Keira Knightley is to swap the big screen for the theatre when she makes her West End debut.

THE mobile phone came into its own the day the Taoiseach announced his intention to resign. Anybody involved — even at the outermost edges — in journalism or politics, heard their mobile come alive with ring tones alternating with text squawks.

One of the country’s biggest performing arts showcases will open in Dublin today.

Europe’s landmark new constitution faces a make-or-break referendum in France tomorrow, when a polarised nation decides whether to boost or block the next giant leap forward in a half-century of efforts to unite the continent.

TV star Paul Daniels is planning to swap his magic tricks for an acting career.