From starring in a Cork-set film, to securing a role in Ridley Scott’s major new HBO series, it has been quite a year for Niamh Algar, writes Esther McCarthy

Broken Song is a poetic documentary about rappers in Ballymun and Finglas.

Set in Ballymun and Finglas, Broken Song is a documentary film about the local hip-hop scene.

A man screamed abuse at Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt before hurling a bottle at the start line of the men’s Olympic 100m final, a British court heard today.

Anti-capitalists protesters have warned they are in it for the long haul and are prepared to spend Christmas staked out at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.