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  • PICS: Thousands of people all over the country turned out for Darkness Into Light 2016

    PICS: Thousands of people all over the country turned out for Darkness Into Light 2016

    Fair play to everyone involved. In the early hours of Saturday morning, tens of thousands of people across Ireland rose from their comfy, comfy beds to support Darkness Into Light 2016, a fantastic initiative by Irish suicide and self-harm crisis centre, Pieta House. This year was the eighth year that Pieta House has been running […]

    10 years ago

  • The three players you need in your Fantasy Football team this week

    The three players you need in your Fantasy Football team this week

    Sh*t or get off the pot time. J-League It was a pretty poor showing in the J-League this week, with no team in the top five managing to register a score in excess of 45 points. As a result, Ciaran Tracey’s Bacuna Mata-ta have claimed the outright lead, five points ahead of Brendan Nohilly’s Odds […]

    10 years ago

  • Around the World in 80 Clubs: Garryowen GAC, Melbourne, Australia (#21)

    Around the World in 80 Clubs: Garryowen GAC, Melbourne, Australia (#21)

    If hurling in 35 degree heat sounds like fun, then Garryowen GAC is the club for you. As the hotbed of Australian Rules Football, it’s no surprise that Melbourne is one of the biggest GAA strongholds in the southern hemisphere. Take a trip out to Gaelic Park on any given Sunday and you’ll get a […]

    10 years ago

  • Ecstasy is just as cheap but twice as strong as it was ten years ago

    Ecstasy is just as cheap but twice as strong as it was ten years ago

    The findings were revealed in a report by the Trimbos Institute in the Netherlands. A typical ecstasy pill is now twice as strong as it was in 2005 despite the fact the price of a pill has barely changed in the same period, according to research by the internationally-renowned Trimbos Institute in the Netherlands. A […]

    10 years ago

  • The three players you need in your Fantasy Football team this week

    The three players you need in your Fantasy Football team this week

    The calm before the storm. J-League With just three gameweeks to go, the situation is arse-clenchingly tight at the top of the J-League, with nothing separating the top two as matters draw to a fascinating conclusion. Having topped the table for so-long before a mid-season crisis, Ciaran Tracey’s Bacuna Mata-ta are now level on points […]

    10 years ago

  • Some stellar acts have been added to an already brilliant line-up for Longitude

    Some stellar acts have been added to an already brilliant line-up for Longitude

    It’s going to be some weekend. More than 45 acts have been added to the line-up for this year’s Longitude festival, including the likes of The Lumineers, The Coronas and Run the Jewels. The new additions to the line-up were announced on Friday afternoon and they’ll join headliners such as The National, Kendrick Lamar, Major […]

    10 years ago

  • TUBRIDY V NORTON: The lineups for The Late Late Show and Graham Norton are here

    TUBRIDY V NORTON: The lineups for The Late Late Show and Graham Norton are here

    Kevin bloody Keegan everybody! Despite the presence of a living football legend on the Late Late, we reckon Graham might just shade it tonight. We’ll let you judge for yourself after having a look at the respective line-ups below. The Late Late Show Kevin Keegan 20 years to the day when he lost it on […]

    10 years ago

  • Using your phone in other EU countries is going to be a lot cheaper from this weekend

    Using your phone in other EU countries is going to be a lot cheaper from this weekend

    Turning off your mobile data while abroad will soon be a thing of the past. There are few things more annoying than checking your phone bill after returning from a trip abroad and realising the exorbitant cost of making phone calls, texting or accessing the internet in another country. Not before time, that’s all going […]

    10 years ago

  • PIC: The new Ireland away jersey is an absolute beaut

    PIC: The new Ireland away jersey is an absolute beaut

    We heartily approve. Umbro this morning revealed the new, white away jersey for the Ireland soccer team and we have to say that we like what we see. The 2016 Ireland AWAY Kit, Pre-Order now at https://t.co/XxEqw8kQL4 pic.twitter.com/2iqeKvuY0T — Umbro Ireland (@UmbroIreland) April 29, 2016 A closer look at the 2016 @FAIreland AWAY Jersey, Pre-Order […]

    10 years ago

  • Drinking on the streets in Galway is “out of control”, says local councillor

    Drinking on the streets in Galway is “out of control”, says local councillor

    A councillor in Galway has claimed that drinking on the streets of Galway city is “out of control” and that little is being done to stop it. According to the Connacht Tribune, councillor Colette Connolly has queried whether the increase in public order incidents in Galway is connected to excessive drinking on the streets, which […]

    10 years ago

  • Here’s the weather forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend

    Here’s the weather forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend

    It might not actually be as bad as you thought. Nobody was really getting their hopes up after a week in which we’ve had hail, snow, heavy rain and temperatures close to freezing, but there should be an improvement over the weekend. Or at least a slight one. According to Met Éireann, Friday is set […]

    10 years ago

  • There’s no strike but there’s no service on the Luas green line

    There’s no strike but there’s no service on the Luas green line

    A heads up for anyone who regularly uses the service. Passengers who normally use the Luas green line service were forced to seek alternative means of transport due to a suspension of the service on Friday morning. The day after the latest in a series of one-day strikes by Luas workers in their continued dispute […]

    10 years ago

  • PIC: This is what the new Guinness logo will look like

    PIC: This is what the new Guinness logo will look like

    What’s the verdict? Brands in Ireland don’t come much more iconic than Guinness; the distinctive harp has been associated with the black stuff since the 19th century and is recognisable around the globe. For the first time in over a decade, Guinness have decided to tamper with the iconic logo, which has been given an […]

    10 years ago

  • PICS: A sizeable crowd showed up to the mental health protest outside Dáil Éireann

    PICS: A sizeable crowd showed up to the mental health protest outside Dáil Éireann

    #IAmAReason A protest against the decision to divert funding for mental health services attracted a sizeable crowd outside Dáil Éireann on Thursday afternoon. The protest, organised by the Union of Students in Ireland and Mental Health Reform, took place outside the Kildare Street entrance to Dáil Éireann, where a number of speakers outlined their opposition […]

    10 years ago

  • VIDEO: Lightning strikes plane shortly before it lands in Heathrow

    VIDEO: Lightning strikes plane shortly before it lands in Heathrow

    Frightening. A plane travelling from Prague to London was struck by lightning shortly before it landed in Heathrow Airport on Wednesday evening. Footage recorded on the ground by photographer Aled Rhys Jones captured the moment the plane was struck by lightning just after 8pm. Clip via Aled Rhys Jones A number of passengers flying into […]

    10 years ago

  • Planning has been granted for a new, world-class national children’s hospital in Dublin

    Planning has been granted for a new, world-class national children’s hospital in Dublin

    The news was confirmed by Health Minister Leo Varadkar on Thursday morning. Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has confirmed that planning has been granted for a new national children’s hospital in Dublin. .@finegael Absolutely fantastic news. Planning granted for new national Children's Hospital! Great news for all the children of Ireland — Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) […]

    10 years ago

  • A European airline has a dream opportunity for people who love travel and Snapchat

    A European airline has a dream opportunity for people who love travel and Snapchat

    Does this sound up your street? Like travel? Good on Snapchat? Free for three months? Then you’ll probably be interested in news that Icelandic airline WOW Air is launching a fantastic job opportunity for travel enthusiasts. As part of its “SnapTraveler” programme, the airline is looking for four social media-savvy individuals to become its travel […]

    10 years ago

  • Brace yourself Dublin, the Hoff is going to be in town this weekend

    Brace yourself Dublin, the Hoff is going to be in town this weekend

    We’re sure he won’t get any hassel. Dubliners, whatever plans you had for this weekend you might want to think about cancelling them because a bona-fide celebrity is going to be in our midst. That’s right, David Hasselhoff, AKA The Hoff, AKA Baywatch’s Mitch Bucannon, is going to be in Dublin for the Gumball 3,000 […]

    10 years ago

  • PIC: This grim-looking graph explains why it’s so cold in Ireland this week

    PIC: This grim-looking graph explains why it’s so cold in Ireland this week

    And it’s not going to get much better either. It might be the last week in April, but it sure hasn’t felt like it this week, with unseasonable spells of hail, snow and cold weather hitting parts of the country in the last couple of days. Met Eireann have forecast that it’s going to be […]

    10 years ago

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