Rachel Weisz is to star in the film adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones.

Comedian Pat Shortt is settling into small town life in the Midlands where he is halfway through shooting award-winning director Lenny Abrahamson’s latest film Garage.

A major new initiative was launched today to encourage international production companies to shoot films in Ireland.

Channel 4 has confirmed it plans to restructure Film Four, a move which will lead to "significant job losses".