TTHE annual First Cut! Youth Film Festival in Youghal celebrates the work of Irish filmmakers aged 12-24, writes Ellie O’Bryne

Here’s your latest arts and entertainment round-up with Des O’Driscoll.

All your entertainment news in one handy place

All your entertainment news in one handy place. 

For the first time, an Irish woman will participate next month in Miss Pin Up International, a pageant that celebrates curvy woman, writes Louise Mc Carthy

Best known for making the ‘Horse Outside’ video for the The Rubberbandits, Cork director Peter Foott looks set for another step towards the big time with his debut feature film.

Jingly jewellery, cosy cushions, cheery chicks — it’s all in the mix from Esther N McCarthy.

Noel Harrington (Irish Examiner, November 10 ) raises the question of the Catholic Church making a significant contribution to the matter of homelessness and wonders about its silence on the issue.

An area of the city steeped in our maritime heritage but equally associated with a tragic end to many lives forms the backdrop of an innovative film about mental health.

India: When a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, they were staggered by the response — 2.3m people applied.

A leading biologist has claimed “we are not alone”, arguing that extra-terrestrials resembling humans must have evolved on other planets.

3D printing technology will make some jobs in construction obsolete but will create others. Teacher Antonio Ianni tells Ellie O’Byrne it is the future but Ireland is lagging behind.

Looking for plans for the weekend? Here’s a list of what’s on and where.

MUSIC NEWS:

A key account of a battle which came to define Irish identity may have been fabricated, a researcher has claimed as the country marks the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf.

The fifth First Cut! Youth Film Festival was launched in the Town Hall, Youghal last night by Kilnaskully actor Pascal Scott.

Flood waters swept over Cork city centre again last night after another Atlantic storm battered the city and the city was subject to a status orange wind warning.

Musician John Spillane says it is “sad” that cutbacks have severely hit Ireland’s only musical instrument-making course.

MUSIC NEWS: Lupe Fiasco is a brave man.

MUSIC NEWS: Shane MacGowan has told the Quietus website that some of his best songs were written by ghosts.

GIG WISE: It’s the hottest ticket in town … Dingle town at least, and probably the entire country.

Tickets for the Killers’ gig at the O2 in Dublin went on sale this morning.

CULTURE NIGHT: Yes, Culture Night is upon us once again, and we couldn’t begin to list the gazillion events that are taking place nationwide, other than to say that if you’ve ever complained about the price of things in this country, tonight is the night to make the most of some of the free stuff. Check out www.culturenightcork.ie or www.culturenight.ie

Cork’s Underground Short Film Festival gives emerging talents a chance to show their work in public, says Colette Sheridan

Rose Martin says if you happen to be shopping for an utterly, idiosyncratic house in the city, then lift the knocker

Denise Hall talks to a veterinary nurse in Co Cork about new laws on cruelty

FIRST off, Ber Pey has missed her September deadline – the interior designer’s grand project at 3 Newenham Terrace was set to be rolled out by now but building being building, there’s a delay.

A school caretaker who stored drugs in a safe at work will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

AROUND two-thirds of people applying to study in some further education colleges have been unsuccessful because of a cap on places imposed by the Government, a union has claimed.