The star of Ryan’s Daughter made an emotional return to Kerry last night where she officially opened the 10th International Dingle Film Festival.

Council officials have rejected a call to place a “derelict site” notice on the only remaining building associated with the 1970-released epic romantic drama Ryan’s Daughter.

Cork Film Festival has launched the programme for what will be its diamond anniversary. The event last night saw the unveiling of a roster featuring some of the jewels in Leeside’s crown.

Had the Ottoman empire survived World War I and come to dominate western powers we would be living in a very different, far less tolerant world, suggests Andrew Melsom.

In Lawrence of Arabia, Omar Sharif is first seen in the distance, a speck in the swirling desert sand. As he draws closer, he emerges first as a black figure on a galloping camel, slowly transforming into a handsome, dark-eyed figure with a gap-tooth smile. It wasn’t unlike the Egyptian-born actor’s debut in Hollywood.

Legendary Lawrence of Arabia actor Omar Sharif is battling Alzheimer’s disease, his agent Steve Kenis has confirmed.

It became known as the little school in the “next parish to America” and there was outrage when a Fianna Fáil government decided to close it 44 years ago.

It was the end of another day which had, up to that point, been uneventful for the lifeguards. Just after 7pm, they were routinely taking down the flag at a popular strand in the south-west.

Slea Head, Kerry €395,000

RECENTLY, for the umpteenth time, RTÉ again screened the David Lean epic, Ryan’s Daughter, filmed in the Dingle Peninsula, in 1969/’70.

Venue: Mick Lally Theatre, Galway

Actor Peter O’Toole, who achieved stardom in the Oscar-winning classic film Lawrence Of Arabia, has been remembered as a man of grace and genius by the president.

There are concerns that access to an historic Kerry island visited by thousands of people each year may be restricted unless urgent repairs are carried out to a mainland pier.

In an unusual reversal of the habitual sequestration of national treasures by our nearest neighbour, we were always more than happy to pretend that Yorkshireman Peter O’Toole was an Irishman, born in Connemara.

Actor Peter O’Toole, who achieved stardom in the Oscar-winning epic Lawrence Of Arabia, has died at the age of 81, his agent has confirmed.

THE month began with reports of a tornado in Galway. Or was it extra-strong wind? Within 24 hours, a restaurant owner had admitted that the striking image of the ‘tornado’ was a Photoshop fake.

In a visitor attitude survey carried out by Fáilte Ireland in 2010, 20% of overseas visitors said their holiday decisions were influenced by film and television. Film tourism, or “set-jetting”, has become big business by raising the awareness of previously little known tourist destinations, and prompting a surge of visitors to their locations.

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Co Kerry has been scouted for film locations by Bollywood film executives.

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Dingle manor has won numerous awards and would be ideal for family or other uses, Tommy Barker reports.

Hollywood could again be on the way to Kerry to make a movie about one of the country’s greatest 19th century figures.

Expectations were certainly great when Mike Newell announced this lavish retelling of Dickens to coincide with the bicentenary of the writer’s birth.

Set in South Central, LA, End of Watch (16s) is a ‘ride-along’ with LAPD cops in one of America’s most notorious districts.

Robert Pattinson is to follow in the footsteps of great Irish actor Peter O’Toole, by playing Lawrence Of Arabia.

Actor Peter O’Toole has ‘chucked in the sponge’ and retired from stage and screen. Danny White looks at his life

TO WRITE about Harvey Weinstein is to face, first, the history of past brutalities.

James Cameron's mega-budget love story set aboard the doomed ocean liner was a phenomenon.

IT’S squeaky bum time in LA.

With views over Barrow Bay and Fenit, this four-bed property makes maximum use of location, Tommy Barker reports

'Baywatch' star David Hasselhoff wants to remake the television show 'Lovejoy' and take on the lead role of the dodgy antiques dealer himself.

AT first glance, it seems a mad idea: take famous scenes from the world’s most iconic movies and ‘Dingle-ise’ them by recreating the magic moments in the heartland of west Kerry where the sea and scenery always have a starring role.

Ronald Neame, who produced and co-wrote acclaimed British films such as 'Great Expectations' and was nominated for three Oscars, has died. He was 99.

Tourism chiefs have launched a new promotion aimed at encouraging British film fans to visit this country.

OSCAR-WINNING composer Maurice Jarre, who captured the majesty of the desert in his music for Lawrence of Arabia and wrote the haunting Lara’s Theme in his score for Doctor Zhivago, has died.

ACTION is being taken to provide coastal protection for Inch Beach in Co Kerry where David Lean filmed part of Ryan’s Daughter.

Young Hollywood stars’ dope and booze-fuelled antics have spiralled out of control, Shirley MacLaine claimed today.

TWICE Oscar-winning director David Lean, whose films also include Doctor Zhivago and A Passage To India, chose the Dingle Peninsula as the location for Ryan’s Daughter because of its rugged scenery and the Atlantic backdrop.

Ryan’s Daughter is being celebrated in Kerry this weekend, but what impact did the classic epic have on the poor, little-visited region where it was made, asks Donal Hickey.

MEMORIES of heady days in the late 1960s when the cinematic epic Ryan’s Daughter was shot on the Dingle Peninsula will be recalled when one of the stars, Sarah Miles, returns next month.

SOME might call it bare-faced cheek, but two of Ireland’s most spectacular beaches feature in a US guide to the Top 100 Places to Get Naked.