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“Are you going to let me speak? You keep talking across me,”

When Amy Winehouse died in July, 2011, at the age of at 27, from problems related to alcohol and bulimia, she was as famous for addiction as for her breathtaking voice.

Athlone is mourning a couple killed by terrorist in Tunisia, a swab ’the size of a mini football’ was left inside a woman at a Dublin hospital, a weekend of sporting finals awaits and Conor McGregor plays to the crowd on American TV. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary will open in cinemas this weekend. But it may not be the only film on the subject of the singer in the near future.

A new film on the life and death of Amy Winehouse has been hailed a masterpiece. But its release has been mired in controversy, writes Suzanne Harrington.

Sometime in the future, when professional sport has been closed down altogether, people will probably look back at the time America’s finest legal minds produced a rebuttal website on behalf of the New England Patriots that contained these sentences:

Far From the Madding Crowd ****

Theatre director Breda Cashe says that when she first read the dramatised version of Mitch Albom’s memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie, she thought it “might be a little cheesy and sentimental”. But when the actors read the two-hander, the comedy emerged, even though it’s a true story about dying.

Mitch Winehouse is "bursting with pride" over the unveiling of a statue of his daughter Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse has been immortalised with a life-size statue in north London.

Amy Winehouse has been immortalised with a life-size statue.

Amy Winehouse is set to be commemorated in bronze in her home borough of Camden, North London.

A mother of two must contact the ISPCA if she ever plans again to get a pet dog after being found guilty of cruelty to animals.

Amy Winehouse's mother has blasted Blake Fielder Civil for being filmed next to the late star's grave.

IF there was an Olympic sport for multi-tasking, chances are Dr Pixie McKenna, 43, would win gold.

Amy Winehouse's earnings have quadrupled since the singer's death.

A life-size statue of Amy Winehouse will be erected outside a North London music venue near her former home.

Amy Winehouse's father still lives in her London apartment.

A second inquest into the death of singer Amy Winehouse has confirmed that she died from alcohol poisoning after a drinking binge.

Mitch Winehouse has more unreleased songs by his late daughter Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse's home has sold for £1.9m (€2.3m).

Mitch Winehouse wants George Clooney to play him in a biopic about Amy Winehouse.

The wedding dress of the late Amy Winehouse has been stolen from her former Camden home.

Amy Winehouse's family are devastated after thieves stole £130,000 (€161,000) worth of her dresses.

Homeland, which puts the battle against terrorism on American soil, was honoured as best drama series at the Emmys and earned trophies for stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.

A new 'Amy Winehouse at the BBC' box set is to be released in November.

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If sportswriting was a sport itself, then America would dominate it something like it dominates basketball.

Nottingham’s former Scotland Under-20 international Mitchell Todd has died in a road accident, his club have confirmed.

Mitch Winehouse has urged his daughter's fans to "pray" for her ex-husband who is fighting for his life after an apparent drink and drug binge.

Mitch Winehouse has urged his daughter’s fans to 'pray' for her ex-husband who is fighting for his life after an apparent drink and drug binge.

Amy Winehouse's goddaughter has paid tribute to her on the first anniversary of her death.

THE last time I wrote about Amy Winehouse, she was 25 and I wondered if she would live to 30.

Amy Winehouse’s father has admitted that he realised how talented his daughter was only after she died.

Mitch Winehouse sleeps easier since his daughter Amy died.

A life-size bronze statue of Amy Winehouse could be put up in a venue near her home.

A self-portrait by Amy Winehouse drawn in her blood is to be auctioned.

Amy Winehouse’s £3m (€3.6m) fortune will go to her parents Mitch and Janis.

Tributes have been pouring in for American singer and actress Whitney Houston, who has died at the age of 48.

Amy Winehouse's dad still feels her presence with him.