Yep, it looks like it’s going to happen alright. When word first emerged that Conor McGregor was in line to appear in Game of Thrones, it appeared as if it was just another instance of the ‘fake news’ that has been rearing its head on the internet of late. Sure, McGregor has personality and charisma […]

10 years ago

The plane left Chitral bound for Islamabad at approximately 10am this morning. More than 40 people are feared dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flgiht crashed in the Havelian region of north Pakistan on Wednesday morning. Approximately 40 passengers and eight crew were on board the flight and the prospect of there being any […]

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What? Not Nigel Farage? Donald Trump has followed in the footsteps of the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and Pope John Paul II after being named as TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2016. Donald Trump is TIME's Person of the Year 2016 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/5pTGOksevE pic.twitter.com/N8BtqTu9Nl […]

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For all the Handsome McHandsomefaces out there. Now that the headline has grabbed your attention, just how handsome are you? Are you genuinely taken aback by the beautiful specimen that greets you every time you look in the mirror? Do you think, as Carly Simon once suggested, that the song ‘You’re so vain’ was specifically […]

10 years ago

Including one of our own at number nine. We’re all about to be inundated with end of year review lists in the next few weeks and considering the year that was in it, this one will likely be more enjoyable than most. YouTube’s Rewind 2016 list, published on Wednesday, revealed the top trending videos in […]

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Three businesses were served with closure orders and all of them are in Connacht. Three food businesses in Ireland were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation during the month of November, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Two of the establishments affected were based in Roscommon and the other […]

10 years ago

Start clearing your schedule. OK, Christmas may be (almost) over but that doesn’t mean you don’t have plenty to look forward to this year… If you’re one of those who will be booking a holiday as soon as the opportunity arises in 2017, then Easter is definitely worth looking at if you’re trying to maximise […]

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No prizes for guessing number one. If you’ve already guessed Snapchat, then don’t go expecting a trophy or anything; it’s hardly a major surprise that it proved to be the most popular free iPhone app in 2016 in Apple’s annual ‘best of’ list. With Instagram basically replicating a number of its most prominent features, Snapchat […]

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Who gets your vote? By anyone’s standards, it’s fair to say that 2016 has been a remarkable year, even if it’s mostly been for the wrong reasons. Some of our most beloved icons of the music, sporting and cultural world have passed on. Enda Kenny hung on as Taoiseach. Just. Attacks in Paris in late […]

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Here we go again. As fads go, the ‘Mass’ event that dominated Irish Facebook feeds a few weeks’ back was a very impactful but short-lived one. At one stage, over 200,000 people were said to be ‘attending’ the event, with the page attracting hundreds of posts, some of which were pretty funny, others anything but. […]

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Coming to a 12 pubs near you very soon. With just over two weeks until Christmas, party season is very much underway. As a result, not only can you expect to see pubs packed to capacity all over the country, but you can expect to see occupants of those pubs clad in outfits that are […]

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“Move back there and hit it again.” With car insurance premiums on the rise and set to get even higher, Tuesday night’s Prime Time on RTÉ turned its attention to one of the reasons why motorists have to fork out so much money for insurance these days. The programme featured never before seen footage of […]

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The Christmas is strong with these folks. Earlier today, we brought you images of a house in Cabra in Dublin that we confidently dubbed ‘the most Christmassy house in Ireland’ such was the spectacular display of lighting adorning the entire premises. That was until we were sent word of houses in Carlow and Roscommon where […]

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It may be brief, but it does feature separate clips of Arya and Sansa Stark and Jon Snow. Season 7 is months away yet, but such is the popularity of Game of Thrones worldwide that the speculation about what’s going to happen in the new season won’t stop until we see it for ourselves. The […]

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Have you applied for any tax refund in the last four years? If you haven’t, then you could have a few extra quid in your pocket for Christmas, as Revenue are urging PAYE workers to submit claims before the December 31 deadline passes. In October, Revenue wrote to more than 137,000 workers who have not […]

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Only in Australia… Over the weekend, you may have come across a video of a man in Australia confronting, and subsequently punching, a kangaroo who had been involved in a struggle with a dog. The video, which first appeared on the Facebook page of Steven Stubenrauch, has been viewed four million times and was the […]

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Neeson originally joined All Saints Amateur Boxing Club in Ballymena at the age of nine. Liam Neeson has stepped down as president of All Saints Amateur Boxing Club in Ballymena following a disagreement over his role in a video campaigning for the repeal of the eighth amendment in the Irish constitution. According to the Sunday […]

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As first trailers go, this is a pretty spectacular effort. Plot’s it all about? The latest reincarnation of a premise that has been documented several times in the movie business sees Tom Cruise rise from the death after a horrible plane crash to battle against an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her. […]

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They’re going to get some fright when they see the electricity bill in January. Now that there’s only a few weeks to go until the big day, you’re going to come across all sorts of elaborate displays of Christmas lights on houses all across the country. We’re pretty sure, however, that none of them, or […]

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Just under three years after assuming power, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced his intention to step down. The euro sunk to a 20-month low against the dollar on Sunday night, and could drop even further according to experts, following a crushing defeat for the government in a referendum on constitutional reform in Italy. […]

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After a bitter spell of late, it looks like winter has decided to take a break for a while. Temperatures in Ireland will soar to as high as 15 degrees this week in what is a fairly significant shift from the cold spells throughout the country of late. Having dropped to as low as -6 […]

10 years ago

If anyone can stop Chelsea, Sergio can. J-League Long-term leader Christy O’Neill just about held onto top spot after a poor return of just 39 points for The Klopp End in Gameweek 13, with his lead cut to just two points as a result. Declan Rynne’s Sweeper System? have come from nowhere to lead the […]

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If you’re old enough, you’re not always considered good enough in the GAA, but some vibrant veterans are bucking the trend. This Sunday in Portlaoise, Kilkenny champions O’Loughlin Gaels will look to veteran forward Martin Comerford for inspiration in a bid to win what would be a third Leinster title in their history. Comerford is […]

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It’s a Christmas miracle. Approximately 50 people are believed to have gathered in Kilmallock in Limerick on Thursday night to see what some believed to have been an image of the Virgin Mary that appeared on the front of a two-storey house. According to the Limerick Leader, as many as 50 people gathered, some from […]

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UK Coastguard were alerted to the incident early this morning. A major search operation is underway for a female passenger who is believed to have gone overboard on a ferry travelling from Pembroke to Rosslare overnight. The woman is believed to have fallen into the Irish Sea from the ‘Isle of Inishmore’ cruise ferry in […]

10 years ago

Or should we say, ‘Roman’ Keating? Boyzone might not have been universally loved in Ireland, but nobody can deny the extent of their success and the success of Ronan Keating in the years that followed. Having seemingly shed his habit of slipping a ‘h’ into every word beginning with ‘s’ to make a ‘shh’ sound, […]

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Sorry Graham, we have eyes for one show and one show only this evening. That’s just us, of course and if you’re not a fan of all the festive frolicking that’s going to be taking place over on RTÉ One from 9.30pm onwards, then Graham Norton will provide plenty of top notch entertainment on the […]

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Eight of them were from just one person. That person was Selena Gomez, who has practically taken over the social networking site, increasing her number of followers to a whopping 103 million in 2016. And that despite recently taking a 90-day break from social media and describing Instagram as “hell”. None of that affected her […]

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The incident occurred in Terrytown, Louisiana on Thursday. Former NFL player Joe McKnight was shot dead in an apparent road rage incident in a suburb of New Orleans on Thursday. In a statement, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said that McKnight was pronounced dead at the scene having suffered “multiple gunshot wounds” following an argument with […]

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It’s getting warmer, but you’ll still need to wrap up. Conditions in Ireland are set to become milder over the coming days following repeated spells of freezing cold weather in recent weeks. After another cold and dry day on Friday, temperatures will once again drop to below freezing and as low as -2 on Friday […]

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Three months on from his arrest in Brazil, it looks like Pat Hickey is on his way home to Ireland. Former President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) Pat Hickey looks set to return to Ireland, having received a loan enabling him to make a bail payment and leave Brazil. Hickey was arrested in […]

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You’ve probably heard these once or twice over the past 11 months or so. ‘One Dance’ by Drake (feat. WizKid and Kyla) is the most streamed song on Spotify in 2016, according to Spotify’s Global Year in 2016 report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IIspaicSnY Clip via BEATS TV The song made history in 2016 by overtaking last year’s number […]

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TV3 hope that many of their 40 open vacancies will be filled by current UTV Ireland staff. TV3, owned by Virgin Media Limited, has confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of UTV Ireland. The company also confirmed it will have three free-to-air TV channels operating under the TV3 Group. TV3 also announced a restructuring […]

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The figures were revealed in a Eurostat report released on Thursday. A report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has revealed that more than one in four Irish people under the age of 25 can’t afford to go for a drink or a meal with family or friends once a month. According […]

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This is something we could definitely get behind. It’s been a little over decade since there was serious ripples of excitement in the GAA community in Ireland over the release of Gaelic Games Football on the PlayStation 2. To say that it was a disappointment would do a disservice to the word ‘understatement’ (we’ve elaborated […]

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Worth watching for the title alone. Many of you reading this have probably had the experience of a stag or a hen party in the lovely town of Carrick-on-Shannon in Leitrim. Leitrim’s county town has developed a reputation as one of the stag capitals of Ireland over the years; safe to say if you visit […]

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Don’t be a-paw-led if your dog didn’t make the list. Gone be the days where people gave their dogs traditional names like Spot, Rover or Lassie; these days, much like celebrities naming their kids, it often seems to be a contest to come up with the most ridiculous name possible. Thankfully, as a survey by […]

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Maybe that fight with Floyd Mayweather isn’t such a far-fetched idea after all. UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has been issued with a boxing licence in the state of Cailfornia. According to well-known and highly regarded MMA pundit Ariel Helwani of mmafighting.com, McGregor was issued with the boxing licence and a federal ID by the […]

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The woman affected is said to have made a full recovery. The first likely case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus has been reported by authorities in the United Kingdom. Public Health England issued an update on Wednesday about the number of cases of Zika infection in the UK, including the first likely case […]

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Yippee ki-yay. Now that it’s December it’s officially OK to talk about Christmas at every available opportunity and what better place to start than to look forward to all the time we’re going to spend in front of the telly over the festive season. RTÉ announced their line-up for the festive season on Thursday and […]

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A club which counts big Richard Dunne as an honorary member… sort of. On 31 January this year, Azur Gaels GAA Club took on GF Prouvenço (Gaelic Football Provence) in front of 35,000 fans at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice. While it would be stretching it to say that the crowds had gathered to […]

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Legend has it the late Kim Jong-Il could run 26 miles in 10 minutes, so Dan has a lot to live up to. Hermitage Green released their debut album, wowed crowds in venues across the land and even did an impromptu gig at a college house party in 2016, but one of their members is […]

10 years ago

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will be asked to rejoin the party, according to reports. According to Newstalk, a motion from the party’s Dublin Central branch proposing that a letter be written to Ahern asking him to rejoin the party was passed unanimously on Tuesday evening. Breaking: Fianna Fáil in Dublin Central to write letter to […]

10 years ago

The bill is due to be debated in the Dáil on Thursday. A bill proposing the legalisation of medicinal cannabis in Ireland is expected to be passed through Dáil Éireann. The bill, proposed by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, provides for the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use so that patients can receive a […]

10 years ago

Mythbusters, mark II. They stopped making it earlier this year, but for the best part of 13 years, audiences around the world were captivated by Mythbusters, a show which pretty much did exactly what it said on the tin. Although the quality rarely dipped, it wasn’t something you had to tune into religiously to appreciate […]

10 years ago

Get the heat on… Met Éireann have issued a status yellow low temperature warning for large parts of Ireland, as temperatures are set to plunge to as low as -6 on Tuesday night. All of Munster, as well as Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, Wicklow and Offaly have been served notice of the warning, with […]

10 years ago

*Drools* No, this isn’t just a glorious dream, Pitt Bros BBQ are celebrating the opening of a new restaurant on Millennium Walkway on Dublin’s northside on Wednesday by providing free BBQ from 1pm until, in their own words, “the meat runs out”. From 1pm tomorrow we're celebrating Pitt Bros new location on Millennium Walkway with […]

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Something must have rubbed this guy up the wrong way. 99% of motorists are prone to a little road rage behind the wheel on occasion, but every now and again, that rage can spill completely out of control. Earlier this month near Manchester, for example, one truck driver who was clearly very angry after an […]

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Keep an eye out for these guys when Game of Thrones returns next year. Plenty of Irish performers have distinguished themselves with their performances on Game of Thrones over the years (Aiden Gillen, Liam Cunningham, Michelle Fairley and Jack Gleeson to name just a handful) and a couple more will get their chance to do […]

10 years ago

A fantastic gesture. Barry O’Sullivan, businessman and star of Dragons’ Den on RTÉ, is to auction off his dream house on the Aran Islands to raise money for two homeless charities, Focus Ireland and COPE Galway. A stunning 6-bed property on Inis Mór which enjoys magnificent views of Kilmurvey beach and the Atlantic Ocean, it […]

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