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Culture

last late nights
Springsteen tells Stephen Colbert he's being forced off-air because Trump 'can't take a joke'
7 hrs ago
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Yesterday
20th May 2026
back in the hot seat
Here are five things we learned from RTÉ's latest appearance at the media committee
21 hrs ago
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RELATED
'Horrendous': RTÉ bosses slammed over treatment of Seán Rocks's pay and impact on his family
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23 hrs ago
Dee Forbes made decision to categorise Derek Mooney's wages as 'producer', says Kevin Bakhurst
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payments scandal
RTÉ to face another grilling at media committee over latest payments controversy
20 May
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This week
17th May 2026 - 21st May 2026
Reality TV
Channel 4 removes all seasons of Married at First Sight UK after allegations of rape
18 May
23.0k
Keepers of Tradition
Family effort restoring one of Cork's most iconic clocks to air tomorrow
17 May
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Last week
10th May 2026 - 16th May 2026
Boys of Tommen
Cast for TV adaptation of Cork author's novel series announced
16 May
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Nobody Needs This
Nothing is untouched by the pristine fingers of the clean-living movement, not even raves
A series where Emer McLysaght saves us from chasing every trend but instead points us to things worthy of our time (and money).
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
15 May
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to whom it concerns
The Late Late Show should learn from SNL - or become a podcast
Steve Dempsey
Media and technology expert
14 May
7.5k
19
Vienna
'Stop the genocide' chanted during Israel's Eurovision semi-final performance
Israel’s act, Noam Bettan, performed at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle amid heightened security and controversy as five nations boycott the event.
12 May
40.6k
113
Rose of Tralee
'I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised': Dublin Rose subjected to racist comments online
11 May
29.5k
Cork City Council
Cork's historic Counting House to be reborn as new city library after €35m council purchase
11 May
9.1k
0
high prices
Energy providers in Ireland are not making ‘excessive profit’, regulator says
11 May
11.3k
65
NBC
New Wordle game show to be presented by Today host Savannah Guthrie
11 May
11.4k
10
The Daily Poll
Will you watch season two of Rivals?
10 May
12.1k
12
This month
May 2026
Dublin
'Not what we want': Crowds protest against redesign of Stephen's Green Shopping Centre
9 May
11.9k
43
rock 'n' roll stars
A documentary about Oasis' reunion tour is coming to cinemas later this year
9 May
3.8k
38
Nobody Needs This
Somebody tell the parents that the kids don't need to be constantly celebrating something
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
8 May
26.6k
73
New York
Last night's looks: Stars commit to 'fashion is art' theme at Met Gala
This year’s function drew some controversy after Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and his wife were announced as the lead sponsors.
5 May
16.9k
25
healing after surgery
Good Vibrations: The Cork choir helping cancer survivors to reclaim their voice
Trish Rooney
4 May
4.9k
6
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The world leaders who want to live forever
3 May
11.3k
18
mayo day
Quiz: How much do you know about County Mayo?
2 May
27.3k
35
will he stay or will he go
Patrick Kielty keeps quiet on his Late Late Show future amid contract uncertainty
1 May
16.6k
33
Last month
April 2026
you get a ticket
Oprah Winfrey is coming to Dublin for a one-night live event
30 Apr
11.4k
58
jimmy kimmel live
Melania Trump urges ABC to 'take a stand' against Jimmy Kimmel after widow remark
27 Apr
33.1k
90
George's Dock
'I think it's silly': Mixed views on The Giant, a €29m idea for Dublin's Docklands
The 30-metre tall statue can transform into any Irish or international figure.
27 Apr
26.5k
63
PodcastThe Explainer
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haunted
What do you make of Johnny Depp and Imelda May's new Shane MacGowan tribute track?
24 Apr
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74
ballroom bombshell
'I manifested this': Maura Higgins lands a spot on Dancing With The Stars US
23 Apr
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46
The Morning Lead
Census data reveals almost 9,000 people were confined to mental institutions in 1926
People in Mother and Baby Homes were not included in the figure, as the National Archives could not categorise the centres as institutions in the release of the records.
Sophie Finn
23 Apr
9.7k
33
film review
Is the Jackson biopic really that bad? We went to the first showing at Liffey Valley to find out
It’s bad, it’s bad, you know it (shamone).
Andrew Walsh
22 Apr
19.9k
31
Under Rated
'I did not sleep well': Complaints to IFCO over age classifications for Hamnet and 28 Years Later sequel
21 Apr
22.7k
31
bad
The first reviews are in for the Michael Jackson biopic. They're bad.
21 Apr
20.1k
38
Coachella
Madonna offers reward after vintage clothing 'goes missing' after Coachella appearance
21 Apr
13.7k
20
Analysis
Motoring: The quiet death of the manual gearbox
Paddy Comyn
18 Apr
23.5k
91
pop superstar
Britney Spears enters voluntary rehab weeks after arrest for driving under the influence
13 Apr
15.0k
24
FactCheck
Debunked: Posts objecting to a proposed ‘Mega Mosque’ in Letterkenny mislead about actual plans
9 Apr
8.4k
AI sloppiness
In this new AI-generated world, everything is kind of plagiarism and nothing is
Steve Dempsey
8 Apr
5.4k
8
March
March 2026
RIP
Top Gun and Back to the Future actor James Tolkan dies aged 94
29 Mar
23.6k
12
Waterford
World’s largest exhibition of cuckoo clocks opens (now someone needs to put them all forward)
27 Mar
11.4k
7
streaming now
HBO Max has launched in Ireland - here's what's on it, and how you can watch
26 Mar
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