the best new shows to watch, starting tonight – The Irish Times

Pick of the week Other Voices Thursday, RTÉ2, 11pm Ireland’s best live music show is back for its 24th series, with another array of amazing acts from both at home and abroad, performing at venues in Dingle, Co Kerry and west Wales. Once again, the show is hosted by BBC broadcasters Annie Mac and Huw … Read more

New jingles on the way for RTÉ Radio 1

Kieran Cuddihy presents ‘Liveline’ on RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 is preparing for its biggest change in decades — to the station’s jingles. It comes after former Liveline host Joe Duffy said he was surprised that station bosses changed the programme’s iconic theme tune once Kieran Cuddihy took over as the show’s presenter. Source … Read more

‘I’m not going to tell you’ – Limerick star’s awkward TV exchange with Patrick Horgan on sideline

Limerick hurling star Will O’Donoghue was involved in an awkward exchange with Cork star Patrick Horgan during an RTE interview after the Treaty’s 0-36 to 0-21 win over All-Ireland champions Tipperary on Saturday evening. John Kiely’s men laid down a marker in the rain in Semple Stadium and with the big focus for all the … Read more

Six couples left standing in Dancing with the Stars as show celebrates 100 episodes – The Journal

Six couples left standing in Dancing with the Stars as show celebrates 100 episodes  The Journal Stephanie Kelly eliminated from Dancing with the Stars  RTE.ie Dancing with the Stars review: Dear Irish Voting Public, please take a long, hard look at yourself  The Irish Times Eric aiming to be the ‘Greatest Showman’ on Dancing with the Stars special!  Donegal … Read more

Ex-wife of ICE detainee Séamus Culleton claimed he physically abused her, court papers show

Sworn documents reveal ex-partner’s allegations along with separate case of alleged harassment Seamus Culleton has been held in an ICE detention centre for four-and-a-half months. Photo: GoFundMe Amy Molloy, Maeve Sheehan and Ali Bracken Today at 06:30 The ex-wife of Séamus Culleton, the Irishman in a US detention camp fighting his deportation, has alleged she … Read more

‘He had such an infectious energy. I always expected Hugh to just be there forever.’ Home of the Year judge Amanda Bone

The architect talks about the loss of her friend and colleague Amanda Bone has her own architecture firm. Photo: Barry McCall When Amanda Bone heard that Hugh Wallace had died, she didn’t quite believe it. Even now, months later, she catches herself reaching for the familiar rhythm of him: receiving his phone calls and the … Read more

Irish television has become a theme park of throwbacks and weird vibes – The Irish Times

“Do you think the vibe is weird in here?” asks Robyn (Sinéad Keenan) in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Lisa McGee’s new Netflix comedy-mystery caper. Weird vibes are now normal in television shows set in Ireland. As Saoirse-Monica Jackson’s character might say, it would be strange if there weren’t any weird vibes, babes. … Read more

A century of television – Ireland’s society-defining TV moments, from launch of RTÉ to funding fiasco

Ireland has gone through so much since the earliest days in black and white RTÉ has produced its fair share of memorable shows and moments over the years This year marks the centen­ary of the first public demonstration of television. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird invited 50 scientists and a reporter to a London attic … Read more

Any Other Business: Irish Traitors proves a treat for prime-time UK viewers

Plus, Paschal Donohoe’s bedside books, Denis O’Brien in deeper South America and the housing tsar’s new home Siobhán McSweeney in ‘The Traitors Ireland’, made by Kite for RTÉ British TV viewers in need of a fix after their fourth series of The Traitors, presented by Claudia Winkleman, didn’t have long to wait. The Irish version, … Read more

Irish dad detained by ICE slammed by daughter as ‘he won’t own up to his wrongdoing’

A daughter of an Irishman detained by ICE in the US says he won’t comment on her claims because ‘he won’t own up to his wrongdoing.’ Kilkenny native Seamus Culleton, who owns a plastering business in Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested and has been in ICE detention at a facility in El Paso, Texas, ever since … Read more