The Boys of Foley Street whisks its audience through Dublin’s inner city, says Pádraic Killeen

Two short Irish films - 'Pentecost' and 'The Shore' - have received Oscar nominations today in the Short Film/Live Action category.

ACTORS Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards while Irish drama Albert Nobbs, which was filmed in Dublin, has received three nominations.

A short Irish film about an altar boy’s love of football has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.

Finglas man Andrew Grafton has emerged as the favourite with two of Ireland’s leading bookmakers to win this year’s You’re A Star competition on RTÉ Television.

Twenty-six England fans were detained or arrested in Nuremberg before, during and after the victory over Trinidad and Tobago which carried their team into the knock-out stages of the World Cup finals, British police in Germany said today.