11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (518+ words) Oasis are definitely, maybe returning to Slane Castle for at least one – and possibly two – concerts next year. At least that is what the online rumour mill is suggesting this weekend after the band’s official account posted a striking video…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (283+ words) Such caricatures are amped up with glee on RTÉ with Love/Hate and Kin. Liverpool has received the equivalent treatment with The Responder and The Cage – dramas Channel 4 producer Jimmy Mulville has described as all having “a big bag of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (307+ words) The idea for Neil Green’s Diversity Training has legs, but its execution is undercooked and uncomfortable for long stretches. Green presents and performs one of a series of stand-up sets centred around PowerPoint presentations on diversity and inclusion. The show…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (571+ words) Thirty years and one lengthy hiatus later, the duo have returned with Half-Told Tales, their finest album since the 1990s. Seeing them square up to middle age like boxers readying for a final bout, it reconnects with the wistful ferocity of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (646+ words) When it comes to making art, I’m not agreeable. I’m very adamant about going by instinct. I’ve learned a lot from being a painter and a comedian for years and I think it must feel right and authentic. So you…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (315+ words) Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan has said his day-to-day life has changed “dramatically” after he was hospitalised in Brussels in July. O’Donovan was attending an event for Ireland’s EU presidency when he fell ill in the Belgian capital. The Limerick…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (604+ words) Cinemas will have a lovely time-travel vibe to them this weekend. Some are screening one of the most joyful films of my childhood, a fish-out-of-water classic in which a group of people from the 23rd century wind up in 1986, but that’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (174+ words) Damien Dempsey, Hayley Williams and Madra Salach will be among the special guests when Fontaines DC headline at Slane Castle on Saturday and Sunday, June 26th-27th, 2027. Closing out this year’s Electric Picnic – where they headlined for the first time – the band…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (274+ words) Kilkenomics, which bills itself as “the world’s only economics and comedy festival”, is promising prospective ticketholders “its strongest lineup yet” this year, with 70 events organised and an equal number of speakers booked across three days in Kilkenny city this November....

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) The Irish Times Four new films to see this week: Bitter Christmas, The Dog Stars, Guggi and Colony Bárbara Lennie, Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Bono and Jun Ji-hyun feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of August…...