We first saw him as a young thug in Trainspotting, but Robert Carlyle has come of age to play the UK prime minister in an exciting new TV series, writes Ed Power.

Boru Energy will look for oil and gas assets “with significant commercialisation potential” that are operated by other companies, said Mr Carlyle.

It’s been a while since the Victorian historian, Thomas Carlyle, described economics as the dismal science, but, even so, the discipline and its practitioners’ predictions have more influence than they did in Carlyle’s time.

Frederick the Great is judged by many historians to have been an enlightened despot. Geoffrey Roberts on an  impressive, comprehensive new biography by Tim Blanning.

Inside Out *****

There's a Pixar movie in cinemas this coming week, which is something we haven't seen in a while. And it's really, really good!

Up to 200 current and 35 prospective students are facing the prospect of finding an alternate school, and the potential loss of their course fees, after yet another English language college confirmed it would not re-open after the Easter break.

He doesn’t talk much about it these days. The memories are locked away, recalled only in special circumstances. But ever since Eusebio’s death on Sunday, Hilary Carlyle has looked a little differently at the photograph hanging proudly on his wall.

Accordingly to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the gap between rich and poor in industrialised nations is accelerating.

Scottish actor Robert Carlyle today urged the British government to help out the UK film industry, which is struggling in the wake of the financial crisis.

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is “edging” closer to making 'Porno', the sequel to his hit movie 'Trainspotting', the actor Robert Carlyle said today.

Scottish actor Robert Carlyle nearly turned his back on his acting career after his youngest son was struck down with a life-threatening condition.

JOHN JOE JOYCE (St. Michael’s, Athy) faces a showdown with reigning light welterweight champion Aodh Carlyle at the National Stadium tomorrow with a place on the Irish team for the EU boxing championships the prize.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) have arranged a specially convened bout to decide the one remaining place on the Irish team for the European Union Championships which will take place at the National Stadium in Dublin next month. (June 17th to 25th).

Reigning World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor racked up her second win in the space of 24 hours following an emphatic victory over Kurluk Valeviya in the quarter finals of the Ahmet Comet Cup in Turkey last night.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association today named a six-man squad for the Felkis Stamm Senior Multi Nations tournament which will take place in Poland later this month.

British actor Robert Carlyle said his last goodbyes to his father Joe at a funeral in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday.

Robert Carlyle is desperate for Ewan McGregor and director Danny Boyle to settle their feud, because he would love to star in Trainspotting sequel Porno.

Fans of cult movie Trainspotting will have to wait another decade for director Danny Boyle's follow-up because the original cast aren't old enough yet.

SCOTTISH actor Robert Carlyle joined hundreds of film lovers at a red carpet premiere to open the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival last night.

BLACK AND WHITE is the story of one man’s fight to change the system, a fight that led to radical changes in South Australia’s judicial authority and police procedure.

ONE hundred and seventy five staff at Independent News & Media (INM) face compulsory redundancy next month after the newspaper’s voluntary programme failed to attract interest.

Robert Carlyle joins Ewan Bremner and Cara Seymour for the new feature Farmers on E.

Robert Carlyle has become a father for the first time.