IT’S one of the oldest kickstarters of a dull dinner party: ‘What’s your favourite film, and why?’

Highlights include new RTÉ/BBC thriller, The Fall, and the Eurovision semi-final

The Voice of Ireland final and The Big House with Bryan Murray are among the highlights.

RTÉ political correspondent David Davin-Power was spared a fine and a speeding conviction yesterday after he donated €150 to charity.

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.

Unions representing 70,000 frontline public service staff have threatened collective industrial action over the Government’s plans to cut the take-home pay of their members under Croke Park II.

Stars of the stage and screen turned out today to bid a fond farewell to actor David Kelly.

Former Republic of Ireland soccer star John Aldridge won this year’s You’re A Star charity special tonight, raising thousands of euro for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Bookmakers Paddy Power have today tipped model Gail Kaneswaren to win this year’s You’re a Star charity special, at odds of 7/2.

Four cross-party politicians are joining forces and their singing voices in the name of charity, it emerged today.

Millionaire businessman Denis O’Brien is today trying to block the Moriarty Tribunal probing into his business affairs as vital witnesses are not available to give evidence in public.