As the future relationship of Ireland and Britain is battled over in the fraught anterooms of Westminster and Brussels, this week also saw an escalation in the real Anglo-Irish conflict of our time.

So that’s Tuesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Your lunchtime headlines.

This Time with Alan Partridge’s featured Alan's Irish doppelganger, Martin Brennan - played by Steve Coogan.

While the return of Alan Partridge has led to household splits not seen since the Civil War (for the record, we’re former loyalists who’ve gone over to the anti-Coogan side), one show for your diaries next week should be series two of Fleabag (Monday, BBC Two).

Here are 5 things to do this week...

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world.

Oonagh Kearney is a film-maker from Ballintemple in Cork. A former pupil of the Ursuline Convent in Blackrock, she also studied at the National Film and Television School in London. Her latest short film, the 24-minute Five Letters to the Stranger who will Dissect my Brain, shows as part of the ‘Best of Cork’ presentation at Cork Film Festival on Sunday, Nov 18, at the Everyman.

Ed Power reports from Stradbally after three days of music, mixed weather and great fun - here's what he learned. 

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A former producer of The Mrs Merton Show has said he thinks Caroline Aherne was “happier before she was successful” and that she found it “very difficult” dealing with her celebrity status.

The best of this week’s TV in one place. 

Hollywood actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Stewart, Bill Nighy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley and Kristin Scott Thomas are among leading figures from the arts world backing a vote to remain in the EU.

Cian Ó Cíobháin is originally from west Kerry, but has been living in Galway since his college days. This week, his electronic music show on Raidio na Gaeltachta, An Taobh Tuathail, is marking 17 years on air. It’s broadcast Monday to Friday at 10pm.

’Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank’ has just become a reality!

Liam Ó Maonlaí will be appearing at Masters of Tradition which takes place in Bantry from Wednesday, August 19. He will be appearing alongside Steve Cooney and Chris Droney, with Francis Droney, Ann Droney Kirrane, and Ainé McGrath on Saturday, August 22, at Bantry House.

Lots of excellent telly on the box tonight, from talented folks to aquatic fantasy.

ED SHEERAN could be the latest star to join the terrifying world of Game Of Thrones.

With Jeremy Clarkson suspended from Top Gear following an alleged fracas with a producer, the show has a presenter slot to fill. And thousands are throwing their support behind Alan Partridge. Yes, the fictional Alan Partridge.

Sewing, marriage and death - a lot on telly tonight.

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has been named the most influential British comedy star of all time.

Enigmatic star Kate Bush has remained tight-lipped about her reasons for her stage return 35 years after her only tour, but a new documentary reveals an unlikely possible inspiration – Steve Coogan’s comic creation Alan Partridge.

Sorry about that World Cup jinx, everybody.

Cian Kinsella and Cormac Mohally of The Lords of Strut perform at the Half Moon as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

George Wendt returns to the Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs event 19 years after his first appearance, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Steve Coogan, the star of Oscar-nominated movie Philomena, will be in Schull next month for the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival.

Tune into BBC1 at 10.35pm tonight as Graham Norton is joined by Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe, screen siren Cameron Diaz, and comic actor and director Richard Ayoade. Plus music from the queen of pop, Kylie Minogue.

'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug' leads the Jameson Empire Film Award nominations.

Here’s our quick guide to what to see if you fancy a trip to the cinema this weekend.

The Lone Ranger (12A) opens in San Francisco in 1933, with an aged Native American warrior, Tonto (Johnny Depp), telling a young boy about how the legend of the West’s masked lawman began.

Aha! The long-awaited Alan Partridge movie is finally here. And it’s textbook Partridge.

"I actually like Ireland … it's like a postive disease."

LAST November on this page I compared independent TD (and former Fine Gael minister) Michael Lowry to Mario Balotelli, the petulant bad-boy of European football who once pulled up his shirt to reveal a t-shirt bearing the legend “why always me?”

Fictional DJ Alan Partridge will attempt to put Norwich “on the map” as he premieres his new film in the city today.

The premiere of fictional DJ Alan Partridge’s new film will be held in his home city of Norwich after a campaign by fans.

Brazilians have decided poverty is too high a price to pay for football

Actor Steve Coogan, who has been an ardent privacy campaigner and a leading light in calls for press reform, has struck a deal to publish his autobiography.

Headline-grabbing publisher and club owner Paul Raymond had a simple business philosophy: give the public, or more specifically men, what they want.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.