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Gary Oldman has joined the 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' cast.

A 93-year-old man who watched the 1938 Cork Grand Prix in awe is gearing up to attend a re-run of the event this summer.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines for a grand prix circuit down memory lane.

Richard Fitzpatrick rounds up his top tomes of the year

The announcement that Justice and Defence Minister Alan Shatter has awarded the Military Star Medal to Private Patrick Kelly who died on active service in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim in 1983, (Irish Examiner, Jul 16) is to be welcomed, as is the decision to pardon those deserters who were unduly penalised for joining the British army during the Second World War.

It was the sitcom that was ahead of its time. But was it cursed when it ended, asks Noelle McCarthy

Donal de Roiste may have been the youngest ever public servant in Irish history to have retired.

The competition is hotting up in Hell’s Kitchen after “pub landlord” Al Murray was shown the door ahead of this weekend’s finale.

THERE’S a new Big Six in the grain market, after the Irish Competition Authority’s successful court case against half a dozen farmers, following an investigation into the IFA’s alleged “cartel” activities.