Here is this week's entertainment news.

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world.

Mark Mother’s Day with one of this season’s most beautiful scents, writes Rachel Marie Walsh.

U2 can generate a pay cheque of more than €5m in a single night when they play live, according to their tour promoter.

SATURDAY

Des O’Driscoll highlights what is not to be missed this week on the box. 

Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events

King Charles III on BBC Two at 8pm on Wednesday imagines the accession that could take place when the British queen dies.

James O’Leary founded the band Interference with the late vocalist Fergus O’Farrell. The remaining members of the band will be joined by special guests for a gig at Cork Opera House tomorrow night as part of the Right Here Right Now series of concerts at the venue over the weekend.

Will Thalia Heffernan and Aoibhín Garrihy survive the first elimination in ‘Dancing With The Stars?’on RTÉ One at 6.30pm on Sunday.

Longford-born Anne-Marie Tomchak looks at the issue of personal data being put online on Cloud Control at 10.15pm on RTÉ One on Thursday.

David Bowie has been nominated for the Mercury Prize for his last album, Blackstar, almost seven months after his death.

Francis Brennan’s Grand Indian Tour begins tomorrow on RTÉ One.

The best of this week’s TV in one place. 

 

Game of Thrones returns to Sky Atlantic on Monday at 9pm.

The Kelly family feature on ‘Doctor in the House’ on TV3 on Wednesday at 9pm.

Brilliant TV to check out this week.

Singing superstar Roy Orbison had a guitar before he had a pair of shoes, according to his son.

After numerous death-defying stunts, from shark cage-diving and alligator wrangling to bungee jumping and white-water rafting, Baz Ashmawy and his mother Nancy hit New York for their latest adventure — and showed there is just one way to win an Emmy.

LOUISE COTTER is originally from Tralee in Co Kerry, but lives in Cork. She is one of the lead architects and co-founder of Carr Cotter Naessens (CCN) Architects, the firm that has won several awards for its work on dlr Lexicon, the library and cultural centre in Dún Laoghaire.

Gay Byrne chats to Hozier on The Meaning of Life tomorrow on RTÉ One.

The final series of Downton Abbey begins on Sunday on ITV, and on Tuesday on TV3.

Harbour pilot Ciaran Monks helps guide the Royal Princess into Cobh on the new series of Cork Mega Port on TV3.

Dáithí O Sé presents the Rose of Tralee on RTÉ One on Monday and Tuesday.

Staying in tonight? Here's the TV shows you should be watching.

Coverage of the Premier League begins this week across a number of channels, with live games on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Friday.

You’ll have a tough job finding much worth watching on the regular networks this evening — perhaps this double bill of repeats from Game of Thronesseason two will keep you entertained.

Check out our guide to tonight's top TV shows.

Check out our guide to tonight's best TV.

Here are the best shows on TV tonight.

Here's the best shows on TV tonight.

SATURDAY

Check out our tips on the best TV to watch tonight.

Dara O’Briain hangs out with Stephen Hawking on BBC One on Tuesday.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's TV.