Ms Fleming, a former lecturer from County Wicklow, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986.

BBC: Marie Fleming and Tom Curran

Ms Fleming is cared for by her partner, Tom Curran, at their home in County Wicklow.

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Marie Fleming, 59, a former lecturer from County Wicklow, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986.

BBC: Marie Fleming and Tom Curran

Ms Fleming, a former lecturer at University College Dublin, is cared for by her partner, Tom Curran, at their home in County Wicklow.

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Ms Fleming, a former lecturer at University College Dublin (UCD), is cared for by her partner, Tom Curran, at their home in County Wicklow.

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The County Wicklow resident could soon make history by becoming the first man to win three Best Actor Oscar awards by picking one up for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln.

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In the Republic of Ireland, search teams trying to locate a missing policeman have discovered a body close to where he was swept into a river in County Wicklow on Monday night.

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Now living in Rugby, in the English Midlands, he describes Bethany as a "place of hell", but not as bad as the home of the dysfunctional adoptive parents in County Wicklow he was sent to when he was nearly four.

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Stepping through the ornate wrought-iron gates onto on the peaceful grounds of the beautiful 17th-century Kilruddery House in Bray, County Wicklow, still home to the Earl of Meath, it seems apt that this small four-day event is there to celebrate "lost, overlooked and forgotten films".

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