Cork Cine Club’s new season of films starts on January 23 at St John’s Central College with a screening of the 2012 French film Rebellion (L’ordre et la morale) directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine), who also stars in the film.

IT’S just celebrated its 100th anniversary, but the rubber hot water bottle is still proving to be hugely popular with the Irish, if sales spikes last Christmas are anything to go by.

A priceless piece of GAA memorabilia will be back where it belongs next week after the Limerick Leader newspaper secured Malachi O'Brien's 1888 All-Ireland final winners' medal at an auction.

John Breslin