Newsreels from the independence era, and various short films, give a glimpse of earlier eras on Leeside, writes Marjorie Brennan

Britain’s economy failed to build much momentum over the past three months after almost stalling at the start of the year, reducing an already slim chance that the Bank of England will soon reverse last year’s emergency interest rate cut.

A re-mastering of The Dawn, the Killarney-inspired 1930s film that was Ireland’s first full-length talkie, drew an extraordinary crowd at the Killarney Cineplex for its first screening.

Mrs Brown’s Boys has beaten The Office and Gavin & Stacey to be named best British sitcom of the 21st century.

A British peer and former 10 Downing St adviser to Gordon Brown, Wilf Stevenson, has just bought the West Cork home of former AIB chief executive David Duffy, Glebe House, for close to €2.5m.

It’s an image that has sparked outrage across the water, but children much closer to home were just as rehearsed in the gesture.

The British Film Institute (BFI) has confirmed it has been digitising some of the Royal Family’s home movies as investigations continue into the leaking of the Queen’s Nazi salute footage.

Wondering how to keep your teenager busy this summer when summer jobs are thin on the ground? Fancy tipping your toe back into education? Grainne McGuinness is raving about MOOCs, short online courses, many of which are free.

Simon Fisher Turner has put music to the 1924 film of a doomed attempt to climb Everest , writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Richard Attenborough was "an incredibly kind, generous, and magnificently warm man" who was passionate about everything in life, according to those who knew him.

Lord Of The Rings star Sir Christopher Lee has celebrated his 92nd birthday by releasing a heavy metal version of the Frank Sinatra classic My Way.

Neil Brand is a special guest at Cork French Film Festival this week, says Alan O’Riordan

In a London basement, cutting-edge technology is being used to make a computerised Sandra Bullock climb into her rocket. But the team who put her there in Gravity have spent the morning working with more basic tools — syrup, cheese and chocolate.

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch said he is “sure” they will make more episodes of the hit show.

Author John Healy will be a guest at the Electric Picnic next weekend.

A new film festival is to be held in Cork next October — a month before Cork Film Festival.

TO say he’s making a comeback would be misleading, because he never went away.

He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing – but Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock “daunting”.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter and her film director partner Tim Burton are to be honoured by the British movie industry with a BFI Fellowship.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo has climbed to the top of the British Film Institute’s poll of the greatest films ever made, dislodging Citizen Kane for the first time in 50 years.

In 1982, screenwriter Colin Welland famously decreed, “The British are coming!” as he collected his Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, shortly before ‘Chariots Of Fire’ surprised everyone by taking home the statuette for Best Picture.

Actor Michael Fassbender, brought up in Kerry, may play the life of a Killarney man who spearheaded Ireland’s first full-length feature film with sound.

Two long-lost episodes of 'Doctor Who' from the 1960s have been found.

The King’s Speech was a labour of love, passed over by the usual big investors, that has turned into one of the British film industry’s finest two hours.

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle was honoured by the UK movie industry last night as he was awarded a British Film Institute (BFI) Fellowship.

Pink Floyd’s 'Top Of The Pops' performance of their hit 'See Emily Play' on the BBC1 show – something of a holy grail for music fans – has been unearthed after more than 40 years.

Ralph Fiennes tonight branded film-making a risky business, not a glamorous one.

Those with an interest in film history should check out Early Cinema: Primitives & Pioneers (British Film Institute), two discs packing in 60 very short films made between 1895 to 1906.

The film seen by more cinema-goers than any other in UK movie history was revealed today – the classic, Gone With the Wind.

A film which Shane Richie funded with £500,000 of his own money has taken just £2,272 at the box office.

Acclaimed British director John Schlesinger was hailed one of the country’s movie greats as tributes poured in following his death.

RECLUSIVE US billionaire John Paul Getty II has died at a London hospital at the age of 70. He was admitted to the London Clinic on Monday for treatment for a recurrent chest infection but died on Thursday, said consultant Dr John Goldstone.

Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella was today appointed head of leading movie body the British Film Institute.

Francis Ford Coppola’s brutal Vietnam classic Apocalypse Now was today named the greatest film of the past 25 years by movie experts.