Smartphones have become an extension of our bodies at this stage. More than six in ten Irish people (64%) between the ages of 17-29 feel panicked, desperate or sick if they leave their smartphone at home, according to new research carried out on behalf of Liberty Insurance by Millward Brown. That figure drops to 31% […]

10 years ago

A Garda investigation is currently ongoing. Six people have been arrested in Meath as a result of a Garda investigation into suspected human trafficking in Navan. Three men and two women, aged between their early 40s and late 60s, and a female juvenile were arrested following a planned search of a house in Castletown Kilpatrick […]

10 years ago

What a rotten thing to do. Anyone who’s ever been on a stag party, particularly one that involves travelling abroad, will know that it burns a big hole in your pocket even before you buy the first pint. The task with organising the stag usually falls to the best man, who is often in charge […]

10 years ago

What book were they reading Dan, 50 Shades of Grey? Live television comes with all sorts of potential pitfalls and when you’re broadcasting late at night with the Copacabana beach in the background, then you should be prepared for anything. Dan Walker was reporting live from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on the BBC […]

10 years ago

We’re backing the big man to shine on the big stage. The J-League The inclusion of Sergio Aguero and Zlatan Ibrahimovic proved a prudent approach in the first week of the new Fantasy Football season. Every single manager in the top five of the J-League selected the pair up front and every single one of […]

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All of Ireland will be cheering on the Waterford native in the 400 metre hurdles final in Rio this afternoon. The 24-year old delivered a sensational performance in Tuesday’s semi-final, winning his race and progressing to the final as the third fastest qualifier, ensuring, in his own words, that he’s not going “to be shafted” […]

10 years ago

“Shut your fu**in’ mouth, you’ll do nothin’… Get the f**k out of here.” Before they renew their rivalry at UFC 202 this Saturday night, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz showed there’s no love lost between them at an explosive pre-fight press conference. With McGregor turning up 30 minutes later than scheduled, it didn’t take long […]

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The reports have yet to be confirmed. Unconfirmed reports suggest that Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin will withdraw from the Olympic semi-final following injuries sustained in his hugely controversial victory over Michael Conlan on Tuesday. Nikitin had been due to face Shakur Stevenson of the USA in the men’s bantamweight semi-final on Thursday but reports from […]

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And it’s not for the first time either. Today is the day that thousands of Leaving Cert students around the country received their results and understandably, they’ll want to go out and celebrate. It’s a long year and after all the hard work they put in, they deserve to let off some steam. As he […]

10 years ago

Keep it clean, won’t you? Every few months, a new TV show comes along that captures the imagination of audiences around the world and right now, Stranger Things is THAT show. We wrote about why we love it and *SPOILER ALERT* about the ending of the first series and with plenty of references to some […]

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The OCI released a statement on the matter on Wednesday evening. Pat Hickey has temporarily stepped down as President of the Olympic Council of Ireland in light of the ticket scandal at the Olympic Games. Hickey was arrested at his hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday morning and had his passport, accreditation and plane tickets […]

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“You can put a man behind bars but you can’t lock up his heart.” The Shawshank Redemption is widely and deservedly regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time. It is a harrowing tale of the effect that long-term institutionalisation can have on a man and yet manages to be incredibly uplifting at […]

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Hickey is facing three charges and up to seven years in prison. President of the Olympic Council of Ireland Pat Hickey is facing charges of facilitating ticket touting, formation of a cartel and ambush or illicit marketing as a result of the investigation into alleged illegal sale of tickets at the Olympic Games. Footage of […]

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Wow. Police in Brazil have released evidence of an e-mail sent to President of the Irish Olympic Council Pat Hickey, saying that Minister for Sport Shane Ross needs to be “put back in his box”. Hickey was arrested this morning as part of an investigation into the unauthorised reselling of Olympic tickets and had his […]

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Hickey was arrested in Rio de Janeiro this morning. Pat Hickey’s passport, accreditation, and plane tickets have been seized by Brazilian police following his arrest in Rio de Janeiro this morning. Pics via Inpho The President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) was arrested as part of an investigation into the unauthorised reselling of […]

10 years ago

After-sun will be a popular purchase in Claremorris tomorrow. The summer of 2016 as a whole hasn’t delivered amazing weather by any stretch of the imagination, but there have been a few scorchers and Tuesday, August 16 was one of them. Temperatures exceeded 20 degrees all over the country and according to Barra Best of […]

10 years ago

Sheer class from the Waterford man. It’s probably the sporting photo of the year. On Saturday night in Thurles, Waterford’s Pauric Mahony was slumped onto the ground, distraught following defeat to Kilkenny in an epic All-Ireland semi-final replay. Mahony, whose last-minute attempt at an equaliser from a long-range free was grabbed from over the crossbar […]

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“I don’t know whether I’m laughing or crying.” Annalise Murphy was well entitled to do both after claiming Ireland’s second medal of the Olympic Games in the women’s laser radial sailing on Tuesday. While a silver medal is always a magnificent achievement in its own right, the fact that Murphy came so close to a […]

10 years ago

From exhilaration to devastation in the space of about five seconds. At 216 metres high, the Bloukrans Bungee in South Africa, attached to the largest bridge in Africa, is the highest bungee from a bridge in the entire world. Throwing yourself more than 200 metres towards a river below takes balls, so we can only […]

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Vladimir has yet to respond. Michael Conlan was understandably aggrieved following his controversial defeat by Vladimir Nitkin of Russia in the men’s bantamweight quarter-finals in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. In an explosive interview with RTÉ, Conlan tore into the powers-that-be in amateur boxing, labelling them as “cheating bastards”. “They’re fucking cheats,” Conlan added. “They’re […]

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Fair play to Annalise, an amazing achievement. Having just missed out on a medal at the London Olympics four years ago, Annalise Murphy ensured that there would be no heartbreak this time around by securing the silver medal in the women’s laser radial sailing in Rio de Janeiro. Murphy’s fifth place finish in today’s event […]

10 years ago

“We knew coming here this morning, the Russians told us that Michael wasn’t going to get the contest. They told us that themselves. And we knew.” Patrick Barnes, father of Paddy Barnes, has made explosive claims that the Russian camp knew that Michael Conlan was going to lose to Vladimir Nitkin in the men’s bantamweight […]

10 years ago

It’s still hard to believe. Not since THAT handball by Thierry Henry has there been such a level of indignation in Ireland at a sporting event than at Michael Conlan’s exit from the Olympic Games on Tuesday afternoon. Conlan himself was outraged and expressed as much in the most honest post-fight interview you’ll ever see. […]

10 years ago

Wow. Michael Conlan has been eliminated from the Olympic Games after a hugely controversial defeat to Vladimir Nitkin of Russia in the men’s bantamweight quarter-finals in Rio de Janeiro. Despite Conlon completely dominating the fight, the judges somehow awarded Nitkin the fight on a unanimous decision, much to the disbelief of a clearly enraged Conlan […]

10 years ago

High praise indeed. Galway and Dublin have both ranked high on a list of the friendliest cities in the world, compiled by the renowned travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler. Dublin was ranked in third place and Galway in sixth place in a list of the 20 friendliest cities in the world, a list determined by […]

10 years ago

Best game of all time? Whether it is or not is debatable, but it’s certainly up there amongst the greats and news that it has been given a modern, high-spec update is very welcome indeed. That news has given us an excuse we barely needed to take a trip down memory lane and revisit a […]

10 years ago

Who’s your favourite? Ever since it went on air on 1979, The Sunday Game has been a fixture in the lives of GAA fans. In recent years, the likes of Sky, TV3 and others have come onto the scene with new and welcome approaches to broadcast analysis of our native games, but The Sunday Game […]

10 years ago

Playing it cool. In every household there are unwritten rules that must be observed by all residents and if it takes putting the foot down every now and again to enforce them, then so be it. Pictures made their way to us this morning of a kitchen in a house in county Meath over the […]

10 years ago

It’s still sinking in. In case you somehow missed it, news emerged late on Friday evening that Brendan Dassey had his conviction overturned for the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. The Halbach murder case was the subject of the wildly popular Netflix series Making a Murderer, a second series of which will come to […]

10 years ago

Wow. Brendan Dassey could be released from prison within 90 days after a federal judge in Milwaukee overturned a conviction of murder in relation to the death of Teresa Halbach in 2005. According to the Journal Sentinal, Dassey, the nephew of Steven Avery, who was also convicted of murder in a case made famous by […]

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“Skibbereen’s after closing down, a national holiday or something. And we’re missing it all.” Gary and Paul O’Donovan are on top of the world following their magnificent silver medal performance in the men’s lightweight double sculls rowing event in Rio de Janeiro today. If you somehow missed it, check out their interview immediately after that […]

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To see how much it meant to him was something to behold. Practically all of Ireland was bursting with pride following the silver medal won by Paul and Gary O’Donovan in the men’s lightweight double sculls rowing event in Rio earlier today. It was wonderful to witness the reaction of Paul and Gary and of […]

10 years ago

Something tells us Donald Trump wouldn’t be welcome in Foxford anytime soon. The Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States isn’t exactly Mr. Popular at present and voices of disapproval can be heard in Ireland as well across the pond in America. You may have heard about the café in Derry offering a […]

10 years ago

Bad news for users of public transport in the capital. A Dublin Bus strike in the near future is on the cards after SIPTU members who work as Dublin Bus drivers have voted by a majority of 95% for industrial and strike action in the pay dispute at the company. SIPTU clerical members also voted […]

10 years ago

“The area of Jersey is only 9 by 5 miles; it takes most of our players five minutes to get to training. And most of them are still late!” Before the Celtic Tiger (and after it), emigration was a fact of life for hundreds of thousands of Irish people, who ended up dotted in all […]

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They pulled like dogs and did all of Ireland proud. Gary and Paul O’Donovan did Skibbereen and all of Ireland proud with a fantastic display in the final of the men’s lightweight double sculls in Rio de Janeiro on Friday afternoon. The entire nation seemed to be watching on from home and in Rio, Trisha […]

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Wee Daniel was as good as his word. It happened nearly six months ago at this stage, but the clip of a very disappointed Daniel O’Donnell fan on the Late Late Show is definitely one of THE viral moments of 2016 so far. In case your memory needs refreshing, Molly-Kate Sloyan became something of a […]

10 years ago

AIB are currently working on a resolution and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible. AIB customers in Ireland experienced difficulties with a number of banking services this morning. As of Thursday afternoon, most AIB services, with the exception of mobile banking, are working as normal once again. We're currently experiencing technical issues and […]

10 years ago

Oh dear. If you think you’re having a bad day, then spare a thought for the poor fan whose embarrassing episode at the Pittsburgh Pirates v San Diego Padres game last night is going viral. When the ball entered his vicinity during the game, our hero stretched out his left hand to try and catch […]

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“When he was just crushing it, you know, on the first take, I just went ‘This is going to be really good.’” Today, August 11, marks the second anniversary of the death of the great Robin Williams. Of all his many memorable roles, arguably his finest hour was his performance as therapist Sean Maguire in […]

10 years ago

Because sometimes looking cool requires an awful lot of effort. For many members of the tech savvy generation, a night out isn’t a night out if you haven’t documented a large part of it on Snapchat. Sure, it can be fierce annoying when you’re having a cup of tea at home and constantly having to […]

10 years ago

When they call it a ‘tease’, they’re not joking. Of course, the slightest bit of information relating to the next Star Wars movie is enough to get the many, many fans of the franchise excited. With that in mind, check out the brief trailer tease for Star Wars: Rogue One ahead of the premiere of […]

10 years ago

No prizes for guessing the most popular surname in Ireland. As you’ve probably guessed and as you may have read on a list of the most common surnames in Ireland and the most common Irish surnames around the world, it’s Murphy. Frankly, if you don’t know anyone with that surname, well, you must not know […]

10 years ago

The alerts were reportedly radioed into air traffic control from the aircraft. Bomb alerts were reportedly issued on two passenger planes that arrived into Brussels Airport this evening. Belgian broadcaster VRT is reporting that the alerts were reportedly radioed from the aircraft to air traffic control and federal prosecutors are said to be taking the […]

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“Best of luck and thank you for the joy.” Arguably the most memorable moment of the Olympics so far from an Irish perspective was the brilliant interview given by Cork brothers Paul and Gary O’Donovan following their impressive Olympic debut on Monday evening. Full of enthusiasm, happiness and about as Cork as you can get, […]

10 years ago

The filter has since been removed. For the second time in a number of months, Snapchat has been criticised by a significant number of users following the introduction of a filter that many deemed to be racist. The filter gave users slanty eyes, blushed cheeks and oversized teeth and caused an angry reaction from a […]

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He’s got you there Piers. Gary Lineker and Piers Morgan engaged in their latest Twitter spat today after Morgan had enraged a large element of the sporting community with some typically controversial comments on Tuesday night. Just can't get excited by Silver & Bronze medals. You win or you lose.Gold is all that matters. #Olympics2016 […]

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They can’t get enough of the place. In what is a huge endorsement for the tourism industry in Ireland, it has been revealed that the number of tourists visiting the country in 2016 to date has increased by 500,000 on the same period last year. CSO figures quoted in today’s mid-year review of overseas tourism […]

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Dunne wasn’t pulling any punches. Irish boxer Michael O’Reilly this evening confirmed that he would no longer be contesting the suspension imposed on him last week for a positive drug test. In a statement from his legal team, the 23-year old admitted unintentionally taking a supplement that may have contained a prohibited substance, saying that […]

10 years ago

Wow. Even by his standards, Donald Trump might have made the most outlandish statement of his political campaign to date at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday. Speaking about Hillary Clinton’s plans in relation to gun control in the USA, Trump claimed that Clinton “essentially wants to abolish the second amendment (the right of […]

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