After more than three decades together, Michael Murphy and Terry O’Sullivan were married in September. As he embarks on a national tour to discuss his new book on dreams, the former RTÉ newsreader talks to Esther McCarthy about marriage at 70.

You can have the backing of the BBC and the goodwill of a city behind you — but it doesn’t mean the Irish weather will be on your side.

“Darth Vader round the hills of Donegal.”

It’s not a galaxy far, far away, but by the time it’s finished, the scene at Ceann Sibéal in Co Kerry will be every bit the intergalactic equal of Skellig Michael, as our exclusive pictures show.

Filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII has begun on Skellig Michael with a break in the weather yesterday finally making it possible for the Disney Lucasfilm crew to access the island.