One of Ireland’s great hotels rolled out the red carpet for a very special guest today to celebrate their remarkable connection which dates back more than a century.

richard hogan This has been a very long week for nearly every young adult and their families on this island. Tuesday revealed the results of the Leaving Certificate, and today will reveal whether or not those results have yielded a place in a desired college. So last night was protracted and restless for many families, as they worried about what this morning would bring for their son or daughter, and how to manage their disappointment should they fall short.

Walt Disney has announced new Pixar film by the same director who brought the world 'Inside Out' and 'Up'.

Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, from 1949, may not be the precise catalyst for the sharpened awareness of our impact on the natural world, but it is as good a point as any to recognise as a kernel moment.

Walt Disney offered to buy Sky News to help Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox win over UK regulators reviewing Fox’s £11.7bn (€13.3bn) acquisition of broadcaster Sky.

US cable giant, Comcast, offered to buy Sky for £22.2bn (€25.3bn), in an unsolicited approach, taking on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Bob Iger’s Walt Disney in the battle for Europe’s biggest pay-TV group.

Aardman animator Nick Park tells Esther McCarthy how his latest feature took two full years just to painstakingly film the scenes.

A report that Rupert Murdoch held talks about selling film and television assets to Walt Disney added another layer of uncertainty to his £11.7bn (€13.3bn) bid to buy all of broadcaster Sky.

A report that Rupert Murdoch held talks about selling film and television assets to Walt Disney added another layer of uncertainty to his £11.7bn (€13.3bn) bid to buy all of broadcaster Sky.

John Daly looks back at the halcyon days of the Cork Film Festival in the 1950s and ’60s when the Rebel City became a Technicolor wonderland of enchantment and exoticism.

Irish visitors are shying away from London as the favourite city-break destination, while landmark destinations such as Madame Tussauds and the London Eye have reported a drop in visitors following recent terror attacks.

Hello and here is the fake news. Well, some of it is fake, and some of it is not. You’ll just have to figure it out – using your emotions. Because that’s what we do now. Who needs facts and experts when we have feelings and social media? asks Suzanne Harrington

Stephen Graham’s character continues to search for evidence in real-life murder drama Little Boy Blue at 9pm on ITV on Monday.

One of Ireland’s great hotels has issued a public appeal for help to celebrate its 120th anniversary this summer.

"People had to wait five days to get a table just to see the show."

Munich may be known for its beer halls, but it has much more to offer, writes David Linnane.    

If there was a song to describe Michaela’s life right now it would be Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. The RTÉ2 Scorchio actress is "having a good time"  and staying in shape, even if it means living in fast-forward mode seven days a week, writes Irene Feighan.

Killarney man Tom Cooper cast veterans of the War of Independence in Ireland’s first feature film. Its restoration means it can be screened again, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Beyonce won top honours at MTV’s Video Music Awards in New York, and rapper Drake professed his “love” for Rihanna, who collected a lifetime achievement award.

Foraging for food should be done outside, not at the back of the fridge, says Deirdre Reynolds

To commemorate last night’s Oscars, hotel comparison site trivago.ie compiled a list of 10 hotels featured in recent movies.

A Victorian-era hotel in the village of Waterville, Co Kerry, has been revealed as the host to the Star Wars crew during its two-week shoot in Kerry in the summer.

Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favourite actor for such lighthearted films as The Love Bug, has died aged 84.

The great irony about Charlie Chaplin’s long association with Waterville was it might never have happened in the first place.

DUCKLINGS go to college? The sight of a troop of ducklings streaming in line after their mother through the gates of University College Cork had a definite, sentimental charm, but I saw it not so much as an endearing picture of “adorable, fluffy little creatures” seeking knowledge, as a testament to Nature’s unfailing geography of survival.

A copyright suit between Walt Disney and a California resident has been settled, according to a June 24 court filing.

What’s the toughest part of running 350 miles into the Arctic Circle?

So I was just writing about how much I'm enjoying the promos for Tomorrowland because Disney and Brad Bird are keeping a lot of elements under wraps when this Japanese trailer leaked.

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson shed their inhibitions in the eagerly-anticipated film version of Fifty Shades of Grey, Alfred Molina and John Lithgow play men struggling to keep their relationship together in Love Is Strange.

IT was on the fringes of a lounge bar conversation about the water charges when I heard something that annoyed me. 

Colette Keane says the magic is still strong with Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic. Just be ready to sing-along with those classic tunes

Colette Keane says the magic is still strong with Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic. Just be ready to sing-along with those classic tunes

Walt Disney has come to the rescue of its loss-making subsidiary Euro Disney with a €1bn funding deal which could give the US group total control over Europe’s biggest tourist attraction.

Birdwatching amid the sands and a silver sea

TAX evaders take holidays too, and they might want to consider Northern Cyprus for their next vacation.

Disney are planning a sequel to 'The Incredibles' and a third installment of 'Cars'.

We begged Disney not to make a movie about leprechauns, but Aer Lingus used them for ads. Do we like them or loathe them, asks Caomhán Keane.