Fans of the epic film, which was mostly shot in Ireland, queued in Co Meath to get a chance to meet the Hollywood star.

Police confirmed that two women and one man were arrested for a variety of offences including assault, drug offences and abusive behaviour.

THIS week, we look back at the big events in Irvine and Kilwinning in August 2005. And yes, that does include Marymass pics from 20 years ago!

The fire is burning just south of Lake Piru, a reservoir in the Los Padres National Forest. It is close by Lake Castaic, a ...

“On Friday at around lunchtime, there was a small rockfall in the Loom area (back of the Giant’s Causeway) in Port Noffer,” ...

A FORTHCOMING Freckfest gig at Irvine's Harbour Arts Centre has been rescheduled. The Countess of Fife, featuring Rezillos singer Fay Fife, had been due to appear at the HAC in September. The ...

The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on August 9 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima that killed 140,000. Japan surrendered on August 15 ...

President Donald Trump has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska. Mr Trump announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow ...

More than two hundred people were protesting outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf on Friday evening, with rival groups separated by police.

Sir Keir Starmer has lost 10 members of his Government since Labour won the general election in July 2024. This is a higher number of departures than those clocked up by his immediate predecessors ...

Tubridy left Ireland’s national broadcaster following weeks of controversy relating to the organisation publicly under-reporting payments to him.

UNION chiefs have warned problems at NHS Ayrshire and Arran will not be solved by a change of chief executive. Unison spoke out after last week’s announcement that NHS Ayrshire and Arran chief ...