From the big blockbusters and a new Bond movie to some strong Irish offerings, Esther McCarthy looks at the cinema highlights for the year ahead.

It takes a special team to make a team like Mayo look so old, spent, lost.

"Look it’s very simple. A man has to do what a man has to do”

Whether it’s a passion for knitting or shamanism that reels them in, how public figures spend their free-time is revelatory of their inner psyches, writes Rita de Brún.

The author of an article which featured in a Junior Cert exam yesterday without her knowledge has received death threats.

To celebrate National Hug Your Cat Day, Nuala Woulfe chats to Irish celebrities about their feline friends.

The day got off to a predictable start for Garda Dónal Daly and Garda Deirdre Hayes at the regional communications centre, Anglesea Street Garda Station, Cork.

HE’S the charismatic dancer who enchanted celebrities and viewers alike over several series of Strictly Come Dancing. Now Ian Waite and fellow Strictly dancer Vincent Simone and returning to the stage to trip the light fantastic.

Holly Carpenter couldn’t hide her disappointment after becoming the second celebrity eliminated from Dancing with the Stars.

Nuala Woulfe explains why we’re living in an eighties bubble and it’s down to clever marketing preying on our nostalgia.

Fans of Hollywood star Will Ferrell will be disappointed but reports that the comic actor has bought a lakeside retreat in Ireland have been dismissed as completely untrue.

Catch up on all the headlines this lunchtime...

An old Irish church has been named alongside the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney’s Opera House as some of the coolest constructions on the planet.

Could the rise of golf’s kiddie corps take a back seat this week at the Masters?

A "ruthless" teenage asylum seeker has been jailed for at least 34 years for planting the Parsons Green Tube bomb which injured 51 passengers.

Is it just us or has January felt 365 days long this time around?

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

Richard Coles has become a priest since his days with Bronski Beat. But he was glad to return to the musical fold for an album of seasonal songs, writes Joe Nerssessian

Sophisticated masks first used in Hollywood films and which now cost as little as £500 are convincing enough to pass as real faces, researchers have found.

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If you’re going to bring something back from the dead, it might as well be a classic, writes Ronan Jennings

Before he starts work in Limerick on a new series from George RR Martin, director Doug Liman is bringing the tale of super smuggler Barry Seal to the big screen, writes Esther McCarthy.

Britain’s economy failed to build much momentum over the past three months after almost stalling at the start of the year, reducing an already slim chance that the Bank of England will soon reverse last year’s emergency interest rate cut.

It’s that time of year again. College exams are over. The provincial championships are well underway, and that means the GAA clubs of Ireland being decimated by America.

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

We bring you a round-up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

Lastly Wonder Woman herself (Gal Gadot) will be dropping by to give us the insight into her world.

The Irish Church of Scientology has returned to profit as its directors state that they intend to increase current trading levels.

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Ask Audrey’s been sorting out the people of Cork for ages. Here’s the latest advice she’s dished up.