Some may be in need of tender loving care, but properties at this Valentine’s Day auction could provide the perfect match, writes Tommy Barker

Historian and broadcaster John Bowman is to be made an Honorary Corkman while businessman and philanthropist Tom Cavanagh will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at next month's Cork Person of the Year awards.

Robert Pattinson is already on board to play the caped crusader with Zoe Kravitz playing Catwoman. Paul Dano will star as the Riddler.

The A-Listers hiding in plain sight: As Rihanna is spotted at the cricket, who are the celebs who have been living under our noses in Ireland? Ed Power reports.

Oscar-winning Hollywood icon Jeremy Irons has given his time free of charge to help a heritage centre produce a series of short films detailing harrowing, true stories of the Great Famine in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

The A-Listers hiding in plain sight: As Rihanna is spotted at the cricket, who are the celebs who have been living under our noses in Ireland? Ed Power reports.

Campaigners against a proposed plastics factory in Skibbereen have hailed a High Court ruling that the issue be returned to An Bord Pleanála for consideration and a possible Natura Impact Statement.

THE PREVIOUS owner of West Cork’s converted grain store, retired UK psychotherapist Dr Andrew Stanway, had over 30 books (plus various ‘Lovers’ Guides’ videos) to his credit, most of them regarding sex, love-making, and relationships.

There are not many film festivals which incorporate a beach-clean, but the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull has always liked to take a novel approach to the silver screen.

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

From Poirot’s moustache to signed pages from the script of Star Wars: Rogue One , an upcoming auction at the Fastnet Film Festival is a potential treasure trove for film buffs.

A new catalogue details the impressive collection of artwork that has been donated by artists to Cork University Hospital over two decades.

It’s an unusual plot for a comedy – when a man refuses to have treatment for cancer, his friends kidnap him and force him to have chemo. Ill Behaviour airs on BBC tomorrow – with UCC graduate Jessica Regan in a starring role. Jennifer Regan meets meets the rising star.

Iarla Ó Lionáird is from Cúil Aodha, Co Cork, and is vocalist with The Gloaming. He is currently preparing for a performance at Masters of Tradition festival in Bantry next Friday, where he will appear with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and others. See westcorkmusic.ie

Peter Dowdall says the West Cork Garden Trail offers inspiring examples of community work

Declan Burke takes a look at the latest films to hit the big screen

Assassin's Creed starring Michael Fassbender is in Irish cinemas on the 1st of January 2017. It's an epic story of a man who dives into the world of his ancestor in the 15th century to learn the secrets of the Creed.

Haters Back Off, featuring Colleen Ballinger in Miranda Sings mode, is now on Netflix.

In the midst of a classic Irish summer downpour, actor Jeremy Irons launched the West Cork Garden Trail 2016 at Glebe Gardens in Baltimore.

Watch the fully uncut warehouse fight from Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition - it has more of the good stuff

Michael Fassbender is the lead in the first ever Assassin's Creed film and this new behind the scenes video explains a little of what's going on in the time travelling sci-fi blockbuster.

Ok so I didn't like Batman v Superman much but I'm a sucker for new cuts of films because I have a ridiculous amount of faith in the ability of different editing to fix a broken product.

There's an Assassin's Creed movie on the way starring Michael Fassbender and after months of teasing the first trailer is here.

Dev Patel stars as Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan who came to England in the early 1900s to change the world of maths forever

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.

There's a prequel to The Huntsman out this week, minus a leading character, but the one we're most excited for is a crazy looking action film which all takes place from first person.

Superman’s actions are called into question and the Dark Knight enters the fray…

Sing Street 4/5

Ed Power talks to film director Ben Wheatley about how his adaptation of JG Ballard’s novel finds humour in some gruesome situations

A British peer and former 10 Downing St adviser to Gordon Brown, Wilf Stevenson, has just bought the West Cork home of former AIB chief executive David Duffy, Glebe House, for close to €2.5m.

Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England... you really never know what Brit filmmaker Ben Wheatley will do next.

Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice will be with us sooner than you might think - just at the end of March 2016.

There are two maxims in the entertainment industry: one says there’s no business like show business and the other insists that the show must go on.

Privacy and data protection legislation worldwide is ill-equipped to deal with the Big Data revolution, according to a University College Cork professor.