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Johnny Harris writes and stars as an alcoholic fighter going back in the ring, with great support from Ray Winstone, Michael Smiley and Ian McShane

Sterling rallies on hopes UK election to deliver decisive Brexit talks

FTSE falls as much as 1.3% while Iseq dips 0.3% as investors react to news

UK retail sales fell at fastest pace in almost five years in December

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Ronan has a favour to ask Ross – and a cover-up he needs some help with

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I think it was JFK who said that politics was the something-something of something-something else’

The old man is thinking about building a wall – and that new wig looks awfully familiar

Brexit effects take hold as UK consumers see price rises

Peugeot joins Dell in raising prices on back of sterling’s post-referendum weakness

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘What’s happening with your face?’ ‘I’m thinking. I’m thinking deeply’

I race up the stairs, pull down the Stira and clamber into the attic. I flick the light and that’s when I see it...

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I can see Honor standing in the wings, giving Miss Pallister the famous one-finger salute’

‘South Side Story’ is my daughter’s modern, south Dublin take on the original, exploring the gang rivalry between the children from Educate As One and Gaelscoil Naomh Eithne

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘She might have fitted into the dress on our wedding day, but now, well...’

Let me see if there’s a delicate way to say this – there’s a lot more Sorcha than there is dress

Nicky Byrne ‘disappointed’ with Eurovision exit

Former Westlife singer fails to qualify for final of song contest with ‘Sunlight’

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘I make sure to just say it in my mind. Because that’s being a good husband'

“You’re too much of an idealist, Sorcha. You look at the world and you think, ‘How can I make it better?’ whereas real leaders look at the world and think, ‘How can I make it pay?’”

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘She throws her orms around me and I’m crying’

Our eight-year-old Chinese exchange student Pang has taught me a lot: I’ll miss her

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I just don’t consider it a sport. It’s like watching CCTV footage of a fight in a fast food restaurant’

I turn around and there’s some fat dude wearing a T-shirt with my son’s face on it. He’s there, “You must be veddy prouth.”And I go, “I’m not actually. I’d nearly rather he was in prison. At least there’s rules when people fight in there.”

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘I’m the porty spokesperson on Gender Issues’

On balance, I’d say it’s a pretty bad day for the human race when I’m the least sexist person at the table

'My son’s nickname is Manslaughter. I won’t be mentioning that at Castlerock'

‘Dude, I can’t believe that what’s about to happen here is actually legal. It’s basically a bor fight, al fresco’

EY Entrepreneur of the Year international finalist: Alan Clarke, STATSports Technologies

‘We have managed to grow the company without taking on any debt’

Sterling and FTSE soar after Tories gain overall majority

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