There were protests outside the cinema hosting the Cork Film Festival last night as people queued to see the controversial Martin Scorsese film, ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’.

Report shows protesters carrying placards, saying the rosary and singing hymns outside the cinema as film-goers queuing outside watch.

Student in biblical costume counter-protesting.

Gardaí at the scene.

Protester tearing the placard of a counter-protester.

Interviews with protesters.

Security checks in the cinema.

People leaving the cinema at the end of the film.

Interview with a woman who has just seen the film.

Interview with Tiernan McBride, Cork Film Festival Committee.

The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.

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