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The cast of Mrs Brown’s Boys have confirmed plans for a movie spin-off of the much-loved sitcom. Brendan O’Carroll, who plays the hilarious matriarch of the Irish clan Agnes, revealed that his son Danny and best mate Paddy Houlihan had been getting to work on a script focusing on their characters, Buster and Dermot.  Speaking at the BFI, Brendan said: ‘If you watch Mrs Brown, or you watch the TV series, or you come to the live show, you can see that chemistry between them. They’re currently writing a movie about Dermot and Buster.’ Danny then corrected him and said: ‘Written. We’ve written it.’ ‘I’ve read the script – you’re writing it!,’ Brendan joked back.  ‘We’ll hopefully direct, get Universal movie, starring the two of them as Dermot and Buster you know, as a bit of a spin-off,’ Brendan elaborated. ‘They’re currently doing that and I t...

Footage of the man abusing the family on went viral Footage of the man abusing the Indian family on an Irish Rail train went viral on Tuesday. Prasun Bhattacharjee and his parents were travelling on a Belfast to Dublin train were allegedly told to "return to your country". A voice can be heard in the video shouting: "F*** off back home." A man in a blue t-shirt is later seen standing up in the carriage talking loudly over passenger. The abuse sparked a debate on Joe Duffy's Liveline on RTE Radio One. And Cowan was one of those who called in to slam the racist. He said: “I’d have pulled the emergency cord and had that train stopped immediately. “I’d have pulled the cord and the train would have had to stop until the guards arrived. That person must have been terrified. “That’s the wonderful way Ireland is. We have a gay Taoiseach who is of Indian descent. “Ire...