SLIM and trim, actor Bryan Murray seems an unlikely poster boy for the Irish Heart Foundation’s Heart Month. Despite the 64-year-old Fair City star’s healthy lifestyle and regular medical check-ups, he was diagnosed with high cholesterol four years ago.

THE organisers of the Dublin: One City, One Book Festival, which is the focal point for a month of literary events in April, have chosen well with this year’s selection, James Plunkett’s Strumpet City.