Tonight’s TV tips

Tune into TV3 at 8pm tonight for the 13th national celebration of Irish style at the Marker Hotel in Dublin where the country's most fashionable celebrities, including the Xposé girls, are in attendance.

STYLE AWARDS: Peter Mark VIP Style Awards 2014 (TV3, 8pm – 8.30pm)

The Awards, now in their thirteenth year, are the only national celebration of Irish style, and have grown in prominence each year.

Ireland's most fashionable celebrities including the Xposé girls – Glenda, Karen, Lisa, Aisling and Michelle - Rosanna Davison, Holly Carpenter and many more pull out all the stops for the style event of the year.

Find out who gets it right on the night and who will be sacking their stylist. This spectacular ceremony will take place in Dublin’s The Marker Hotel.

The Peter Mark VIP Style Awards is the first major event at this iconic new address.

Cork's Megaport (TV3, 9pm – 10pm)

10 million tonnes of shipping pass through the port of Cork each year, with giant cruise ships, roll-on roll-off ferries, massive container ships, the Irish Navy, and Ocean going yachts, all to be managed by the teams of pilots, security, stevedores and shipping agents, the port of Cork is a 24/7 operation for 365 days of the year, it is one of Ireland’s greatest success stories, and vital to the country’s economy.

This fast paced fly-on-the-wall series goes behind the scenes with a cast of colourful characters, who over the series will become familiar faces on our screens, as they deal with demanding cruise ship passengers, wayward yachtsmen, drug smugglers and millions of tonnes of foreign goods… welcome to Cork - Ireland’s Mega-port.

DOCUMENTARY: Vets in the Disaster Zone (BBC2, 9pm – 10pm)

In November last year, Southeast Asia – particularly the Philippines – was devastated by tropical cyclone Typhoon Yolanda.

With winds of up to 230mph, it killed over 6,000 people in that country alone, and another 4.1 million were left homeless, triggering a huge humanitarian aid operation.

Now, five months on, Michael Mosley travels to the Philippines to explore the disaster from the perspective of the animals caught up in the crisis, as well as meet the specialist team of vets who have saved lives.

Michael hears how these experts have not only provided second-to-none veterinary care, but also put in place technology that may save millions of animals should disaster strike again.

It’s a tribute to the tireless work of experts who not only want to ensure the animals survive, but hope to improve animal welfare in the long term.

“The typhoon did a great deal of damage, but it could, in the end do a great deal of good,” explains Mosley.

COMEDY SHOW: Republic of Telly (RTE Two, 9.30pm -10pm)

Kevin McGahern alongside Jennifer Maguire and Bernard O'Shea rip telly to shreds for your entertainment.

Now in its 10th season, the IFTA award-winning Republic of Telly airs Mondays 9.30pm on RTÉ Two.

Every week, presenter Kevin McGahern alongside Jennifer Maguire and Bernard O’Shea rip telly to shreds for your entertainment.

And as always, watch out for extras and previews online at www.facebook.com/republicoftelly

COMEDY: The Centre (RTE Two, 10pm – 10.30pm)

Fieldstown is hit with a freak Hurricane and The Centre’s annual Free Family Funday is a washout.

As staffers battle to save the Funday attractions, Teresa’s (Helen O’Brien) Schoolgirl Crush,

‘Showband Star’ St John Mullally (Steve Wall), turns up as the ‘Celebrity Guest’ at the ruined ‘Family Fun Day’, causing a romantic stand-off with Amanda (Yasmine Akram).

Meanwhile Bernie (Katherine Lynch) finally gets to stage her long-awaited Miss Fieldstown Junior Pageant.

FILM: The Sweetest Thing (ITV2, 10pm)

(2002) Sexy young thing Christina has managed to navigate the dating scene without ever engaging in a meaningful relationship.

Then she comes to the blinding realisation that her latest conquest might be The One. Unfortunately, he has left town and Christina and her friends embark on a mission to track him down – and en route a series of misadventures teaches them that love is the sweetest thing.

This is an effervescent sex comedy with little in the way of originality. Thank goodness, then, for Cameron Diaz, who’s on sparkling form here. Just a bit more work on the screenplay, and it could have been a classic. Nevertheless, there are enough laughs to keep viewers interested.

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey

RottenTomatoes.com Rating: 26%

FILM: Smokin’ Aces (ITV, Regions Vary)

(2007) This comedy drama revolves around popular but decadent Las Vegas showman magician Buddy ’Aces’ Israel, a one-time Mafia member and wannabe gangster, agreeing to spill the beans on mob boss Primo Sparazza to the FBI.

When the crime lord discovers this betrayal he dispatches a multitude of assassins, mercenaries and psychos to bump off Israel and claim his heart, with a 1million price tag on the performer’s head.

It soon becomes a race against time as the bounty hunters all put their opposing plans into action, while FBI agents Messner and Carruthers try to get there first and save the imperilled snitch.

However, things aren’t as clear as they seem, and Sparazza’s motives might not be so straightforward.

While it’s entertaining and quick-paced, it’s less than the sum of its many parts.

Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, Taraji Henson, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck

RottenTomatoes.com Rating: 29%