What a difference a year makes, eh Simon?

As the beloved 88-year-old actor/director releases another film, avowed fan John Daly selects 10 of his favourites

Armagh’s James Wilson, 24, and Belfast’s Charlie Eastwood, 23, scooped the major honours at the Beta Tools Motorsport Ireland Awards yesterday.

When a fiction-based resolution of a crisis starts to unravel it is not always easy to pinpoint the moment progress reverts to tribal retrenchment.

Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists are hammering out details of a potential deal that could end Stormont's 13 month powersharing crisis.

Details of powersharing compromises allegedly conceded by the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin must be made public, the SDLP leader has said.

Latest: Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has called on the Taoiseach and British Prime Minister to both personally intervene to advance the stalled talks in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland's politicians have just hours left to reach a deal to restore powersharing at Stormont otherwise the UK Government will press ahead with legislation to approve a budget.

The Irish and British governments are set to present Northern Ireland's parties with their version of a proposed deal to break the powersharing impasse at Stormont, Sinn Féin has predicted.

The leader of the SDLP has called for Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists to publish what progress has been made on powersharing talks.

The UK and Irish governments should publish their proposals to revive powersharing in Northern Ireland if no deal is done this week, the leader of the SDLP has said.

Sinn Fein leader at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill and the Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds repeatedly clashed in a heated televised election debate this evening.

Sinn Féin has called on the SDLP to stand aside in two constituencies in the North to maximise the "anti-Brexit vote", but has not offered a reciprocal move.

A man has appeared in court accused of using a fake modelling agency to persuade women to commit sex acts.

Update: Northern Ireland's political leaders have cast their ballots in the region's snap election.

Northern Ireland’s political leaders have traded angry words in the last televised debate of the Assembly election campaign.

Political chaos in Northern Ireland will not derail Brexit, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has said.

Stormont's First Minister has faced down a motion of no confidence during a day of drama at Stormont that included a mass walkout from the Assembly chamber.

Stormont's First Minister Arlene Foster will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership at the devolved Assembly later today as the fall out from a botched green energy scheme intensifies.

Irish adults are split almost 50/50 on the question of decriminalising drugs for personal use, according to a national survey.

Colum Eastwood has become the first serving leader of the SDLP party ever to address the Ulster Unionist Party conference.

The SDLP has announced it will boycott any White House function under a Donald Trump presidency.

OLDER boxing fans may recall Barry McGuigan’s glory days and how he would always show gratitude to his manager Barney Eastwood by publicly declaring: “Thank you very much, Mr Eastwood.”

The Fast and Furious franchise is set to keep on going forever, with sequels planned out to Fast 10 and likely more after that.

The SDLP could be poised to leave the North's Executive and take a place on the opposition benches.

Foyle Assembly member Colum Eastwood has been elected as the new leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).

Barry McGuigan sits still for just a moment in Belfast’s Europa Hotel as he contemplates his answer. 

FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers 4 Stoke City 1: Blessed with a proud striking heritage featuring the likes of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, Blackburn supporters can now heap their adoration upon Norwegian international Josh King after an extraordinary 19-minute hat-trick.

The first episode of the wildly-anticipated Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul arrives this week.

An Irishman is the driving force behind the rebirth of one of English rugby’s great clubs, says Julian Bennetts.

An American sniper with over 160 enemy kills wrestles with his life at war and the pressures of family life at home.

A couple have finally been allowed to buy their 300-year-old Donegal cottage house after living in it rent-free for 16 years.

Clint Eastwood has a new girlfriend.

A structural engineer has denied he was among “a number of people” who were trying to distance themselves from knowing there were potential safety problems at Hillsborough before the 1989 disaster.

Gary Oldman says Clint Eastwood gave him his best filmmaking advice.

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NOT every life warrants a film of seven hours and 46 minutes, but not every life was as dramatic as Richard Wagner’s. The British film director, Tony Palmer, cast Richard Burton in the title role of the epic biopic, Wagner, which was shot over seven months and released in 1983. It will be screened, with two breaks, as part of this year’s Cork Film Festival.

Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood’s wife of 17 years has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, a court spokeswoman said.

Clint Eastwood's estranged wife reportedly still loves him.

Clint Eastwood’s second wife has filed for legal separation from the actor and director.

Clint Eastwood and his wife, Dina Ruiz, are going their separate ways.