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BOUNTIFUL, the début novel of Allie Murray, a native of County Waterford, now living in Rathcormac, elects to shine a light on the many deceits, conspiracies and undercurrents that tend to shape life in any number of Irish villages, says Billy O’Callaghan.

It may well happen that we will hearing a lot more about Boris De Blae and Rabunda, a pair of newcomers, that finished first and second in that order in the four-year-old maiden at yesterday’s Duhallow Foxhounds point-to-point.

This week's new releases

Rugby fans queued outside Peter Clohessy’s sports pub in Limerick from 8.30am yesterday, thirsty for mouth-watering rugby memorabilia up for grabs in a special auction.

The Maid’s Version

“A nice, clean, nasty piece of work — that’s what I’m looking for,” declares our eponymous anti-hero at the beginning of Hitchcock (12A).

In a career spanning more than 50 years, film-maker Alfred Hitchcock redefined the cinematic landscape with his diabolical and twisted thrillers.

Scarlett Johansson worried about her shower scene in 'Hitchcock'.

TO say he’s making a comeback would be misleading, because he never went away.

British actress Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Queen, has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Helen Mirren is hopeful 'Hitchcock' will win big at the Oscars.

He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing – but Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock “daunting”.

Shia LaBeouf appears naked in a new Sigur Ros music video.

When the Killing’s Done

President-elect Barack Obama spoke to the world from his home city of Chicago as he became the first black president of the United States.

A series of chilling and bizarre episodes in major American cities leads to mass suicide.

Cork's management is banking on a settled side to collect the county's second successive TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC title tomorrow afternoon.

Armagh captain Bronagh O'Donnell could be forgiven for feeling drained - the fall-out from the controversial semi-final win over Galway took much of the shine off the Orchard county's qualification for their first ever All-Ireland Ladies SFC final.

ARTS Minister John O’Donoghue led tributes yesterday to Wexford Festival Opera chief executive Jerome Hynes, who died suddenly at the age of 48.

COLIN Powell announced his decision to step down as US Secretary of State yesterday, marking the end of a period in office dogged by in-fighting.

A British farmer was killed and one of his guards severely injured when a gang raided his farm in central Kenya.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell struts his stuff to the sound of the Village People’s YMCA.

Abi Titmuss has become the latest celebrity to be voted off Hell’s Kitchen - leaving an unwilling Edwina Currie on the reality TV show.

Corrie killer Richard Hillman’s canal death plunge has been voted the top soap moment of all time.

MORE than one million Irish viewers couldn’t take their eyes of this scene last week when Coronation Street serial killer Richard Hillman threatened to make his wife Gail Tilsley the next victim.

Actor Brian Capron has murder in mind as he gets in character as evil businessman Richard Hillman in the latest storyline to grip Coronation Street.

Caroline O’Doherty has a sinking feeling at the Department of Finance

Amanda Barrie has revealed she hated the way her character Alma was killed off in Coronation Street.

Coronation Street's Alma is to die from terminal cancer.