In advance of Friday's release of a new film on the comedy duo, John Daly looks back to the day in 1953 when they disembarked from a liner in Cobh and engaged in a mutual charm-fest with locals

Nowadays, the sounds that predominate on Hop Island, Cork, are horses’ hooves but in the mid-18th century it was more likely to have been the sounds of Bach or Mozart.

Katie Taylor is set to return to the ring on September 22 and may have the chance to win her third world lightweight title.

Maria Hoey left school at 16 and took an office job in Swords, Co Dublin.

New Notts County owner Alan Hardy has revealed that manager John Sheridan was sacked for gross misconduct following his expletive-laden rant at match officials.

A man who randomly hit a baby in a supermarket in England has been convicted of assault by beating.

A safe enough gambit is that Enda Kenny’s ego is telling him he is the only man for the job, writes Alison O’Connor.

Britain may have voted 52% in favour of leaving the EU, but Brexit won’t become a reality unless voted for by members of parliament, according to lawyer Geoffrey Robertson.

Convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has claimed before the Supreme Court that he did not receive a proper trial when his assets were frozen by the State in 1996.

Arguably, nothing has tarnished the reputation of the NFL more than the litany of domestic violence cases it has handled in recent years. And mishandled.

A harrowing 999 call has been played in the trial of a father accused of battering his six-year-old daughter to death in a fit of rage.

AT 67, and with over 45 years in the industry, Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons has paid his dues. “I don’t want to work very much any more. I’ve done most things and I don’t really need to work,” states the actor, 67.

ONE of comedy trio Foil, Arms and Hog’s weekly YouTube sketches features a Skype job interview gone wrong, writes Ellie O’Byrne. 

Tom Hardy is heading back to TV to star in something that looks like The Revenant with some even darker material thrown in

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Mad Max: Fury Road roared to victory as film and TV critics honoured the best work on the big and small screen.

Laois 1-9 Dublin 2-20: Dublin advanced to the Walsh Cup semi-finals as they easily accounted for Laois in O’Moore Park yesterday.

Room, from Irish director Lenny Abrahamson, already looks like one of the best films of 2016, writes Helen Barlow

The Hallow director Corin Hardy prides himself on making a gorgeous looking horror and talks about found footage films

There are Mad Max Fury Road sequels in the works but some of the best characters might not pop up in the next chapter

Niall MacMonagle taught English enthusiastically for over 30 years but his determination to share the beauty of poetry is undimmed. He spoke to Sue Leonard about his anthology marking the 1916 Rising centenary.

SALMAN Rushdie’s tenth novel opens in Arab Spain in 1195, when disgraced court physician and philosopher Ibn Rushd takes in the mysterious 16-year-old orphan Dunia.

Tom Hardy plays twin brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray in Legend (18s), a stylish account of how the infamous villains rose to prominence during London’s Swinging Sixties.

Tom Hardy puts in a double powerhouse performance as both Ronnie and Reggie Kray, in

Drama with two Tom Hardy's and horror from director M Night Shyamalan are the big releases this coming week in Irish cinemas

A lifelong Take That fan has a set of wedding photos to treasure after Gary Barlow turned up to serenade the newlyweds.

Gary Barlow has given another bride a wedding day to remember after serenading her on the big day.

Former US president George W Bush returned to New Orleans to praise the region’s recovery on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Mad Max Fury Road gets the Honest Trailers treatment.

Across the Atlantic in the United States yesterday there were celebrations for the country’s Independence Day.

Rory McIlroy made an interesting revelation when giving his reaction to US Open contender Jason Day’s ongoing problems with vertigo.

As if we needed a reason to love Tom Hardy more…

In his latest Mad Max outing, director George Miller has brought the female characters to the fore, writes Alan O’Riordan

Tom Hardy was "battered" filming for 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.

New Mad Mad Tom Hardy had an awkward moment with original star Mel Gibson at the red carpet premiere for the film

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Jean Claude Trichet has denied phoning the late Brian Lenihan and instructing him to save the banks, Henry Shefflin selects RTÉ over Sky Sports to launch his GAA punditry career and Cian Healy is spared a conviction despite a judge ruling the tinted windows in his car were ’unsafe’.   These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Today is the last day to get health insurance before the Lifetime Community Rating system kicks in at midnight, a passenger has been fined after a plane was forced to dump 20 tonnes of fuel to make an emergency landing and Roddy Doyle has his say on the upcoming Marriage Equality Referendum. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.