The Late Late Show on Friday is certain to raise a few laughs with a host of comedians set to appear.

Dark Lies the Island, the first film written by author Kevin Barry, will close the upcoming IndieCork Film Festival.

The Yorkshire Ripper has said he never attacked or murdered any men in a letter about two unsolved cases.

The Cork-born director of the prestigious event helps Esther McCarthy select some highlights

A host of famous faces will descend on the capital this weekend ahead of the eagerly anticipated Irish Film and Television Awards.

From Love/Hate to Once, Maureen Hughes is Ireland’s go-to casting agent. Esther McCarthy meets the woman who made Cillian Murphy a star.

WHEN you’re a scriptwriter whose latest TV series is an irreverent take on the 1916 Rising, it throws you a little when you meet your director for the first time and realise he’s a descendant of one of the most celebrated fighters to die at the GPO.

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In the weeks leading up to the same-sex marriage referendum a host of celebrities added their voices to the campaign for a yes vote.

Far From the Madding Crowd ****

While he awaits news on Love/Hate, Peter Coonan is keeping busy with stage and film roles, writes Padraic Killeen

Garda whistleblower arrested for taking part in Irish Water protest; Limerick gardaí find body of man stabbed in head; and 10 places to soak up the sun on your lunch break. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

The game - launched my Glenn McGarry - is set to begin at the end of the last season.

Suicide Aware have enlisted a Love/Hate actor to launch a new television campaign supporting their Amber Flag initiative.

Love/Hate star Peter Coonan says he found it difficult to watch his character being subjected to a vicious prison rape in the season finale of the show on Sunday night.

Patrons in an English pub will be baying for blood tomorrow night as drinks all around are promised if either of Love/Hate’s crime lords, Nidge and Fran, get the bullet.

Six years on Michael Clifford reflects on a momentous political decision that impacted hugely on every Irish citizen.  

Nightcrawler ****

RTÉ One have released their autumn/winter schedule and Imelda May is getting her own show!

Rachel Pilkington makes plea to Irish Government.

Over 271 of the biggest names in Irish film, television and music have called on Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to ban fur farming in Ireland.

Hollywood stars were shining brightly at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards, with A-listers such as Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender presenting and receiving awards.

The Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) are almost upon us, and this year sees a stellar line-up gracing the red carpet.

This year’s Irish Film and Television Academy awards promise to be the most exciting yet, with superstars Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender being tipped for a gong.

Fans of the popular drama Love/Hate can support two great charities by purchasing a Coola Boola Santa Hat this Christmas.

Last night's season finale of RTÉ's gangland drama Love/Hate had an average of 1,007,500 viewers, the broadcaster has revealed.

Record audiences are expected to tune in for tomorrow night’s episode of Love/Hate which marks the final instalment of the current series.

Gardaí have launched an internal investigation after a serving member of the Garda National Drug Unit played an undercover drugs detective in crime drama Love/Hate.

RTÉ Television unveiled its new season of programmes yesterday, boasting that it was still the country’s favourite network because of the way it prioritised its content and service.

Set amidst the rolling hills of Midwest America, Gus van Sant’s Promised Land (15A) stars Matt Damon as Steve Butler, a salesman who works for a corporation intent on buying up failing farmland in order to drill for gas.

Love/Hate star Peter Coonan may play the ultimate hardman in the hit gangland series, but in real life he is urging the nation to reach out to the men in their lives in a bid to stop suicide.

While international film stars will be thin on the ground at tonight’s Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin’s Convention Centre, a huge turnout of Irish stars and celebrities is expected at what is regarded by some as Ireland’s answer to the Oscars.

The shortlist for the 40 categories in the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards has been revealed this morning.

Series three of Love/Hate begins on RTÉ One tomorrow: left to right, Peter Coonan, Robbie Sheehan, Tom Vaughan Lawlor and Killian Scott.

A gritty hoodlum tale set in North Inner City Dublin where three characters harbour ambitions for something more.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe today lost a bid to go to the highest court in Britain to challenge an order that he can never be released.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has launched a bid to challenge a High Court judge’s order that he can never be released.

YORKSHIRE Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, whose notorious murder campaign caused “widespread and permanent harm to the living”, will never be released, a judge ruled yesterday.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe must spend the rest of his life behind bars, the British High Court ruled today.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will today learn the outcome of his plea not to have to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, will have his plea not to have to spend the rest of his life behind bars considered by the courts this summer.

YORKSHIRE Ripper Peter Sutcliffe lost his cloak of anonymity yesterday as alegal battle began over whether he should ever be freed.

The UK's High Court today lifted a cloak of anonymity thrown over Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.