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5 days ago | hotpress.com | Jess Murray

Having started out with Spin Southwest, the broadcasting career of 31-year-old Limerick native Louise Cantillon went to another level at the start of 2024, when she landed the coveted 12-2pm lunchtime show on Today FM. Also known for her work on TG4, Cantillon began teaching after college, but had her eye on radio and TV from an early age. “As soon as I started working part-time, my first job was with Spin Southwest,” she recalls.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Roe McDermott

More than two decades after 28 Days Later redefined the zombie genre for a post-9/11 world, Danny Boyle returns with 28 Years Later, a bold, ambitious, and deeply uneven third entry in a franchise that has never been content to play by the rules. While it doesn’t build directly on the threads left dangling by 28 Weeks Later - most notably that chilling final shot in Paris - Boyle and returning screenwriter Alex Garland instead opt for a soft reset.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Riccardo Dwyer

Culture 19 Jun 25 Síle Seoige: "No shade to urban areas – but I’m a country girl" Síle Seoige. Portrait: Siobhan Coyne. Broadcaster Síle Seoige chats about the beauty of her native Connemara, her top-rated podcast Ready To Be Real, and why we should be looking at Kneecap as a guide for keeping the Irish language alive. Not that it’s a competition or anything, but you’d be doing well to find a more ‘Irish’ county than Galway.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Caroline Kelly

Music 18 Jun 25 Live Report: Charli XCX resurrects brat summer with a thrill-pushing spectacle at Malahide Castle Charli XCX. Credit: Harley Weir The pop megastar descended on Dublin for the victory lap of her era-defining 2024 album brat. A night of endless verve? Check. Anarchy, hedonism and unadulterated soul? Check, check, check. It was always going to be this way.

1 week ago | hotpress.com | Ed Power

When Olivia Rodrigo began her European tour in Dublin in April 2024, it was a performance resplendent with pop energy and punk-rock fervour. Opening with the Pixies-go-bubblegum ‘Bad Idea, Right?’ and then swerving into Gen Z emo bangers ‘Vampire’ and ‘Drivers License’, she showcased a pedal-to-the-floor stage presence and an irrepressible sense of fun. The atmosphere was somewhere between moshpit and the school disco.