Beautiful scenes. Winter has arrived in Ireland with a bang this week, with snow falling in various parts of the country and temperatures dropping from as high as 16 degrees on Monday to as low as -4 this weekend. It’s so rare in Ireland that the very sight of snow, even tiny amounts of it, […]

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The momentum is very much on Merseyside right now. J-League Only two teams in the top five before the international break have maintained their positions after Gameweek 11, illustrating once again the cutthroat nature of one of the most brutal Fantasy Football leagues out there. Despite a relatively average return, Christy O’Neill’s The Klopp End […]

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“I’ll give him a piece of mine because he is the face of the UFC.” Big-time actor and the man formerly known as Marky Mark, Mark Wahlberg, said that he’ll give Conor McGregor a piece of his stake in the UFC following McGregor’s comments after defeating Eddie Alvarez in New York last weekend. Along with […]

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Brrrrrrrr. After parts of Ireland experienced snow on Thursday, the wintry weather shows no sign of abating with Ireland set to experience bitterly cold weather over the weekend. Met Éireann have forecast that temperatures will drop as low as -4 degrees on Saturday and Sunday night, with widespread severe frost expected nationwide as a result. […]

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Convenience is everything. Airbnb is only eight years old, but it’s already become the first port of call for many holidaymakers on the lookout for accommodation, both at home and abroad. Pretty soon, Airbnb users will not only be able to use it to book a room, a house or an apartment, but to plan […]

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Who’s your money on? If you were patriotic and said Ronan O’Gara, then we hope you’re not a betting man or woman because the Munster and Ireland legend tasted defeat against probably the greatest out-half of all time. But only just. O’Gara and Carter went head to head in a charity version of a hybrid […]

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A US judge had ordered that Dassey be released from prison earlier this week. A federal appeals court in the United States has blocked the release of Brendan Dassey from prison despite the fact that his homicide conviction had been overturned. Earlier this week, a judge had ordered that Dassey be released from prison, under […]

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Very sad news. A 30-year old woman from Mayo passed away in London earlier this week on her way home from a holiday in South Africa, where she had just got engaged to her boyfriend. According to the Connaught Telegraph, Majella Donoghue, from Belmullet, became ill on a flight to Heathrow from Cape Town last […]

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That’s right, even the Gardaí are doing it. We’re assuming that by now, you know what the mannequin challenge is and don’t require an explanation. If you do, rather than have us spell it out, it’s far easier to check out these previous examples from a Dublin house party, in a Dublin pub and one […]

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CityJet have since been in contact with the WRC to see if a resolution can be reached. Unite, the airline representing pilots working for Dublin-based airline CityJet, has notified the airline of a series of 13 full-day work stoppages starting next Thursday, November 24. Notification of the strike action comes after an 82% vote to […]

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A fantastic achievement. The famous town of Clonakilty in west Cork has earned significant acclaim on a wider scale after winning the Great Town award at the Urbanism Awards in London on Thursday evening. The Great Town goes to CLONAKILTY #UrbanismAwards pic.twitter.com/MkCgDuTRui — The Academy of Urbanism (@theAoU) November 16, 2016 Clonakilty beat off stiff […]

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Forget everything that’s gone before, this is our new favourite world record. Because there are Guinness World records for virtually everything these days, including the most toilet seats broken by one’s head in one minute (it exists, look it up), people have to come up with extremely niche ways of getting their names in the […]

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There’s only one change from Chicago but it’s a big one. Sean O’Brien has been included in the Irish rugby team to face New Zealand on Saturday in the only change from the side who earned a historic victory over the All-Blacks in Chicago earlier this month. O’Brien replaces the injured Jordi Murphy in the […]

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How well do you know Ireland’s roads? Based on the rather loose criteria of the shortest amount of time (without traffic) it takes to drive between two places in Ireland according to Google Maps, see how you get on with our quiz below.

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Proper order. As one of the biggest social media platforms in the world, there are plenty of positive sides to Twitter. It’s the first place you’ll find breaking news and the things everyone is talking about and it allows you to keep tabs on what people far more famous than you are getting up to. […]

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You could have more money in your pocket come 2017. Private sector unions will seek pay increases of approximately 4% from the start of next year. According to the Irish Times, a recommendation was made to seek the increase, based on economic analysis, by the private sector committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions […]

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Just what we all wanted to hear. While Game of Thrones fans can barely hide their anticipation for the seventh season next year, it will also serve as a reminder that the end is in sight for one of biggest and best shows of recent years. Seasons 7 and 8 have been confirmed as the […]

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“We’ve discovered the world likes the way we do things. And there’s nothing in the world we can’t achieve.” Today was a big day in Ireland’s campaign to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup as the IRFU became the first organisation to launch their bid to World Rugby at the Aviva Stadium. As well as […]

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It’s the hottest ticket in town. The countdown is very much on to the most anticipated Late Late Show of the year, with just over two weeks to go until the 2017 edition of the Toy Show is upon us. Always one of the most watched programmes in Ireland on an annual basis, demand for […]

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An upgrade of the airport’s main runway is expected to take 18 months to complete. 150 construction jobs are to be created at Dublin Airport in a major project to upgrade the airport’s main runway. Construction on the project is due to start today, Monday 14 November and will take place overnight between 11pm and […]

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A fantastic honour that’s thoroughly deserved. Arguably the greatest player ever to pull on a green jersey, Brian O’Driscoll, is to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Rugby, England, this week. The former Ireland, Leinster and Lions captain will be one of 12 inductees at the ceremony, alongside […]

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Uh-oh. The private details of over 412 million personal accounts have been leaked after Friend Finder Networks, one of the largest adult dating and pornography companies on the internet, was hacked. According to monitoring firm Leaked Source, Friend Finder Networks was hacked in October of this year via a Local File Inclusion exploit, releasing information […]

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How many of these have you stayed in? Planning a trip in Ireland anytime soon? If you are and you’re looking for a decent place to rest your head, then you could do worse than check out the hotels, hostels and B&Bs around the country that warranted a mention in the annual Trivago awards. Using […]

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Gloves and scarves at the ready. Temperatures will drop to as low as zero degrees when a cold spell makes its presence felt throughout the country towards the end of this week. According to Met Éireann, after a mild start to the week, when temperatures will reach as high as 16 degrees on Monday and […]

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Organisers released a statement on Sunday night. The annual turning on of the Christmas lights ceremony had to be cut short on Sunday evening due to concerns over the size of the crowd gathered on Grafton Street. Performances by a number of acts that had been scheduled to appear during the ceremony, including Hermitage Green […]

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Forget your CNN or your Fox News, the Viper is the election correspondent we need right now. Fresh from getting out and about in New York City at the weekend (a video you can see on our Facebook page here), the Viper made his way to Washington DC ahead of one of the most momentous […]

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It gets even better… There was a massive level of anticipation surrounding Planet Earth 2 before it aired on BBC on Sunday night, but it’s safe to say that it exceeded the very lofty expectations. The entire show itself was truly incredible to watch, but everyone was talking about one scene in particular afterwards, when […]

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Hundreds of secondary schools throughout the country will reopen on Wednesday after the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) took the decision to suspend industrial action. The ASTI released a statement on Tuesday evening, which read: “Earlier today the ASTI was invited by the Chair of the Teachers’ Conciliation Council Ms Anna Perry to […]

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Number one is hardly a huge surprise. Lifetime usage of cannabis is considerably higher than any other illegal drug in Ireland, according to a government report about the prevalence of drug use and gambling in Ireland and drug use in Northern Ireland. The report analysed questionnaires filled out by over 7,000 respondents in Ireland and […]

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Holidays are coming. People will point to any amount of signs that Christmas has arrived, but one which we’re fully prepared to embrace is when the famous Coca-Cola ad appears on our TV screens. We hardly need to tell you which one, but it doesn’t matter, at this time of year, watching this never gets […]

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Don’t fall for it. Consumers have been warned by the Revenue Commissioners to beware of fraudulent emails and text messages seeking personal information and bank card details from taxpayers. The Revenue Commissioners have become aware of fraudulent text messages and emails purporting to be from them, seeking information from taxpayers in connection with a tax […]

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Oops. Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, is alleged to have violated New York State law when casting a vote for his father in the US Presidential election on Tuesday. Trump posted a picture of the ballot paper on which he voted for his father on Twitter this morning, obviously oblivious to the fact that it […]

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Two women were removed from the polling station and both are believed to have been arrested. Two topless protesters were removed from a polling station in Midtown in Manhattan, where Republican nominee Donald Trump is due to cast his vote in the Presidential Election. Videos posted on Twitter by Sharon Clott Kanter, deputy style director […]

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The message at the end is very clever, to be fair. Much like the Harlem Shake and the ice bucket challenge, the mannequin challenge that’s currently all over the Internet is likely to be a passing fad, but will be very hard to miss in the brief time that it’s popular. Obviously keen to show […]

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Kudos has been in plentiful supply. It was around Christmas time last year that fans became obsessed with Making a Murderer on Netflix and viewers may well have something equally as popular to feast on this festive season. According to Variety, Netflix have acquired the rights to Fauda, a critically-acclaimed series on Israeli television about […]

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Gardaí had been scheduled to strike on every Friday of this month. The Garda Representative Association (GRA) have decided to suspend three days of strike action that had been scheduled to take place later this month. According to RTÉ, industrial action is believed to have been suspended pending the results of a ballot of the […]

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One female crew member is believed to have suffered a broken leg on the flight. Three crew members and one passenger sustained injuries after an Aer Lingus flight travelling from Cork to Lanzarote experienced extreme turbulence on Saturday. According to the Evening Echo, a female crew member suffered a broken leg, another crew member sustained […]

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Ever eaten in any of these places? Food businesses in six counties in Ireland were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation during the month of September, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Four establishments in Dublin, as well as businesses in Roscommon, Cork, Cavan, Meath and Limerick were issued […]

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Dublin and Manchester United fans and cyclists need not apply. Have you a thick skin? An aversion to ‘bolloxology’? Your own collection of nursery rhymes/bedtime stories? An ability to operate without sleep or contact with the outside world? If that sounds like you, then the perfect job could be yours, as assistant to “Ryanair’s misunderstood […]

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It features Carrie being emotional. Of course it does. After a much hyped debut season, Homeland has almost slipped under the radar compared to some other big-name TV shows in recent years. Some would cite a noticeable decline in Season Three as the reason behind that, but fans who have stayed loyal to it have […]

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Spine-tingling. It wasn’t a dream, right? Ireland did beat the All-Blacks for the first time ever in Chicago on Saturday night in what was one of the most incredible displays ever given by a team in green. That did happen, didn’t it? Of course it did, with this Robbie Henshaw try helping to seal a […]

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They should have thrown the Mountain on to try and stop Messi and Suarez. As Game of Thrones fans will probably know well by know, preparations for the much anticipated seventh season are well underway, with filming having taken place in a number of locations, including Northern Ireland, already. The main members of the cast […]

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Ironically, the presentation was about Internet security. Rugby league star Jarryd Hayne was left embarrassed on Monday when pornographic images showed up in a presentation he was giving to 200 students at a high school on Australia’s Gold Coast. Hayne, who currently plays rugby league for Gold Coast Titans and has previously represented the San […]

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Anyone fancy a trip to Pittsburgh? Icelandic airline WOW Air have announced details of new routes from Dublin and Cork to Pittsburgh in the United States, with prices starting at €130 one way. Pittsburgh will become the eighth city in the US and Canada serviced from Ireland by WOW Air when the route opens in […]

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It’s getting warmer, but a lot wetter too. The freezing temperatures of the weekend are set to clear the longer this week goes on, but the outlook is pretty miserable to say the least. According to Met Éireann, Monday is set to be a reasonably pleasant winter’s day, with dry and sunny spells ahead of […]

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No one was injured and the runway is set to reopen in time for flights due to arrive this evening. An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Kerry Airport was diverted and the runway closed after an incident involving a single engine plane on Saturday. According to RTÉ, the flight had been due to land […]

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“It could be worse. You could be coaching Sunderland.” One of the unlikeliest stars of Euro 2016 in the summer was former Manchester United legend Eric Cantona, who appeared, bare-chested at times, in a series of videos for Eurosport. The clips were about as bonkers as you’d expect from a man who once delivered a […]

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Yes, this actually happened. Ben Affleck might be one of the biggest stars on the planet now, but it was a long road to the top for the man who can be currently seen in cinemas in The Accountant. We caught up with him recently for a chat about the movie, which you can see […]

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Great to see the gang back together. Thanks to all the speculation about what’s around the corner in Season 2, there’s already plenty of excitement about the next instalment of Stranger Things on Netflix in 2017. There’s been plenty of chatter about what new characters might be coming in, the fate of one major character […]

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“They go up and there’s nothing I can do about it.” TV presenter and model Vogue Williams has spoken about how images of her face recently appeared on pornographic websites on the Internet. Last weekend, the Mail on Sunday revealed that Gardaí discovered photoshopped images of Irish female celebrities Rachel Allen, Claire Byrne, Kathryn Thomas […]

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