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Would You Believe? The Tuam Babies, Sunday, RTÉ One.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino will give Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembele, Nacer Chadli and Paulinho their first run-outs of the season in the Europa League play-off against AEL Limassol tonight.

Rik Mayall's daughter has paid tribute to her "wonderful, generous, foul-mouthed and hysterical father".

Thirty years back, we had fewer skills and less education, yet the social divide wasn’t as severe, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Gary Oldman says Clint Eastwood gave him his best filmmaking advice.

Offaly GAA great Brian Whelahan is set to take over from Ollie Baker as the county's senior hurling manager, on recommendation of the selection committee.

Ousted boss Stephen Hester today warned it could take up to a decade for the British taxpayers to be repaid its £45bn (€52bn) stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland.

Phil Taylor has no plans to retire from darts after beating Michael van Gerwen in dramatic fashion to clinch his 16th world title on Tuesday.

Phil Taylor felt legendary commentator Sid Waddell was looking out for him as he beat Michael van Gerwen in a high-quality Ladbroke World Darts Championship final to clinch his 16th world title.

Jessica Biel gave the term blushing bride a whole new meaning as she wore a rose, haute couture Giambattista Valli wedding gown for her marriage to Justin Timberlake.

Putting her trust in a friend paid off for West Cork-based Justine Fay, who bought a horse, unseen, over the phone that last week capped a great year by winning two championship titles at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show.

The Sex Pistols were fans of soft rock.

Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel’s pursuit of his beloved acorns has cataclysmic consequences for an entire continent in the latest chapter of the hugely popular ‘Ice Age’ series.

Matthew McConaughey has a well-deserved reputation for being a beefcake who likes to take his shirt off in front of a camera, but his role as Killer Joe (18s) suggests that he has much more to offer than pecs appeal.

MANNY, Ellie, Diego and Sid are hauled out of the deep freeze for another shaggy mammoth tale in Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (PG).

ON the This Morning show last week, Galway woman Emer O’Toole went public about her decision not to shave her body.

Sid Owen has split from his fiancee.

Director Alexander Payne's new film opens over sprawling landscape shots of Hawaii's scenic suburbia, accompanied by George Clooney's character, Matt King, caught in a predicament.

Robbie Williams shares his bed with his eight dogs.

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LEICESTER’S director of rugby Richard Cockerill claimed Heineken Cup referees are allowing cheats to prosper after Perpignan snatched a 22-22 draw at Welford Road.

Maggie Gyllenhaal has signed on to star in a biopic on musician Bill Monroe.

Mo'Nique would not be upset if her husband cheated on her.

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (Cert U, Family/Comedy/Action)

After their county goes out at the quarter or semi final stage of the championship we can expect angry reaction to their fate from some fans. So it was after the close fought and exciting Meath v Mayo football match and the immensely enjoyable Waterford v Kilkenny hurling game in Croke Park on Sunday. Mistakenly, in our view, some fans are directing their ire at referees and linesmen when maybe the

Lots of new character development for our heroes and heroines in the third of the excellent and very funny animated series - so much so that it’s hard to keep up.

Danniella Westbrook is to return to EastEnders, the BBC announced today, nearly two decades after she first stepped out into Albert Square.

Cyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died today in Los Angeles aged 86.

Fans of troubled star Amy Winehouse have begged her to get help after she was caught on video apparently smoking crack cocaine.

Singer Courtney Love is desperate for actor Ryan Gosling to take on the role of her late husband Kurt Cobain in an "explosive" new movie about his life.

EUROPEAN Rugby Cup boss Derek McGrath has credited International Rugby Board chairman Sid Millar with rescuing the Heineken Cup from oblivion.

Punk legend John Lydon has lashed out at Sting – calling The Police frontman a “soggy old dead carcass”.

BY the time you read this, David Beckham should have made his much-hyped comeback for England against Brazil at Wembley last night and you will know whether it was (a) the greatest resurrection since Lazarus or (b) the most pointless second coming since The Eagles got back together.

Cool fun for the little ones as Scrat, Sid, Manny and Diego, plus their pre-historic friends, enjoy a warmer adventure in Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (Fox, €22.99).

A writer is suing the bosses of hit TV drama Lost, alleging the show's creators stole his idea.

A writer who claims he came up with the concept for hit television drama Lost has sued the producers claiming they stole his idea.

Sid Owen has been dropped from EastEnders just a year after his character Ricky Butcher returned to the soap.

Britain’s Ralph Firman has vowed to prove a point when he finally gets back into a Formula One car after being ordered to miss Sunday’s race in Italy.

Rookie Ralph Firman’s hopes of pressing his claims to be retained next year suffered a blow tonight when he was ordered to miss Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Jenson Button is out of this afternoon’s Monaco Grand Prix following his 180mph crash yesterday.

BRITISH police suspect a Shropshire couple who abducted their four children from social services care may have fled to this country.

Jordan driver Takuma Sato escaped serious injury following a frightening accident during today’s Austrian Grand Prix at the A-1 Ring.