An actor who played the role of an Irish student in the Harry Potter film series must pay €260,000 in commission fees due to his former agent, the High Court has ruled.

An actor who appeared in the Harry Potter film series as a child has told the High Court an agent’s deal signed by his parents was “forced on us” without legal advice. 

Rugby dreams for Conor Murray began on a Derrynane beach, a summer cocktail of soccer, Gaelic football, tennis and on Saturday mornings, a platoon of kids spilling onto the sand to play tip rugby after watching the Tri-Nations, writes Brendan O’Brien    

The referendum is about marriage, so why is surrogacy dominating the debate? Louise Doris looks at how a Supreme Court ruling recognised the right of married couples to ‘beget children’ 

One household in Boulder will have split loyalties when Cork host Kerry tomorrow afternoon

The ground floor at No 51 Marina Park, says Tommy Barker, can be as open as you like with lots of options to compartmentalise if you wish.

In each of the previous two seasons since their promotion to the senior hurling grade in Cork, Courcey Rovers have lost the first round before winning their second match.

A businessman and his wife whose main bedroom window overlooks a “hermit-like” enclosed order of nuns have been told by a judge to block it up.

A Dublin businessman and his wife, whose main bedroom window overlooks a “hermit-like” enclosed order of nuns, have been told by a judge to block it up.

ALL eyes may be on Thomond Park and the Aviva Stadium this weekend, but the more discerning Munster and Leinster supporters will also be keeping tabs on proceedings at the RDS this evening.

Munster boss Tony McGahan believes the arduous process of developing Test-standard props for Ireland is being hampered by restrictions limiting contracted players’ involvement for their Ulster Bank League clubs.

MUNSTER travel to Ravenhill for Friday’s RaboDirect Pro12 in high spirits after a side lacking a number of leading players defeated Connacht 24-9 in John Hayes’s swan song at Thomond Park on Monday evening.

A Meath couple have been ordered by the High Court to demolish their family home which was built without planning permission.

THE parents of Raonaid Murray have set up a website dedicated to the murdered Dublin teenager’s memory and pleaded for help in catching the person who stabbed her to death 10 years ago.

Bill Murray has ended his 10-year marriage to wife Jennifer following a quick divorce.

The families of two firefighters killed battling a blaze at a disused factory will meet Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today to reiterate their call for an independent probe into the tragedy.

The family of two firefighters killed battling a blaze at a disused factory have employed an international team of experts to probe the tragedy, it emerged today.

THE death sentence of a couple for shooting dead a garda sparked protests in 14 countries, occupations of buildings and the dumping of sheep’s heads at an Aer Lingus office.

ALTHOUGH the Old School House in east Cork’s Cloyne village has been expensively made over into a private home, its sale could see it going back to a more public use.

THE mother of Millie and Gavin Murray, who were badly burned in a Limerick firebomb attack, said last night she was saddened that residents in an estate in the city have objected to the family being rehoused there.

BABY POWER was to the fore last night as the country’s newest set of quads made their first public appearance.

The holders of a disputed lottery ticket, worth over £1.5m, have come forward this afternoon.