It was a case of The Snapper and the Yapper in Schull today as the Fastnet Film Festival handed the novelist one of two inaugural awards for outstanding contribution to cinema, while at a well-attended noontime Q&A Doyle outlined his thoughts on the creative process, his daily rituals, and the power of dreams.

The organisers of the Oscars have invited a record number of new people to vote for next year’s Academy Awards following the row over a lack of diversity.

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan’s casting in ‘The Hobbit’ appears to have been confirmed.

An Irish language film has been submitted for an Oscar for the first time ever, it emerged today.