The Swiss coffee company Nespresso has begun an investigation and promised to increase random checks on its coffee farms after child labour was reported on them.

Another seemingly abandoned ghost ship washed up without a crew close to Ballycotton, almost exactly 125 years to the day that the MV Alta was discovered last weekend after 18-months adrift at sea.

David McSavage has turned an unfulfilled film into a stand-up show, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

If online posts are to be believed, I’ve reached the age of ‘invisibility’ to men. I’m not buying it. Not only do I still get catcalled, but I’m confident enough to like it, says Aileen O’Reilly.

The election of Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president is a compromise that may yet herald an institutional power struggle, say Lionel Laurent and Paul Carrel.

German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated by EU leaders to replace Jean Claude Juncker to head the European Commission.

George Clooney directs and stars in a new TV take on Catch-22, writes Gemma Dunn

To celebrate National Hug Your Cat Day, Nuala Woulfe chats to Irish celebrities about their feline friends.

An Irishman who was instrumental in bringing Hollywood actor George Clooney to Ireland for the first time claims his business has been the target of hackers since the actor’s visit.

Hollywood actor George Clooney has revealed he and his wife, Amal, spent Easter Sunday with U2’s frontman Bono at his home in Dublin.

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Memories of regular sea crossings with her seriously ill husband lingered with Majella O’Neill Collins, the Sherkin artist whose work has been bought by George Clooney, writes

A final farewell to The Cranberries.

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Hollywood actor George Clooney plans to return to Ireland next year following a brief visit to meet his cousins over the Easter break.

Hollywood A-lister George Clooney along with his wife Amal and two children spent several days of Easter in Laois getting to know his Irish cousins.

Stadiums are clearly the new silverware. The trouble with sport, see, is its unpredictability. From a business point of view, at least.

Last week, a number of A-list celebrities, such as George Clooney, Ellen DeGeneres and Elton John called for a boycott of these hotels.

RTÉ has gone and revealed a new release on the new and improved player to make us all nostalgic.

Thessaly La Force meets Oscar-nominated Viggo Mortensen, the accomplished actor who has made his career by defining himself as everything a movie star isn’t

Sandra Bullock plays a mother fighting for survival in the thriller Bird Box. She explains why we need to change the way mothers are shown in cinema.

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It is understood he has been taken to the emergency room at John Paul II hospital, but the injuries are not serious.

George is crying, we’re crying, everyone’s crying.

The best way to get the full experience of Hawaii, from its lava landscape to its amazing marine life, is by air, land and sea, writes Isabel Conway.

Silver hair has gone mainstream, writes Eimear Ryan, as she wonders if she should embrace the trend

Wes Anderson has enlisted such longterm chums as Bill Murray and Frances McDormand to provide the voices for

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An Irish nun said to be related to George Clooney has been given one of the highest awards bestowed by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth for her pastoral work with prisoners in the town of Chelmsford in Essex.

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Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

George Clooney's foundation is planning to open seven public schools for Syrian refugee children.

Munster SHC semi-final: Cork v Waterford, 4pm ... This isn’t a hurling championship. This is an extended episode of Game of Thrones.

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Actor George Clooney's wife Amal has given birth to twins, the couple's publicist said.

There’s a home fragrance industry developing in Ireland to meet the tastes of an increasingly discerning Irish audience, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Malick, eccentric and difficult film-maker or brilliant auteur with a profound vision? Discuss.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been made a UN Messenger of Peace.

The white sands and turquoise sea had us automatically thinking of a mediterranean destination.

A tag from a fishing boat that famously survived the 'Perfect Storm' off the US coast in 1991, has washed up on a beach in Co Clare.

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Will this year’s Academy Award winners use their moment at the microphone to talk politics? Suzanne Harrington provides some inspiration and takes a look at the best – and worst – protest speeches.