I’m an accidental actor. Growing up in Cavan, I was quite shy and I probably still am in some regards.

An actor who played the role of an Irish student in the Harry Potter film series must pay €260,000 in commission fees due to his former agent, the High Court has ruled.

The mother of an Irish actor who earned more than €1m in the Harry Potter movies has told the High Court he spent his money on drink, cars and girls.

We’re all aware by now that technology isn’t Senator fidelma healy Eames’ strong point.

Cast your mind back to the original Sunday night fear, the realization that you’ve no homework done as the Glenroe opening credits blared from the good sitting room.

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames was embroiled in controversy after claiming that extending civil marriage rights to same-sex couple could lead to the banning of Mother’s Day.

Raising a child with Down syndrome is not without its highs and lows — with parents saying that support services differ wildly around the country, reports Arlene Harris.

Eleanor Tiernan’s Dublin Fringe show satirises our woes by treating comedy as a counselling session, says Richard Fitzpatrick

WHEN well-known scandals, like that of the mother-and-baby homes or the Magdalene Laundries, finally hit the public consciousness — we often hear a common refrain: "Oh it was a different time."

Pádraig Pearse’s pioneering morse code announcement, Twink in lingerie on the Late Late and Miley getting it on with Fidelma in Glenroe feature in Dave Kenny’s magic moments of Irish broadcasting.

True Detective reaches a crucial point and Dragons Den makes a return

In terms of my priorities for the next four years as IFA national dairy committee chairman-elect, I will be looking to ensure farmers are paid the best possible milk price.

I CAN die happy. I have met Brian O’Driscoll. I haven’t just met Brian O’Driscoll, I’ve met Amy Huberman too.

WITH Julian Assange avoiding arrest in an embassy and Edward Snowden avoiding arrest in an airport, both in trouble for effecting voluminous leaks of secret data, the Russian security guys have decided it’s time to go back to the future.

A €500,000 plan of action on tackling bullying in schools will be published within weeks by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, amid growing pressure to deal particularly with the impact of cyber-bullying.

I was waitressing when I got the call to say I’d landed the part of Fidelma in Moone Boy.

SHE would be just another nobody senator if it were not for Fidelma Healy Eames’ amazing ability to generate the worst sort of publicity via trains, drains, and automobiles.

A civil action brought by a contractor against Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has been dismissed, but an order for €12,412 was made against her husband Michael.

Three gardaí have today been acquitted of forcing an entry at a Dublin flat and falsely imprisoning a Dublin woman.

A garda witness has told a trial she could hear moaning and screaming from the bedroom of the flat of a young Dublin man accusing four gardaí of assault.

A mother was locked in a bathroom while her son was beaten by four gardaí who attacked him as he slept in bed, a court heard today.

Four garda have today denied assaulting a teenager while his mother was held against her will.

Two gardai lifted a teenager out of his bed and smacked his head against its frame after hitting him with batons, a court heard today.

A 41-YEAR-OLD Co Cork farmer has launched his campaign for election as deputy president of the Irish Farmers Association.