Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie found time to grab lunch in Áras an Uachtaráin.

Actress Fionnuala Flanagan is to receive the Maureen O’Hara Award at this year's Kerry Film Festival.

Dublin actress Fionnuala Flanagan has joined the cast for Belfast director Pearse Elliott's new film -a dramatic departure from his most recent hit, the Irish-based horror 'Shrooms'.

Felicity Huffman delivers a remarkable performance in Transamerica (Pathé, €21.99). As Bree Osbourne, she’s a transsexual just days away from an operation to transform her life when her son, Toby (Kevin Zegers) pops up and turns her life upside down.

Acclaimed director Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan and Belfast music producer David Holmes are to be presented with honorary awards at a event celebrating Irish film-writing in Los Angeles next month.