Carl Kinsella

A lot more than Everton paid for one Seamus Coleman. The National Lottery have advised players from Donegal to get checking their tickets tonight after it was announced that one lucky player has a stub worth half a million euro. The player matched all five numbers of the draw — 14, 25, 31, 37 and […]

7 years ago

This sounds like an absolute pleasure cruise. We mean literally. An actual pleasure cruise. Royal Caribbean International has today opened applications for its first ever “Shore Explorer apprenticeship.” The company is looking for somebody to join their cruise for three weeks in order to act as the apprentice to their “Instagrammer-in-Chief,” Russ Francis. The role will include documenting their […]

7 years ago

Roughly €340,000 worth of property is stolen from Irish vehicles each year. An Garda Síochána has issued a warning on Tuesday evening following a spate of cars being burglarised in West Cork. The region saw no fewer than 35 cars being broken into on Sunday, 3 February alone. The incidents occurred at housing estates in Clonakilty, […]

7 years ago

January was one hell of a month… But were you actually paying attention? The news can be a dark and scary place sometimes. With all that’s going in the world, you could be forgiven for burying your head beneath your pillow and pretending that the outside world doesn’t even exist. If you are the kind […]

7 years ago

Met Éireann have followed up on the previous nationwide snow-and-ice warning, extending it by 24 hours. Snowy conditions have impacted various counties across Ireland over the last two days, and it turns out that the bad weather is actually here to stay for longer than predicted. A statement issued by Met Éireann on Thursday at […]

7 years ago

It just didn’t really work out. Throughout the Christopher Nolan trilogy, Christian Bale set the bar so high for Bruce Wayne that all future Batman actors will struggle to meet it. Couple that with the DC extended universe struggling to find its feet while the Marvel Cinematic Universe goes from strength to strength, and it […]

7 years ago

It’s some of his best work. Stephen King’s novels have given us some of the finest films of the last several decades. He’s the mind responsible for The Green Mile, Stand By Me, IT, Cujo, Misery, Carrie, The Shining… The list goes on and on. Now, one of King’s most interesting novels is being turned […]

7 years ago

Prince Phillip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, has issued an apology for his part in a car accident that injured the other driver. The 97-year-old chalked the accident up to glare from the sun, which prevented him from seeing the other vehicle. The accident resulted in an injury to the passenger of the […]

7 years ago

ESB has confirmed that there are power outages around the country this morning following bad weather throughout the night. A weather warning had been in place for high-speed winds across the country on Saturday evening, and this morning thousands of homes are without power. Separately, the ESB have reported large faults in parts of Donegal, […]

7 years ago

Double the limit. A roads policing unit in County Kerry pulled over a driver for going twice the speed limit on Friday night. The discovery was made on the Castleisland to Limerick Road. The motorist was going 200km/h in a 100km/h zone. According to An Garda Síochána, the driver was arrested for dangerous driving on the […]

7 years ago

Gardaí are looking for witnesses. Gardaí investigating a road traffic collision in County Kildare have renewed their appeal for witnesses to come forward. On Thursday (24 January), a man in his 40s died after being struck by a 4×4 vehicle on Dublin Road, Monasterevin. The incident occurred at roughly 6.50pm. He was treated at the scene […]

7 years ago

Terrible news from Brazil this morning. As many as 300 workers are missing after a collapse at an iron-ore mine in Brazil, according to reports. Nine people have already been confirmed dead at the mine in the Minas Gerais state, according to the BBC, but authorities at the scene have said that there is little […]

7 years ago

A very shocking story. An arrest has been made in the sexual assault investigation involving a Hacienda HealthCare patient who gave birth last month, Phoenix police announced Wednesday. A report by local news source KTAR News revealed that the suspect is 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland, “a licensed practical nurse who was responsible for caring for the victim during […]

8 years ago

An overwhelming response. A “nationally representative” survey of 1001 people carried out by insights firm iReach has found that people in Ireland agree strongly with the Gardaí clamping down on drink driving. The research found that the tougher laws are backed by an enormous 79% of respondents. Late last year, new legislation was introduced that […]

8 years ago

It’s set to be another freezing weekend. A funny thing about Irish people is that we always seem to forget that January and February is when our real winter hits. We have a semi-warm Christmas and we think we’re out of the woods. But no. Not so fast. Met Éireann has confirmed that we can expect […]

8 years ago