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Tipperary singer’s tribute to Katie Taylor released ahead of Croke Park fight night
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Westlife to perform at Katie Taylor’s emotional final fight at Croke Park
Westlife are set to provide the soundtrack to Katie Taylor’s final professional fight when the Bray boxer step…
Westlife to perform at Katie Taylor’s Croke Park farewell fight
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Fontaines DC at Slane: Saturday gig sells out with Sunday tickets still available
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‘Absolutely demonesque’ — Elaine Crowley reveals alcoholic drink she steers clear of
Elaine Crowley has revealed the one alcoholic drink she steers clear of, branding it ‘the work of the devil.’ …
Maggie Gyllenhaal says female directors face ‘systemic’ barriers
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‘I swallow a grain or two of her ashes before going on stage’: Rachael Stirling on her late mother Diana Rigg
Actor has written memoir about living with the film siren, how competitive yet stoic the ex-Bond girl could be…
Woman with cerebral palsy urges Electric Picnic to ‘do better’ on accessibility after she fell and broke nose
Some music fans with additional needs said they ‘felt pushed aside’
Harry and Meghan are ghastly and back in Britain. Good
Britain needs something to cheer it up. This will do
Late Fame is easily the best movie that Willem Dafoe has ever made
In cinemas; Cert 15A
Super Nature review: Beautiful Super 8 footage captures moments of natural splendour
Selected cinemas; Cert G
‘RTÉ 100: Points of View’ review: Aside from Jim Sheridan’s contribution, this centenary documentary is odd, disjointed and unsatisfying
It’s basically 11 opinion pieces to camera from familiar faces loosely strung together
Camille O’Sullivan: ‘I’ve been given David Bowie’s death mask three times’
The Cork singer on talking for Ireland, protecting old buildings and living by her thrill-seeking dad’s mantra
Sebastian Barry flirts again with the cultural appropriation police in his lyrical gem of a slave novel
‘The Newer World’ follows a freed black slave with a revenge list in the aftermath of the American Civil War
Mayday review: Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds are unlikely buddies in Cold War comedy full of crash, bang, wallop
Apple TV+; Cert TBC
First batch of Electric Picnic 2027 tickets sell out ahead of Friday’s general sale
The remaining ticket allocations will go on sale from 10am on Friday
Ian Hart: ‘Coolock gave me the ability to see beauty where, at times, it was hard to find but was always present’
What Lies Beneath
Róisín Stack: ‘Project Runway lost its focus – it was like RuPaul’s Drag Race with a side of sewing’
My Cultural Life
Laughs come thick and fast in Paul Howard’s united Ireland satire that takes the royal mick out of everyone on both sides
Fiction
Myles Dungan: ‘I interviewed Joseph Heller once. He was a sweetheart’
My Life in Books
Short story collection The Other Poet Drives a Black Mercedes shows Órfhlaith Foyle at the peak of her powers
Fiction
The Death of Robin Hood: No merry men in revisionist take on the Sherwood myth that owes much to Game of Thrones
In cinemas; Cert 16
Ryan Tubridy makes surprise return to Irish TV screens this month
Ryan Tubridy returns to Irish TV this month as he joins the cast of Celebrity Gogglebox. The former Late Late …
‘I do not know what to expect’ – Claire Byrne set to appear on ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’
Ryan Tubridy, Siobhán McSweeney, Seán Fitzgerald and Lola Deal will also feature in the show
Helix – Descent N Ascent review: Puzzle’s appeal is all there in black and white
Platforms: Switch (tested), PC Age: 7+
Fontaines D.C. announce second Slane date due to ‘overwhelming demand’
Fontaines D.C. are set to play a second date at the iconic Slane Castle in 2027. Promoters MCD confirmed they …
Fontaines DC announce second date at Slane Castle next summer
The Irish band are set to perform their biggest-ever headline show
Rod Stewart will ‘come back stronger than ever’ after heart operation, wife says
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Katie Price reportedly dumps husband by text after discovering he is broke
Katie Price has reportedly ended her troubled marriage to Lee Andrews after dumping him via text. It’s been re…
‘I was thrown under the bus’: First two contestants out of this season’s Traitors
The first two contestants on Traitors have been shown the door, and both were left stunned by how quickly they…
Mel Gibson issues apology after appearing to mock sign language intepreter
Hollywood actor-director Mel Gibson has issued an apology for what he says was a display of ‘spontaneous thoug…
‘Bursting with love’ Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews welcome new baby boy
Vogue Williams has said her house is ‘bursting with love’ after welcoming her fourth child with Spencer Matthe…
‘Questions need to be asked’: TUV chief speaks out as it’s revealed NI staff have BBC’s highest sickness rate
Questions over ‘significant disparity’ between sick days taken in BBC Northern Ireland and other parts of UK
‘Traitors’ contestant reveals she kept singer brother Gavin James in the dark about appearance on show
Dublin vocal coach Emma Wigglesworth says musician ‘fell off his chair’ when she appeared on screen
‘The horror we experienced up there lingers in my mind – it still haunts me,’ says student who survived cable car catastrophe
Sky-high ordeal of six Pakistani schoolboys and two teachers as their lives hung by a thread is subject of new…
Portrait of a Day with Robert Ballagh: ‘I started getting shaky hands during chemotherapy and, for an artist, that’s not great’
The painter talks through a typical 24 hours since his daily schedule changed while being treated for Non-Hodg…
‘Stolen Babies’ review: This harrowing documentary reveals the UK’s adoption scandal was every bit as heinous as ours
The state forced at least 250,000 women to give up their babies between 1949 and 1976
Dónal Lynch: Nearly two decades after her passing, Nuala O’Faolain has acquired the burnish of a cultural pioneer. But it has made her much tidier in death than she was in life
Vulture
‘Traitors Ireland’ episode three recap: Chaos at the castle with another ‘daddy’ moment, an unhappy Janet, and a Sean who won’t stop talking
‘Traitors’ is back – catch up on all the highlights from the third episode here
Hugh Jackman on gritty new Robin Hood epic filmed in Northern Ireland: ‘Still getting mud out of various places’
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