Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for Bono

Meath native joins Ryan Tubridy on station’s roster of Irish presenters

Books newsletter: Borris and West Cork festival line-ups; Banagher Brontë Festival; Open Mic for Gaza; Write by the Sea; John McGahern exhibition; Commonwealth and Jhalak prizes

Knife is surprisingly upbeat for a book about being stabbed in the head

Berlin-based Irish singer-songwriter collaborates with contemporary German classical quintet in a genre-breaking blend of pop, jazz and classical

Double release of concert-hall recordings features influential American’s regular trio plus Brussels Philharmonic and Umbria Jazz Orchestra

The author analyses the French art of conversation and ritual of Parisian dinner parties, which can be ‘genuinely joyous’

In Paul Duane’s film, the growing sense of being lost in a Celtic variation on Hieronymus Bosch is stirring in the most creatively disagreeable way

Kitt's third album under the New Jackson moniker sounds so carefully crafted, you couldn’t really call it a side project

Patrick Freyne: Frequently it seems as if those ‘duped’ by Doireann Garrihy, Carl Mullan and Donncha O’Callaghan are playing along, much as you would indulge the tomfoolery of a child

Television review: Mike Bubbins’s creation is a giggle-fest that pokes fun at the decade that political correctness forgot

Grian Chatten and his bandmates also announce a new album, Romance, due for release in August

Methodist College Belfast student Charley Bell takes home €1,500 top prize for ‘exceptionally well executed’ colour pencil portrait

James McCartney’s acoustic ballad, co-written with Sean Ono Lennon, draws from a childhood vision in Scotland

The duration of the Fest has also expanded thanks to the network of partners and collaborators that have been built over the years

Television: Ryan Murphy’s portrayal of Truman Capote with swoon-worthy ensemble is not the capricious romp he may have originally had in mind

Actor will star in Giant, an upcoming biopic of British fighter Prince Naseem Hamed

How much do you know about the boy band as they prepare to play two concerts in Dublin

An island, cut off from the mainland, is a perfect setting for a haunting story such as this

Irish director Paul Duane has financed All You Need Is Death largely out of his own pocket. Now the horror film is generating a lot of buzz