In what must be a childhood dream come true, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson has been announced as one of the stars that will join with the original Star Wars cast for the latest movie in the blockbuster franchise.

Hollywood star Chris O’Dowd has revealed how he regularly ended up going to school with make-up his older sisters had carefully applied while he was asleep.

Irish schoolboy Nathan O’Toole said he barely recognised himself after being transformed into a young Viking for an epic series now being screened on RTÉ.