Police have announced that an investigation will be launched into the fire which burnt the former Cork Magdalene Laundry.

Irish actress Eve Hewson – also known as Bono’s daughter – has been doing her bit to promote her first feature film, This Must Be the Place, which opened here in limited release last week. She made the film a couple of years back with Sean Penn and Frances McDormand, and though it premiered at the Cannes Film Fest in 2011 it’s taken a while to make it to this side of the pond.

When you step into the new Great Hunger Museum near the campus of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, you are almost entering hallowed ground.

A Loyalist band member deliberately urinated in a Catholic church grounds during the massive Orange parade at the weekend in Belfast. The march was held to commemorate the signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912 to keep Northern Ireland part of Britain.

The trailer for ‘Frozen Ground,’ a thriller based on actual events and starring Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack and Nicolas Cage, has hit the web.

George Zimmerman, 28, charged with the murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, will seek to have second-degree murder charges dismissed under Florida's 'stand your ground' law, his attorney said on Thursday.

Up to 80 Irish trainee pilots have been stranded in Florida after their flying school ran into financial difficulties.

Shawn Sullivan, an American who holds dual citizenship in the US and Ireland, has been spared extradition back to the United States where he would face trial for his crimes of pedophilia. Sullivan has several convictions of sexual assault against children that have landed him on InterPol’s most wanted list, with the two most recent being in Ireland.

There’s a great deal happening in Ireland to see and do this year. So why would you want to have your holiday anywhere else? Here’s a look at some of the biggest events happening across the Irish Sea in 2012 which might be well worth a look if you planning a holiday any time soon.

Nicholas Cage, star of “Ghost Rider” and John Cusack (“The Raven”) have teamed up before in high-energy hit, “Con Air” and they are ensemble again in upcoming thriller, “Frozen Ground” produced by co-star, Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent.