sevigny channels Gen X-worthy self-deprecation in surreal satire that skewers Americans abroad By Tara Brady
First Look: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: Tom Cruise gets all sentimental amid some suave mayhem By Donald Clarke
Writers Anonymous by William Wall: A literary thriller that is emotionally taut and structurally inventiveA profound reflection on identity, authorship and the shifting truths we tell ourselves and othersBy Adam Wyeth
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Leo Varadkar has to get halfway up a mountain with Lyra before he lets his guard downTelevision: A former taoiseach and a Cork popstar make for a curious couple on this South African survival challengeBy Ed Power
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story review – A chilling gaze into a monstrous, soulless voidNetflix series review: It’s hard to see how we needed another documentary about this murderous couple, yet here we areBy Ed Power
Bad Nanny review: Incredible story of fraudster Samantha Cookes skilfully told in excellent documentaryTelevision: Chirpy Englishwoman was exposed as a serial fraudster, but only after taking in a long list of victimsBy Ed Power
Northern police drama Blue Lights wins best drama series at BaftasIrish actors Lola Petticrew and Nicola Coughlan miss out on awards, having both been nominated for the first time
Lovesong review: An up-and-down marriage that goes to the very endTheatre: The excellently paired Zara Devlin and Naoise Dunbar star in the Gate production of Abi Morgan’s absorbing play By Chris McCormack
The Shark Is Broken review: Ian Shaw is uncannily like his father in this inventive, irreverent play about the making of JawsCrowd-pleasing tale of Spielberg movie mixes heartfelt details with top-notch film buffery and broad physical comedyBy Tara Brady
Labour of Love at the Glucksman review: A funny, inventive, irrepressible exhibition about the meaning of careA dozen artists contribute to a philosophically minded elaboration of the significance of care in contemporary artBy Tom Lordan
Irish artist Michael Kane: ‘Patrick Kavanagh did nothing else but create art. And that was my ideal’The Project Arts Centre founder, who is marking his 90th birthday with a solo show, is a firm believer in the idea that art truly matters. He lives fully surrounded by itBy Gemma Tipton
