Let’s get down to business. With just under five weeks to go until Team JOE and Team Her do battle in the Virgin Media Night Run in Dublin on May 22, it’s time to put on our game faces. The time for pleasantries is over. Indeed, such is the level of competition in the office […]

10 years ago

Well holy God. We don’t know who this guy is or where he got his hands on such a magnificent garment, but we need to find out both immediately. We can only imagine what viewers in the UK and around the world make of it, but to fans of the greatest show ever made on […]

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Well, that escalated quickly. April 19 was progressing like any normal Tuesday evening until Conor McGregor dropped the pretty big bombshell that he had decided to retire young. Plenty thought he was joking at first, or at least they did until his coach John Kavanagh, the man he was supposed to fight in July, Nate […]

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Maybe he was being serious after all. Conor McGregor’s tweet about “retiring young” on Tuesday evening was greeted with a fair degree of scepticism from most quarters, but it would appear as if it might not be so far-fetched after all. I have decided to retire young.Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya's later. — Conor […]

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Something tells us that someone is having a laugh at McGregor’s expense. A tweet from McGregor’s account on Tuesday evening would appear to suggest that The Notorious has decided to call it a day, a tweet that was retweeted just under 10,000 times in 15 minutes. I have decided to retire young.Thanks for the cheese. […]

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Thankfully, nobody was hurt. There were scary scenes in Tullamore on Monday morning as a car ploughed into a footpath on a busy street after it broke free from a tow truck travelling through the town. Footage uploaded onto the HGV Dash Cam Footage Facebook page showed the car break away from the tow truck […]

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So many memories. It might mean jack to people under the age of 30, but to kids who grew up in the 1980s, the Commodore 64 was more important than any Playstation or Xbox on the market today. How do we know? It just was, alright. Sure, it might have taken half a day for […]

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Proof, if any was needed, that smartphones are seriously addictive. Do you own an iPhone? If so, how many times would you roughly estimate that you unlock it every day? If you said 80, then you’re as addicted to your iPhone as the average iPhone user, according to figures revealed at a security “deep dive” […]

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The man had to receive immediate medical attention. Residents in Cork have been warned “to keep their toilet seats down and to watch their posteriors” after an elderly man was hospitalised when a rat bit him on the bum while he was sitting on the toilet. Recent flooding in Cork has caused rat infestation in […]

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The Bull McCabe himself would be impressed. Nearly 30 years on from its release, The Field remains one of the best Irish films of all time and thanks to its inclusion on the English curriculum in secondary schools, it’s still influential today. The influence of Jim Sheridan’s film adaptation of John B Keane’s play has […]

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Unfortunately, this is the closest many of us will ever get to business class. For quite a lot of people – barring an unexpected and entirely complimentary upgrade – flying business class is but a dream. You may not ever get to experience it for yourself, but Aer Lingus today presented what it will be […]

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No sign of Ireland, unfortunately. During Chris Hadfield’s time on the International Space Station (ISS), we used to be spoiled by the astronaut providing an insight into just how stunning the Earth looked from space. It was great for us that he happened to have a soft spot for Ireland, too. There’s no sign of […]

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It’s the big one. J-League So tight is it at the top of the J-League that a mere three-point difference in scores between the top two in Gameweek 33 was enough to prompt a change at the top, with Allan Johnson’s Comeback Kids edging ahead of Pairic Sheehan’s Klippity Kloppity in the number one spot. […]

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It’s hard to disagree. Irish people knew about it for a long time, but the beauty of Skellig Michael off the coast of Kerry was showcased to the world of late when it appeared in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. It wasn’t just moviegoers that were impressed by Skellig Michael either; the […]

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We’re sure she’ll bounce back. Katie Taylor suffered a surprise loss to Yana Alekseevna of Azerbaijan in the semi-final of an Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey on Friday morning. Alekseevna won the fight by a unanimous decision (39-37 on the cards of all three judges), ending Taylor’s run of 62 consecutive victories dating back five […]

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Staying in tonight? Here’s what Tubs and Graham Norton have to offer. The Late Late Show Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick Supervet and Laois native Noel Fitzpatrick will be joining Ryan to chat about the pioneering surgeries that made him famous, from giving prosthetic titanium paws to Oscar the Bionic Cat, to the state-of-the-art keyhole surgery he […]

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One of the biggest and most successful clubs in one of the most Irish cities in the world. As one of the most popular destinations for Irish emigrants over the years, Boston has one of the strongest GAA communities of any place in the world outside of Ireland. Established in 1961, Connemara Gaels is one […]

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How you doin’? As you probably know by now, the Top Gear crew will be in Kerry filming this weekend, so if you happen to be around the Kingdom, keep a close eye out for Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc. Where exactly they will be filming isn’t known for certain at the moment (Dingle and […]

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What an achievement. Panti Bliss has ranked 29th in a poll by TIME Magazine on the 100 most influential people of 2016. As they do every year, TIME asked readers to vote for the people they deemed most influential in the world in 2016. TIME editors will eventually determine the ultimate honourees when the TIME […]

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“Pure laziness” prevents just under 40% of Irish people under the age of 34 from cooking from scratch in the kitchen. That’s just one of the statistics to emerge from a Super Valu Home Truths II report on the eating habits of Irish people that shows that young adults in Ireland are in danger of […]

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The proposals have not gone down well. The UCC Students’ Union has hit out at proposals to restrict the opening hours of bars on campus during Freshers’ Week and RAG week in the college. Calls from residents living around the university to limit the opening hours of bars on the UCC campus had been backed […]

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And it was starting to look good there for a few days. Don’t let the brief spurts of decent weather we’ve enjoyed this week get your hopes up because it’s going to be very, very cold over the weekend. According to Met Éireann, following pretty dry weather with only occasional showers throughout Friday, temperatures are […]

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Memories. Oral examinations for the Leaving Cert are currently underway, with thousands of students across the country memorising conversations they will never have in real life in an effort to impress the examiners and get good marks. It’s always preferable if you can converse about something you know about and for anyone of a GAA […]

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Some might call it karma. A man in his forties is believed to have been taken to hospital in Belfast last night after a brick that he threw at a charity shop window rebounded in his face. According to UTV, the brick rebounded off the window and hit him in the face while he was […]

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“Gorgeous, fit, intelligent women; I mean, Jesus, you’d want to see them!” Are you single, into keeping fit, up for the craic and available for one week in the middle of next month? More importantly, did the above quote from Kathryn Thomas immediately grab your attention? If you answered ‘yes’ to all of those questions, […]

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A man has been shot on Sheriff Street in Dublin. The man, in his twenties, is believed to have been shot several times at close range outside a pub at approximately 12.30pm on Thursday afternoon. UPDATE: The man who was shot on Sheriff Street this afternoon has died. The man, who has yet to be […]

10 years ago

An illustration of just how severe the housing crisis is in Limerick at the moment. So severe is it, in fact, that people in the city are monitoring the death notices in the hope of being put forward for council houses once occupied by the recently deceased. According to a report in the Limerick Post, […]

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See you in Coppers. As you’ll probably know by now, one of Dublin’s most iconic nightspots, Copper Face Jacks on Harcourt Street, is celebrating its 20th birthday and doing so in style with a star-studded party on the premises tonight. Over the last two decades, plenty of people have claimed they only ended up in […]

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Nice work if you can get it, alright. There are few things that incite envy more than learning how much money other people are earning and as you might suspect, the best footballers in the world do pretty well for themselves. As they do every year, France Football have released a list of the highest-earning […]

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The latest security advice was updated on Monday. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs have warned tourists travelling to Ireland of increased tensions between dissident republicans and unionists in the lead up to the centenary of the 1916 Rising. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs website contains security advice for Australians travelling to individual countries […]

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Big news from France this evening. Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has this evening confirmed that he will not be part of the French squad for Euro 2016. Benzema met with manager of the French national team, Didier Deschamps and Noël Le Graët, President of the French Federation, in Paris today to decide whether or […]

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Hearty congrats to one of Ireland’s favourite sportsmen. It’s been some week for Shane Lowry. Just days after an admirable showing at the Masters and a hole-in-one at the biggest golf tournament in the world, the Offaly man this week married his long-time partner Wendy Honner in New York. Shane and Wendy had been due […]

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Can you spot yourself in the crowd? If you can, we’d be amazed because a) the photos were taken from a vantage point way up in the skies and b) hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin on what was a memorable Easter weekend. As part of their extensive coverage of […]

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Any glaring omissions? The Professional Players’ Association (PFA) have announced the nominees for the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year for the 2015/16 season. If you say you could have guessed who they were going to be at the start of the season then we’re calling you a liar as the […]

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Terminal 2 has been getting all the love in recent years. Now it’s Terminal 1’s turn. Dublin Airport will invest €10 million to upgrade the arrivals hall and the façade of Terminal 1 over the coming months. New flooring, a replacement ceiling and the removal of desks currently situated in some window areas to allow […]

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Wow. If you know your ladies’ football, you’ve probably heard of Geraldine McLaughlin, a star forward on the Donegal ladies’ team. Yesterday in the Donaghy Cup Final at UCD, Geraldine illustrated the ridiculous extent of her talents while scoring 4-12 of Letterkenny IT’s 4-15 in their victory over IT Blanchardstown. That’s right, four goals and […]

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So you’re telling me there’s a chance… Music fans across the country despaired when Electric Picnic tickets sold out in about a millisecond, but all hope of securing your spot in Stradbally in September is not lost yet. As has been the case for the last seven years, the folks behind the RaboDirect Tour de […]

10 years ago

Any of these sound familiar? Pet owners try and give their dog, cat or tarantula a unique name to set them apart from the crowd, but it turns out that the moniker you’ve given your pet may be more common than you think. This month is National Pet Month in the UK and to mark […]

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Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured as a result. Two cars ended up in the River Liffey in Celbridge after a Gardai pursuit following a robbery in Lucan in the early hours of the morning. Pictures of the cars were posted on Twitter by Tallaght Ambulance early this morning, with fire brigade units from Tallaght, Dunshaughlin […]

10 years ago

Michael O’Leary offering a reserved opinion as per usual. Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary has used the terms “lunatics” and “headbangers” in relation to the Luas workers currently embroiled in a dispute with the Luas operator, Transdev, over pay. The long-running dispute shows no sign of abating and with a further eight days of strikes planned […]

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It made a lot of people uncomfortable. In a special report on Tuesday night’s Prime Time, Aoife Hegarty and David Doran revealed details of a foster care scandal in the west of Ireland, where children were left at risk for years despite sexual abuse allegations. The revelations followed on from a previous case involving a […]

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“It is a sad time to be a fighter and a fight fan.” Conor McGregor has paid tribute to Joao Carvalho, the Portguese MMA fighter who died as a result of injuries sustained at the Total Extreme Fighting Event at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night. McGregor, who was in attendance at the […]

10 years ago

Ah here. People only hire a skip when they have a lot of stuff they want to get rid of and it’s understandable that they would want to make the most of it while they have it. It’s one thing filling a skip to its full capacity, however and it’s another thing doing what some […]

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Mmmm… donuts. Live in Dublin? Like donuts? Like free stuff? Then you’ll probably want to get your ass down to Aungier Danger in Arnotts on Dublin’s northside this morning, because they’ll be giving away free donuts in their brand new store. Tmrw in our shiny new store in @ArnottsDublin #LIFFEYSTREET we're giving away #FREEDONUTS #OnePerPerson […]

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How many of these have you visited? Dublin has been listed as the 11th most expensive holiday destination in the world in a survey conducted by airport transfer website Hoppa. Ireland’s capital city is included alongside glamourous destinations such as Paris, New York, Dubai, Sydney and Cancun in a survey that examined six different travel […]

10 years ago

Categories in the ‘Gotcha Awards’ included Creep of the Year and Rack of the Year. The Students’ Union in the National College of Ireland have distanced themselves from the ‘Gotcha Awards’, an annual opportunity for students to vote for their favourite people in the college. Earlier this week, a post about the Gotcha awards appeared […]

10 years ago

The Portuguese fighter died from injuries sustained at an event in Dublin on Saturday night. A crowdfunding page has been set up to raise money for the family of Joao Carvalho, the Portuguese MMA fighter who died as a result of injuries sustained at an MMA event in Dublin on Saturday night. Carvalho’s representatives, The […]

10 years ago

Led Zeppelin might have a case to answer to here. Maybe we’re being presumptuous, but we think there’s a good chance that most of you have heard of ‘Stairway to Heaven’, Led Zeppelin’s biggest hit and one of the most iconic songs of all-time. We’re also being presumptuous in saying that we think most of […]

10 years ago

Incredibly sad news. Coach John Kavanagh has expressed his condolences to the friends and family of Joao Carvalho, who passed away this morning as a result of injuries sustained at an MMA event in Dublin on Saturday night. Carvalho was rushed to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell following a defeat to Charlie Ward at […]

10 years ago

Season six is coming. TV shows could be forgiven for keeping their cards close to their chest for fear of giving too much away ahead of a new season, but Game of Thrones fans have been spoiled in recent days. Following on from the hugely intense and very bloody official trailer this week, HBO have […]

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