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Pat Shortt and Ruth Bradley star in a new comedy drama from the makers of much-loved TV show, Pure Mule, writes Esther McCarthy

In case you thought those Dan Brown adaptations had gone away, Tom Hanks is back with another one this week. There's also the very indie American Honey and some animated fun with the Storks.

A host of famous faces will descend on the capital this weekend ahead of the eagerly anticipated Irish Film and Television Awards.

Love/Hate actor John Connors features in I Am Traveller on RTÉ2 on Thursday.

Room, Sing Street, and My Name is Emily look set to be the big winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (Iftas) as they have bagged eight nominations apiece.

A new comedy is set to debut on Netflix this week - Flaked stars Will Arnett and Irish actress Ruth Kearney (The Following)

RTÉ’s new Easter Rising drama, Rebellion, has three of the most talented actresses of their generation, writes Ed Power

Check out the best shows to watch on TV tonight.

We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

If, like your correspondent, you suffer even a little from vertigo, then Everest (12A) should either be avoided entirely or watched from the front row.

Galway Film Fleadh

It was lights, camera, action at the Convention Centre in Dublin last night for the tenth annual Irish Film and Television Awards.

Crime drama Love/Hate has been nominated for a record 11 accolades in the Irish Film and Television Awards.

The shortlist for the 40 categories in the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards has been revealed this morning.

Olympic boxing hero Katie Taylor swapped the ring for bling as she was named Irish Tatler Woman of the Year over the weekend.

His movie may be drawing in audiences across the world, but just a few years ago the Cork city man behind the creature feature Grabbers didn’t think he would make it in the film industry — and it was all Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ fault.

Pic 1: Tom Dunne at the Dublin premiere of new Irish comedy Grabbers, at Cineworld Cinema, Dublin.

Grabbers (15A) sounds like a bad Paddy Irishman joke, but Jon Wright’s offbeat tale of a remote Irish island besieged by alien invaders that can only be repulsed by copious amounts of booze is in fact a nifty variation on the B-movie horror flick.

The first thing we should ask about major series Titanic (tomorrow, TV3/UTV, 9pm) is why the schedulers didn’t get that sinking feeling when they put it in a slot immediately after a show entitled Dancing On Ice — The Final.

You can really imagine the problem.

Birdsong, BBC One, tomorrow

Despite some dodgy Dublin accents and jaded pundits, it’s been a good year on the box. Des O’Driscoll picks out some of the most memorable moments

The 8th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards will be broadcast live tonight from Dublin's Convention Centre.

SCREEN star Brendan Gleeson and his two actor sons, Domhnall and Brian, have been shortlisted in separate categories in the Irish Film and TelevisionAwards.

Screen star Brendan Gleeson and his two actor sons, Domhnall and Brian, have been shortlisted in separate categories in the Irish Film and Television Awards.

A film for all of us who work at home, often in housing estates that become deserted wastelands where the other residents have headed off to offices and workplaces to sample human contact.

Two award winning actors are taking time out from filming in Dublin to present accolades at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.

A host of star names line up for Friday’s IFTA Film and Television Awards at the RDS in Dublin.

Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto has topped the list of nominees for this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.

An RTE drama depicting the Stardust nightclub fire which claimed the lives of 48 young people has been shortlisted for an award at this year’s prestigious Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

BRENDAN Gleeson headed a star line-up at last night’s world premiere of Studs, the Paul Mercier feelgood action comedy.