ON A SNOWY winter’s evening in Toronto, a famous actor named Arthur Leander dies on stage during a performance of King Lear. 

A network of specially trained volunteers, who can be called on to attend cardiac victims before an ambulance arrives, is being rolled out across the country.

They organised pub quizzes, race nights, raffles and walks to buy and equip it. And after a marathon community effort, they’ve been able to present a state-of-the-art emergency response jeep to a trauma doctor who could one day save their life.

Rory McIlroy’s decision to represent Ireland in the 2016 Olympic Games delighted his fellow Ulsterman Graeme McDowell at Fota Island yesterday with the talented pair now set to wear the green jersey in Rio.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage ended up in knots in a car-crash interview as he suggested there was no problem with his wife’s first language being German because she did not speak it on British trains.

Nigel Farage ended up in knots today as he suggested there was no problem with his wife’s first language being German because she did not speak it on British trains.

When Fiona Pettit O’Leary was diagnosed with Asperger’s at 42, it suddenly made sense of her troubled childhood and teenage years

Lovesick Formula 1 star, Lewis Hamilton, last week dedicated his victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix to ex-girlfriend, Nicole Scherzinger. The driver is not the first to put on an extravagant display of affection (EDA) for an ex. Stars from Burton to Beckham have all done it, but did it work?

Kirsten Dunst thought kissing Brad Pitt was "disgusting".

Kirsten Dunst is pleased "sweetheart" Shailene Woodley has been cast in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'.

Dublin Housewives star Lisa Murphy and high-profile fiancé Gerald Keane have spilt up after almost four years together, RSVP magazine reports.

Isla Fisher was disappointed when some of her funny scenes were cut from 'Bachelorette'.

Tommy Barker says a new book by Joy Larkcom ‘the queen of vegetable growing’ can be easily dipped into, and out of, like a cut-and-come salad

Kirsten Dunst claims her life has remained normal despite her career.

Kirsten Dunst was scared to work with Lars Von Trier - and was shocked at first by the things he said to her when he directed her in 'Melancholia'.

Kirsten Dunst wants to make a film in German.

Kirsten Dunst has had the restraining order against her alleged stalker extended.

The 'Melancholia' star checked into the Cirque Lodge Treatment Centre, in Utah, to be treated for the mental health condition in February 2008 and she claims the pressures of her career caused her problems.

Kirsten Dunst likes getting bad reviews.

Kirsten Dunst says her family are the most important thing in her life.

Michael Jarvis' young stayer Opinion Poll grabbed the first major prize of what could be many when coming home best of all under Frankie Dettori to win the Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup at York.

Mark Johnston's Lady Jane Digby gained a valuable first success at the highest level over in Germany by winning the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches at Munich.

UKIP election candidate Nigel Farage was pulled from the mangled wreckage of a plane with only minor injuries yesterday after an airborne stunt went dramatically wrong.

Kirsten Dunst is no longer friends with ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.

Kristen Stewart insists she isn't dating her 'Twilight' co-star Robert Pattinson.

Kirsten Dunst was spotted partying with her younger brother Christian's friends in Mississippi last weekend, and was particularly taken with one 22-year-old, according to online reports.

Kirsten Dunst has denied she is dating Drew Barrymore's ex, actor Justin Long.

Kirsten Dunst banned a writer from the set of her new movie after he allegedly criticised her acting ability.

You’d think people would have learnt by now not to visit lonely houses - every other film seems to bring us people who find themselves being terrorized by unseen forces in lonely houses … this one is no different.

Kirsten Dunst has revealed that she has been treated for depression.

Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst has become the latest star to reportedly check into rehab - joining the same Utah medical facility as Eva Mendes.

Surfer Kelly Slater has a new love - Kirsten Dunst.

NOT only has Christian Wirtz collected two senior hurling medals since arriving from Germany less than a year ago, he became one of the country’s highest-scoring Leaving Certificate students this week.

Tobey Maguire has confirmed the upcoming Spider-Man 3 will be the last time he plays the superhero on the big screen.

Spiderman director Sam Raimi was oblivious to the blossoming romance between stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst when they started dating on the set of the first movie.

Kate Moss’s troubles have failed to dent her image as number one fashion icon - she has been named best-dressed woman of 2005.

Kirsten Dunst has dismissed rumours she is romancing Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine - insisting they are just friends.

Kirsten Dunst says her role as Claire in Cameron Crowe’s new film, Elizabethtown, was one of the best female parts she’d read in ages.

A young Irish director will get the chance of a lifetime to have a short film screened at an international movie festival if it scoops the top prize in a competition in Belfast next month.

Hollywood heart-throbs Jake Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst have fuelled rumours they've rekindled their romance, by passionately kissing at a Los Angeles café.

Kirsten Dunst was left stunned by Wimbledon co-star Paul Bettany's frequent foul language on the set of the romantic comedy.

Kirsten Dunst has broken Jake Gyllenhaal's heart - according to the actor's friends.

Hollywood star Kirsten Dunst has no intentions of allowing her romance with actor Jake Gyllenhall to become like the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez drama because that would be “totally ridiculous”.