Jasmine Jobson breaks silence on “bittersweet” ‘Top Boy’ finale

Layton Williams has broken his silence after missing out on the Glitterball trophy at the Strictly Come Dancing final on Saturday, 16 December. The West End star, 29, returned to Instagram on Sunday, 17 December following the Strictly grand final and boozy afterparty. Layton, who competed with Nikita Kuzmin on the BBC One show, reposted a video from a fan to his Stories.

Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice has broken his silence after it was revealed that his dance partner, Amanda Abbington, wouldn't be joining him for the show's grand finale.The journey for the pair has been a bit bumpy, both on and off the dance floor. Despite their fiery performances winning over the audience, there were whispers of tension between the 33 year old Italian dancer and the 51 year old actress.

Barry Keoghan is never seen acting. The 31-year-old native of Summerhill, Ireland, slips so seamlessly into his characters, it’s easy to forget you’re watching a performance. And it’s intended as a compliment — no matter how unsavory the character or fantastical the situation, Keoghan is always completely believable.

After it was announced that she won't be attending the Strictly Come Dancing final, Amanda Abbington has now broken her silence and shared a message to the finalists. The actress, 51, was part of this year's Strictly line-up but she pulled out of the competition for "personal reasons" in October, just weeks after making her debut on the dance floor with partner Giovanni Pernice.

The Killers have added a sixth and final London date to their 2024 UK and Ireland tour.The band recently announced a handful of extra dates and their opening support act for their ‘Rebel Diamonds‘ greatest hits UK and Ireland arena tour.The Killers added four extra dates in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow and London to their celebratory 2024 tour due to exceptional demand during early ticket pre-sales.

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ “Wonka,” starring Timothee Chalamet, has debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £8.9 million ($11.2 million), according to numbers from Comscore. In its third weekend, Disney’s “Wish” climbed up to £1.9 million in second place for a total of £5.8 million.

A boy was diagnosed with a brain tumour after his mum noticed he was blinking too much. Varden Callaghan, now six, had been blinking excessively, rubbing his eyes and getting irritable since he was eight months old.

The Pogue's star Shane MacGowan's funeral took place on Friday, December 8 with mourners lining the streets of Dublin to pay their respects.

Shane MacGowan had finished his final solo album before his death.The Irish singer-songwriter and former Pogues frontman died from pneumonia in hospital, aged 65, on November 30, as shared by his wife Victoria Mary Clarke.MacGowan’s final LP is said to comprise 15 tracks featuring both original songs and covers. The album was produced in collaboration with the Irish band Cronin and includes appearances from the late singer’s Pogues bandmates, Spider Stacey and Jem Finer.Johnny Cronin, the frontman of Cronin, spoke to the The Irish Sun about MacGowan’s final LP and said that he had “a fine voice right to the end”, adding: “Shane was ill but he wanted to keep working.

The wife of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has said the late singing icon was "so vibrant and beautiful and so determined to live only a few days ago" before his death at the age of 65.

Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan is being accorded a BFI Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed by the British Film Institute. “The fellowship recognizes Nolan’s extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema as one of the world’s most successful and influential film directors, constantly pushing the limits of what large-scale filmmaking can be whilst retaining a reverence for the history of the medium and the primacy of cinema-going,” the BFI said in a statement. The fellowship will be presented to Nolan at the BFI chair’s dinner in London on Feb.

Love Island winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon have enjoyed a romantic trip to Ireland after rekindling their relationship. Millie, 26, who won the hit ITV2 dating show in 2021 alongside Liam, 24, took to Instagram to share a number of loved-up snaps of their short stay in Dublin.They were in the city to launch the Christmas season at an ice skating attraction.

This Morning viewers have been left begging 'please' as an interview with Omid Scoobie saw them make a decision over Craig Doyle. The Irish presenter was back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Thursday (November 30) but this time back alongside Alison Hammond.

Angela Scanlon was left in tears as she opened up about her Strictly Come Dancing exit for the first time. The Irish TV presenter was the ninth celebrity to exit the BBC One dance contest alongside her professional dance partner Carlos Gu on Sunday night (November 26).

Jasmine Jobson rose to fame as drug dealer Jaq in Top Boy, but she’s tackling a hauntingly different role in ITVX thriller Platform 7 – that of a ghost trying to solve her own murder. The supernatural drama follows teacher Lisa, played by Jasmine, who finds herself stuck at a train station in ghost-form after dying there. When another cataclysmic event happens in the same place, Lisa tries to work out how it’s connected to her death and whether foul play was involved.

Villagers have teamed up with vocalist Lisa Hannigan for a cover of the Christmas classic ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – check it out below.The serene cover of the festive track comes after the Irish indie folk band announced their largest-ever headline show to date at Dublin’s Trinity College on June 29, 2024.Speaking about the song choice in a press release, Villagers’ frontman Conor O’Brien said: “Since I was a little boy this song by Katherine Kennicott Davis has captured my imagination more than any other Christmas carol. Such a dream to perform it alongside the incomparable voice of Lisa Hannigan.”Composed in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis, ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – originally known as ‘Carol Of The Drum’ – has become a holiday staple.

Strictly Come Dancing star Angela Scanlon broke down as she discussed her devastating exit from the BBC One show over the weekend.The 39 year old faced Bad Education star Layton Williams, 29, in the dance-off after they both landed in the bottom following the judges scores and a public vote. Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke chose to save Layton and professional Nikita Kuzmin after they re-performed an American Smooth routine to It’s Oh So Quiet by Bjork.

Dystopian novel Prophet Song, by Irish author Paul Lynch, has won the 2023 Booker Prize.

The ninth celebrity to leave the show has said they are "really gutted" to depart Strictly Come Dancing. Irish TV presenter Angela Scanlon has missed out on dancing in the quarter-finals for the BBC One show's musicals special as she went home during Sunday's results show episode.The 39 year old faced Bad Education star Layton Williams, 29, in the dance-off after they both landed in the bottom following the judges scores and a public vote. Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke chose to save Layton and professional Nikita Kuzmin after they re-performed an American Smooth routine to It's Oh So Quiet by Bjork.

Irish police have confirmed that 34 people were arrested after rioting broke out in Dublin city centre following a knife attack.