The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared ****

The novice sailors who survived the summertime grounding and sinking of the tall ship Astrid will be reunited, next year, at sea.

Plans to remove the wreck of the stricken tall ship Astrid are now at an advanced stage.

Life is an ocean and love is a boat, as the song goes, but thankfully, there was no love on the rocks for these newlyweds.

Teenage sailors who were at the centre of a dramatic sea rescue after their tall ship sail training vessel sank are eager to get back on the water.

Set amidst the rolling hills of Midwest America, Gus van Sant’s Promised Land (15A) stars Matt Damon as Steve Butler, a salesman who works for a corporation intent on buying up failing farmland in order to drill for gas.

In her recent films, Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier has meditated on the ability of the human spirit to endure all-consuming grief.

We are going through a baby boom. In 2011 there were 74,648 births registered in Ireland, a 29% increase on the births of a decade previous, in 2001. With each of those births also comes the dad conundrum — traditionally sidelined, often willingly, throughout pregnancy and birth by all and sundry, medical professionals, friends, family, even partner, new dads have often struggled to find their precise role in the grand scheme of things.

She had a hit track with Step Back In Time – and now that’s what Kylie Minogue appears to have done with the Doctor.

Queen Astrid booked her Cheltenham Festival ticket with an impressive success at Limerick today.

QUEEN ASTRID is fancied to land the best race of the weekend in Ireland, the Woodlands Park 100 Johnstown Novice Hurdle at Naas tomorrow.

The guitar player turned painter who quit The Beatles did not die because of a row with John Lennon, his sister said today.

Michelle Pfeiffer may project the image of a sophisticated Hollywood star but she says that in real-life she enjoys a spot of DIY.

Despite the efforts of his keepers, some Norwegians still can’t resist Keiko the killer whale, including a little girl who spent hours playing the Free Willy film theme on her harmonica – just like in the film.