Some high-class bric à brac from a single owner forms the backbone of Mealy’s sale.

ACTOR Aidan Gillen played John Boy in the RTÉ crime series, Love/Hate, and will be back on our screens as Charlie Haughey, in Charlie, later this year. Gillen has selected seven of his favourite films for showings at Triskel Christchurch from Jan 17-20.

If ever a film didn’t need re-making it’s surely the l974 classic starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, yet here is an unnecessary update that fails completely to capture the tension and depth of character of the original.

Cue the ominous bass line and close the beaches.

Sean Connery will lend his voice to the latest James Bond video game, it emerged today.