2025

Kingfishr on ‘Killeagh’: "That’s probably why it’s connected with so many people – it’s not over-thought. It’s not trying to be anything"
  • Music
  • 15 Jan 26

Kingfishr on ‘Killeagh’: "That’s probably why it’s connected with so many people – it’s not over-thought. It’s not trying to be anything"

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

Hot Press Readers' Poll 2026: Nominations now open

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"

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"

My 2025: Lesley Sharp - <i>Hero of 2025?</i> "Marina Abramovi is my hero, because she’s a woman who has spent her entire life testing the limits of endurance, honesty and presence"
  • Film And TV
  • 23 Dec 25

My 2025: Lesley Sharp - Hero of 2025? "Marina Abramovi is my hero, because she’s a woman who has spent her entire life testing the limits of endurance, honesty and presence"

50 Best Albums of 2025
  • Music
  • 22 Dec 25

50 Best Albums of 2025

50 Best Tracks of 2025
  • Music
  • 21 Dec 25

50 Best Tracks of 2025

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"

10 Best Dance & Electronic Albums of the Year
  • Music
  • 18 Dec 25

10 Best Dance & Electronic Albums of the Year

My 2025: Michael Fox - "I saw a man have a swim in a bin during the heatwave... And I have thought about that video every single day since"
  • Culture
  • 18 Dec 25

My 2025: Michael Fox - "I saw a man have a swim in a bin during the heatwave... And I have thought about that video every single day since"

Life during wartime: "The ongoing violence frequently feels too nebulous to measure"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Dec 25

Life during wartime: "The ongoing violence frequently feels too nebulous to measure"

The Irish language's rising profile: More than the cúpla focal?
  • Opinion
  • 16 Dec 25

The Irish language's rising profile: More than the cúpla focal?

<i>Hot Press</i> Hip-Hop Albums & Mixtapes of 2025 – in partnership with Hennessy
  • Music
  • 15 Dec 25

Hot Press Hip-Hop Albums & Mixtapes of 2025 – in partnership with Hennessy

Inside the <i>Hot Press Annual 2026:</i> Kingfishr grace the cover of our essential round-up of the year's music, movies and more
  • Culture
  • 11 Dec 25

Inside the Hot Press Annual 2026: Kingfishr grace the cover of our essential round-up of the year's music, movies and more

Reporters Without Borders says Israel is the leading killer of journalists in 2025
  • Opinion
  • 10 Dec 25

Reporters Without Borders says Israel is the leading killer of journalists in 2025

Gareth Sheridan gets first Presidential nomination from Kerry County Council
  • Opinion
  • 15 Sep 25

Gareth Sheridan gets first Presidential nomination from Kerry County Council

Artists announced for Ireland Music Week
  • Music
  • 04 Sep 25

Artists announced for Ireland Music Week

Oasis deliver The Rapture at Croke Park homecoming...
  • Music
  • 17 Aug 25

Oasis deliver The Rapture at Croke Park homecoming...

Minister for Culture announces €10 million in funding for public interest journalism
  • Culture
  • 15 Aug 25

Minister for Culture announces €10 million in funding for public interest journalism

An estimated 800,000 people attended this year's Fleadh in Wexford
  • Culture
  • 13 Aug 25

An estimated 800,000 people attended this year's Fleadh in Wexford

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