Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

The next installment of the Harry Potter movies is currently in filming.

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince which is set to be released on 21st November 2008 is being directed by David Yates, who was brought in to direct The Order of the Phoenix.

It is rumoured ( see Movieweb ) that Jim Broadbent (The Borrowers, Moulin Rouge, Gangs Of New York) has been cast as new character Horace Slughorn, who is the new potions teacher at Hogwarts.

Daniel Radcliffe has been re-cast as hero Harry Potter. He will be joined by Rupert Grint and Emma Watson who are returning as Ron and Hermione and Tom Felton who will be back as Draco Malfoy.

I'll keep you updated on casting...watch this space...

Ireland need to pull up their socks

After two Rugby World cup games, it is clear that Ireland are not playing to their strengths.

The Irish team struggled in their 32-17 win against Namibia in their opening game last week. Namibia should have been a 'walk in the park' for Ireland, having never before won a World Cup Game but, it wasn't so easy.

Their match against Georgia on Saturday was no better. Ireland scraped a 14-10 win.

There seems to be none of the Irish fire that I'm used to seeing when they play rugby. Their drives have lost their power and their ball handling seems to have deteriorated.

I'm praying for an Irish World Cup win but, the boys are really going to have to pull their socks up to keep that in their sights. As long as O' Driscoll continues to be fit to play, I have hope, but Ireland really need to start working more as a team.