Arlene Harris talks to three people who were prepared to move overseas in order to ensure they spent their lives together.

A Waterfall home in walk-in condition has plenty of appeal, writes Tommy Barker.

Martin Luther shattered the notion of universal or objective truth. ‘I’ was placed at the centre of the cosmos, undermining all hierarchy, writes Gerard Howlin

WHEN you speak to Irish artist Colin Davidson, his thoughtfulness is evident. Nothing is throwaway or said for the sake of filling space. Davidson is a thinker, a philosopher of sorts. 

Declan Burke casts his eye over the latest movie releases. 

This week, Robert Downey Jr stars in courtroom drama The Judge, live-action fantasy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and high-school sweethearts get a second chance at love in The Best of Me.

MOP HANDED

The heroes in a half-shell battle the Foot Clan and the evil Shredder.

The pizza-loving heroes with half shells will be back in 2016.

Hopefully she doesn’t go into her shell!

LONDON could be forgiven for resting on its laurels.

She was a Polish farmer’s daughter who emigrated to the United States, a maid who worked for a wealthy American heir, a third wife who inherited much of the Johnson & Johnson fortune after a sensational court battle with her six stepchildren.

THE KOOPLES, rather like Brand Beckham, shows that a gorgeous couple in love isn’t just enviable; it’s a concept that can sell clothes.

Peter Murray says the Renaissance artist’s sensual, uninhibited depictions of male and female beauty made his reputation and reflected his sexual zeal

Guy Ritchie and his girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley have confirmed they are expecting their second child together.

Guy Ritchie has named his second son Rafael.

Michael Bay has called for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' fans to "chill".

Great Britain & Ireland held off a strong Continental Europe fightback to claim victory on the final day of the Vivendi Seve Trophy at St-Nom-La-Breteche in Paris.

THE FIRST SNOW by M Christina Butler and Frank Endersby (Little Tiger; €13.03) is a big, colourful book that tells of a young deer’s first encounter with snow.

THE Montgomery Murder Mystery by Cora Harrison (Piccadilly; €8.35) is set in the gaslit streets of foggy London in the 1800s.

Walking into Ruowen Pet Spa is like entering a doggie Halloween costume contest. There’s turtle-dog, zebra-dog, spiderman-dog, tiger-dog and even panda-dog.

Michael Bay is helming a 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' remake.

Juliette Binoche believes women open themselves up to humiliation in relationships.

Patrice Evra is convinced fellow Manchester United full-back Rafael will emerge stronger for his red card torment against Bayern Munich last week.

It was an extraordinary night on which David Beckham must have felt old. Very old.

MONA LISA may have been suffering from high cholesterol.

Robert De Niro is celebrating after becoming a grandfather - his son has welcomed a baby boy.

POLICE in France have launched a probe after burglars reportedly stole more than 100 “highly intimate” photos and film footage of the country’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy from a Paris apartment.

Movie bosses are marking The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' 25th anniversary by taking the amphibian crime fighters back to the big screen.

A judgment is expected today in a damages action brought by a businessman who claimed his personal details were “laid bare” on the Facebook social networking website.

ROME’S diocese said yesterday it has barred the producers of Angels & Demons from filming in two churches for the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, the popular book and film that angered many Catholic leaders.

Filming of the sequel to the 'Da Vinci Code' has been banned in two key Rome churches.

IN Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine, a young woman holds a long, skinny animal in her arms. An ermine is a stoat in its white winter coat. Irish stoats don’t turn white but mainland European ones do.

Robert De Niro is expanding his business empire with a new chain of Japanese-themed hotels.

Music producer Novel has vowed never to work with singer Joss Stone again after a dispute over songwriting credits.

STEPHEN KEOGH is battling to be fit for Saturday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against London Wasps in Adams Park (5.45pm, Sky Sports).

France's rotation policy continues for this weekend's RBS 6 Nations clash against Wales - and team manager Jo Maso has vowed it will be in full force until the end of the tournament.

COACHES Bernard Laporte and Eddie O’Sullivan tried to distance September’s World Cup clash between the teams in Paris from yesterday’s game at Croke Park.

ON the night of February 13, 1945, Dresden was drenched in bombs by the Royal Air Force. Raids by the Americans followed on the 14th and 15th.

AN ALL-ROUND honours student who debated his way around the world while at college was named UCC’s Graduate of the Year yesterday.

Olivier Magne and Raphael Ibanez are aiming to provide the spark for France in tomorrow’s RBS Six Nations Championship clash with Ireland.

France coach Bernard Laporte hopes the recall of veterans Raphael Ibanez and Olivier Magne will provide a much-needed boost in morale ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Ireland in Paris.