River Island announced that three Ireland stores will permanently close Retail chain River Island announced that three of its stores in Ireland are closing down, with one closing from today. Since news broke earlier this month that the Henry Street store will close from today, new reports reveal that 33 stores will close in January […]

9 months ago

A second person has won big at the EuroMillions It seems luck is on Ireland’s side this month, as one Dublin shop sold the winning EuroMillions Plus ticket. Following the lucky winner who took home the EuroMillions ticket worth €250 million in Cork, a Dubliner has won a second lottery ticket worth €500,000. Yesterday, on […]

9 months ago

Sources said the increased child benefit plan is to tackle Ireland’s birth rate Budget talks now include a new plan for increased child benefits for families with three or more children. The Government is considering introducing a top-up child benefit rate for the third and subsequent children. The aim of the payment is to encourage […]

9 months ago

This follows the recent report proposing a two-tier child benefit system Taoiseach Micheál Martin has given an update on the possibility of increasing child benefit payments in Ireland. He spoke about the child poverty rate in Ireland at the National Economic Dialogue on June 16th: “In the Programme for Government, we said that child poverty […]

10 months ago

High temperatures with potential rainfall will return to Ireland during June For the last week, we’ve seen some rain and cooler temperatures, Met Éireann predicts when Ireland will be hit with temperatures higher than average. From June 16th to June 22nd, “higher than average temperatures are expected across the whole country with rainfall amounts indicated […]

10 months ago

Rose of Tralee winner Maggie McEldowney married her escort, John Slowey Former Rose of Tralee winner Maggie McEldowney has married her 2016 escort, John Slowey. The couple married at the Hilton Chicago Oak Brook Hills Resort in Chicago on May 24th. McEldowney won the Rose of Tralee in 2016. At the time, she was dating […]

10 months ago

Saoirse Ronan and husband Jack Lowden are expecting Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and her husband, Jack Lowden, made it official that they are expecting their first child. A source close to the couple told the Irish Independent that Saoirse and Jack are “thrilled” with the news. The Brooklyn actress has been dating Jack Lowden since […]

10 months ago

Only five parents in the world gave their child this name last year Names as Gaeilge are super popular, I have one myself. And some are definitely more popular than others, but one in particular is in danger of becoming extinct. Irish digital creator Vivienne Sayers O’Callaghan shared on social media that one Irish name […]

11 months ago

Temperatures of up to 20°C are on the way It’s time to get your summer wardrobe ready for another trip to the beach. The weather is expected to be sunny and dry with a chance of some small showers for the next week. Met Éireann’s forecast expects to see sunshine up until Sunday, May 11th. […]

11 months ago

WhatsApp introduced these changes on the 5th of May WhatsApp will no longer function on three iPhone models. This joins a list of other models no longer supported by the app. According to The Sun, this happens because certain models are “too low to justify updating them or because they’re too old to handle new […]

11 months ago