The man was arrested in Castleblaney, Monaghan. An Garda Síochána have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the theft of ATM machines in the Northwest and Eastern regions. According to a statement from a Garda spokesperson, the man in his 20s was arrested in Castleblaney, Monaghan yesterday (6 January) for an offence […]

6 years ago

Not a week into the new decade and it’s another fine mess we find ourselves in. With the Dáil still on Christmas break, the government has been forced into deferring the commemoration for the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 17 January, as part of the Decade of Centenaries. The commemoration was condemned by large swathes […]

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The controversial RIC event will not be going ahead. Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has announced that the event set to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary will be deferred. The event had been scheduled to take place at Dublin Castle on 17 January. Concerns had been raised about the nature of the event, given the […]

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Micheál Martin has called the event an “error of judgment”. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has spoken out about the controversial planned commemorative event for the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) next week, saying that the government has “abandoned” the “model of inclusive commemoration that has been developed and implemented by successive governments”. Martin, whose party […]

6 years ago

A lot of cartoon animals out of a job. Supermarket Lidl announced on Monday (6 January) that it will stop displaying cartoon characters on its own-brand cereal ranges by the end of Spring 2020. Lidl has said that the decision was taken to offset the effects of “pester power,” the process by which children pressure […]

6 years ago

Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson have issued a joint statement regarding the death of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian military general. Soleimani was killed on Friday after being targeted by a US military airstrike in Iraq. He was one of Iran’s most important military figures, and commander of their Quds Force, which specialises in unconventional […]

6 years ago

Auschwitz Memorial believes the book should not be used in an educational context. Irish author John Boyne became embroiled in an online spat with the Auschwitz Memorial over the weekend after he questioned the marketing behind books set in the notorious concentration camp in Poland. Boyne is perhaps best known for his bestselling novel The […]

6 years ago

That’s one way to do it. Kaylen Ward, an Instagram model now calling herself The Naked Philanthropist, has raised over AUS$500,000 by selling naked photos of herself to anybody who donates $10 dollars to the Australian bush fire relief effort. Ward had taken to Twitter offering “personalised” photos of herself to anyone who donated to […]

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Donald Trump has addressed the airstrike. Late on Thursday evening (2 January), news emerged that senior Iranian military general Qassem Suleimani had been killed in Baghdad, Iraq, as part of an American military airstrike. The move has been seen as an escalation in tensions between the US and Iran, who have shared an enmity lasting […]

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He had been missing since before Christmas. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed a body has been found in the search for Clare man Zuhair Chowdhury. Chowdury, who was 29 years of age, had last been seen in the North Clare area on 17 December. It had not been noted where Chowdhury was last […]

6 years ago

Weh weh weh. Ireland is a very wet country. Soaking wet. Dripping wet. Quite simply drenched. Okay, that’s enough of that. Today, Met Éireann released their 2019 Preliminary Climate Summary, and revealed that Athenry in Galway felt the heaviest level of rainfall, with 120% of normal annual rainfall values. The lowest level of rainfall was recorded […]

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Menthol cigarettes, including menthol rollies, will be banned in Ireland from 20 May onwards. The new restrictions come as a result of the four-year phasing-in period of the European Union Tobacco Product Directive, which places limits on the sale and merchandising of tobacco and tobacco related products in the EU. The directive does not allow […]

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“Blood on the carpet.” Tory MP Johnny Mercer, who holds the position of Minister for Military Personnel and Veterans, has restated his goal to fight prosecutions against British soldiers over actions carried out during The Troubles. Mercer said that there would be “blood on the carpet,” referring to his attempts to halt prosecutions such as those facing […]

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Ireland’s adult homeless population has risen yet again according to the latest figures. The Department of Housing has released the latest official figures on homelessness in Ireland. The report provides numbers for the month of November, as the department failed to publish the report in December of 2019. The overall level of homelessness fell between […]

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Up to 20 people participated in the attack. Gardaí at Clontarf Garda Station are investigating a serious assault that left an 18-year-old boy with “life-changing injuries.” A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána confirmed that the boy received a number of stab wounds during the incident, which occurred on Thursday evening (2 January). The incident occurred […]

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You won’t hear about a bigger hero this year. Quick thinking by five-year-old Cork girl Priya may have saved her mother’s life, after the 35-year-old mam of two collapsed while drinking her tea. Speaking to the Neil Prendeville Show on Red FM today, dad Damien explained that he’d been driving to work when his phone […]

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A few classics on the box tonight. Look, a lot of us are back in work, it’s really bad, we all feel bad, let’s not talk about it. Let’s talk about movies instead. There are plenty of decent ones on the box tonight and that should help ease the pain of existing in a world […]

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Very sad news from Limerick. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that a woman has died after she was pulled from the Shannon. Units from Limerick fire service, Limerick Marine Search and Rescue, as well as members from the Irish Coastguard attended the scene after the woman was spotted in difficulty near Limerick’s […]

6 years ago

Perfect for your New Year’s resolution. Two days into what the kids are calling Veganuary and plenty of people have managed to remain on the meatless wagon for almost 48 hours. KFC are looking to make the first month of the year go down even easier for the newly-converted vegans by releasing their first-ever vegan […]

6 years ago

You could be getting your degree from Hillary Clinton. Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been named as the new Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. She becomes the first woman to hold the position in the university’s 171 year history. Clinton succeeds Dr. Tom Moran, who passed away last year, in the prestigious […]

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What have we been learning about this year? No matter what your college professors tell you, Wikipedia is actually a pretty valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn about pretty much everything, so much so that it’s kind of hard to imagine what people did before it. In a blog post this week, Wikipedia […]

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Timing really can’t get any worse than this. Data released today by AA Rescue shows that over 1,300 people contacted the breakdown assistance service last year after their car broke down when they needed to get to hospital. Not only were hundreds of people waylaid in emergency situations, but no fewer than 21 breakdowns occurred while […]

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And I’d swear it all over again. As we’ve discussed on multiple occasions, Westlife simply have too many bangers to name. After an eight year hiatus, the boyband made their return earlier on this year, playing to 160,000 screaming fans across two nights in Croke Park. Now there’s good news for anyone who couldn’t get […]

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Rest in peace, Jean. Actress Jean Costello, best known for her role as Rita Doyle on RTÉ’s soap opera Fair City, died earlier this week at the age of 76. The news was initially reported through Facebook posts by family members and was later confirmed by RTÉ. Costello spent 24 years in her Fair City […]

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Barack Obama has included Normal People by Irish author Sally Rooney on his annual list of book recommendations. In a tweet posted on Saturday evening, the Mayo born author’s second novel was listed among a selection of mostly non-fiction works that Obama enjoyed this year. Speaking about the list of 39 books – which contained […]

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Five people were wounded after an attacker entered the home of a New York rabbi wielding a machete. The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council co-founder Yossi Gestetner said that the incident occurred at around 9.50pm on Saturday (28 December), while many Jewish people had gathered in their rabbi’s home for a celebration of Hannukah. The rabbi’s […]

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Very sad news from Longford. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that a man in his 30s has died following a road traffic collision in Longford. The incident occurred shortly before 2am this morning (29 December), on the R198 near Arva at Moyne. Gardaí have reported that the man’s car left the road […]

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Not good news for anyone trying to get around. Luas have confirmed that all the stops between Ballaly and Brides Glen on the Green Line are out of action until tomorrow, due to a “power failure.” The affected stops comprise roughly half of the entire route, and the issue has been causing problems for passengers […]

6 years ago

Line of Duty fans take note. Stephen Graham, who starred in the fifth season of the BBC show, will be on the couch for Graham Norton’s New Year’s Eve celebration. Graham has had a big year, also starring in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. He’s not the only heavyweight who’ll be joining Graham, though. Fan favourite […]

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A devastating attack. The death toll continues to rise following a car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu earlier today (28 December). The attack is the most devastating of its kind to rock Somalia in years. Footage from the scene shows multiple cars burned out at the scene of the explosion, which took […]

6 years ago

Anyone with an electric scooter is advised to be very careful. Dublin Fire Brigade has alerted the public to an incident that occurred in west Dublin on Saturday morning. Two fire truck units were dispatched to the house. Thankfully there were no injuries. In a tweet, the official Twitter account for Dublin Fire Brigade noted: […]

6 years ago

Very sad news. A Thai Navy SEAL who was part of the team that rescued 12 boys from Tham Luang cave has died from an illness contracted while participating in the rescue. The hero, who has been named as Bayroot Pakbara, contracted the infection while taking part in the rescue mission and had been monitored […]

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A few Irish people on the list this year. Irish cricketer Eoin Morgan, who has been captain of the English cricket team since the 2015 World Cup, has been named on the Queen’s New Years Honours list for 2019. Morgan played a pivotal role in England’s Cricket World Cup success earlier this year, and was […]

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Very sad news from Donegal. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that a woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at the scene of a car crash in Donegal last night (27 December). Gardaí have also said that the woman had been driving the car at the time of the crash, and that […]

6 years ago

Baby Jesus would have loved a Bounty. Each year, we have memes, tweets, full-on thinkpieces about why the Bounty is the worst of the Celebrations. And not just the worst of the Celebrations, but sat (unopened) atop the reject pile of all Christmas confectionary. This year, I think it’s about time that someone spoke up […]

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Allow me to set the scene. It’s Christmas Day 2016 in a Brooklyn apartment. A dozen Irish 20-somethings are crammed into a kitchen-cum-hallway-cum-living room about three metres wide at most. We do not have the resources for Christmas dinner, so we’ve ordered Chinese. Whether it arrives is another issue, as the streets are covered in […]

6 years ago

“Thank you for making me a part of this.” For a long time, scientists have pondered the next steps that humankind will take in the endless forward march of evolution. But we already have the answer. The pinnacle of evolution is: Muppets. The clearest illustration of Muppet supremacy came in the form of 1992 film […]

6 years ago

Where have all the Christmas songs gone? Ever since the days of the earliest Christmas carols, Christmas music has been dishing out trippiness that makes Jefferson Airplane look like Daniel O’Donnell. Take ‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’, for example, which is clearly about a man who has ended up with a surplus of birds and […]

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How well do you remember your own nativity play? Every Christmas, we hopefully get to celebrate some time off work, exchange some gifts and eat some delicious turkey sandwiches. And who do we have to thank for that? That’s right. The little baby Jesus. Regardless of your religious persuasions or lack thereof, the story of […]

6 years ago

Donald Trump has been impeached. But does it matter? After an impeachment inquiry that lasted just a matter of weeks and featured testimony from military personnel, key diplomats and State Department figures, the US House of Representatives has voted to impeach Donald Trump. In the end, Trump was charged with two “high crimes and misdemeanours”: […]

6 years ago

One man has been shot. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that Gardaí are currently at the scene of a shooting at Shancastle Park, Clondalkin in Dublin 22. A man in his 20s was treated at the scene before being taken to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown with injuries that are described as “serious but non-life-threatening.” […]

6 years ago

Say it ain’t so, Le Galaxie. Popular Irish electronic music act Le Galaxie have announced that they’re calling time on the band. A fixture of Irish music since their foundation in 2008, the band have released three studio albums: Laserdiscs 2, Le Club and Pleasure. Le Galaxie was originally formed by Michael Pope, David McGloughlin, Anthony […]

6 years ago

Terrible news. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that a woman has died from her injuries following an alleged assault in Arklow last weekend. The woman, who has been named locally as Nadine Lott, was the victim of an alleged assault at a house in Wicklow on 14 December. Lott had been in […]

6 years ago

Ireland’s doctors have taken an unprecedented vote to strike. Ireland’s doctors are expected to engage in industrial action at the start of 2020, following a a vote by the Irish Medical Organisation on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the body this evening, IMO Consultant and Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor (NCHD) members have voted in […]

6 years ago

13 more towns have been added to the list. Minister for Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton announced on Tuesday that 13 more towns will no longer be permitted to burn bituminous coal, also known as ‘smoky coal’. “I have announced today that the smoky coal ban will be extended to 13 more towns, […]

6 years ago

A man in his 60s has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal traffic collision that occurred in June of this year. According to a statement issued by the Gardaí this evening, he will appear before Tullamore District Court tomorrow morning (18 December). The incident resulted in the death of a pedestrian, aged […]

6 years ago

How did he do it? Lots of money and resources. Comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani totally stunned the internet with his new superhero body ahead of his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor, who was previously known for his roles in indie rom-coms like The Big Sick or sitcoms like Silicon Valley, was […]

6 years ago

The HSE has asked people who are suffering from the flu and norovirus to keep Ireland’s emergency departments free for emergencies. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Dr Vida Hamilton, the National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead at HSE Acute Hospital Operations, reminded the public that “weather illnesses” like colds are viral and self-limiting, meaning that […]

6 years ago

Are you a country mouse or a city mouse? On Monday, the Central Statistics Office published a new report titled “Urban and Rural Life in Ireland 2019” featuring figures on statistical disparities between cities and rural areas in Ireland. According to the latest data, 31.4% of Irish people live in a rural area — above the […]

6 years ago

Great news on the jobs front. Major UK trade tool retailer Screwfix are set to establish 40 physical stores in Ireland to add to their online presence. According to the company, they’re expecting to create around 400 jobs in Ireland. Each of the new stores will stock 10,000 products, from power tools and work wear […]

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