THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE WINNER. Miley Byrne from Glenroe vs Miley Cyrus from 'OMFG-is-she-really-doing-that???"

Brian Friel’s Translations was first produced in Derry in 1980 with a cast that included Stephen Rea, Liam Neeson and Mick Lally.

The huge box office success of John B Keane’s Big Maggie was one of the factors behind theatre company Druid recording a turnaround in its fortunes last year.

Soap matriarch Biddy White Lennon has revealed how she believes television farming dramas, The Riordans and Glenroe, played a role in educating Catholic Ireland on contraception and divorce.

John B Keane’s pub in Listowel remains the haunt of poets, storytellers and musicians, writes Dónal Hickey

Director Carmel Winters storms home with this brilliantly disturbing mock-doc that sets up all manner of avenues for exploration but is intriguingly clever enough to then point you another way.

MICK LALLY’S driving passions of acting, the Irish language and the struggle for social justice were to the fore in the humanist ceremony which marked the 64-year-old actor’s final journey yesterday in west Dublin.

THE “nation has lost one of its favourite uncles” is how actor Mick Lally’s son Darach summed up the feelings of sadness which spread far beyond his family at the funeral of his father in Dublin yesterday.

I MET the late Mick Lally just over 20 years ago. He chatted away in his usual bubbly style as he cleared the children’s jigsaws off the living-room floor.

The funeral of actor Mick Lally has taken place in Dublin.

The funeral of Irish actor Mick Lally will take place this afternoon in Dublin.

ICONIC Irish actor Mick Lally, who is to be cremated later today, has made one last memorable gesture by asking mourners to donate to the Pakistan flood relief fund.

A SHY man of passion, sensitivity, grit, honesty and immense talent who should never be forgotten.

MICK LALLY was one of the best-loved actors of his generation and will be dearly missed, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said.

COLLEAGUES from the worlds of theatre and television have paid tribute to actor Mick Lally, who died yesterday morning, aged 64.

THOUGH he would want most of his work to be remembered Mick Lally will live on in the nation’s imagination as Miley Byrne, a pivotal character in the loved classic of Irish television, Glenroe.

The theatre world was tonight mourning the loss of Mick Lally, one of its most renowned actors.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has paid tribute to renowned actor Mick Lally who passed away after a short illness today.

Mick Lally's on-screen wife and friend Mary McEvoy has paid tribute to the deceased actor who died after a short illness today.

Former Glenroe actor Mick Lally has died after a short illness. The 64-year-old father of three passed away peacefully after a short stay in hospital.

Ireland’s Oscar nominations will be celebrated this week with a special screening of all three films up for a prestigious award.

IRELAND has a lot of good things to be animated about for a change with two Irish made films – The Secret of Kells and Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – among this year’s Oscar nominations.

COMEDIAN Kathleen O’Rourke, the voice of Granny O’Grimm, is looking for a free frock to wear at next month’s Oscar Award night in Hollywood.

There was some significant success for Irish projects when the nominations for this year's Academy Awards were announed today.

This is a charming and visually stunning animated tale set around Ireland’s famous Book of Kells.

IRELAND’S own Oscar Schindler, a pirate queen and dancehall visit from Satan himself — will all feature in documentaries on TG4 this autumn.

THE Government is failing to honour a commitment given in 2000 to develop a strategy for people who are homeless and have mental health problems, it was claimed yesterday.

The dark comedy about a grumpy middle-aged gambler, Halo Effect, has started shooting in Dublin.

FOR once, the lady didn’t sing the blues.