Jeremy Irons

The 69-year-old award winning actor on #MeToo, longevity, life without social media, and that now-infamous photocall with his ‘Red Sparrow’ co-star Jennifer Lawrence

Review: Ciarán Hinds and Charlotte Rampling are overqualified for this insanely boring film

The actor's Versace dress at promotional event has garnered criticism from feminists with Lawrence defending her outfit

Closing their knitwear business was the cue for Bebhinn and Robert Marten to move into their Baltimore premises

Agency granted support to the World Actors Forum amid concerns it was not ‘prudent’

Justice League review: The film is full of meaningless CG goop. And a whole lot of stuff that makes no sense

Meanwhile, Leo proves to be the perfect host as Fine Gael looks forward to summer nights

Analysis: It’s not the writer or director, but the ‘showrunner’, who controls TV drama now

As well as being ‘little land managers’, pigs raised among the trees taste better

A great ensemble cast, featuring Gemma Arterton, Richard E Grant and Bill Nighy, put in a sterling effort in this second World War-set film-within-a-film comedy

Recent academic study of religion pays increasing attention to how it is felt in the body

Though well-liked, Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ struggled at the box office – just the latest in the chequered history of Roald Dahl film adaptations

This year’s judges had a tough job sifting through more than 30,000 entries. Readers were eager to show their appreciation for the independent shops making a difference up and down the country. Today we reveal the 10 winning shops

While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’

Actor claims British prime minister has failed to offer leadership to UK voters

Cork-based actor shares his views on the upcoming Brexit vote in UK

While New Yorker Alice Carey bought a ‘ruin’ in Cork on ‘a whim’, many things lay beneath the decision

Aidan Higgins: March 3rd, 1927 - December 27th, 2015

Hollywood star who shot to global acclaim as Hans Gruber in Die Hard was suffering from cancer

Actor says those suffering from depression can be helped through love and friendship

Worldwide acclaim for unsung UCC mathematician who devised Boolean logic

Unless you’re administering CPR, there’s really no need to get handsy with women you barely know

Actor says decision to build incinerator at Poolbeg in Dublin ‘a step back’ for the State

After a free screening of the film ‘Trashed’, Irons will discuss a more sustainable future

Cork town hosts free Sunday lunch in bid to promote awareness of food waste

‘Food Rescue’ event aims to highlight the issue of food waste and demonstrate how it can be avoided by cooking lunch with ‘expired’ ingredients

Oscars be damned: JC Chandor has taken a minor business transaction and turned it into one of the first great films of 2015. And the director has plenty more he wants to talk about

Award is dedicated to other victims of abuse

Greater Chernobyl Cause was set up to help victims of 1986 nuclear incident in Ukraine

Fiona Corcoran says award for work in Russia recognises Greater Chernobyl Cause

François Truffaut’s famous Dark Lady may be a little more auburn these days, but Ardant’s passion for life and cinema is undimmed: ‘You must follow your instincts, your pleasures, your love. And you will be a winner’

Georgian mansion set on nine acres in prime coastal location in west Cork

Áras holding star’s ashes ahead of final journey – along Clifden’s Sky Road

TV Review: Noise of guests chattering loudly drowned out speeches

Oscar-winner has lived at Kilcoe Castle in West Cork since the late 1990s

Benedict Cumberbatch first set hearts aflutter in the BBCs hugely popular Sherlock, which returns on New Year’s Day, and has since made great waves playing Julian Assange, Khan and now, as the voice of Smaug, the dragon in The Hobbit. He has also made a big impact on the world of otters. He talks to Donald Clarke

A former clothing factory off Clanbrassil Street is home to a vast and stylish open-plan penthouse which boasts dramatic views over the city – it’s the ultimate bachelor pad

Priest recalls an ‘extraordinary’ person

The Irish Repertory Theatre, now 25 years old, balances nostalgia with more experimental works

Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman and his family have frequently visited Cork, which he loves for its wild, natural beauty and food, but he is less enthralled by ugly boom buildings