Leitrim based Benbo Productions recently won the Gold Medal for Best Drama Special for their music-drama serial ’Francisco’ and have dedicated the award to US Army whistle blower Chelsea Manning.

Maleficent ****

Ken Loach and Paul Laverty tell Padraic Killeen about the incredible story of Jimmy Gralton and how his dancehall became a source of conflict with conservative forces.

Drinks giant Diageo has been forced to defend its Arthur’s Day celebration — a Guinness-sponsored music event — after it was attacked by doctors and well-known personalities.

The Gare St Lazare Players have brought their take on Moby Dick to its home town of New Bedford, says Gerry McCarthy

WRITER and actor Dónal O’Kelly is looking forward to bringing his play, The Cambria, to Cork’s Everyman Palace Theatre from November 1-3.

A new theatrical production marking the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls will be staged this week.

It is a bleak, emotionally intense and absorbing film, with superb performances from Colm Meaney, Brendan Conroy and Donal O’Kelly.

Based on a stage play this Irish film – in Irish and English and being talked up as a possible entry for the Oscars Best Foreign Language category – is a fine example of solid ensemble playing but an example of the difficulty of translating stage to screen in that it often gets bogged down with chat.

For the first time in Oscar history an Irish language film will be nominated for a Best Foreign Language slot at the next Oscars.

An Irish language film has been submitted for an Oscar for the first time ever, it emerged today.

The St Patrick’s Festival in Dublin will be bigger and better than ever to celebrate its 10-year anniversary, organisers promised tonight.