Van Morrison to play three socially distanced gigs in Belfast

Following Van Morrison’s recent announcement that he plans to release three anti-lockdown protest songs, the Northern Irish musician has already caused one impressive political shift: he’s united the political parties of Northern Ireland.

Van Morrison’s decision to release three anti-lockdown protest songs in a new op-ed.Morrison recently announced plans to release the tracks ‘No More Lockdown’, ‘Born to Be Free’ and ‘As I Walked Out’ in opposition to the government’s restrictions.

There was no luck for the Irish at the 2020 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles last night.

Paul Mescal has an anxious wait ahead of him today before he finds out if he will be in receipt of his first Emmy Award tonight.

Steven Davis after the midfielder equalled Pat Jennings' record of 119 Northern Ireland caps. Davis is unlikely to recall the scoreline fondly as his side fell to a 5-1 Nations League defeat against Norway in Belfast, but Gerrard was impressed with the commitment shown by his player during the match.

Prince William finds a new best friend in a service dog during a visit to a PSNI Wellbeing Volunteer Training course at PSNI Garnerville on Wednesday afternoon (September 9) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Prince William was snapped having an adorable interaction with a police dog during his latest visit with emergency service personnel in Belfast, Northern Ireland.The Duke of Cambridge, 38, smiled widely as he petted five month old Irish Red Setter pup Tara during his visit.

A post shared by Paul Flynn (@flinto23) on Sep 6, 2020 at 1:33am PDTBrian O’Driscoll joked: ‘Triceps are going to be shredded…huge congrats.’Meanwhile, his Dublin teammate, Bernard Brogan was quick to comment: ‘Fair play both, look forward to meeting them.’We’re sure the GAA-heads will be asking the iconic player for some tips as he and his wife, Kiera Doyle welcomed a set of twins themselves back in 2018.Fiona is an All-Ireland winner with the Dublin ladies herself and works in Dublin City

Firefighters, gardaí, paramedics and lifeboat crews sounded horns and sirens across the country today for National Services Day in honour of frontline workers.

Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe will be starring in an upcoming movie that Kenneth Branagh is directing!

Take away the title and a few characters' names, and you'd have to be pretty well versed in the Bard to recognize Paul Ireland's Melbourne-set Measure for Measure as a modern interpretation of that play. Central relationships and plots are so changed —a man's sister is turned into his girlfriend, for one thing —that it would be safer to say the film was "suggested by" its predecessor, with more than a dash of Romeo and Juliet thrown in, and give it a different name.

Michael Sheen will star in a production of Brian Friel’s play Faith Healer livestreamed from the empty Old Vic theatre in London.

ELLE‘s list of top 50 movers and shakers for 2020 which celebrates new talent in the world of fashion, beauty, politics, culture and beyond.The list is compiled by a panel of special judges each year and 2020’s judges included ELLE’s Editor-in-Chief Farrah Storr, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, actress Gemma Chan and Ireland’s own Sinead Burke.Speaking about his new-found fame, Paul told Elle how he felt ‘objectified’ in the weeks the show went to air: ‘I felt objectified after Normal People.

Paul Mescal’s somewhat unusual 2020 — at least compared to most other people around the world — has been well documented. The young Irish actor went into the COVID-19 lockdown an emerging talent looking forward to his first significant on-screen debut and — thanks to one of the most talked about TV shows of the year — emerged the other side a bona fide star, not to mention a new Instagram obsession.

The Deceived to come to Irish telly.