Boeing’s 737 Max 8 planes have been hit with another complication as foreign object debris was found in the fuel tanks of some of the planes. The company has reported the problem to the Federal Aviation Authority and each plane in the 400-strong fleet is now being inspected individually. Foreign object debris (FOD) refers to […]

6 years ago

Findings that will come as no surprise to anyone in their twenties. A study by European Union body Eurofound has revealed that almost half of all Irish people between the ages of 25 and 29 are still living with their parents. The report, titled ‘Household composition and well-being’, monitored housing data between 2007 and 2017. […]

6 years ago

Very sad news from Cork. A man in his 50s has died after he was involved in a road traffic collision on Tuesday evening. Gardaí said that the man received fatal injuries as part of the initial collision with another car. One of the cars then spun out onto the road and hit a third […]

6 years ago

“The truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.” The family of Caroline Flack have published a previously unreleased Instagram post composed by the star in the weeks before her death. Flack died by suicide over the weekend. The statement was given to the Eastern Daily Press, who have also reported […]

6 years ago

Actor Ben Affleck has spoken openly about the reasons why he stepped away from the Batman franchise. In an interview with The New York Times, Affleck said: “I showed somebody ‘The Batman’ script. They said, ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you […]

6 years ago

Meat substitutes are fine, but plastic and rubber are not ideal. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has warned that supermarket Iceland is recalling a batch of its own-brand vegetable lasagne. The FSAI further noted that “point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores supplied with the implicated batches”. Consumers can identify whether or […]

6 years ago

Let’s just have the bloody second election and get it over with. It’s been a little over a week since the 2020 general election or, as it may soon be known, the first 2020 general election. In the Irish context, this isn’t actually all that long. For example, in 2016, it took 72 days for […]

6 years ago

“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” That’s the message that has cut through in the aftermath of Caroline Flack’s death by suicide. After being charged with domestic abuse, Flack had been designated as a public enemy, and reaped the kind of venom that the internet and tabloid newspapers reserve for their […]

6 years ago

Since winning independence, Ireland has been governed at all times by two parties who don’t differ on anything important. Two parties who only snipe at each other based on their past mistakes rather than any actual, foundational dispute over how best to govern a country. Two parties who talk at length about how the other […]

6 years ago

RTÉ has announced that Brendan O’Connor has been hired to take over the mid-morning weekend show. Marian Finucane had presented the show as The Marian Finucane Show from 1999 until her death on 2 January, 2020. The show will continue in its previous slot, from 11am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. According to RTÉ, […]

6 years ago

Mick Wallace, the recently elected MEP for Ireland South, was called to order during a sitting of the European Parliament today. Wallace was reprimanded after he referred to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as an “unelected gobshite.” “Do you not agree that the recognition of Guaidó is an absolute embarrassment to anyone that has to […]

6 years ago

Gardaí in Longford are looking to speak to witnesses after an incident on Wednesday night where shots were fired at a house. In a statement issued on Thursday evening, Gardaí reported that at 9pm yesterday night a number of shots were fired at a house in Anally Gardens, Longford. Three people were present in the […]

6 years ago

QUACK. QUACK. QUACK. Emilio Estevez has announced that he will reprise the iconic role of Coach Gordon Bombay in the reboot of the Mighty Ducks franchise. Hollywood’s most legendary junior ice hockey team is getting their skates on once more as part of a new Disney Plus series. According to Variety, Estevez has said: “Once a […]

6 years ago

Valentine’s Day is about one thing: the Late Late Show Valentine’s Day Special. Every year, a rowdy live studio audience gathers in Montrose and watched Ryan Tubridy do his best to stay in control of the horny chaos. This year will be no different, although there are a few unique elements to this year’s carnival […]

6 years ago

“I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves. I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds.” The words of Dennis Reynolds, of course. This coming weekend, Ireland will only have to deal with Storm Dennis over this coming weekend. Nevertheless, it seems as though we’ll have some more […]

6 years ago

Very sad news. A man in his 40s has been pronounced dead after his car was involved in a collision with a truck in Sligo at around midday on Thursday (13 February). The man was only person in the car at the time of incident. He was pronounced dead at the scene and removed to […]

6 years ago

By the time Leo Varadkar arrived, the Phibblestown Community Centre’s very reasonably priced tuck shop (€1 for a can of Coke) had sold out of its best chocolate bars. Throughout the day, it had been serving media, politicians and supporters alike. Paul Donnelly, who got in on the first count, and Roderic O’Gorman, who got […]

6 years ago

There is a pervasive tendency, especially among those in the media, to simplify moments like this one. To desalinate the cultural current of mineral details until we’re left with something that we can comfortably digest. The 2011 general election, for example, was defined almost exclusively by the financial crisis and the bank bailout. Last year’s […]

6 years ago

What happens the morning after #GE2020? Permutations pop up pretty much whenever the Irish national team reach the final stages of qualifying for an international tournament and we’re relying on a team much better than us to draw 0-0 with Georgia while we lose by less than a goal so we can qualify for the […]

6 years ago

It’s PR-STV’s time to shine, baby. One of life’s small mercies is that, generally speaking, we get to go roughly five years at a time without thinking about Proportional Representation through the Single Transferrable Vote, Ireland’s almost-unique voting system. The only other sovereign state that uses the same system for its parliamentary elections is Malta. […]

6 years ago

Things couldn’t have really gotten any better for Mary Lou McDonald. After weeks of herself and Pearse Doherty demanding that they be added to RTÉ’s final debate, alongside Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar, the polls provided them with an unimpeachable case. Top of the polls and a seat at the big kid’s table, this is […]

6 years ago

Last night, an Irish Times poll confirmed Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin’s worst fears: Sinn Féin are top of the polls. An entire century of Irish political establishment felt the ground rumble beneath its feet. Not quite a quake, but a persistent sort of wobble. That’s not to belittle the apparent sea-change that’s afoot. Sinn […]

6 years ago

Fine Gael’s #GE2020 campaign will be treated as a case study in years to come. Marketing students, political science students, communications students… All of them will have to take this module in How Not to Use Social Media 101. Lesson one will focus on Fine Gael’s strange opening salvo. Three days into the election campaign […]

6 years ago

With seven candidates on the stage, you’d expect that these old political rivals would be at each other’s throats. Such a bloody history behind them, you’d forgive some carnage, some chaos. Time is running out, too. With just over a week until the election, you’d allow for the frantic cross-talk, the raised voices. There was […]

6 years ago

There is a wonderful word in Irish: deargár. Found in the de Bhaldraithe dictionary of 1959, it means “a carnival of bloodshed.” For just a moment on Monday night, it seemed like those who had tuned into RTÉ’s seven-way leader’s expecting a little bit of a deargár would go away disappointed. Moderator Claire Byrne’s winding […]

6 years ago

I’m going to admit something embarrassing here. I love political debates. Make no mistake: this means I’m a bad person. Anyone who treats politics as sport, in even the most minute way, is a disgrace. One moment spent indulging in the theatre and pageantry adjacent to politics is time that would be better spent somewhere […]

6 years ago

“Barristers employed by political parties don’t get to decide what’s constitutional.” This week, Fianna Fáil undercut Sinn Féin’s proposed three-year rent-freeze on the grounds that the party had received legal advice saying such freezes would be unconstitutional. These concerns were an echo of issues raised by Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy when Sinn Féin brought […]

6 years ago

RTÉ have confirmed that seven party leaders will be on-stage for the national broadcaster’s multi-party debate next week. The debate, which will be hosted in NUI Galway, is set to air live on Monday 27 January at 9.35pm. The seven leaders who will share the stage are: Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Féin), Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael), […]

6 years ago

With a little more than two weeks to go until election day, Sinn Féin are at odds with both of Ireland’s major television stations after being excluded from their “head-to-head” debates. After RTÉ announced its plans for a debate between Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin, Pearse Doherty sprung into action and wrote a very strongly-worded […]

6 years ago

Look at the state of us. As the opening week of campaigning for next month’s general election draws to a close, JOE launches its brand new politics podcast, State of Us: Election 2020. Hosted by Dion Fanning and featuring JOE’s Head of Politics Ellen Coyne, and columnist Carl Kinsella, the show will take an exciting […]

6 years ago

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar walked away while being quizzed by a member of the public on Wednesday. While canvassing in Cavan, Varadkar was challenged by a Lizzy Quinn, a young woman who said: “I think you need to look after all the citizens, not just the people who ‘get up early in the morning’, whatever that […]

6 years ago

Sinn Féin has called on its councillor Paddy Holohan to apologise for remarks he has made about Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. The MMA fighter-turned-local politician had come under fire for remarks made about Varadkar when discussing his credentials as leader of the government. Speaking on an episode of his No Shame podcast, Holohan said: “We need […]

6 years ago

Fine Gael’s first day of campaigning began with a disaster that seemed inevitable under the conditions that have come to pass with Ireland in their custody. Before any election was called, homelessness was set to be a major issue facing the Fine Gael government seeking re-election. Then, on the same day that the election was […]

6 years ago

Approximately 10 cars are being clamped per day at the Red Cow Luas Park & Ride. Figures from Transport Infrastructure Ireland, released to Dublin Mid-West TD John Curran, have revealed that almost 3,000 people were clamped at the Red Cow Luas park & ride last year. Of the 2,927 clamped between 1 January and 3 November […]

6 years ago

Ireland doesn’t really want anyone to be the next Taoiseach. With just 24 days to prepare for a general election – Ireland’s first in four years, and the first since Leo Varadkar became Taoiseach – there isn’t much time to become an expert on the issues, on who stands for what, or to process what […]

6 years ago

Ireland will go to the polls on 8 February, but there’s a lack of clarity over who can actually vote. As it stands, thousands of people who have registered to vote in Ireland within the last year may not have their names added to the register. Under the Electoral Act 1992, the new electoral register will […]

6 years ago

“An insult to Luke, his family and the area.” A sculpture of legendary Irish folk singer Luke Kelly on the Royal Canal, between Guild St and Sheriff St, appears to have been vandalised for a second time this year. It was vandalised for the first time in June of last year when Kelly’s eyes were covered […]

6 years ago

A taxi driver has been shot in Drogheda. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána have confirmed that a man was injured on Monday evening (13 January) after a number of shots were fired into a taxi. The driver of the taxi was injured in the shooting and was brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital […]

6 years ago

Very sad news. A spokesperson for an Garda Síochána has confirmed that an 11-year-old girl injured in a car crash last weekend has died. The child had been injured as a result of a single vehicle serious road traffic collision that occurred at approximately 11:30am on Saturday (11 January) on the Lower Lucan Rd, Lucan, Dublin. At the time of […]

6 years ago

The shooting took place in Raheny. Gardaí at Raheny Garda station are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting in Dublin last night (12 January). A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána confirmed that a man in his late 30s was shot at St. Berach’s Place, Raheny, Dublin, at approximately 9.30pm on Sunday. The man was brought to Beaumont […]

6 years ago

“I have had to make a choice between seeking re-election or keeping my promise to my local community.” Independent TD Dr. Michael Harty has announced that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming general election, as he can no longer find a locum GP to cover his role in the community. Harty was first […]

6 years ago

Will this be her year? On Monday, Saoirse Ronan picked up her fourth Oscar nomination for her role as Jo in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women. Ronan, who is just 25, has never won either a Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress award at the ceremony, and this year she’s up against the likes […]

6 years ago

Irish childcare providers are set to protest in Dublin on Wednesday, 5 February. The decision was announced today by the Early Years Alliance, a public action group formed in December of last year. The group is made up of various childcare worker representative bodies, including the Association of Childhood Professionals, the Federation of Early Childhood Providers, […]

6 years ago

“Shame on the government.” An 81-year-old woman was found on O’Connell Street by a homelessness charity on Thursday, after she had been discharged from hospital earlier in the day. Independent Dublin City Councillor and former Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke posted about the incident on his Facebook page, saying that a volunteer from Reaching […]

6 years ago

One man has been left in critical condition. Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a road collision between a van and three pedestrians that occurred yesterday evening (9 January). The collision took place on St. Margarets Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, at around 5.10pm on Thursday. According to a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána, two of the […]

6 years ago

Preppy is back. Mark-Paul Gosselaar is set to reprise his iconic role as Zack Morris in the upcoming reboot of Saved by the Bell. Gosselaar had already signed on to help produce the series, and movie magazine Deadline has now reported that the actor will be returning to Bayside High for at least three episodes […]

6 years ago

A man was brought to hospital after being stabbed. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that a man was hospitalised yesterday evening after suffering stab wounds. The incident occurred at a residence at Knockbrack Downs, Drogheda, Louth. The man, whose injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, was taken to Our Lady of […]

6 years ago

This weekend is not shaping up to be pleasant. Four counties were already expecting to be hit by a potentially hazardous level of rainfall today, but an update from Met Éireann at 6am this morning suggests that we’re going to be battered by some hard wind as well. In a Status Yellow wind warning […]

6 years ago

In the immediate aftermath of Qassem Soleimani’s death, #WorldWarIII began to trend worldwide. The assassination – carried out by the United States via military airstrike in the capital of Iran’s neighbour, Iraq – was an unprecedented escalation in tensions between the two states, who share a long-standing enmity. Bad blood between the two countries dates […]

6 years ago

“I’ll come and find you on the other side.” As tributes have poured in for legendary RTÉ broadcaster Larry Gogan, mention has been made of ‘the Two Larries’ – a reference to the close friendship between Gogan and U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. According to an RTÉ spokesperson, Mullen declined to appear on air today […]

6 years ago