Nominees include Dublin native Fionnula Flannagan for her role as Aunt Maggie Far Away and Belfast’s Laura Donnelly, who plays Caitlin Carney.

As the child of immigrants to the UK, writer Hanif Kureishi has been shocked by the tone of some of the Brexit debate, writes Marjorie Brennan

He delighted with Disco Pigs, bamboozled with Ballyturk, and took a Tony award for Once — now Irish playwright Enda Walsh is collaborating with no less than David Bowie.

Former 'EastEnders' star Paul Bhattacharjee has been found dead.

David Gest has been diagnosed with a tumour in his neck.

British actors Mark Rylance and Vanessa Redgrave have been nominated for prestigious Tony awards.

Mary Selway, a casting director who matched actors with roles in films from Raiders of the Lost Ark to Gosford Park, has died at the age of 68.