Star Wars: The Force Awakens has helped generate a bumper year for the Irish cinema industry, with overall box office receipts predicted to soar to more than €100m by the end of the year.

A WIDE gulf exists between child protection services north and south of the Border, a conference heard yesterday.

A WIDE range of herbal supplements on sale in Ireland are to be withdrawn from the market after it was discovered they had been irradiated, contrary to EU legislation.