Eoin Colfer couldn’t resist setting the latest instalment of Iron Man in Ireland, writes Ed Power

Doctor Stephen Strange discovers a mystical world while on a quest for healing.

Flu jabs, fading eyesight and widening waistlines go hand-in-hand with turning 50, writes Paul D’Alton

In case you missed it, Firefly and Castle fella Nathan Fillion did pop up in Guardians of the Galaxy as a hulking alien in the space prison who tries to lay a claim on Chris Pratt and gets nastily assaulted by Groot.

As Game of Thrones returns to our screens, Vicki Notaro goes on a cinematic tour of Ireland, taking in everything from Harry Potter to Star Wars.

As Game of Thrones returns to our screens, Vicki Notaro goes on a cinematic tour of Ireland, taking in everything from Harry Potter to Star Wars.

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.

Game of Thrones is pretty much the biggest thing on TV - and also the most pirated - and anticipation is already building for the premiere of season 6 on the 24th of April.

Shane Black is back, and he's making the kinds of movies we wish he was always behind with a mystery thriller comedy called The Nice Guys

TOWARDS the start of Ian Rankin’s new John Rebus novel, it emerges that the curmudgeonly detective has “taken the gold watch” and retired.

Tony Blair has warned Labour supporters to reject the “Alice in Wonderland” appeal of Jeremy Corbyn or risk driving the party into an abyss.

AS THE voice of Iron Man’s computer programme, Jarvis, actor Paul Bettany has spent a lot time hidden away in a sound booth, only meeting his Marvel Comics co-stars on the red carpet. For the new Avengers: Age Of Ultron movie, however, he finally made it onto set.

We've tracked down who that Irish accent in Avengers Age of Ultron belongs to and its Irish actress of screen and smaller screen Kerry Condon

Once known as Lily Allen’s brother, Alfie Allen has now forged his own career in Game of Throne writes Susan Griffin.

German economist Jurgen Stark, a former board member of the ECB, had an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Thursday that was self-serving and myopic.

Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor has won a call-up to the Scotland squad for next month’s clash with world champions Germany.

Several members of the Avengers descended on Comic-Con to debut the first footage from the upcoming superhero sequel.

"Stark just throwing his sword around the minute, hoping to make contact."

Season four of the epic will have even die-hard fans guessing, says Colette Keane.

With Suarez, you get the impression the little boy inside him is often screaming all right, but more often than not it’s for the ball.

I’M pretty fast,” Joanne warns. “Fair enough,” I reply, but really I’m just curious to see how she can text at all. Gripping that ever-present iPhone between chin and what she calls her left hand, she manoeuvres it onto the table and begins texting. With her upper and lower lip. And at a speed faster than I’ve seen anyone text. My jaw drops. She shows me the screen, a flawless message. I can only chuckle in astonishment. She laughs back — you can tell she enjoys that reaction.

See? Some things to do with that show *do* have happy endings!

The euro’s fate is in Germany’s hands, writes Business Correspondent John Walsh

Now there’s a hint of sunshine in our lives, we can actually contemplate the arrival of summer and in the cinematic terms that means the blockbusters are coming.

Former Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is tipped to become the new Scotland boss as Craig Levein was sacked last night.

The European Central Bank’s two former chief economists have criticised the institution’s announcement to buy unlimited amounts of government bonds.

The ECB must employ “exceptional measures” at times to fulfil its mandate of delivering stable prices, its president Mario Draghi wrote in an opinion piece aimed at calming German angst about the bank’s policy course.

Filming of Iron Man 3 is on hold after star Robert Downey Jr hurt his foot during filming.

Find out some more about the decisive who could make or break dreams.

Guy Pearce has landed a role in 'Iron Man 3'.

Stark plans to remove cash forcibly from people’s bank accounts and benefits if they refuse to pay the controversial household tax are being drawn up by the Government, it can be revealed.

EUROPEAN Central Bank executive board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi says that policymakers shouldn’t shirk from using quantitative easing if deflation becomes a danger to the euro region.

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A STARK warning about Europe’s future has been issued by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who said there are “at most a few weeks left to save the euro”.

INTEREST rates could be cut before the end of the year, but many expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to keep them on hold next week.

SEVEN world leaders yesterday demanded Europe act more decisively to quell its debt crisis as a European Central Bank study warned that the entire euro currency project was now in peril.

WHEN Germany’s top representative at the European Central Bank quit his posting as member of the ECB Executive Board and as its de facto chief economist, it caused a shudder across world financial markets.

FOR anybody sad enough to surf the economics blogs that have become so popular since the global economic crisis began in 2007, it is very apparent that the world of economics is totally divided on the most appropriate stance to take to turn the crisis around.

THE political response to the Greek debt and social crisis has failed to convince markets that a plausible strategy is in place — or that if one was that it might be enacted.

GERMANY’S representative at the European Central Bank was told to mind his own business by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, who reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to the Croke Park agreement.

THE resignation of the top German official at the European Central Bank couldn’t have come at a worse time for eurozone policymakers as they search for a way out of the deepest crisis in the currency’s 12-year history.

THIS summer’s volatility across global stock markets continued yesterday, with Thursday’s gains wiped out amid widespread investor nervousness over the European banking sector and whether US President Barack Obama’s $447 billion (€327bn) job creation plan stands up.

Europe’s handling of its debt crisis returned to haunt markets today, with stocks down sharply and the euro sinking to its lowest level against the dollar in more than six months after a top European Central Bank official unexpectedly resigned.