Oppenheimer won Best Picture while Christopher Nolan took home his first Oscar for Best Director. Cillian Murphy nabbed the Best Actor gong and Robert Downey Jr. landed Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film also won Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score. Barbie, which had eight nominations, took home just one award, with Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell winning Best Original Song for What Was I Made For.

Munster's Antoine Frisch has been called up to the France squad. Photograph: Ben Brady/InphoMunster’s Irish-qualified centre Antoine Frisch has been called up to the France Six Nations squad. According to reports in the French media, Frisch is one of seven players called into Fabien Galthié's squad ahead of their final round clash with England. Frisch, who was born in France, joined Munster from Bristol Bears ahead of the 2022 season. The centre impressed sufficiently to be picked for the Emerging Ireland tour of South Africa in 2022.

The reigning champions looked well placed to make history by delivering consecutive tournament clean sweeps before suffering Saturday’s last-gasp loss to title rivals England at Twickenham. Paddy’s weekend again, with the chance of winning a Six Nations. “It could have been a little bit better but Grand Slams are unbelievably hard to come by. Six Nations are hard enough, as everyone would vouch for.”No team has won successive Grand Slams in the Six Nations era, with France the last side to achieve the feat in the 1998 Five Nations. “At the end of the day, I might sound stupid saying this but I thought it would have been unjust for England not to win the game.

Oppenheimer claimed seven awards at the Oscars, including best picture, as Christopher Nolan won best director, his first Oscar win from his eighth nomination.

READ MOREThe biggest No vote in a referendum in the history of the State came in the referendum on care. “Don’t you assault me, please.”Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald at Dublin Castle after the referendums' defeat. A downcast Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O'Gorman, speaking to the media at Dublin Castle. Irish Times political correspondent Jennifer Bray reports from Dublin Castle count centre on a day when two referendums were rejected by the country. Peadar Tóibín TD, Aontú party leader, before the official announcement of the referendum results at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle on Saturday.

Oppenheimer claimed seven awards at the Oscars, including best picture, as Christopher Nolan won best director, his first Oscar win from his eighth nomination.

Scrapping the 'pernicious' tax on buying shares would help revive Britain's flailing stock market, according to leading figures in the City. Investors currently pay 0.5 per cent in stamp duty on the price of London-listed shares they buy – or £5 for every £1,000 invested in a UK company. With many other countries either imposing a much lower levy or no charge on share purchases, critics argue the London stock market is at a disadvantage. The Chancellor refused to cut stamp duty on share purchases last week – a move dubbed a 'missed opportunity' by the boss of trading platform Interactive Investor. The debate comes amid fears about the health of the stock market as foreign predators circle poorly valued London-listed firms on the hunt for bargains.

Support local journalismLocal news, sports and entertainment when you want it. Please consider subscribing so we can continue to bring you the best local news, sports and entertainment coverage.

The public research university is said to be the second-largest university in the UK by total enrolment and the largest by postgraduate enrolment. Michelle Shipworth claims she was removed from an academic module on data from the Global Slavery Index because of concerns she was ‘anti-Chinese’. These led to Mr Strachan taking action against her because the university needed to “retain a good reputation among future Chinese applicants”, the report said. Mr Strachan has said Shipworth had been accused of “being biased against students from a single country – China”. UCL has more than 15,000 Chinese students and 400 staff from mainland China, and fees can be as much as £40,000 a year, compared to the annual UK cap at around £9,250, the report said.

Liverpool and Manchester City play out enthralling draw at AnfieldBy Carl Markham, PAAlexis Mac Allister’s penalty earned Liverpool a dramatic 1-1 draw against Manchester City that left the destiny of the Premier League still very much up in the air. A point apiece means Arsenal remain top of the table on goal difference from Jurgen Klopp’s side but they have to go to the Etihad in three weeks with the gap to City currently only a point. The Argentina midfielder struck from the spot to cancel out John Stones’ first Premier League goal since April. Whether that will remain the same after Jurgen Klopp’s departure in the summer remains to be seen but Pep Guardiola has still not won at Anfield in front of fans. Nevertheless he left the happier of the two managers after enduring significant second-half pressure.

From corned beef and cabbage, to special themed drinks, music, and even a comedy show, there’s a whole lot planned for St. Patrick’s Day this year. A corned beef and cabbage boiled dinner is $20, and corned beef sandwiches are $15. County Fare, 937 County St., has a special hot dog for March: the corned beef reuben dog comes with corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and thousand island. St. James Irish Pub, Fall RiverFor St. Patrick’s Day, the St. James Irish Pub, 91 Purchase St., will have corned beef and cabbage dinners and corned beef sandwiches available all day. Troy City Brewing, Fall RiverThe annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Troy City Brewing, 16 Anawan St., begins on Friday, March 15.

Cillian Murphy wins best actor Oscar: 'I'm a very proud Irishman'By Laura Harding and Ellie Iorizzo, PACork-born star Cillian Murphy completed his sweep of the awards season as he landed an Oscar for his role in Oppenheimer. Murphy said he would be “very content” with the public choosing to define him by his role in Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J Robert Oppenheimer, written by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. On the small screen, Murphy won legions of fans for his performance as gangster Tommy Shelby in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders, which debuted in 2013 and for which he has been nominated for a TV Bafta. On stage collecting his best actor prize at the Oscars, he said he was “a very proud Irishman standing here tonight”.

Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress (Chris Pizzello/AP)The full list of winners for the 2024 Academy Awards is as follows:Best picture – Oppenheimer’s Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven and Emma ThomasBest directing – Oppenheimer’s Christopher NolanCillian Murphy won best actor (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Best supporting actress – The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy RandolphBest supporting actor – Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey JrBest actor – Oppenheimer’s Cillian MurphyBest actress – Poor Things’ Emma StoneDa’Vine Joy Randolph won the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for The Holdovers (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Documentary feature film – 20 Days In Mariupol’s Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath, Michelle MiznerDocumentary short film – The Last Repair ShopAnimated feature film – The Boy And The Heron’s Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio SuzukiArthur Harari, left, and Justine Triet (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Animated short – War Is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John & Yoko’s Dave Mullins, Brad Booker and Sean Ono LennonLive action short film – The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar’s Wes Anderson and Steven RalesOriginal screenplay – Anatomy Of A Fall’s Justine Triet and Arthur HarariAdapted screenplay – American Fiction’s Cord JeffersonMusic (original score) – Oppenheimer’s Ludwig GoranssonFinneas O’Connell, left, and Billie Eilish (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Music (original song) – Barbie’s Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for What Was I Made For? Film editing – Oppenheimer’s Jennifer LameProduction design – Poor Things’ Shona Heath, James Price and Zsuzsa MihalekCostume design – Poor Things’ Holly WaddingtonMasaki Takahashi, from left, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, and Tatsuji Nojima (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Makeup and hairstyling – Poor Things’ Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh WestonSound – The Zone Of Interest’s Johnnie Burn and Tarn WillersCinematography – Oppenheimer’s Hoyte van HoytemaInternational Feature Film – The Zone Of Interest’s Jonathan Glazer for the UKVisual effects – Godzilla Minus One’s Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

The white panel in the centre of the Irish flag is about peace and that, irrespective of politics, we are one people. A few examples are a flag day themed quiz, a musical event, art display or a themed history class. ⬤ Investigate the Irish Flag and Irish Culture - research references to Irish Flag in poetry, literature, music, popular culture etc. ⬤ Invite local representatives, speakers, community members to your Flag Day event about what the Irish Flag means to them in 2024. Whatever the schools decided to do on Flag Day, the main aim is to have fun and use their imaginations.

A photograph issued by Kensington Palace of the Princess of Wales, with her children, Louis, George and Charlotte, taken in Windsor earlier this week by the Prince of Wales. Photograph: Prince of Wales/Kensington Palace/Getty ImagesThe first official photograph of the Kate Middleton, Britain’s Princess of Wales, after her abdominal surgery has been released to mark Mother’s Day. C.”Kensington Palace said the image was taken in Windsor earlier this week by the Prince of Wales. READ MOREThe princess has been recovering from abdominal surgery since January 29th and was due to be recuperating until at least Easter. Details of the princess’s condition have not been revealed, but Kensington Palace previously said it was not cancer-related and that she wished her personal medical information to remain private.