When the Rose of Tralee International Festival was launched in 1959, nobody realised how long it would run for or how much it would mean to so many people, the first ever Rose has said.

We’ve never been closer to the past. The continuing proliferation of online searchable material is making available to us all an ocean of information and artefacts from our past. 

Thirty four years have elapsed since Bob Champion partnered Aldaniti to one of the most celebrated wins in the illustrious history of the Grand National. But now the legendary fundraiser hopes that a certain AP McCoy can guide Shutthefrontdoor to victory this afternoon and produce “the best fairytale for the race since when we won!”

A steel casket used to transport the remains of ‘Ireland’s most famous Fenian’ is be restored and placed on display in West Cork.

An online archive of documentary film spanning more than a century is yielding up new glimpses into Irish history – including the rediscovery of film shot in Cobh, Co Cork of the aftermath of the 1915 Lusitania disaster.

While none of the films are new to the internet, many of them are already widely circulated. For instance, Great Cork Treaty (1922), a silent panorama of Michael Collins addressing thousands of people on Cork’s Grand Parade, when the throng is thrown into disarray by gunshots...

An online archive of documentary film spanning more than a century is yielding new glimpses into Irish history — including the rediscovery of film shot in Cobh, Co Cork, of the aftermath of the Lusitania disaster in 1915.

The 62nd Opera Festival, in Wexford, was true to form in unearthing rarely heard works.

Princess Diana's life is set to be made into a movie.

Meryl Streep turned up to watch Prime Minister’s Questions at Britain’s Houses of Parliament today to research for her role in Margaret Thatcher biopic 'The Iron Lady'.

Hollywood star Meryl Streep is in discussions to play Baroness Thatcher in the countdown to the Falklands War, it was reported today.

BEFORE Joe Kennedy went to Hollywood for his short-lived affair with the movies in 1926, he was well off.

Rare footage of The Beatles has been made available to the public for the first time.

Felicity Huffman delivers a remarkable performance in Transamerica (Pathé, €21.99). As Bree Osbourne, she’s a transsexual just days away from an operation to transform her life when her son, Toby (Kevin Zegers) pops up and turns her life upside down.

Ken Loach-directed Irish Civil War story The Wind that Shakes the Barley leads a strong showing of Irish films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 17 - 28.

The Wind That Shakes The Barley, directed by Ken Loach, has been selected for International Competition at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival which runs from May 18 - 28.

The US television audience for the 78th Academy Awards was down by 8% compared with last year.

The Irish Film Board (IFB) has said films co-financed by the board in the first three months of 2005 have been snapped up for overseas distribution.

Megabucks chart stars Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue are to head an all-star cast for a big screen version of children’s TV programme The Magic Roundabout.