Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has written a play based on his oldest friend’s diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, writes Colette Sheridan

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Crime — of the fictional variety — seems to be paying off for Ireland’s best-selling children’s author Eoin Colfer, with accumulated profits at his company topping €3m last year.

Glanworth 1-14 Glenville 1-9: It all started to go wrong for Glenville in the opening minutes when Glanworth opened up a four-point lead in this challenging Cork IFC round one battle at Rathcormac yesterday.

Crime pays — at least the fictional kind — for Ireland’s best selling children’s author Eoin Colfer, as accumulated profits at his book firm topped €2.6m last year.

EOIN Colfer is on sabbatical in Dublin with his family. They moved from Wexford town to Monkstown a few months ago and, from cafes to theatres, are loving life in the big city.

Best-selling children’s author Eoin Colfer has been recruited by the South-East’s partnership of cities and towns to act as an ambassador for their bid to become the 2020 European Capital of Culture.

Ireland’s best-selling children’s author, Eoin Colfer, enjoyed a boost from his major Disney movie deal last year with profits at his firm jumping by more than €155,000 to more than €1.82m.

Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer was happy to switch to drama for a play in his hometown, writes Marjorie Brennan

Glee Star denies glee exit after Twitter hoax

Author Eoin Colfer said he and his family are considering their position in relation to the death of his father, who died from internal bleeding one week after an operation to remove his gall bladder.

The deaths at sea of nine Wexford lifeboatmen a century ago are commemorated by a concert this week says Jo Kerrigan

Ballinderry Shamrocks (Derry) 3-09 Kingdom Kerry Gaels (London) 2-07

Ballinderry Shamrocks (Derry) 3-9Kingdom Kerry Gaels (London) 2-7

Reigning All-Ireland Club SFC Champions St. Brigid's advanced in Connacht; St. Loman's and Newtown Blues claimed first round wins in Leinster; while Castlebar Mitchells, Kingdom Kerry Gaels, Rathnew and St Martin's claimed county title wins, following today's Senior Club Football action.

Crime pays — at least the fictional sort — for Ireland’s bestselling children’s author, Eoin Colfer as new figures show accumulated profits at his firm jumped 134% to €1.669m last year.

Chris Colfer hopes filming the new season of 'Glee' will help him and his co-stars get past Cory Monteith's sudden death.

Irish children’s book series Artemis Fowl could become the next Harry Potter as Hollywood giants Harvey Weinstein and Robert De Niro are backing a big-screen version of Eoin Colfer’s novels.

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Carlow 0-13 London 1-09

A Wicklow solicitor has today been jailed for two years for stealing €130,000 from his clients.

Artemis Fowl The Last Guardian

Her Majesty didn’t add a Ruislip leg to her Jubilee celebrations, which was perhaps a good thing for Leitrim as they were given enough of a fright on the pitch.

London 1-8 Leitrim 0-12

COLLEGE can be wonderful. The first foray into the adult world is exciting, enriching and full of promise. But being a student can also be stressful because of workload, lack of money, romantic relationships and worry about the future.

Wicklow were forced to dig deep as they squeezed past a determined London at Ruislip.

As expected, London picked up their first win of the year with a facile victory over Division 4 strugglers Kilkenny in Nowlan Park, the Cats’ second heaviest defeat in the campaign.

Clare all but sealed a place in the Division 4 final with a comfortable win over London in Ruislip.

This period Portobello terraced home has a new look thanks to good design and the right use of materials, Tommy Barker reports

Brian Murphy and JJ Smith fired second-half goals as Carlow made hard work of a poor London side at Ruislip.

NICKY JOYCE scored three points on his return to the Galway side for the first time since 2010 as the Tribesmen defeated London in the FBD League at Ballinasloe yesterday.

Christina Hendricks has joined the cast of 'Struck by Lightening'.

Eoin Colfer graduates to adult fiction with his latest novel Plugged, and it’s obvious there’s a lot more where that came from, writes Caroline O’Doherty

ARTEMIS FOWL, the tale of a young criminal mastermind, was named the Britain’s all-time favourite Puffin book.

TYRONE 0-13 MAYO 1-09, Croke Park

WEXFORD 2-13 DOWN 0-12, Croke Park

Paddy Colfer and Rory Stafford will make their first starts of the season when Wexford clash with Meath in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final at Dr Cullen Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

WEXFORD required extra-time at Parnell Park to claim the Division 3 league title - but after 63 years without silverware they could afford another 20 minutes.

WEXFORD required extra-time at Parnell Park to claim the Division 3 league title - but after 63 years without silverware they could afford another 20 minutes.

LAST November Taoiseach Bertie Ahern expressed his dissatisfaction with the legal profession’s self-regulation. The system does not work and a new one is necessary, he admitted to the Dáil.

A THIRD solicitor could soon become the subject of a significant Garda fraud investigation after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that another Dublin-based member of the legal profession had misappropriated clients’ funds totalling more than €830,000.