Your columnist’s phone was pretty busy last week after this paper published the story of Cork GAA’s fluctuating deficit.

Marjorie Brennan talks us through her highlights for 2019.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Ray Liotta never planned to be an actor. He only signed up for drama classes in college in a bid to dodge the more academic subjects, and didn’t make his first film until he was 30.

The Marquee in Cork dominated the gig news this week, with a string of announcements for what is expected to be the final year at the Monahan Road venue before the site is developed

Diana Ross will be 76 by the time she crosses the Atlantic for pre-Glastonbury gigs at the Marquee in Cork

From movies to music, fashion to food, our writers pick the cultural highlights of summer.

Vanity Fair has released new images from behind the scenes of the latest Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker.

Selena Gomez has opened up about social media and the impact it has had and is having on young people and her generation.

Nominees include Dublin native Fionnula Flannagan for her role as Aunt Maggie Far Away and Belfast’s Laura Donnelly, who plays Caitlin Carney.

This year's Oscar nominations have been revealed.

There were cheers, gasps, droid photo opportunities, casino games and more than a few standing ovations at the jam-packed world premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Los Angeles, which many are already praising online.

It’s easy to see how magical Skellig Michael captured Hollywood’s imagination, writes John Daly.

There's no doubt that the name Martin Scorsese rings loudly in the halls of cinematic achivement.

Back in 1998, Terry Gilliam started work on a film called The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He even got on set with a cast including Johnny Depp in 2000 before events like a flash flood and an injured star caused the project to falter and die.

Back in 2000, filmmaker Terry Gilliam was ready to shoot The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort . That production went to the wall with flash floods, injured actors and acts of a seemingly vengeful God.

A schoolboy stayed up way past his bed-time — waiting nine hours — to meet his hero Luke Skywalker.

Especially Mark Hamill.

The Star Wars Irish Tour of 2016 is on the move.

UPDATE: Check out this exclusive footage of Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley and the rest of the Star Wars cast arriving into Cork Airport today from where they will head to Brow Head in West Cork to continue filming on the latest installment of the hit franchise. 

Catch-up with what you've missed today with our evening briefing

It still seems pretty nuts that Star Wars Episode VIII is actually shooting in Ireland but large sets have been constructed at several locations and the word is stars like Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver are in the country right now.

A man and his extraordinary son flee across America to a fateful meeting.

Once on an island far, far away, Star Wars landed on the rocky slopes of Skellig Michael off the coast of Kerry.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12A) opens 30 years on from the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), with the rebels, led by General Leia (Carrie Fisher), hard-pressed by the evil First Order, led by Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson). 

The Force finally returned to Hollywood as Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill walked the red carpet at the world premiere of the new Star Wars movie.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

In the extremely unlikely event that you had forgotten there's a new Star Wars coming out (December 17th people!), Disney has teamed up with a company you may have heard of to bring you even more stuff from that galaxy far, fay away.

Let’s begin shall we?

It’s almost upon us - the moment you have been waiting for more years than you care to admit. With less than two months to go, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has released it’s official trailer.

It is official, Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens is going to be in cinemas in Ireland early!

It took a Hollywood blockbuster to do it, but Domhnall Gleeson has officially been lured to the dark side.

The force is still with the cast of Star Wars.

The Water Diviner. Australia, 1919. Still struggling to come to terms with the death of his three sons at Gallipoli, Connor (Russell Crowe) is devastated when his wife commits suicide.