The top 10 Irish pop culture moments of 2025 2025 has proven itself a busy year for Irish culture, but some moments have proven more memorable than others. Pop Culture • 25 Dec 25
The top 10 Irish pop culture moments of 2025 2025 has proven itself a busy year for Irish culture, but some moments have proven more memorable than others. Pop Culture • 25 Dec 25
Why footballer Troy Parrott is taking the classic Hero's Journey Opinion & Analysis: Irish football player Troy Parrott is on a journey of epic proportions, writes storyteller Seán Cuddy. Opinion and Analysis • 20 Nov 25
Why footballer Troy Parrott is taking the classic Hero's Journey Opinion & Analysis: Irish football player Troy Parrott is on a journey of epic proportions, writes storyteller Seán Cuddy. Opinion and Analysis • 20 Nov 25
George Best returns to Dublin - a footballing legend celebrated Bohemian FC's historian Gerard Farrell introduces a rare screening of a unique film showcasing an Irish footballing icon, featuring a new live score, coming to Dublin's National Concert Hall this month. Pop Culture • 19 Nov 25
George Best returns to Dublin - a footballing legend celebrated Bohemian FC's historian Gerard Farrell introduces a rare screening of a unique film showcasing an Irish footballing icon, featuring a new live score, coming to Dublin's National Concert Hall this month. Pop Culture • 19 Nov 25
6-7 and other annoying generational pop culture catchphrases 'But what does it mean?!!!' Pop Culture • 18 Nov 25
6-7 and other annoying generational pop culture catchphrases 'But what does it mean?!!!' Pop Culture • 18 Nov 25
D'oh! Fortnite and The Simpsons have just created gaming gold From Star Wars to Spider-Man, Ariana Grande to KPop Demon Hunters, Fortnite has never been short of seismic collaborations. Games • 18 Nov 25
D'oh! Fortnite and The Simpsons have just created gaming gold From Star Wars to Spider-Man, Ariana Grande to KPop Demon Hunters, Fortnite has never been short of seismic collaborations. Games • 18 Nov 25
How Troy Parrott broke the internet, in 5 easy memes This time last week, Troy Parrott was a respected young Irish football talent... Pop Culture • 17 Nov 25
How Troy Parrott broke the internet, in 5 easy memes This time last week, Troy Parrott was a respected young Irish football talent... Pop Culture • 17 Nov 25
No Filler - your one-stop pop culture essentials Film, food, fashion, music - it's all culture... Popular Instagram account No Filler cuts through the internet noise Pop Culture • 30 Oct 25
No Filler - your one-stop pop culture essentials Film, food, fashion, music - it's all culture... Popular Instagram account No Filler cuts through the internet noise Pop Culture • 30 Oct 25
What is AI slop, and is it the end of civilization as we know it? Just when you thought (and maybe hoped) that generative artificial intelligence was being reigned in, brand-new technology has recently been teased, aiming to help any user generate sophisticated videos in seconds. Pop Culture • 05 Oct 25
What is AI slop, and is it the end of civilization as we know it? Just when you thought (and maybe hoped) that generative artificial intelligence was being reigned in, brand-new technology has recently been teased, aiming to help any user generate sophisticated videos in seconds. Pop Culture • 05 Oct 25
Reviewed: Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl is utterly... meh There are few aspects of pop culture that truly dominate anymore, in an age of endless streaming services the idea of monoculture has truly passed. Reviews • 03 Oct 25
Reviewed: Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl is utterly... meh There are few aspects of pop culture that truly dominate anymore, in an age of endless streaming services the idea of monoculture has truly passed. Reviews • 03 Oct 25
Why Charli XCX might be gen Z's answer to the Romantic poets Popstar Charli XCX is turning her hand to acting in the new film Erupcja. In it, she recites Lord Byron's poem Darkness. Opinion and Analysis • 30 Sep 25
Why Charli XCX might be gen Z's answer to the Romantic poets Popstar Charli XCX is turning her hand to acting in the new film Erupcja. In it, she recites Lord Byron's poem Darkness. Opinion and Analysis • 30 Sep 25
Twilight at 20: the many afterlives of Stephenie Meyer's vampires The book series of the same name has sold over 160 million copies, been translated into 38 languages and adapted into five blockbuster films. Opinion and Analysis • 23 Sep 25
Twilight at 20: the many afterlives of Stephenie Meyer's vampires The book series of the same name has sold over 160 million copies, been translated into 38 languages and adapted into five blockbuster films. Opinion and Analysis • 23 Sep 25
What is Italian Brainrot, and should parents be wary of it? The question is, what exactly is Italian Brainrot? Pop Culture • 20 Sep 25
What is Italian Brainrot, and should parents be wary of it? The question is, what exactly is Italian Brainrot? Pop Culture • 20 Sep 25
What is KPop Demon Hunters, and why is everyone talking about it? Of all the unexpected earworms of 2025, a song sung by a bunch of demons masquerading as a K-Pop boyband plotting to steal the souls of their fans was probably one of the most unlikely. Animation • 02 Sep 25
What is KPop Demon Hunters, and why is everyone talking about it? Of all the unexpected earworms of 2025, a song sung by a bunch of demons masquerading as a K-Pop boyband plotting to steal the souls of their fans was probably one of the most unlikely. Animation • 02 Sep 25
Why have the best films of 2025 so far been horrors? I love horror films. Creepy horror, ghost stories, slashers, vampires, zombies, monsters, aliens, witches, haunted houses, found footage and best of all, folk horror. Pop Culture • 27 Aug 25
Why have the best films of 2025 so far been horrors? I love horror films. Creepy horror, ghost stories, slashers, vampires, zombies, monsters, aliens, witches, haunted houses, found footage and best of all, folk horror. Pop Culture • 27 Aug 25
The battle to keep games alive after publishers pull the plug When you buy something, you often think that you own it. That it's yours to use whenever and if ever you want to. When you leave the shop with that book, you can read it until the pages fall out. With a CD, you get to play it until the end of time. Games • 18 Aug 25
The battle to keep games alive after publishers pull the plug When you buy something, you often think that you own it. That it's yours to use whenever and if ever you want to. When you leave the shop with that book, you can read it until the pages fall out. With a CD, you get to play it until the end of time. Games • 18 Aug 25
From Croker to the Hills: how one song defines Donegal GAA pride Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. I'm freshly fifteen years old, and standing in the lower Davin stand. I'm with my older sister, and we're alone in a crowd of eighty thousand people. Pop Culture • 25 Jul 25
From Croker to the Hills: how one song defines Donegal GAA pride Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. I'm freshly fifteen years old, and standing in the lower Davin stand. I'm with my older sister, and we're alone in a crowd of eighty thousand people. Pop Culture • 25 Jul 25
Too. Much. Content. Are you suffering from cultural burnout? Take it from me: this is a hard pill to swallow. As an arts and culture journalist, there is an added pressure on me to keep up with every new album, book, movie, play, exhibition, TV show and podcast available for consumption. The Lauren Murphy Column • 21 Jun 25
Too. Much. Content. Are you suffering from cultural burnout? Take it from me: this is a hard pill to swallow. As an arts and culture journalist, there is an added pressure on me to keep up with every new album, book, movie, play, exhibition, TV show and podcast available for consumption. The Lauren Murphy Column • 21 Jun 25
All the Shakespearean references in The White Lotus S3, explained Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the ending of White Lotus season three. Pop Culture • 15 Apr 25
All the Shakespearean references in The White Lotus S3, explained Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the ending of White Lotus season three. Pop Culture • 15 Apr 25
Attack the block - why are teens going wild at A Minecraft Movie? A moment of solidarity for the cinema workers of Ireland, please... Pop Culture • 12 Apr 25
Attack the block - why are teens going wild at A Minecraft Movie? A moment of solidarity for the cinema workers of Ireland, please... Pop Culture • 12 Apr 25
7 shark horror films (that aren't Jaws) you should check out A handful of shark films had existed before Jaws (1975) but none had made much of a splash. Film • 28 Apr 25
7 shark horror films (that aren't Jaws) you should check out A handful of shark films had existed before Jaws (1975) but none had made much of a splash. Film • 28 Apr 25
Does binge-watching ruin the way we watch TV? Like almost everyone this month, I've been transfixed by Adolescence, now out on Netflix. Pop Culture • 25 Mar 25
Does binge-watching ruin the way we watch TV? Like almost everyone this month, I've been transfixed by Adolescence, now out on Netflix. Pop Culture • 25 Mar 25
Listen: Top 100 Irish Songs of the 1990s In the spirit of the decade that gave us the Celtic Tiger and the jumbo breakfast roll, RTÉ Gold went all in for St. Patrick's Weekend with the Top 100 Irish Songs of the 1990s... Pop Culture • 18 Mar 25
Listen: Top 100 Irish Songs of the 1990s In the spirit of the decade that gave us the Celtic Tiger and the jumbo breakfast roll, RTÉ Gold went all in for St. Patrick's Weekend with the Top 100 Irish Songs of the 1990s... Pop Culture • 18 Mar 25
Happy Pokémon Day – How Pikachu and friends captured the world You've played the games. You've boxes of the cards in the attic. You were probably one of millions who took to the streets to catch them on your phone. And you've seen enough of the TV show to hum that darn theme song in your sleep. Pop Culture • 27 Feb 25
Happy Pokémon Day – How Pikachu and friends captured the world You've played the games. You've boxes of the cards in the attic. You were probably one of millions who took to the streets to catch them on your phone. And you've seen enough of the TV show to hum that darn theme song in your sleep. Pop Culture • 27 Feb 25
