Kya deLongchamps reports on the work on Johnstown Castle in County Wexford

Chris Patten said he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that a new referendum was the only way to end the Brexit "shambles".

Virgil may have coined the phrase ‘Love Conquers All’ but it took Carol Drinkwater to reinvent it as a creative metaphor, writes John Rainsford

MUSIC NEWS: Despite still being in the midst of an extensive Joshua Tree tour, U2’s release of a new song earlier this week shows the band are not planning to stand still any time soon.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of entertainment.

Des O’Driscoll takes a look at the week ahead and what will be on the big and little screens

Ian Dury would have been 75 today. Jonathan deBurca Butler looks back on the life of one of the unique talents of the new wave era

Kya deLongchamps encourages a wide-eyed spring ramble around three of the many heritage gardens of Ireland.

Hollywood’s back catalogue has too many films about how power can push people to the edge of sanity or even beyond. 

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Halloween is the ideal time to scare yourself with a good horror movie. Happy to oblige, Declan Burke lists the best horror movies of all time and, for good measure, throws in a list of the five most cursed film sets and five best scary movies for kids.  

2001 feature A.I. Aritificial Intelligence is a strange, and often wonderful film - and one which was developed for a long time by Stanley Kubrick as his own directorial projects.

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Contains content that is NSFW.

Consider yourself a bit of a movie buff? Ed Power has been poring through the latest book from the film critic that John Banville called “the greatest living writer on the movies”. In it, David Thomson shows the regular punter how to really watch a movie

Nicole Kidman has gone back to her roots with Strangerland, a tale of parents’ anguish as their kids go missing in the outback, says Helen Barlow.

Wayne Rooney opens up his life to the TV cameras for a major documentary, Rooney — The Man Behind The Goals, on BBC One on Monday.

Gay Byrne chats to Hozier on The Meaning of Life tomorrow on RTÉ One.

Studio Ghibli, Bourne, and a Cilla Black tribute are among the gems on TV tonight

The writer of sci-fi horror Pandorum - that's Travis Milloy - has got his eyes on a new sci-fi film and you can help to make it happen

Ever wondered what it’s like to float in space? Well, while Hollywood blockbusters like Gravity and Interstellar might do their best to show you, it’s got nothing on this.

Jan Harlan has fond memories of his time in Ireland with the late director for the making of Barry Lyndon, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

We've all seen so many of them over the years but have you ever thought about just how complicated it is to shoot an action scene?

Nicole Kidman wants to have another baby.

Come Oscar night 2016 in Los Angeles, some filmmakers may owe a debt of gratitude to the Cork Film Festival, which closed over the weekend.

Robert Downey Jr. welcomes his first daughter

Your spoiler-free guide to the best of tonight's TV.

Jack Bauer is back in 24, while Billy Connolly says goodbye. And there’s also the Eurovision semi-final.

Comedian Ronnie Corbett has told how has a habit of getting locked in the loo when he is at major events.

Mean hallways, over stashed boxrooms, even the compromised joy of a larger house — every home has its challenge.

George Clooney loves tricking his co-stars into thinking they've got fat.

In a visitor attitude survey carried out by Fáilte Ireland in 2010, 20% of overseas visitors said their holiday decisions were influenced by film and television. Film tourism, or “set-jetting”, has become big business by raising the awareness of previously little known tourist destinations, and prompting a surge of visitors to their locations.

Prisoners held by the regime of Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet were played a “torture soundtrack” of songs by Julio Iglesias and George Harrison, according to a study.

I flicked through magazines on the table.

A swimming pool and the dock that once housed the Titanic are among some of the unusual locations film lovers can watch classics in the coming weeks.

IF IT’S summer, it must be Warners.

MUSIC NEWS: Shane MacGowan has told the Quietus website that some of his best songs were written by ghosts.

GIG WISE: It’s the hottest ticket in town … Dingle town at least, and probably the entire country.

In honour of Halloween, movie critic Declan Burke picks the best horror films of all time

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Nicole Kidman has opened up about her relationship with Tom Cruise in the years prior to their 2001 split.