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Nex Playground reviewed – new games console puts family fun first

Nex Playground is an active play system where your body becomes the game controller...

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Why I made The Girl in the Water - seeking truth after tragedy

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Something For The Weekend: Eilís Doherty's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend

Uaneen Fitzsimons pictured in 1998

RTÉ Cult Classics: How No Disco reshaped Irish music TV

RTÉ Cult Classics

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Gradam Ceoil TG4 recipients announced

Irish Traditional Music

Madonna

Confessions II: why Madonna still matters

Opinion and Analysis

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12 must-see movies at this year's Galway Film Fleadh

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Sunday Miscellany: The Emperor of Ice Cream, by Iggy McGovern

Sunday Miscellany

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In The Picture: Chic bring the party to the Iveagh Gardens

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10 football tournament anthems for the ages - ranked!

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How Ireland is turning its literary legacy into live experiences

Folk songs as gaeilge - John Spillane's essential playlist

Folk songs as gaeilge - John Spillane's essential playlist

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The Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

ames Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica perform at Levi's Stadium on 20 June, 2025 in Santa Clara, California

Me vs. Metallica: the art of dealing with online pile-ons

Editor's Choice

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55 Irish movie classics available to watch free online

Trevor Dietz

Trevor Deitz RIP: 'the sixth member of Fontaines D.C.'

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Ireland at Venice: Irish artists on a global stage

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Author-illustrator Chris Haughton named new Laureate na nÓg

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10 must-see summer gigs (that aren't sold out yet)

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Gary Lydon remembered: Eugene O'Brien on an acting 'king'

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Art Thoughts: Visual art and poilitical activism, then and now

Opinion and Analysis

Games

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Quick play: 10 great video games you can finish in a day

Video games are proof that size doesn't always matter.

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How simulation games turn everyday life into immersive fun

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Should generative AI decide how video games look in the future?

Opinion and Analysis

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Life Is Strange, God Of War, Pokémon - the latest games reviewed

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Christy Brown : Self Portrait

Christy Brown : Self Portrait

Imogen from the heart

Imogen from the heart

Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

The Artist And The Wall Of Death

The Artist And The Wall Of Death

Birdsong

Birdsong

Eat, Sleep, Cheer, Repeat

Eat, Sleep, Cheer, Repeat

David Puttnam: The Long Way Home

David Puttnam: The Long Way Home

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Best Of RTÉ lyric fm

Aedin Gormley on stage in front of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Listen: Aedín Gormley's Movies and Musicals live with the RTÉ CO

Following sold-out shows in 2025 Aedín Gormley's RTÉ lyric fm show Movies and Musicals returns to the stage of Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.

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RTÉ lyric Live: Gerald Barry's Salome, live from New Music Dublin

New Music Dublin

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Sara Baume takes a trip out of the marvellous - The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature

Photo by RTÉ staff member Áine Gallagher

Ambient Orbit returns - enter RTÉ lyric fm's chill out zone

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100 Irish Buildings

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100 Buildings: A fever in Naas - Kildare Fever Hospital

100 Buildings: Lighting the way in County Meath

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100 Buildings: Limerick's Unique City School, first of its kind

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100 Buildings: Dublin Airport's original terminal is a wonder

100 Buildings: Modern meets medieval at St Mary's NS Limerick

100 Buildings: Cavan General Hospital - wellness by design