In 1985, statues around the country began ‘moving’. The maker of new documentary says the phenomenon was a welcome diversion in tough times, reports Áilin Quinlan

Before the Requiem Mass, a long, solemn hush settled in a packed St John the Baptist Church in Ovens, Cork, yesterday.

JUSTICE (18s) opens up as a straightforward revenge fantasy thriller, when high school teacher Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) is approached by a mysterious character called Simon (Guy Pearce) and offered the opportunity to have his wife’s rape avenged in lethal fashion.

Rotherham 1 Leeds 0

Rotherham's Irish international striker Alan Lee has agreed to join Division One rivals Cardiff for an initial fee of £850,000 (E1,211,678), subject to him passing a medical.