Julia Holmes moved to Co Limerick in 2012 after making contact with Thomas Ruttle on the internet.

12 Years a Slave *****

Steve McQueen charts the harrowing true story of a free man sold into slavery in Oscar-tipped drama ‘12 Years A Slave’; a 40-something slacker (Vince Vaughn) discovers he has fathered 533 children in ‘Delivery Man’ and Colin Firth plays an emotionally damaged husband in ‘The Railway Man’.

The weekend's football schedule has been decimated in the UK as the freezing weather conditions tighten their grip.