A new bistro in Wicklow town’s old Lighthouse premises, Blue has a seafood focus, but shows promise in every area

The singer-songwriter has a new album of old favourites which he recorded as a ‘thank you’ to his band members and sound engineers who will share in its proceeds. But despite this being his seventh album, self-doubt is never far away

Harlots is a rambunctious yet comic series that portrays the often chaotic lives of 18th-century sex workers without bolting on modern social attitudes to the mores of the time

With backgrounds in different areas of design, partners Izabella Balikoti and Andrew O’Ciardubháin used the enforced break during the lockdown to develop a new jewellery brand that reflects emotional input as well as the influence of fashion and architecture

We ask a different expert to solve your problems each week. This week, chartered occupational psychologist Louize Carroll gives a reader advice on how to become more self-reliant and enjoy their alone time

We rarely get the opportunity to watch classical music performances on television, so turning RTÉ2 into an arts channel – at least part of the time – could be a solution

Eva Riley’s debut feature follows aspiring gymnast Leigh as she deals with an unhappy home life and the discovery that she has a half-brother

A BBC reality favourite is added to the Netflix catalogue, a radio show upacks the latest films as cinemas reopen, and a millennial mayor is the subject of a new documentary

Oliver Stone’s memoir is full of bravado and insecurity as he recounts the trauma of the Vietnam War and his establishment as one of Hollywood’s most controversial film directors

Colm O’Regan’s witty, fiercely loyal Mammy holds her own alongside millennials, politicians, podcasters and men’s-rights activists

The screenwriter and director’s outlandish satire on ‘wokeness’ evokes the story-within-a-story ingenuity of his films

Playwright Simon Stevens’ 35-minute monologue, shot in one take, chimes chillingly with our time

If it weren’t for a certain pesky virus, the talented Irish R&B artist would be gathering fame and fortune on the tour circuit right now. Instead, she’s taking her music online in generous collaborative projects

In a devastating memoir, editor-in-chief of Empire magazine Terri White recounts the horrors of her childhood and her attempts to escape to a better life

Laura Whitmore has called out the social media giant over abusive comments after she appeared on a British army podcast. Yet as long as Twitter claims to be a platform, not a publisher, it can continue to trivialise bullying

Would Ellen pretend to push you off the Cliffs of Moher in the service of a comedy ‘bit’? Probably not, but we can‘t be sure

This staycation summer, our writers invite you on their journeys abroad, real and imagined

Puglia wines might not be so familiar to Irish wine lovers, but the region’s many grape varieties are worthy of investigation

The Dublin songwriter with shades of Elvis Costello shares

The Tuam Oral History Project provides survivors of Ireland’s institutional system with a way to ensure that the cruel treatment of unmarried mothers and their children can never be denied or forgotten