Ava Keady is a Trending writer with JOE Media Group, covering breaking news, trending stories, social media moments and more. She graduated from the University of Galway in 2023 with a degree in journalism and has a strong interest in pop culture, entertainment news and the online space as a whole. She enjoys live music, travel, and reality TV.
A very tense war thriller with Cillian Murphy is on TV tonight
It’s based on true eventsa Our movie pick tonight (Sunday, October 5) is Anthropoid, the 2016 historical war thriller. Starring Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy, the film is far from a run‑of‑the‑mill war drama. Directed by Sean Ellis, the WWII drama sees the pair of Irish actors playing Czech resistance fighters parachuted into Nazi-occupied Prague […]
9 months ago
Molly Malone statue boarded up amid controversial touching debate
The iconic statue has stood in the city centre since 1988. The Molly Malone statue is currently boarded up for restoration. Photos taken of the statue today, October 3, show it boarded up with signs saying cleaning and restoration is taking place. This is likely to do with tourist touching wearing down the statue, particularly […]
9 months ago
Britney Spears’ hit song Toxic was inspired by iconic TV star
Fans have just realise the familiar face behind the track. Britney Spears’ hit song Toxic was inspired by an iconic TV star. That’s right, nearly two decades on from the release of the hit single, fans have just realised the familiar face behind the track. Apparently, it has become musical folklore that the tune was […]
9 months ago
Tributes flood in following death of young firefighter
The father-of-two was a ‘well-liked and well thought of’ member of Dublin Fire Brigade. Heartbreaking tributes have been flooding in after the death of a young Dublin firefighter. David Stafford, from East Wall in north Dublin, was a ‘well-liked and well thought of’ member of Dublin Fire Brigade. According to his death notice shared by […]
9 months ago
Boyfriend of Ukrainian woman killed on train slams judge for letting suspect free
32-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr has been charged with the 23-year-old’s murder. The boyfriend of the Ukrainian woman who was killed on a train in North Carolina has slammed a judge for letting the suspect free. A man who is reported to be the boyfriend of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska has been reposting videos of accounts hitting […]
10 months ago
The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 468
Another quizzing term begins So, that was summer. Bid farewell to it, treasure it, remember it. Because it’s over. Don’t be too glum though. It’s time to welcome the orange hues of autumn, the most underrated of all the seasons if you ask me. Some of you reading this will have been back to school […]
10 months ago
Married At First Sight star Lachlan Rofe has died
He died suddenly at age 47. Married At First Sight star Lachlan Rofe has died. The 47-year-old, who first appeared on the debut season of Channel Nine dating show in 2015, where he was paired with Clare Tamas, died suddenly this week, his family confirmed. After his appearance on MAFS, the following year he also […]
10 months ago
A Western war movie from the director of The Dirty Dozen is on TV tonight
Quentin Tarantino has hailed it as ‘one of the greatest Westerns of the ’70s’. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 8 September) is Ulzana’s Raid, the 1972 Western war film from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard). Based loosely on true events, the film is set in the 1880s and follows […]
10 months ago