George Orwell’s classic novel foretold a lot, but the manner in which we’ve handed over our personal data to faceless corporatocracies is doubleplus-ungood, says Suzanne Harrington.

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Burton, the ESB and Bord na Móna have been accused of “fiddling while Rome burns” by Siptu organiser Willie Noone.

Des O’Sullivan previews an event set to bring plenty of Hollywood glamour to Newbridge, Co Kildare.

Slapping countries with fines for missing climate change targets does not work and only creates a sense of "doom" the Taoiseach says.

Richard Bruton told the Dáil that people must recognise that there will not be Government funding for all the changes that we need to make.

The Communications Minister has also refused to say how much of the €5bn broadband rollout cost will be footed by rural homeowners and businesses.

THE diary: Before there was the social media void to shout into, you kept your thoughts to yourself and to a few others close by.

The digital age has seen schools “a bit like rabbits caught in the headlights” on matters around sex and consent, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Liz Smith, the syndicated gossip columnist whose mixture of banter, barbs, and bon mots about the glitterati helped her climb the A-list as high as many of the celebrities she covered, has died aged 94.

Peter Jackson on the son of an Irish emigrant who guided Wales to the World Cup finals and was Matt Busby’s right-hand man at Manchester United.

You don’t need to pack an overflowing bag that pushes Ryanair’s limits to dress like Olivia Palermo and her hubby. Here are some of Carolyn Moore’s top tips.

Cork-based performer Wasps vs Humans (aka Carl Antony Plover) is starring in The Nearly Men which comes to Cork Arts Theatre on the evening of Thursday, June 1. 

Despite half a century in the public eye as the author of 23 bestselling novels, John le Carré is still hiding in plain sight. 

Peter O’Toole was as eccentric as the characters he played on screen and on stage. He loved playing the drunken Irishman even though he wasn’t one, as JP O’Malley learns.

Will Leonardo DiCaprio finally bag an Oscar, and what are Saoirse Ronan’s chances of hearing her name called?

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Fiann Ó Nualláin explores the ethnobotany of seduction and the use of aromatherapy to set mood while looking at food to enhance romance for the gardener and his or her beloved, this Valentine’s weekend.

Kya deLongchamps looks at some of the most extravagant gifts in history.

Shannon Airport’s celebration of 70 years since the first commercial transatlantic flight into an Irish airport has been marked with a photographic exhibition featuring the many famous people who passed through — and the one who didn’t.

JOHN LE CARRÉ is David Cornwell’s penname. The world’s most famous spy thriller writer has given Adam Sisman access to his private papers and some 50 hours of interview time to write his biography. 

In the early 1960s, a member of my family touched a star. 

HOTELS in Cork, Kerry, Clare and Tipperary all feature in the latest burst of investor and end-user activity in the hospitality sector market.

Built for an archbishop, and later putting up European and Hollywood royalty, Tipperary’s historic Cashel Palace Hotel comes on the market this week.

Rebel without a cause James Dean has been transformed into a hipster with a tattoo in an art project bringing some of Hollywood’s biggest stars into the 21st century.

The actor best known for his role as James Bond villain Kamal Khan in 1983's 'Octopussy'.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's TV.

Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic social commentary and wicked absurdity to such film, TV and stage hits as The Graduate, Angels in America and Monty Python’s Spamalot,” has died. He was 83.

A judge has ended Lindsay Lohan’s probation over a necklace theft case, saying she appears to be doing well with a plan to complete community service and counselling required in her last remaining criminal matter.

Bookmakers are offering odds on Lindsay Lohan being axed from her latest role after her West End debut met with mixed reviews.

These celebrities are a case in point, says Paula Burns

A Most Wanted Man *****

With the release this week of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last film ‘A Most Wanted Man’, Declan Burke takes a look at the most influential spy films ever made

How couples argue is an important factor in relationships and a shouting match can be a healthy way of letting off steam. Suzi Godson looks at 

The former Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, has launched a High Court challenge with the aim of quashing findings in the Guerin Report.

US actress Lindsay Lohan is to make her stage debut in London’s West End in a play about the movie business.

From Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor, to the cult of the Italian designer in the 1980s, London’s V&A is paying tribute to the glamour of Italian fashion in a new exhibition.

Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter’s portrayal of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s tempestuous relationship has been recognised with a TV Bafta nomination in the UK.