With news that the Cork Film Festival is shy €200,000 in funding despite the €2.5m it pulls in for the local economy, Clodagh Finn wonders if arts is unwisely being pushed to one side by the incoming government

People in Liverpool will observe two minutes of silence today as a mark of respect for the 96 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.

RTÉ’s Charity You’re a Star looks set to exceed the €300,000 raised last year if the 680,000 viewers who are tuning in to see celebrities singing for their survival is anything to go by.

Ryanair today announced it is to set up its 12th European base at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport, with an investment of $240m (€184.1m) in four new Boeing 737-800 series aircraft.