ON A Thursday morning when most youngsters would rather be out enjoying the spring sunshine, all eyes are firmly fixed on the whiteboard at the top of Tim Burke’s English class.

Helena Bonham Carter is in negotiations to star as Miss Havisham in a movie version of Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations'.

Contestants have rounded on I’m A Celebrity’s Gillian McKeith, claiming her fainting spell on live TV was a fake.

EVEN the prices have Great Expectations — up to €750,000 for the best apartments — but Havisham House at Rochestown in Co Cork is something to write home about.