Yes, there's a Mrs Brown's Boys film coming to a theatre near you. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

THEY demand seven meals a day, are notoriously clannish and have peculiarly hairy feet but there’s a welcome mat here for Hobbits if filming of their life story in New Zealand runs aground.

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is hot favourite to scoop a prestigious Irish film award after his wacky portrayal of on-screen favourite Willy Wonka, bookies predicted today.

A dramatisation of the 1998 Omagh bombings which left 29 people dead was among five films nominated for a prestigious Irish award tonight.