Game of Thrones - Sky Atlantic, 9pm
The 9th episode in every GoT season has historically sent the world into the kind of frenzy last experienced when judges told someone to spark up a fire at The Spanish Inquisition. In Season 1, Ned Stark was relieved of his head, in Season 2 it was the epic Battle of Blackwater, season 3... I'm sorry it dredge this up again, the Red Wedding made you happy that the worst thing you experience at a wedding is a pervy uncle and being asked when you're going to walk down the aisle for the 764th time and last year, there was the Battle at Castle Black.
This is the first year that the writers have no source material off which to work as GRR Martin is taking his sweet ass time finishing his version of the saga. That has left a lot of people a little disappointed. Tonight, you will scream at the TV. It's called 'Dance of Dragons'.... ahhhhhhhh!!!! There will be dragons. Jon and the Wildings are back in town. Jamie is giving it socks in Dorne. He can hardly give it gloves and Arya is getting her assassin's creed on in Braavos.
In A House That Ceased To Be - RTE1, 9.35pm
This IFTA award winning documentary tells the story of humanitarian and children's rights activist, Christina Noble, over the course of 5 years as her work with displaced and abused children in Vietnam and Mongolia is juxtaposed with the life of her and her 3 younger siblings. They were separated when Christina was 12 and placed in different institutions around the country where those in charge didn't give a crap about the welfare of the children in their care. You will say 'B**tards' more than once.
Love Island - ITV2, 9pm
There are dozens of shows that we would all like to raise from the dead, 'My So Called Life', 'Gargoyles', 'This Life', 'Murder She Wrote, 'Where in The World' but no, ITV 2 decided Love Island, originally broadcast in 2005 with a superfluous 'Celebrity' before it, was the one for them and you can see why. Production costs must be nothing. Rent a house in Mallorca which is probably sponsored by the resort, get 12 people who can't spell Mallorca to sign up and pay them the princely sum of sweet f**k all because all they really want is to be on TV, sit back and relax. Last night the show took over twitter. The idea is to find true love. In reality, you'll feel like you need a shower after simply from watching it.
Set Your Recorder for: Your Sister's Sister - TG4, 9.30pm
It stars Emily Blunt. EMILY BLUNT. The goddess of all. Iris (Blunt) invites her friend Jack (Mark Duplass) to her family's island retreat, as you do, after the death of his brother. While there, they get drunk and Jack sleeps with Hannah (Rosemary DeWitt) who is Iris' lesbian sister. Things get weird.
The sun is shining, do we have to stop whining?
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