Culture

Last week

19th April 2026 - 25th April 2026

PodcastThe Explainer

How do you start tracing your family tree?

haunted

What do you make of Johnny Depp and Imelda May's new Shane MacGowan tribute track?

24 Apr

36.6k

ballroom bombshell

'I manifested this': Maura Higgins lands a spot on Dancing With The Stars US

23 Apr

18.5k

Sponsored

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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

9.6k

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

19.7k

Under Rated

'I did not sleep well': Complaints to IFCO over age classifications for Hamnet and 28 Years Later sequel

21 Apr

22.6k

bad

The first reviews are in for the Michael Jackson biopic. They're bad.

21 Apr

20.0k

Coachella

Madonna offers reward after vintage clothing 'goes missing' after Coachella appearance

21 Apr

13.7k

Sponsored

'I call myself a forever student... I love learning' — How third-level education became accessible through flexible learning

This month

April 2026

Analysis

Motoring: The quiet death of the manual gearbox

Paddy Comyn

18 Apr

22.9k

pop superstar

Britney Spears enters voluntary rehab weeks after arrest for driving under the influence

13 Apr

15.0k

FactCheck

Debunked: Posts objecting to a proposed ‘Mega Mosque’ in Letterkenny mislead about actual plans

9 Apr

8.0k

AI sloppiness

In this new AI-generated world, everything is kind of plagiarism and nothing is

Steve Dempsey

8 Apr

5.4k

Last month

March 2026

RIP

Top Gun and Back to the Future actor James Tolkan dies aged 94

29 Mar

23.6k

Sponsored

What is a heat pump and how would it benefit my home?

Waterford

World’s largest exhibition of cuckoo clocks opens (now someone needs to put them all forward)

27 Mar

11.3k

streaming now

HBO Max has launched in Ireland - here's what's on it, and how you can watch

26 Mar

31.5k

get up to speed

All you need to know about the biggest Ireland football match of the decade so far

Updated 26 Mar

54.5k

splitting the GPT

Where can I buy a pint for a fiver? An AI chatbot called thousands of Irish pubs to find out

24 Mar

27.7k

BAFTAs

Graham Norton and Philippa Dunne lead Irish nominees for Bafta TV awards

24 Mar

5.9k

Sponsored

Meet Benji, the cat that was saved by his new family

Academy Awards

'No to war and free Palestine': How politics took centre stage at this year's Oscars

Updated 16 Mar

24.2k

oscars 2026

In Memoriam: Billy Crystal's tribute to Rob Reiner and Barbra Streisand sings for Robert Redford

Updated 16 Mar

12.8k

Luck of the Irish

Dubliner Richard Baneham adds to Ireland's tally with his third (!) Oscar win

16 Mar

10.9k

and the oscar goes to...

Oscars 2026: All the winners as One Battle After Another bags six awards, including Best Picture

The American epic also won Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and the first ever Oscar for Best Casting.

16 Mar

24.3k

Kerry Gold

'The beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart': Jessie Buckley makes Irish history with Best Actress Oscar

The Killarney native is the first Irish woman to win the award.

16 Mar

59.1k

gold statuettes

Michael B Jordan bests DiCaprio and Chalamet to scoop Best Actor Oscar for Sinners

Updated 16 Mar

14.3k

lights camera action

Conan O'Brien opens the Oscars with digs at ex-prince Andrew, AI and Timothée Chalamet

15 Mar

16.8k

on the red carpet

All the best gúnas and tuxes from the 98th Academy Awards

There’s never any shortage of glitz and glamour on Oscars night.

Updated 15 Mar

25.8k

Academy Awards

How likely is an Irish win, who's hosting and where can I watch? Your essential Oscars guide

We’re just hours away from finding out whether Jessie Buckley will be the first Irish woman to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards.

Updated 15 Mar

12.1k

the drowned

Review: New 1970s-set Irish language whodunnit is immensely enjoyable

15 Mar

10.9k

flashpoint central

Drones, snubs, racial politics and felines: this Oscars has a host of possible controversies

What controversies might we be talking about on Monday morning?

14 Mar

7.2k

paudfather of dance

Paudie hits back at critics: 'It's not called a dance competition it's an entertainment show'

The Traitors star has brushed off the backlash over making it to the Dancing with the Stars finale.

Updated 13 Mar

17.7k

show must go on

An Irish man became the UK's first Covid ICU survivor - he's turned his tale into a live show

Andrew Walsh

11 Mar

20.2k

Liam óg ó hAnnaidh

'I’m a free mawn!': Kneecap's Mo Chara wins decisive legal victory in UK court

The Crown Prosecution Service has lost an appeal against the decision to throw out the case.

11 Mar

25.4k

Internet Diaries

The internet really wanted me to see Alysa Liu - but all I got was weird sexualised content

Stephen McDermott

8 Mar

17.7k

February

February 2026

this is a call

Foo Fighters break out the hits for surprise gig at packed Dublin venue

Updated 23 Feb

24.5k

Cheat Sheet

The Irish are invading the Baftas tonight - here's who we're up against for the big gongs

22 Feb

11.7k

Reality check

What the Top Model docuseries tells us about the evolution of Reality TV (and its viewers)

21 Feb

18.3k

IFTAs

Irish screen stars gather as Hamnet and Christy dominate IFTA awards night

Updated 20 Feb

28.8k

FactCheck

FactCheck: Does a viral map show the second-most spoken language in each Irish county?

18 Feb

19.2k

radio activity

Claire Byrne: ‘You'll get a kick in the bum if you think you're bigger than others in Ireland’

Andrew Walsh

16 Feb

35.8k

conscious coupling

Ten years on from the very first date on First Dates Ireland, how successful has it been?

14 Feb

21.9k