Written and composed by Irish songwriter, Brian Flanagan, ‘The Rising’ is performed by Michael Flatley who narrates a hauntingly beautiful depiction of the heroes of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Next year marks the centenary of the 1916 rising, with a huge number of events planned to celebrate the beginning of the march towards the emancipation of Ireland. That will also include work on the big and small screen.

Cork actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play political activist Pádraig Pearse in a film about the Easter Rising 1916.

IRISH actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has thanked fans for their support by sharing a picture of himself, looking happy and healthy, with his fiancee, Mara Lane.

The Mortal Instruments movie didn't do great numbers at the box office back in 2013 so the producers have moved to a TV format

Oh and he LOVES Pierce Brosnan!

Meet Byeong Yoon, a tourism student from a university in the South Korean capital of Seoul and he has one dream - to visit Ireland.

Michael Fassbender is the most popular Irish actor, according to the ultimate fame barometer.

Highlights include the return of Ear To The Ground, and Áine Lawlor's tale of her battle with breast cancer.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers thinks he looks like a bad guy.

THE news that two major films may begin production here in the near future has again focused an international gaze on Ireland’s film industry and the possibility of big-budget blockbusters returning to these shores once more.

ACTOR Charlie Hunnam says he has tangible chemistry with actress Dakota Johnson. Hopefully.

With the final screen instalments of ‘Harry Potter’ and the ‘Twilight’ film series done and dusted, ‘The Mortal Instruments’ film franchise comes at the perfect time for fantasy film fans.

Men — yes, even Irishmen — are being influenced by metrosexuals like David Beckham.

An airline has refused to confirm whether it will fly a man arrested on one its flights last week back to the US tomorrow.

His movie may be drawing in audiences across the world, but just a few years ago the Cork city man behind the creature feature Grabbers didn’t think he would make it in the film industry — and it was all Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ fault.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in talks to join the cast of 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play Count Dracula in a new US TV series.

Irish Examiner fashion columnist Annmarie O’Connor is up there with Ireland’s top 20 Style Stars.

Behind every great man, there is supposedly a great woman.

Glenn Close is tipped for an Oscar nomination for her role as an Irishwoman who dresses as a man to get work, says Helen Barlow

THE end of filming of hit series The Tudors resulted in operating profits at Ardmore Studios declining by 41% last year to €386,094.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers joined a group of strangers for an alcohol fuelled party less than a month after a suspected suicide attempt.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was hospitalised after a suspected suicide attempt on Tuesday.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has undergone his fourth stint in rehab.

Cork actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been cleared of accusations of assault after the lawsuit was withdrawn by the alleged victim.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is being sued by an airline worker who claims he drunkenly assaulted her.

HE has been criticised for being far too good-looking to play Henry VIII in the hit historical drama The Tudors.

HOLLYWOOD actress Glenn Close has revealed it was her dream to make her latest movie in Dublin.

Hollywood actress Glenn Close has revealed it was her dream to make her latest movie in Dublin.

Cillian Murphy is in the final stages of negotiations to star in 'I'm.mortal'.

The reality TV star Audrina Patridge – who rose to fame in MTV show ‘The Hills’ – admits she has a huge crush of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star because he is such a “hunk”.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is returning to rehab.

TUDORS star Jonathan Rhys Meyers was grounded at JFK airport in the US following a drink-fuelled racist outburst.

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been reportedly been accused of making a racial slur when he was banned from boarding a plane.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was reportedly banned from boarding a plane because he was too drunk.

Colin Farrell has reportedly signed up to play a charming vampire in 'Fright Night'.

Two directors couldn’t bring this mixed-up plonker home safely, nor could a curiously cast Meyers bring off a character suffering from multi-personality disorder since he has been given no chance by a dreadful script to show a personality of any kind.

Broadcaster Terry Wogan has been voted the coolest Irish celebrity in a poll of the British public to mark St Patrick’s Day.

John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers connected on the ‘From Paris with Love’ set.

It’s wonderful how Travolta keeps reinventing himself, here as a Bruce Willis-'Die Hard', swaggering, wise-cracking action man.

AS the stars gathered for the seventh annual Irish Film and Television (IFTA) awards, one of the most charming and amiable turned out to be the surprisingly charismatic Jon Voight, father of Angelina Jolie, and acclaimed actor in his own right.

SAOIRSE Ronan stared blankly when asked if she compared the IFTAs to the Oscars.

Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, and Stephen Rea are among a host of Hollywood stars battling it out for an Irish Film and Television award.