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TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (849+ words) The Irish Times TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight TV highlights for the week ahead include In Time, Van der Valk, A Day in May, and more Pick of the Week Musician and producer Dónal Lunny…...
Mercury Prize 2026: Irish artist Dove Ellis shortlisted alongside Paul McCartney, Raye and more
1+ week, 2+ day ago (392+ words) Irish singer-songwriter Dove Ellis has been shortlisted for the 2026 Mercury Prize. The musician, nominated for their album Blizzard, features on the shortlist alongside Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Raye and more. The prize, created in 1992, is awarded each year to the…...
Sony’s PS3 closure raises a big question: who actually owns the games you buy?
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (568+ words) In the distant past of 1983, Sony secured a landmark ruling at the US supreme court. The court held that if a device is sold for a legitimate purpose and has a substantial non-infringing use, the manufacturer couldn’t be held liable…...
JD Sports to reissue thousands of ‘expired’ gift cards after watchdog talks
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (446+ words) One of the largest sports retailers in the Republic has agreed to reissue more than 5,500 gift cards at a cost of close to €250,000 after it wrongly told customers their vouchers had expired in direct contravention of Irish law. The move…...
Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals: ‘We’d pick up Dave Fanning and Marty Whelan on the signal from the west’
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1333+ words) “We were just amazed how smoothly it went,” Rhys says, nursing a cup of coffee. “We messed up a few things, but we had a lot of fun and we were able to enjoy it. And to play for the…...
Grand Theft Auto 6: Why all the fuss about a video game that hasn’t even been released yet?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (432+ words) The Irish Times Grand Theft Auto 6: Why all the fuss about a video game that hasnât even been released yet? The GTA franchise has clocked up sales of â¬8bn, and the latest release has been hotly anticipated for years…...
Una Mullally: The band and their late manager grew up in public when the city offered an affordable life and latitude to experiment
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (291+ words) It was a moment of transition, coming just as the gap between bands on stages and people on dance floors began to close. A collision of genres and tastes broke open something exhilarating – and Dietz ran with it. Indie rock…...
Nick Cave at Malahide Castle review: Electrifying drift between intimate confession and apocalyptic revelation
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (406+ words) “We are all so sick and tired of seeing things as they are,” Nick Cave sings on Bright Horses. “Horses are just horses and their manes aren’t full of fire.” The line is a manifesto, a rallying cry against the…...
Searching for Irish sport’s El Dorado: is the new Gaelic football video game any good?
2+ mon, 14+ hour ago (838+ words) “There’s plenty of interest. We’ve got nearly 29,000 followers on TikTok,” says Peadar McMahon, Armagh supporter and technical director of Buck Eejit Games. “We’re getting videos with half a million views and with 20,000 likes. These are great numbers we’re seeing.” Gaelic…...
Aldous Harding review: At one point it could be Dolly Parton singing over a David Lynch film
2+ mon, 18+ hour ago (263+ words) Such obtuse lyrics mark Harding as one of the few contemporary musicians actively trying to push their crowd out of its comfort zone. She wants to make the listener feel something. If that something is a sense of rising dread,…...