Duncan Jones famously said he never used his father’s name as a way of getting a business meeting. But how do other celebrity children fare? Lorraine Courtney examines the parent trap.

From the Little Black Dress to the Christmas jumper, Paula Burns gives us the lowdown on looking too cool for Yule.

But they've never talked about the pictures.

Delighted campaigners behind plans for the country’s newest hospice have celebrated reaching their €3m fundraising target — with congratulations from a movie superstar.

JANUARY

Billed as the ultimate Lady in Red, former Miss World Rosanna Davison has signed a deal with Liverpool football club which will see her become the new face of the club’s online sports channel.

YOU spend eight hours a day in the same office, meeting in the corridors, at the photocopier, in the coffee dock.

Award-winning TV chef Neven Maguire will rustle up some delicious delights in Cork this week to help launch a fundraising cookbook featuring the favourite recipes of an array of Irish celebrities.

Former Miss World Rosanna Davison is considering baring all in the US edition of Playboy.

The ‘cash stash’ at the media firm owned by model Rosanna Davison last year increased sharply to more than €130,000.

I’ve always been very driven. Even in school, I was the one going to the library during lunch break. I did not want people thinking that I was the spoilt daughter of a famous singer.

With the director Stephen Spielberg ending up in a bidding war with his wife for one of the items at the charity auction, it was no wonder the event raised more than €250,000 towards the building of a hospice in Wicklow — and they are still counting.

Dublin became a part of Hollywood yesterday when movie stars, directors, celebrities and fully paid-up members of the glitterati attended the European premiere of the new Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln in the city’s Savoy Cinema.

Rolling out the red carpet for the European premiere of Lincoln in Dublin has given the Irish film industry a welcome fillip that will help to keep it in the picture.

Gloves, a knife and other items from the Lincoln film blockbuster are to be auctioned at the European premiere in Dublin.

Gloves, a knife and other items from the Lincoln film blockbuster are to be auctioned at the European premiere in Dublin next week.

Her Miss World and Playboy model looks are normally what get the attention, but this morning the sparkler on Rosanna Davison’s finger is what is really catching the eye.

Despite Gabriel Byrne’s scathing comments the Irish film star joined a gathering at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre last night for one of the most eagerly awaited musicals of recent years.

The man who inflicted ‘Lady in Red’ on the world is now doling out marriage advice.

In recent days two young women have received an enormous amount of exposure in magazines and newspapers, though for very different reasons and in very diverse sets of circumstances.

Rosanna Davison has been accused of bare-faced cheek by the organiser of a leading beauty pageant for using her Miss World title to promote a nude shoot in the latest edition of Playboy magazine.

Beautiful wives and perfect lives: why do men who seem to have it all cheat on their own stunning women, asks Barbara Scully

Ireland was a very different place in the 1980s. From Sir Henrys in Cork to The Afro Spot in Dublin, Suzanne Harrington recalls the decade that changed everything

March 31 should come to be known as “Thick Paddies Day”; as this is the annual date on which we willingly hand over €3bn to foreign casino banks.

IT’S that time of the year again — when Ryanair convinces its cabin crew to strip off their uniform and be O’Learied at, all in the name of charity.

FORMER Miss World Rosanna Davison has promised to donate some of her €80,000 libel award to the Dublin Simon Community.

ROSANNA DAVISON’S opinions are much valued in the media. Frequently, reporters ring the former Miss World seeking the benefit of her wisdom. When Michael Jackson died, she got calls asking her what she thought about it, how keenly she felt the loss.

IT’S unlikely Chris de Burgh had Ryanair in mind when he penned his 1977 song Broken Wings.

A former Miss World suing no-frills carrier Ryanair for defamation has been awarded €80,000 after winning her case.

The good name and reputation of a former Miss World suing airline Ryanair for defamation is still being damaged, a court heard today.

DANIEL DECAVELHO, Ryanair European communications manager, told the court after the press release was issued, he received a phone call from Ms Davison’s father, the singer Chris de Burgh, in which Mr de Burgh said he would sue Ryanair and Mr McNamara personally unless they apologised.

RYANAIR’S head of communications has denied calling former Miss World Rosanna Davison a racist after she complained that no Irish girls were used by Ryanair in its annual charity calendar.

The High Court has heard of singer Chris de Burgh's anger after Ryanair issued a press release saying comments by his daughter Rosanna Davison "bordered on racism".

A FIREARMS officer involved in the fatal shooting of a barrister is to face misconduct action after telling a colleague he had inserted pop song titles into his inquest evidence, a police watchdog said.

He may love a “lady in red” but Chris de Burgh’s preference for scarlet does not extend to wine.

ONE of the world’s most famous gospel choirs is set to feature at a forthcoming international music festival in Waterford.

MEN of all ages were the most excited people in Ballybrit yesterday, and it wasn’t the horses that got them going.

Two people have appeared in court charged in connection with the death of model Katy French.

ONCE again U2, the world’s highest-earning act, top the Irish music rich list, with Westlife joining the top five for the first time.

IN normal circumstances, Johnny Ronan’s lifestyle would be a personal matter. While most newspapers have ignored him, some, and not just the tabloids, have enjoyed chronicling details of the 52-year-old businessman’s relationship with 20-something model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson.

Rapper Lady Sovereign and glamour model Nicola Tappenden are both up for eviction from the Celebrity Big Brother house tonight.

FROM music to movies to motoring, Ireland’s richest celebrities are set to be unveiled and their wealth revealed.