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1 week ago | hotpress.com | Riccardo Dwyer

Netflix has announced a documentary on the killing of Irish national Jason Corbett, who was found dead at his home in North Carolina in 2015. His wife Molly and her father Tom Martens were convicted of murder in 2017. They were later charged with manslaughter after a plea deal with the Davidson County's District Attorney. They were both released from prison last June.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Riccardo Dwyer

Music 17 Apr 25 Belters Only: “Dance music is about getting people to feel good, which is something that Ireland lacks – we’re all a bit moody over here" Belters Only. Photo: Abigail Ring. Having enjoyed a raft of hits and performed two sold-out 3Arena dates, Dublin duo Belters Only have become standard bearers for an exciting new era in Irish dance music.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Pavel Barter

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Tape One)- PS5 (Don’t Nod)This narrative adventure from the makers of Life Is Strange is a dreamy, exploration of teenage friendship in the distant past of the mid-1990s. The story rotates around Swann, an introverted teenager experiencing her last summer in Michigan before her family moves to Canada. After an encounter with bullies outside a video rental store, Swann befriends fellow 16-year-old misfits, Nora, Autumn and Kat.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Stuart Clark

Lurking with considerable intent on Dublin 8’s brand spanking new Le Pole Square, the Old Town Wine Bar does the Mediterranean-y tapas and small plate thing brilliantly. With lots of polished wood, mahogany leather, marble-topped tables and a wall of gleaming bottles – the 70-plus vintages on offer include an exceedingly cheeky Zeno Tempranillo – the first wow factor is the room, which has plenty of seats at the bar if you just want to grab a drink.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Stuart Clark

ADOLESCENCE (Netflix)Not content with starring in pugilistic Peaky Blinders spinoff A Thousand Blows – the boxing drama is a total knockout – Stephen Graham plays a father whose world is turned upside down when his 13-year-old son is arrested for the murder of a girl who goes to his school. As good as Graham, Game Of Thrones’ Faye Marsay and The Responder’s Christine Tremarco are, it’s newcomer Owen Cooper who steals the acting honours as the young killer (or is he?) in question.