Carl Kinsella

Nobody saw this coming. Paul McCartney might be better known for ‘Blackbird’, but it looks like he’ll be hanging out with a Sparrow on our screens in 2017. According to Deadline, Paul McCartney is set to feature in the latest instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Dead Men Tell No Tales. It’s as yet […]

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Things aren’t going so well at Luas HQ. In case you’ve been living under a very big rock with a very poor Wi-Fi and no 3G service, you’ll have heard all about the Luas strikes that have intermittently been causing commuters problems since February and look set to affect people’s Easter plans. As is often […]

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The details of the Buncrana tragedy are almost incomprehensibly sad. Yesterday’s Derry News front cover encapsulated the sheer tragedy of the deaths of Sean McGrotty, his two young sons, their grandmother and her daughter – as well as the miracle that is the rescue of baby Rioghanac-Ann by Davitt Walsh. Walsh heroically wade into Lough […]

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One of Ireland’s funniest comedians. David O’Doherty performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala this week, and it’s safe to say the crowd loved him. He started his short set by making a few jokes about the names of team’s the Australian Football League before launching into his own original song about his favourite […]

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The dream team have reunited. The Christmas of 2015-2016 will forever be associated in our minds with Netflix’s groundbreaking docu-series Making A Murderer, which blew open the case of a man named Steven Avery – currently incarcerated for the murder of Teresa Halbach. The heroes of the show, so to speak, were Avery’s lawyers – […]

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The suspects, captured on CCTV, have been identified. Belgian broadcaster RTBF has this morning announced the names of the men who are believed to be behind yesterday’s suspected suicide bombing in Brussels Airport. The three suspects had been captured on CCTV, two of whom have been identified as those responsible for the suicide bombing. The […]

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Rest in peace, Phife Dawg. Phife Dawg, born Malik Isaac Taylor, has passed away at the age of 45, according to reports. Chuck Chillout, a DJ on the US radio station Kiss, posted the news to Twitter in the early hours of this morning. RIP to phife dog of tribe called quest pic.twitter.com/f4t5fvg4WD — DJ […]

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USA! USA! USA! Obesity, gun violence, Donald Trump… sometimes it’s easy to look across the pond and think ‘what the hell are those guys playing at?’ But even with all that in mind, we simply cannot deny that they’ve got themselves a barn-storming national anthem in ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ The tune is often belted out […]

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#jbforjodie. Friends of Jodie-Lee Daniels, the 14-year-old girl who died along with four of her family members following a tragic accident in Buncrana at the weekend, are trying to get her favourite singer – Justin Bieber – to pay tribute to her on Twitter. People are being asked to tweet the hashtag #jbforjodie to @justinbieber. Anguish […]

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Enda Kenny has spoken to the Dáil this morning. Caretaker Taoiseach Enda Kenny made a strong statement against those attacking Europe with violence in the wake of this morning’s attacks in Brussels Airport and the Maalbeek Metro Station. He followed up his statements on social media by telling the Dáil that, according to the Irish […]

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These are disturbing scenes. The world has been rocked this morning by attacks in Brussels that have reportedly claimed several lives. Two explosions were witnessed inside Brussels Airport, and were quickly followed by further attacks on the Maelbeek Metro station. Belgium is on its highest level of security threat, which means that more attacks are […]

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Things are getting worse in Brussels. In an attack that closely resembles the Paris attacks of November 2015, multiple explosions have now occurred throughout the city of Brussels. The incident began this morning with two explosions in the Zaventem Airport in Brussels, resulting in several dead according to reports by Belgian police. These explosions were […]

11 years ago

Two explosions have been reported at Brussels’ Zaventem airport this morning. Footage has emerged of people running away from Brussels’ smoking Zaventem airport after explosions were witnessed this morning. While there is no confirmation yet on the source of the explosions, the incident follows hot on the heels of the capture of alleged perpetrator of […]

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A reminder that things are not perfect. A HSE-funded studied, commissioned by activist groups Glen and BeLonG To, has found that the life in entirely is still tough for young members of the LGBT community. An online survey of over 2,200 members of Ireland’s LGBT community revealed that 56% of respondents aged 14-18 had engaged […]

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It’s been a great year for Irish football. After Poland beat us on the continent and sentenced us to yet another play-off, Martin O’Neill’s hopes of a spot at the Euros in France this summer looked rather slim. However, thanks to Jon Walters and some thick fog in Zenica – we’re one of 24 teams […]

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Is there anything Saoirse Ronan can’t do? Saoirse Ronan has already been muddled up in her fair share of award ceremony controversy this year, though this time it’s not so much about her nationality as it is about her profession. When reading out the names of the nominees for the women’s Under 17’s Player of […]

11 years ago

Shocking news from Longford this evening. Reports from the Abbeyshrule airfield in Co. Longford suggest that the pilot of a light aircraft has died following a crash in the locality. Photos of the emergency services at the scene of the crash have appeared on Twitter. Emergency Services at scene of light aircraft crash in Abbeyshrule, […]

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Jose Aldo has got a big mouth. When Jose Aldo was knocked unconscious after thirteen seconds in the ring with Conor McGregor, nobody would have imagined that just months later he’d talking so brazenly about putting the Irishman ‘to sleep.’ That’s exactly what he’s been doing since McGregor submitted to Nate Diaz a few weeks […]

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“Screw you guys, I’m goin’ home.” South Park is definitely one of the funniest TV shows to grace our screens over the past 20 years, but we’d honestly never have pegged Rafa Benitez for a superfan of the Matt Stone and Trey Parker creation. Nevertheless, he turned up today to manage Newcastle wearing a pair […]

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Playing the tray. You’d be hard-pushed to find an Irish person who won’t get out of their seat for a good Wolfe Tones singalong, but it’s another level of commitment entirely to lead a singalong yourself with nothing but the aid of a bar tray. You heard us correctly. We’ve been sent a wonderful video […]

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