Ireland’s Dominique McElligott has followed up House of Cards with a starring role alongside Kelsey Grammer, writes Esther McCarthy.

Here’s your weekly entertainment guide and news round-up with Des O’Driscoll.

As he gets ready for the Fastnet Film Festival, director Stephen Frears tells Esther McCarthy about his work on such movies such as Philomena and The Snapper, as well as his new-found love for West Cork

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

MUSIC NEWS: Radiohead may have got some stick recently for playing in Israel, but Thom Yorke and co are back on more solid ground with the announcement of a 20th anniversary release of their classic OK Computer album.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Here's your morning news bulletin.

Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness went from mortal enemies to chuckling chums. Colm Meaney tells Esther McCarthy about portraying that unlikely friendship.

Des O’Driscoll picks five of the best events to check out this week. 

A moving story about a troop of heroic Irish soldiers on a mission in the Congo was the big winner at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards, scooping three prestigious gongs.

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A host of famous faces will descend on the capital this weekend ahead of the eagerly anticipated Irish Film and Television Awards.

This is a thing that is happening.

Arlene Foster has long been disliked by Sinn Féin, but the breakdown in government brings an election that could be the most bitter in many years, writes Brian Murphy

The filming of the next Star Wars blockbuster along with increased activity in Irish film, animation and television drama saw a record-breaking €250m production spend in Ireland in 2016, according to the Irish Film Board.

Actor Colm Meaney has described Sinn Féin politician Martin McGuinness as an “extraordinary statesman” after playing him in a new film.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

While Fassbender and Vikander started their own real life romance on the film and they aren't the only new loves who will be in Venice.

Here's our spoiler-free guide to the best shows on TV tonight.

Getting the weather balance right is key to the success of a leading tourist attraction. The Aqua Dome — an indoor, water-based facility in Tralee, Co Kerry — is at the mercy of the elements, as chief executive Kieran Ruttledge explains.

Your daily spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Hollywood stars were shining brightly at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards, with A-listers such as Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender presenting and receiving awards.

Saving Mr Banks ★★★★✩

Here’s our quick rundown of what’s new in Irish cinemas today.

Quick reviews and trailers of the movies released in Irish cinemas this weekend for you - all in one place!

James Corden was greeted by a rousing chorus of applause when he made his entrance at the premiere of One Chance.

The Lone Ranger (12A) opens in San Francisco in 1933, with an aged Native American warrior, Tonto (Johnny Depp), telling a young boy about how the legend of the West’s masked lawman began.

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He may have terrorised audiences in his role as gang leader Nidge in Love/Hate, but actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor has admitted to being starstruck by his fellow Ifta nominees.

Crime drama Love/Hate has been nominated for a record 11 accolades in the Irish Film and Television Awards.

The shortlist for the 40 categories in the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards has been revealed this morning.

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Irish people are apparently looking to the internet to answer to that age-old question "What is love?".

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RTÉ has 114 home-produced series and programmes lined up for its upcoming television season.

A man with a passion for film is converting his local park, which lies in the shadow of a Cork landmark, into an open-air cinema for heritage day.

This impressive property in Union Hall has served as a guesthouse and a family home, writes Tommy Barker

Cusack is suitably woebegone as the poverty-stricken Poe, the expression in his melancholy eyes constantly vacillating from depression to rage and perhaps even madness, and he gets strong support from Luke Evans as the dogged Detective Emmet Fields and Brendan Gleeson as the scenery-chewing Colonel Hamilton, father of Poe’s love interest, Emily (Alice Eve).

ORPHANED when his mother dies, Boston teenager Ren McCormack (Kenny Wormwald) moves to a small Midwest town to live with his uncle in Craig Brewer’s remake of Footloose (12A).

Colm Meaney’s character is reduced to living in his car in the new Irish feature film Parked, Pádraic Killeen reports.

IRELAND should discuss rejoining the Commonwealth, Gay Mitchell has said.

Screen star Brendan Gleeson and his two actor sons, Domhnall and Brian, have been shortlisted in separate categories in the Irish Film and Television Awards.