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<p>Douglas Stuart: Booker Prize winner speaks on Arena; Wednesday, 7pm; RTÉ 1</p>

Radio Highlights: Douglas Stuart on Arena; rediscovered poets

In music: Emperor of Ice Cream amid the bands in this week's sessions dive; new contemporary music with the National Concert Orchestra, remembering Clannad's Pádraig Ó Dúgáin

Sat, 16 Apr, 2022

International Women's Day: 100 women changing Ireland in 2022

These women make it their business to disrupt our perception of what it means to be a woman in today’s world. Change-makers, powerbrokers, bias breakers and champions of humankind, prepare to be inspired by women in Ireland who are changing the world in 2022

Sat, 05 Mar, 2022

Sara, a gay, non-binary Afghan said they are ‘really hopeless’ as thousands in the queer community continue to face prosecution and torture by the Taliban (PA)

Gay Afghan wounded in Taliban stabbing feels ‘alone’ during LGBT+ History Month

A gay, non-binary Afghan has told of how they were left “injured and alone” after suffering severe injuries in a knife attack by the Taliban, as thousands in the queer community continue to face persecution “in a society that has turned against ...

Sun, 27 Feb, 2022

<p>(Left to right) Catherine Kennedy, manager, Sexual Health Centre, Cork; Ciara Mulcahy, LINC Community Health Worker; and Kate Moynihan, LINC Coordinator, at the national launch of the Sexual Wellbeing Intimate Relationships for Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Women (LBQ Women) in partnership with LINC, The Sexual Health Centre and Sexual Health & Crisis Programme HSE, at LINC, White Street, Cork. Picture: Jim Coughlan.</p>

Cork project will 'breach the historical invisibility of LBQ relationships and sexual lives'

Groundbreaking sexual health resource p deolevedwith the HSE for lesbian, bisexual and queer women

Tue, 15 Feb, 2022

<p>A roundup of all the week's music and conversation on the wireless. Pic: Hendrik B</p>

Radio Highlights: kids' big questions, Arena previews Slow Horses

In music: Soda Blonde at Vicar Street on the The Alternative; new Irish music on An Taobh Tuathail; Ceara Conway's modern take on the keening tradition

Sat, 26 Mar, 2022

<p>Tony Dunne and Isobel Fernandes: helping each other negotiate the world of dating from across the age gap on Generation Dating.</p>

A young Cork woman seeks love... with the help of an 80-year-old Dublin man

Generation Dating kicks off on Wednesday night on Virgin Media 1, and sees Togher woman Isobel Fernandes pair up with recent widower Tony Dunne to help her find romance

Wed, 09 Feb, 2022

Kate Hudson impresses Ariana Grande with cover of chart-topping track

Kate Hudson has impressed fellow famous faces and Ariana Grande herself with a cover of the pop star’s chart-topping song 7 rings.

Mon, 31 Jan, 2022

Sharon Gless on life after Cagney & Lacey, beating alcoholism and finally finding calm

The sharp, witty Californian looks much younger than her 78 years – “Must be the lighting in here,” she says, erupting into laughter

Thu, 27 Jan, 2022

<p>Gardaí at the Grand Canal at Cappincur, Co Offaly, after Ashling Murphy, a primary school teacher aged in her 20s, was killed on Wednesday afternoon along the banks of the canal. Many of the responses to the horrific news from Tullamore focused on the space and time where it had happened — a well-frequented public space, with the attack taking place at 4pm. If we are not safe in these circumstances, where can we be safe? Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire</p>

Niamh NicGhabhann: Public space design needs to address safety concerns

Planners and architects need to ask people where they feel unsafe, when, and why, writes Niamh NicGhabhann

Thu, 13 Jan, 2022

<p>Colm Motherway in the Radio Otherway studio in Cork.</p>

Beat goes on: Radio Otherway provides an outlet for Cork DJs

Colm Motherway's online station offers a platform to a wide range of music from Leeside music veterans and emerging aficionados from the likes of UCC's DJ Society

Wed, 12 Jan, 2022

<p>Independence Day: Resurgence with Liam Hemsworth; Cars 3; and The Tommy Tiernan Show on television this evening</p>

Saturday TV Tips: Alien invasion with Liam Hemsworth; Cars 3; and The Tommy Tiernan Show on television this evening

— Plus Munster v Ulster United Rugby Championship

Sat, 08 Jan, 2022

What a year: Joe Duffy, Panti Bliss, Tolü Makay and others pick their highlights

Succession, Adele and Conversations After Sex all feature in the selections by 13 well-known people

Thu, 16 Dec, 2021

10 streaming shows to dig into as Storm Barra bears down

As the big storm draws near, here's our roundup of new streaming releases on the big services

Tue, 07 Dec, 2021

Hunter Schafer on LGBTQ artists and working with Zendaya on Euphoria

Hunter Schafer has said she feels members of the transgender and queer community often make great artists as many have spent time turning inward due to their exterior world not aligning with their bodies.

Wed, 01 Dec, 2021

<p>The Witcher, West Side Story and The Matrix all get new runs in December. </p>

Matrix, Money Heist, Witcher: 15 streaming and cinema highlights for December

There are plenty of new releases on Netflix and other streaming services in December, while a slew of movies open in cinemas for the holiday season

Sun, 05 Dec, 2021

<p>Fight Like Apes: among the latter-day Irish bands remembered in Legacies, streaming now on rte.ie and the RTÉ Radio Player app</p>

Radio Highlights: modern Irish music chronicled in Legacies

Elsewhere: Live opera and classical on LyricFM, young Irish musicians head to Amsterdam on the Lyric Feature, RnaG's best trad albums of 2021, Treaty Songs features a gamut of Irish folk musicians, RTÉ sessions from Wilt and Happyalone

Sat, 08 Jan, 2022

An online post about the work of the LGBT Rights Advocacy Group with a link to their social media account Queer Advocacy Online is displayed on a phone in Beijing (AP)

Chinese LGBT rights group shuts down

An LGBT advocacy group in China that has spearheaded many of the country’s legal cases pushing for greater rights is halting its work for the foreseeable future.

Fri, 05 Nov, 2021

<p> Kit Harington, Angelina Jolie, Chloé Zhao, Gemma Chan, and Richard Madden on the red carpet for the 'Eternals' screening at the 16th edition of the Rome Film Fest in Rome last month. Picture: AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis</p>

Marvel's Eternals film banned in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait after Disney refuses to cut same-sex kiss

The Marvel adventure has been pulled from Gulf region markets after sources claim the studio refused to remove a same-sex kiss

Thu, 04 Nov, 2021

<p>One disturbing routine from comedian/actor Dave Chappelle in 'The Closer' sees him beat up a masculine-presenting lesbian who had challenged him in a club, to the troubling delight of at least one particular member of the audience. It was more than comedy, this time the transphobic showed he meant what he said. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images</p>

Maeve Higgins: Why we need to look a little closer at 'The Closer'

This time around transphobic, Dave Chappelle, isn't just delivering stand-up comedy lines in his Netflix show, he's delivering continued permission to hate

Sat, 06 Nov, 2021

<p>Nicola Coughlan's new podcast is a howl </p>

The first episode of Nicola Coughlan’s bonkers new comedy podcast has dropped - and the cast list is seriously impressive

Brooklyn 99's Stephanie Beatriz and Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness are among the cast members

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021