Future stars of stage and screen gathered gongs and shared the red carpet with celebrities at a student theatre event in Dublin.

Liam, the boiler man, has been driving women mad across the country since he appeared on an a Bord Gais advertisement.

An investigation into “serious financial impropriety” in Gas Networks Ireland north and south of the border has resulted in a fine of £500,000 (€644,122) in the North and sanctions against four employees of the company in the Republic, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Bord Gáis workers are to receive a bumper payment of an average of €54,000 as part of the unwinding of the company’s Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP).

Just a month after it was announced Bord Gáis was increasing its electricity prices by 2.2%, it has confirmed it is upping its gas prices, with yearly bills set to rise by €13 on average.

Hundreds of thousands of people switched their electricity and gas provider last year to try and cut the costs of their utility bills.