Spider-Man, “talk about shaving private areas”, and a movie “darker and a million times more scary than any Harry Potter film” were causes for concern among parents who contacted the Irish Film Classification Office this year.

Heroes from Ireland’s mythical past as well as from a galaxy far, far away are to feature in a first-of-its-kind exhibition of comic book art in Cork.

From movies to music, fashion to food, our writers pick the cultural highlights of summer.

Black ’47, out now - Revenge thriller set during the Irish Famine. Hugo Weaving, Barry Keoghan and Stephen Rea star.

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime...

"Snitches get stitches"

The Graham Norton Show is back on our screens tonight for the first installment of the new series.

Thousands of comic book fans are expected to flock to Mahon Point shopping centre next week for the Cork Comic Expo.

A convicted sex offender was caught on CCTV footage escaping from jail by scaling a prison wall "like Spider-man" in a feat which took him just 26 seconds, police said.

Sony has released a trailer for next year's animated Spider-Man movie and it might not be what you expected.

Richard Armitage tells Esther McCarthy about filming Pilgrimage, a new film about monks being hunted by knights in the 13th Century

Declan Burke reviews the latest cinema releases. 

Five years ago Tom Holland told an interviewer he would be the next Spider-Man. He tells Gemma Dunn how he never expected to don the red costume so soon.

Insomniac Games showed off a new gameplay video of the company’s Spider-Man game due for release on the PlayStation 4 next year during Sony’s conference at E3 2017.

The annual congress of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation heard how teachers are being lured abroad with attractive packages and parents are acting as cleaners to save costs. Joyce Fegan reports 

Baby AJ O’Brien never saw the world but it was waiting for him with soft blue blankets and teddy bears and cuddles at the ready.

It’s the end of an era for Irish theatre as Michael Colgan bows out at the Gate. He tells Alan O’Riordan about an eventful 33 years

Walden, The Game, might sound like a joke, but it’s happening, writes Ronan Jennings

"This is my chance to prove myself"

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

We have been waiting for a very very long time for Spider-Man to be done right in live action.

Fionnuala Doran began her career as a Ninja Turtles fan, but has just published a graphic novel on Roger Casement, writes Don O’Mahony

Doctor Strange is coming soon and we're hoping for something special from Marvel and new director Scott Derrickson - mostly because it seems like a whole new world for this particular 'Verse.

The rather great Stan Lee is best known these days for popping up in the background of a bunch of Marvel movies but he could be back on the big screen.

Being a patient at St Thomas’ Hospital in London can be a tough time for everyone, particularly the children. Nothing some window-cleaning superheroes can’t solve!

Joe Hill didn’t want to ride on his father’s coat tails as a writer, so he invented a name and went out on his own, says Ed Power

BEYOND the high-street newsagent shelves stocked with X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman, and 2000AD comics exists a vibrant world of independent comic creation throughout the length and breadth of the land, but very much concentrated in Dublin.

Spider-Man hasn't always had the best time in the gaming world, with most titles being lazy tie ins to movies that failed to grab any of the dynamism necessary to bring the webslinger to your gamepad.

Mel Gibson has revealed that he had the chance to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Odin (Thor's dad), but turned it down.

Captain America Civil War is coming this week, and you've never seen it like this.

Another week, another superhero film takes to the stage - but with Cap and Iron Man falling out this is the big one

There's a new Spider-Man movie on the way called Homecoming. It features Brit Tom Holland in the suit playing a more teenaged version of the character, who will be making his big screen debut in Captain America Civil War in just a few short days.

Spider-Man Homecoming has only just been revealed as the title of the new standalone Spidey movie, which is coming about thanks to a unique collaboration between Marvel and Disney. And now we might know who he could be facing off against.

Captain America is out so soon we can almost taste it, and the early reviews which have been filtering out are suggesting this might be the best Marvel movie yet.

There's a new standalone Spider-Man movie on the way and it looks like a potential title has been revealed - Homecoming