Ten years on from the events of Prometheus, Alien: Covenant (16s), the fifth offering in the Alien franchise, opens with the spaceship Covenant responding to what appears to be a human signal from an Earth-like planet.

At around 4.15am yesterday morning, some boy-racer thought the Ennis-Kilrush road was Siverstone or Mondello Park. The car started doing donuts, the screeching tyres laying assault to my eardrums. I had to be up at 6.30 anyway to meet the Limerick minor bus at 8 but that was my night’s sleep done and dusted.

It’s a long time since a Tipperary defensive unit went through Munster SHC campaign intact, even a successful one at that.

The families of some of the eight men killed in a road crash in Co Donegal almost six years ago have expressed their frustration with the remit of the coroner’s court after a unlawful killing verdict last evening from a jury hearing the case.

An inquest into Ireland’s biggest ever road crash has opened amidst claims of a cover-up.

Seamus Callanan rejects the idea Tipperary are in transition following the departure of Eamon O’Shea as manager and mass retirements over the winter.

As John Madden gets ready for his trip to Schull, he tells Colette Sheridan he’s unlikely to direct a third Marigold Hotel film

Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have more pulling power than Christian Grey’s saucy bedroom antics after The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel knocked Fifty Shades Of Grey off the top spot at the UK box office.

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What to watch on telly tonight.

The heartbroken father of Enda McLaughlin has revealed how he always thought his son would die in tragic circumstances.

Steven Spielberg will direct the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'The BFG'.

It was while gazing through the NFL schedule for 2014, which was revealed earlier this week, and other gridiron-related matters that our eyes happened to stray across a well-worn quote from John Madden, the Hall of Fame ex-coach, broadcasting legend and the face of millions of American football computer games around the world.

Ah here. See how long it takes you to spot the snafu in this ad.

Rob Hennelly should have be sitting in the Croke Park stands on Sunday instead of standing between the posts for Mayo.

One point.

The Government has had to put an extra €3m into an emergency fund to help cash-strapped students — many of whom are being forced to turn to colleges for food and rent money.

Up to 150 struggling students at Athlone Institute of Technology have been forced to accept free food boxes because they could not afford to feed themselves.

Adapted from Deborah Moggach’s novel 'These Foolish Things', 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' is a hilarious and touching comedy about growing old disgracefully.

Be careful what you wish for.

A recent article (Irish Examiner, Feb 22) gives the impression that GPs are missing the opportunity to prevent suicides because the average suicide victim has seen their GP four times in the year before their death.

A NATIONAL debate on rural isolation is needed following recent comments by the Kerry coroner, the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has said.

LAST Sunday was a real test of character for both Na Piarsaigh and Crusheen, especially the final 10 minutes of their Munster Club decider.

WHAT a disappointment in Semple Stadium yesterday.

AIB Munster Club SHC final: Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) 1-11 Crusheen (Clare) 0-14

A GROUP of elderly residents at a community nursing unit in the Midlands have brought a legal challenge aimed at preventing the HSE from closing the facility for financial reasons.

'We Need to Talk About Kevin' has won the Best Film accolade at the BFI London Film Festival awards ceremony.

JOHN MADDEN’S The Debt (15A) opens in modern Israel, with Rachel (Helen Mirren) attending the launch of her daughter’s book, which details a mission carried out by three Mossad agents in East Berlin during the 1960s.

John Madden directs a gripping English-language remake of the Israeli film 'Ha-Hov' about three retired Mossad agents, who come face-to-face with the spectres of the past.

Filming on the next Bond movie is all set to Goa – after authorities agreed to allow scenes to be shot in India.

THE year he first played with Mayo was the same year he won his first All Star and probably when he should have won his first All-Ireland too but when it comes to explaining why he and Mayo didn’t seal the deal, his take on it is different from nearly everyone else’s.

I WRITE to express appreciation for your editorial and the Alcohol and Ireland supplement (May 6).

From film to fashion, movies to music, food to travel, our critics reveal their Hot 100 choices for the summer ahead.

Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific were braced for a destructive tsunami today caused by the massive Japanese earthquake.

DEFENDING champion Nicolas Roche, his cousin Daniel Martin who won the title a couple of years ago, three-time winner David O’Loughlin and another former winner, David McCann will line up for the national road race championships in Sligo tomorrow.

Carey Mulligan is set to play Eliza Doolittle in the remake of ‘My Fair Lady’.

IN his letter (August 20), Dr Declan Bedford refers to research in respect of the effect of reducing the legal limit for drink-driving.