The old curse of the Irish is that we can never make it in life until we pack up for foreign shores. Whether it’s Wilde on the West End, Beckett in Paris or the millions …

Welcome to the first instalment of Otwo’s new online feature, The Full Irish. Over the next year, we will be bringing the best in new Irish music from reviews, to features, to interviews with upcoming …

In light of R.E.M’s shocking split last week, Dan Moriarty discusses the legendary band and why they will be so sorely missed.

O-Two kindly sent Aoife Valentine and Conor O’Nolan to Vicar Street for this year’s Choice Music Prize to report on the evening’s events

For all its chutzpah, The Rocky Horror Show lacks a certain spark, writes Kieran Murphy

And so ends my Wire experiment for this year. Sadly, despite my best efforts, I have failed to reach that elusive 500 mark and the prospect of arriving at Season 5 Episode 10 remains as …

“We are of the other America or the America that has been left behind in the postindustrial age. We don’t live in L.A. or go to their parties; we don’t do what we do to …

Michael Phoenix talks about the endearing Dramsoc production in honour of love’s eternal gift to man…

“In order for television to become a grown-up medium and say grown-up things, you had to get rid of the advertising. There’s a premium – you’re going to have to pay admission, but we’re not …

“When we took a chainsaw to the first season, choosing to begin the second story arc with an entirely different theme and different characters, you followed us to the port and our elegy for America’s …

Relive all the gossip on the frocks, gowns, thrills and spills from Hollywood’s biggest night with Bridget Fitzsimons on our liveblog!

“It’s one thing to recognize capitalism for the powerful economic tool it is and to acknowledge that, for better or for worse, we’re stuck with it and, hey, thank God we have it. There’s not …

Watching Roland Emmerich Movie was nothing less than an insane experience, writes Paul Fennessy
Roland Emmerich Movie was both the best and the worst Dramsoc play otwo has ever seen. It was the worst in the …

“You know, sometimes people in West Baltimore say to me, about Season 2, “We know you tried to take our show white, but it didn’t work—then you came back to us.” And I have to …

“At the end of thirteen episodes, the reward for the viewer – who has been lured all this way by a well constructed police show – is not the simple gratification of hearing handcuffs click. …

“The grand theme here is nothing less than a national existentialism: It is a police story set amid the dysfunction and indifference of an urban department – one that has failed to come to terms …

“There’s a cynical bent to the political implications of the story. But as far as the story itself and the characters, I love these characters. I love the quote-end-quote bad guys, I love the quote-end-quote …

Inspired by an anthology of short stories, Alex Court shares a story of his own…