It’s looking pretty good. The weather is likely to dictate or at least have a large influence in people’s plans for the last long weekend of the summer, so you’ll be delighted to hear that it’s looking pretty sweet. Don’t go expecting heatwaves or anything, but we think it’s fair to say that the majority […]

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Thanks to the warm weather we’ve been experiencing so far this summer, thousands of people who wouldn’t go near the water in the depths of winter have been dipping their toes in the sea off the Irish coast. The need to stay […]

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Two amazing prizes, one very difficult choice. The world of GAA club raffles is often a very weird and wonderful one indeed. Only recently, we brought you the tale of a club in Offaly who offered the services of their senior team to foot turf for the winner of the club raffle, while another club […]

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Galway Races 1, these guys nil. As many people headed west this week will testify, there’s something special about the Galway Races. It’s not just the actual racing itself; there’s a buzz and an atmosphere around Ballybrit and Galway city in the last week of July that makes the Races a must-not-miss event for the […]

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Depending on your sense of humour, you’ll either let out a big laugh or a big sigh. They’re called ‘Dad jokes’ but you don’t have to be a father to recognise the type of gags that fall under that category. Usually, they contain a line so obvious that most people don’t bother telling them and […]

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The fact that she’s married didn’t seem to put him off. We’ve regularly expressed our admiration for Sheamus in the past and we’re far from the only ones who have a bit of a soft spot for The Celtic Warrior. The latest to get a little bit misty-eyed about the Dubliner was the mother of […]

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We need to take a shower after watching this. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most marketable sports people in the world – he was recently named by Forbes as the world’s highest earning athlete – and he’s well entitled to make the most of it while he’s at the peak of his powers. Indeed, […]

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The reigning PFA Player of the Year is a dab hand with a hurley. The two of them are outstanding exponents of their own sports, but it’s hard to envisage a situation where Monaghan’s star man Conor McManus and Riyad Mahrez would end up sharing a pitch together. As the pair of them are ambassadors […]

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More millionaires per capita than Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, according to a new survey. One in every 40 people living in Dublin is a millionaire, according to a new survey by Spear’s Magazine and WealthInsight. The survey, referenced in today’s Irish Times, has Dublin in tenth place on a list of European cities with most […]

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Those folks at NASA are obviously sticklers for detail. Last week, July 20, marked the 47th anniversary of one of the most historic days in history, when Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. Approximately 20 minutes after Armstrong uttered the immortal line “one small step for man, one giant […]

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Iarnród Éireann management and unions are due to begin talks at the Workplace Relations Commission on Wednesday. The National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) and SIPTU have warned that industrial action could take place if there is no improvement in the terms and conditions for Irish Rail drivers. The NBRU and SIPTU released a joint […]

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Terrible news. A 16-year old boy from the village of Corofin in Galway has passed away following a tragic swimming accident in Munich last week. According to the Connacht Tribune, 16-year old Jack McHugh was involved in a swimming accident while he was visiting a relative in Munich. He had been treated in hospital but […]

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Fair play to Evelyn, she handled it like a pro. As if trying to predict our weather isn’t tricky enough, we can imagine that it’s pretty tough for Irish weather forecasters to have to present it to a live audience, particularly when it’s bad news a large part of the time. The history of live […]

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Nin Hoogen and the Hoogen Notes would be proud. It’s been nearly 20 years since the last episode of Father Ted was broadcast but its legacy continues to live on at home and abroad. We’re not sure how big it ever was in Haiti, but thanks to the efforts of one particularly enthusiastic Irish teacher, […]

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Emotional scenes in Ballybrit. The world of horse racing was plunged into mourning on Tuesday following the terribly sad passing of JT McNamara. John Thomas McNamara, one of the most successful amateur jockeys in National Hunt racing, was just 41 years old and is survived by his wife Caroline, his two sons Dylan, Harry and […]

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The ISPCA are now calling for a national ban. Dublin city councillors passed a motion on Monday night to ban circuses with wild animals from the council’s land. The passing of the motion, which was put forward by Sinn Féin Councillor Noeleen Reilly, was welcomed by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to […]

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“I’ll be ready.” They stopped making it well over a decade ago, but because most Irish people growing up in the ‘90s were glued to it on Saturday afternoons, Baywatch has always had a special place in our hearts. Apart from the Hoff (obviously) and some of the impossibly attractive lifeguards, the most recognisable element […]

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Looking for an excuse to get out of the city this weekend? If you are and if you don’t mind strangers taking over your gaff while you’re away, then making your home available to rent on Airbnb could be a very lucrative option indeed. What’s the worst that could happen? The popularity of Airbnb has […]

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Be safe on the road, folks. Cork has had the highest number of road fatalities of any county in Ireland in 2016 so far, with 17 people losing their lives as a result of incidents in the county. A review of 2016 to date by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) revealed that there were 89 […]

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Is that what our road network is going to look like by 2050? An all-island motorway/dual carriageway network forms the central part of an ambitious proposal to upgrade transport by two major business groups in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The proposal, outlined in a report launched by the Joint Business Council (JBC) of […]

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Something a little different for all the lucky people bound for Stradbally in September. There’s always so much going on at Electric Picnic that the needs of everyone are catered for and those looking for stimulating, intellectual debate with a little bit of humour thrown in will find it at MindField at this year’s festival. […]

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There’s not a whole lot to it but we’re still excited. Plot’s it all about: The follow-up to one of the greatest movies of the 20th century sees Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud reunited again many years after their drug-addled antics in the original. Loosely based on Irvine Welsh’s follow up novel to Trainspotting, […]

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CoreHR has announced plans to double its workforce over the next three years. HR software and technology company CoreHR has announced the creation of 300 new jobs in Cork, Kilkenny and Dublin as part of a major expansion of its operations over the next three years. The company, which is headquartered in Ballincollig in Cork, […]

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Great news. Irish citizens living anywhere in the world will be able to renew their passports online from as early as the first quarter of 2017 onwards. According to a report in The Irish Times, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed plans for an online application that Irish citizens living at home and abroad […]

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The incident happened in the early hours of Monday morning. At least two people have been killed as a result of a mass shooting in a nightclub in the city of Fort Myers in Florida in the early hours of Monday morning. According to NBC, the Fort Myers Police Department reported that at least two […]

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The Fitness to Teach complaints process comes into effect today, July 25. The Teaching Council of Ireland have welcomed the announcement by Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, that the Fitness to Teach complaints process for the teaching profession is to be introduced with immediate effect. As the professional standards body for teaching, the […]

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Nothing as spectacular as last week, but not too bad all the same. Like pretty much every week in what has been a temperamental Irish summer on the weather front, this one is set to be something of a mixed bag. The warm conditions that have prevailed throughout the country of late are set to […]

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“Last February, training was cancelled as Borussia Dortmund wanted the pitch.” Fair enough. There’s barely a corner of the globe where the GAA hasn’t exerted an influence and one of the biggest growth areas in recent years has been the Middle East. The Asian Games continues to go from strength to strength year on year, […]

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Narrowing it down to 20 was a very difficult task. Last week, we brought you Part One of our recommendations of documentaries that all sports fans need to watch. We originally extended it to two parts because of an awareness of the wealth of quality offerings out there, but after the response of readers to […]

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That’s one way of looking at it. As if her husband wasn’t doing a good job of it already, Melania Trump caused plenty of controversy earlier this week when delivering a speech that was remarkably similar to one delivered by Michelle Obama in 2008. It didn’t prevent Trump from becoming the official Republican candidate for […]

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Want your five seconds of fame but don’t want to be centre of attention? This could be just the ticket. The wildly popular First Dates Ireland is returning for a second season and the production team behind the show are looking for people to fill the tables at the Gibson Hotel. Alas, for those of […]

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Expect swearing. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but there’s no denying the massive popularity that Mrs. Brown’s Boys enjoys at home, across the pond in the United Kingdom and around the world. Brendan O’Carroll’s sitcom about a foul-mouthed Dublin mammy and her family is always among the most-watched shows in Ireland and the UK […]

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This does not sound pleasant. Ireland is on alert for an invasion of flying ants in the coming days and weeks thanks to the warm conditions that have prevailed so far this summer. Rentokil Ireland, experts in pest control, is advising that the annual nuptial flight of ants is imminent. As such, an ant invasion […]

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They’re not ready to let it go without a fight. The Presidents of the UCC Student Union, the UCC Societies Executive and the UCC Clubs Executive have launched a petition in an attempt to save The Old College Bar on the UCC Campus after it was announced that it will be closed. The petition follows […]

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“Ah here we fu**ing go again.” The world has become obsessed with Pokémon Go in recent weeks and Ireland hasn’t escaped the craze. If you don’t believe us, just look at this footage from Dublin at the weekend. While there are many who have embraced the Pokémon Go phenomenon in these parts, there are also […]

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In need of a trim? If you are, then you might want to avail of an offer by Italian barber shop Barbiere, who have just opened the doors of their second barber shop in Dublin, on Baggot Street. To celebrate, they are giving away free master barber cuts this Wednesday, 20 July, from 11am-4pm. All […]

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*Dramatisation, may not have happened.* The level of interest in the lives of Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift is lost on a lot of people, but there are millions upon millions of people who hang on every titbit of information about them they can get. There was plenty to go around this week. […]

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Nailed it. Well it’s official. Donald Trump has been declared as the Republican nominee for the Presidency of the United States and we all have to contemplate that he soon might be the most powerful man in the world. This guy’s reaction says a lot. Of course, Trump being Trump, the Republican convention at which […]

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From one extreme to another in the west. It was so hot and humid all over the country on Tuesday that there was bound to be a backlash from the weather Gods and it arrived with a bang late on Tuesday night. Some people were probably glad of the bursts of rain that arrived throughout […]

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This is the first time the messaging app has been blocked indefinitely in the country. A judge in Brazil has ordered all telephone companies to cut off access to WhatsApp in Brazil, affecting one hundred million people who use the hugely popular messaging app in the country. According to the BBC, the judge took the […]

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Scorchio! There are probably quite a lot of you nursing sunburn and counting the extra freckles on exposed areas of skin right now because the hottest day of the year certainly lived up to its billing. Some car dashboards and Snapchat screenshots recorded temperatures well in excess of 30 degrees throughout the country, basically reaffirming […]

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If this isn’t you, then it’s somebody you know very well. On the very rare occasions that temperatures reach the mid to late 20s and even early 30s in Ireland as they did today, Irish people nearly have a default response. If there’s a beach nearby, it will be paid a visit. Spending an evening […]

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Can you remember it ever being hot as this? As if July 19 wasn’t already memorable for Galway being liberated from the Indians, Marathon becoming Snickers and the Ice Age ending, it turned out to be best day, weather wise, of 2016 so far. Throughout Ireland, those fortunate to not have to work revelled in […]

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Excellent news. It’s hard to think of a single TV show that gripped the world the way Making a Murderer did around Christmas time and the good news for the millions of people who watched it is that there are more episodes on the way. Netflix have confirmed that Executive Producers/Directors, Laura Ricciardi and Moira […]

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The Old College Bar has been on the UCC Campus for 30 years. The President of the University College Cork Students’ Union, Eolann Sheehan, has said he is ‘disappointed and appalled’ by the decision to close the Old College Bar on the UCC Campus. The decision to close the Old College Bar was taken recently […]

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Expect to see a lot of this on Snapchat in the very near future. As if the millions of people that use Snapchat on a daily basis needed more excuses for procrastination, they’ve been given one with the introduction of a feature that cost Snapchat a lot of money. On Tuesday, July 19, Snapchat rolled […]

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Better late than never. Using libraries to obtain books or video stores to rent out movies might seem like alien concepts to the current generation, but many of you of a certain age will remember doing so in the not so distant past. Most of us who did were probably guilty of failing to return […]

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This is something we could all get behind. We’re sure you’ve noticed, but it’s bloody hot all over the country today and seeing as we don’t get to experience such balmy conditions very often, most of us would like to be out enjoying the fine weather before it inevitably comes to a premature end. Apart […]

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It’s official: The world has gone mad. Pokémon Go has officially been in Ireland for a few days now, so no doubt many of you reading this spent the best part of the weekend experiencing for yourself a game that has taken the world by storm. Or maybe you’ve been busy plotting that Pokémon Go pub crawl […]

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This doesn’t exactly bode well for their future together. We imagine there are few more special moments in a married couple’s life together than in the immediate aftermath of their wedding ceremony. The feeling of being married is still a very novel one; they’re about to celebrate it with their family and friends and can […]

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