Cork actress Fiona Shaw has won a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in BBC thriller Killing Eve.

Rising star Jessie Buckley has sold out her show at Whelans, Dublin within minutes this morning.

Post Malone announces a return to perform his first Irish outdoor headline show his Summer.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have picked Cork’s Chris Walley in the Bafta Breakthrough Brit awards, marking him out as one of the most promising actors this year.

A University of Limerick (UL) lecturer will receive Bafta’s Special Award for game design next week.

A new 90-minute documentary will tell the complete story of the Irish Revolution for the first time in colour.

The Survivalist is a film about a dystopian near future where one man lives his life alone, until he is forced to open up his world.

Disney Pixar’s latest animation Inside Out opened to the number one spot at the Irish box office this weekend, taking almost €1m in its opening weekend.

The Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory Of Everything was the big winner at the Bafta awards last night.

The lack of a Bafta nomination for Martin Luther King Jr biopic Selma was not a “racist snub”, the head of the academy has said.

Richard Attenborough was "an incredibly kind, generous, and magnificently warm man" who was passionate about everything in life, according to those who knew him.

Tributes have poured in for esteemed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, who dominated the British film business for more than half a century.

Aside from the tax breaks here and the Irish countryside being a perfect backdrop for making TV period dramas, local experts are also called upon to work behind the scenes, says Michelle Cooney.

The Dublin-based firm established to produce the €20 million Ripper Street television drama recorded a pre-tax loss of €3.4m last year.

An increasing number of films are being made for the 50 plus market, and the trend is set to grow, says Margaret Jennings.

The 1950s musical is at Cork Opera House for two weeks, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

E4 has commissioned a 'Made in Chelsea' spin-off set in New York.

Tonight marks the 67th annual British Academy Film Awards.

The Investigation

Richard E. Grant is set to appear on 'Downton Abbey'.

Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren is to be honoured by Bafta with its highest award.

Irish actor Michael Fassbender has been nominated for a BAFTA for his role in the movie '12 Years a Slave'.

Boosted by the shooting of the third series of Chris O’Dowd’s Moone Boy, Ardmore Studios has enjoyed a turnaround in its fortunes this year after two years of successive losses.

UNUSUALLY early for my interview with Daniel Radcliffe, I am making my way leisurely up the stairs at the BAFTA offices in Piccadilly, when a smartly dressed young man bounds up past me.

Now that the Britannia Awards are televised, viewers can see Sacha Baron Cohen knock an 87-year-old woman out of her wheelchair.

When your films are opening and closing a major international film festival, it wouldn't be polite to complain about the rain.

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville is backing Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston to beat him for the leading actor Emmy Award at tonight’s ceremony.

For Peter Capaldi, becoming Doctor Who is likely to be a dream-come-true.

Russell Brand and Sheridan Smith have been spotted sharing a kiss.

Michael Fassbender is set to star in a new adaptation of 'Macbeth'.

The fantasy series 'Game of Thrones', some of which is filmed in the North, is up for the Radio Times Audience Award at this year's Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs).

Amy Winehouse's home has sold for £1.9m (€2.3m).

From Oscar nods to BAFTA nominations, Irish animation is going through a golden age.

Everyone’s favourite Irish mammy is set to host her own Saturday night quiz show on BBC One next year.

The sister of funnyman Brendan O’Carroll has told of her regret that it took her 10 years to admit to her two sons that she was a lesbian.

Nadine Coyle is being lined up to host a 'Take Me Out' spin-off show.

Some of the biggest stars of the small screen will be on the red carpet tonight at the TV Baftas.

John Hurt is to receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award at the BAFTAs.

Meryl Streep’s portrayal of Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Williams’s role as Marilyn Monroe have put them head-to-head at this year’s Baftas.

Stars gathered for afternoon tea in what has become a ritual ahead of the Golden Globes awards ceremony last night.

The final Harry Potter film won the feature film gong at the British Academy Children’s Awards after working its magic on millions of youngsters.