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Hot Press Readers' Poll 2026: Nominations now open
  • Film And TV
  • 09 Jan 26

Hot Press Readers' Poll 2026: Nominations now open

Leon Diop of Black & Irish: "I do think it’s possible to change people’s minds. I actually think that’s more aligned with our nature"
  • Culture
  • 08 Jan 26

Leon Diop of Black & Irish: "I do think it’s possible to change people’s minds. I actually think that’s more aligned with our nature"

Booker Prize winner David Szalay: "Joyce was definitely a writer who mesmerised me as a young person"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Jan 26

Booker Prize winner David Szalay: "Joyce was definitely a writer who mesmerised me as a young person"

Irish acts driving success in the domestic music market
  • Culture
  • 07 Jan 26

Irish acts driving success in the domestic music market

Professor Ian Williams Joins Chorus of Acclaim for Major Tech Expose, <i>99 Days: A Warning About Technology</i> by Gerry McGovern: "Big Tech will hate it"
  • Opinion
  • 06 Jan 26

Professor Ian Williams Joins Chorus of Acclaim for Major Tech Expose, 99 Days: A Warning About Technology by Gerry McGovern: "Big Tech will hate it"

Wendy Erskine: "It’s interesting, the whole thing of exchange, transaction and money – it’s so central to the book... the idea of the monetisation of women’s bodies"
  • Culture
  • 06 Jan 26

Wendy Erskine: "It’s interesting, the whole thing of exchange, transaction and money – it’s so central to the book... the idea of the monetisation of women’s bodies"

First Fortnight Mental Health Arts & Culture Festival launched today featuring Declan O’Rourke, Tolü Makay and more
  • Culture
  • 06 Jan 26

First Fortnight Mental Health Arts & Culture Festival launched today featuring Declan O’Rourke, Tolü Makay and more

Björk calls for Greenland to claim sovereignty following Trump threats
  • Culture
  • 05 Jan 26

Björk calls for Greenland to claim sovereignty following Trump threats

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jenna Ortega: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful"
  • Film And TV
  • 05 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jenna Ortega: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful"

My 2025: David McCullagh - "Hanging over the edge of Victoria Falls was pretty special (someone was holding onto my ankles)"
  • Culture
  • 30 Dec 25

My 2025: David McCullagh - "Hanging over the edge of Victoria Falls was pretty special (someone was holding onto my ankles)"

My 2025: Ardal O'Hanlon - "The best musical experience overall was probably Rhiannon Giddens live at the National Concert Hall"
  • Culture
  • 29 Dec 25

My 2025: Ardal O'Hanlon - "The best musical experience overall was probably Rhiannon Giddens live at the National Concert Hall"

My 2025: Lou Robbie - <i>Hero of 2025?</i> "Most definitely Catherine Connolly"
  • Culture
  • 28 Dec 25

My 2025: Lou Robbie - Hero of 2025? "Most definitely Catherine Connolly"

My 2025: BP Fallon - "I believe in the ultimate goodness of man and womankind and fuck the begrudgers"
  • Culture
  • 27 Dec 25

My 2025: BP Fallon - "I believe in the ultimate goodness of man and womankind and fuck the begrudgers"

EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum back in full swing on 27 December
  • Culture
  • 26 Dec 25

EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum back in full swing on 27 December

My 2025: Aoife Dunne - "I couldn’t and still can’t believe this is my life, after so many years of abandoning my dreams"
  • Culture
  • 26 Dec 25

My 2025: Aoife Dunne - "I couldn’t and still can’t believe this is my life, after so many years of abandoning my dreams"

My 2025: Aisling Bea - <i>Best thing you saw online?</i> "Conor McGregor being called Andrew Tayto"
  • Film And TV
  • 25 Dec 25

My 2025: Aisling Bea - Best thing you saw online? "Conor McGregor being called Andrew Tayto"

The Best Books of 2025
  • Culture
  • 24 Dec 25

The Best Books of 2025

Éanna Hardwicke on <i>Saipan:</i> "This film is going to totally reignite the ‘Who’s fault was it?’ debate"
  • Film And TV
  • 23 Dec 25

Éanna Hardwicke on Saipan: "This film is going to totally reignite the ‘Who’s fault was it?’ debate"

My 2025: Mary-Claire Fitzpatrick - <i>Villain of 2025?</i> AI slop
  • Culture
  • 22 Dec 25

My 2025: Mary-Claire Fitzpatrick - Villain of 2025? AI slop

Jessie Buckley on <i>Hamnet:</i> "What Chloé did brought us out of our heads and into our bodies. It made the potential bigger"
  • Film And TV
  • 20 Dec 25

Jessie Buckley on Hamnet: "What Chloé did brought us out of our heads and into our bodies. It made the potential bigger"

My 2025: Andrea Mara - <i>Best thing you saw online?</i> "The Troy Parrott goal"
  • Culture
  • 20 Dec 25

My 2025: Andrea Mara - Best thing you saw online? "The Troy Parrott goal"

My 2025: Seán Hewitt - "My best decision was to get chickens... I find I can spend hours with them and never check my phone, and never feel anything but at peace"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Dec 25

My 2025: Seán Hewitt - "My best decision was to get chickens... I find I can spend hours with them and never check my phone, and never feel anything but at peace"

Guinness returns to 3Arena after more than 15 years
  • Culture
  • 19 Dec 25

Guinness returns to 3Arena after more than 15 years

Oona Chaplin on <i>Avatar: Fire And Ash</i> – "It's an incredible gift to unite the world at a time when we are so divided"
  • Film And TV
  • 19 Dec 25

Oona Chaplin on Avatar: Fire And Ash – "It's an incredible gift to unite the world at a time when we are so divided"

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