As everyone’s favourite nanny returns to screens, UK children’s laureate Lauren Child talks to Hannah Stephenson about the iconic character’s reboot

YOU might not think that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, US president Donald Trump and Peter Casey, a former candidate for the Irish presidency, have that much in common, but they frequently attract the same compliment: They tell it like it is, writes Terry Prone.

George is crying, we’re crying, everyone’s crying.

A new study by Irish medics has found that the rate of ‘practically perfect births' amongst over 7,600 births surveyed over a two-year period is less than 1%.

Emily Blunt tells Georgia Humphreys about her role in must-see horror film A Quiet Place

Domhnall Gleeson hopped at the chance to play a part in the new Peter Rabbit film, writes Esther McCarthy.

In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower warned us of the rise of the military-industrial-complex and its potential to have an overbearing influence on government.

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Irish nurse Berna Breen tries working in the A&E section of a hospital in Honduras on Toughest Place To Be, on Monday on RTÉ One at 9.35pm.

Like the best thrillers, movie night on Dancing with the Stars saw a final twist that no one saw coming as the final credits rolled for model Thalia Heffernan.

The staging of Mary Poppins was one of the hits to help the new owners of the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre to record operating profits of over €1m last year.

THE OED defines holiday as a “period of leisure and recreation spent away from home or travelling.” 

Meet Suzie the boxer who loves hanging out with the cats and kittens her owner brings home.

Turns out League Final One, for all that it was decried as the end of western civilisation, was a more accurate barometer than the sequel. 

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

It's not ever day you see a 'nonagenarian' busting a move to a Bruce Springsteen song on stage, unless of course you're friends with Dick Van Dyke and Bernie Sanders.

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ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe’s reigning Mr Ugly faces tough competition in this year’s contest, with organisers saying they received a record number of entries.

We recently reported on that a sequel to Mary Poppins was in the works, with Disney putting together a live action musical under Chicago director Rob Marshall.

JAY has been raised by his mother on a diet of ‘gods, monsters, lambs, virgins and fillums, fillums, fillums.’

Modest Mouse’s first album after a baffling eight-year silence may be their best yet, writes Ed Power.

Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey return for a third season of House of Cards on Netflix from Friday.

It’s beginning to look a lot like … CHRISTMAS!

The Late Late Toy Show — consistently one of the most-watched programmes on Irish television — is as much a part of Christmas as turkey dinners and drunk uncles.

Your spoiler-free guide to what’s good on the box tonight.

“Mary Poppins is yesterday — Granny Aupair is today”.

Well, here's your daily dose of terrifying high-rise antics.

PAMELA Lyndon Travers, author of Mary Poppins, would not, I think, have been best pleased with Emma Thompson’s reincarnation of her in Saving Mr Banks.

Domhnall meets his hero. HIS LITTLE FACE.

Saving Mr Banks ★★★★✩

Here’s our quick rundown of what’s new in Irish cinemas today.

We’ve all been there: Boarding a flight to Spain to relax for a week of sun, sea, and sand, when the screams of a nearby baby bring you straight back to earth before you’ve even taxied down the runway.

SHOCK! Horror! Two-thirds of Limerick’s creches failed HSE inspection reports made between 2011 and this year.

AS Ireland tries to scrape the metaphorical dog-dirt of the Anglo tapes from the metaphorical shoe of her self-esteem, using the metaphorical limp useless twig that is an Irish political inquiry, a few questions arise:

8pm. My husband and I are jogging towards the Eye cinema from Galway city centre, in a last-minute bid to catch a movie. “Something nice and benign,” I gasp, as I’m whisked along.

Dick Van Dyke admits he still gets flak for his attempt at a cockney accent in Mary Poppins.

Denise Van Outen topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard for the second week in a row tonight as the glitz and glamour of Hollywood ruled the dancefloor.

Mary Poppins star Julie Andrews has been dropping in on scientists developing artificial vocal cords that might one day restore her voice.

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