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.

Planning permission will be sought, this week, to redevelop a landmark building in a West Cork village, creating a home for an internationally successful film festival as final preparations are put in place for the event’s 10th anniversary celebrations.

DEMOLITION work is due to start next week to clear a site for West Cork’s new €4.5 million arts centre.

PLANNING permission has been granted for the construction of a new West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen.

A WEALTHY American couple, which supports the Vatican museum and has donated to the British Labour Party, plans to give almost €400,000 to help build a new arts centre in west Cork.