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OSCAR winner Cillian Murphy can expect a hero’s welcome when he returns to Ireland following his historic win at the Academy Awards. The Cork native, who hails from Douglas, won Best Actor at the 96th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California on Sunday, March 10 for his role in Oppenheimer. He beat off strong competition to win the category, where he went up … [Read more...] about ‘A master of his craft’: Hero’s welcome awaits Oscar winner Cillian Murphy back in Ireland

SIX artists feature in a unique outdoor exhibition which opens this week as part of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Festival. The street art initiative, titled A Better City, will see large-scale murals and printed pieces located in the city’s architectural “nooks and crannies and unused sites”  Dublin City Council has confirmed. The pieces will be positioned in Thomas Street, Crane … [Read more...] about Street art exhibition brings public on a journey through Dublin’s ‘nooks and crannies’

A TEENAGER has been arrested after a suitcase containing cannabis worth €330k was found on a flight from Boston to Dublin Airport. The drugs were discovered by Revenue officers, after the man, aged in his late teens, disembarked a flight from Boston in the US on March 10. The drugs were found in a suitcase on a flight from Boston to Dublin “As a result of risk profiling, … [Read more...] about Teenager arrested after drugs worth €330k found on flight from Boston to Dublin

VETERAN broadcaster Charlie Bird has died at the age of 74 following a long battle with motor neurone disease (MND). The former journalist spent four decades reporting from across the globe for Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ. In Ireland he covered everything from the Troubles in the North to the Stardust nightclub fire tragedy in Dublin in 1981. Having retired from RTÉ in … [Read more...] about ‘Exceptionally talented’ Irish broadcaster Charlie Bird dies following battle with motor neurone disease

The Waterford man ran some of Britain’s top venues and festivals and has been credited with revolutionising live music Vince Power (Getty Images).jpg VINCE Power, the music impresario from Waterford, died last Saturday at the age of 76. Figures from across the music industry — in Britain, Ireland and internationally — have spoke about his vision that helped change the very face … [Read more...] about Tributes flood in for Vince Power