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Viva was written in Spanish about Cuban drag artists, but looks like being one of the best Irish films of the year, writes Esther McCarthy

Room, Sing Street, and My Name is Emily look set to be the big winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (Iftas) as they have bagged eight nominations apiece.

The Dublin International Film Festival is back for 2016, with a new title sponsor in the form of Audi. And the list of films is just starting to be announced.

Entrepreneur Danielle Ryan and her husband, Richard Bourke, ploughed €1.3m in loans into their Roads Luxury lifestyle brand group last year.

The film has progressed to the shortlist of 9 from an initial 80 entries.

Mark O’Halloran explains to Padraic Killeen how the central character of Davoren in The Shadow of a Gunman echoes O’Casey’s view of his younger self

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The number of people killed in workplace accidents rose again last year, with the number of fatalities in the farm sector soaring by 87%.

Theatre: Twelfth Night

The Abbey has marked William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday by producing Twelfth Night, says Pádraic Killeen.

Belfast native Marty Rea relishes playing Lord Goring in Oscar Wilde’s comedy An Ideal Husband, says Pádraic Killeen.

THE sun has set on another Dublin Fringe Festival and on the five-year tenure of its artistic director, Róise Goan. She should be proud of the performing arts festival, even if this year it was hit-and-miss.

Next week’s Fringe will be Róise Goan’s last as director. She has helped make the festival the spiritual home of contemporary performance, says Pádraic Killeen

WHITE Rabbit, Red Rabbit is not your ordinary theatre production.

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Sacha Baron Cohen stars as General Aladeen and Megan Fox stars as herself in The Dictator.

Alice in Funderland is the first new musical at the Abbey in 20 years, says Pádraic Killeen

A GAA club which lost a full adult team to emigration over the last 12 months has initiated a loyalty scheme to support local businesses.

Loughlin Deegan tells Alan O’Riordan how the Dublin Theatre Festival is making the most of the city’s talent

I was brought up in Ennis.

A new €6m movie will be filmed in Ireland later this year, it was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival today.

Television period drama 'The Tudors' stole the show at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) when it won in a record seven categories.

Television period drama 'The Tudors' tonight stole the show at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) when it won in a record seven categories.

COMEDIAN Pat Shortt, who elevated the jumbo breakfast roll to the dizzying heights of a number one single last year, was yesterday the toast of Cannes Film Festival.

Comedian Pat Shortt is settling into small town life in the Midlands where he is halfway through shooting award-winning director Lenny Abrahamson’s latest film Garage.

A host of Irish films and actors are expected to shine at this year’s prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.

Adam and Paul (Mark O’Halloran, Tom Murphy) is the dark and grim story of a day in the life of heroin addicts with one goal in life, making sure they can get their hands on their next fix.

The subject matter may be downbeat - a couple of druggie pals (played excellently by O’Halloran, who also wrote it, and Murphy) wander the Dublin streets looking for enough cash to get their fix - but this isn’t a bad local film.