As the Lighthouse in Dublin reopens, two film producers examine our love of going to the ‘picture house’, writes Jonathan De Burca Butler

HOOK Lighthouse on the south-east coast has been announced as number one in the list of the “world’s flashiest lighthouses”.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy got acquainted with champion racehorse Kauto Star ahead of the William Hill King George VI Chase yesterday morning.

WHERE to start? Yesterday’s Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown certainly threw up more than it’s share of talking points.

AS Phillip Hobbs dissected Planet Of Sound’s winning run, groups of journalists broke away from the huddle like chunks from an iceberg, drawn towards the warmer waters surrounding War Of Attrition.

Poquelin and Tranquil Sea feature among a fascinating field of 13 runners in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on Thursday.

ANOTHER delay has hit the €425m LEADER rural development scheme.

It was business as usual for Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh as Cheltenham opened its doors for the winter with the dominant trainer and jockey combining for yet another big-race success.

Construction of yet another Belfast city centre hotel was getting under way today.

Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert today warned of tougher conditions on the high street as it reported a slowdown in sales growth.

BRITAIN is a “fame-obsessed” nation with its inhabitants eating more junk food and ready meals than the rest of Europe put together, according to a new travel guide.

THE BBC and Bob Geldof yesterday announced plans to record the 900 groups of people anthropologists believe exist at the beginning of the 21st century.

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