Judy Hegarty Lovett is from Monkstown in Co Cork, and is co-artistic director of theatre company Gare St Lazare Ireland.

Tributes have poured in for esteemed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, who dominated the British film business for more than half a century.

Film veteran Richard Attenborough remains in a stable condition after spending Christmas in hospital, where he is being treated after a fall.

RICHARD Attenborough was in a stable condition yesterday after suffering a fall at his home, a hospital spokesman has said.