Says here Enda Kenny WILL be going to Washington on March 17. His future is the subject of plenty of debate at the moment, but Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be visiting Donald Trump in the White House on St. Patrick’s Day, according to the “Promote Ireland” programme of international events announced by Minister for Foreign […]

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Yiannopoulos confirmed the decision in a statement on Tuesday evening. Ultra conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned from right-wing website Breitbart News following his controversial comments about paedophilia. In footage which appeared over the weekend, Yiannopoulos was heard discussing the merits of sexual relationships between adult men and boys aged as young as 13 and was […]

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Tesco also recalled batches of cheese on Tuesday. SuperValu has announced that it is recalling a batch of cheese due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The product in question is Wicklow Blue cheese (cut and packed in-store) with the following use by dates, 21/02/2017, 22/02/2017 and 23/02/2017. A statement by the Food Safety […]

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It might not surprise you to learn that we’re in the top 15. Ireland ranks in 14th on the list of the countries with the highest cost of living in the world, according to MoveHub, a company that specialises in helping people move abroad. Using data compiled by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the world’s […]

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Handy information for anyone planning their big day anytime soon. Ballinacurra House in Cork claimed the award for the best wedding venue in Ireland at the 2017 weddingsonline Awards in Clontarf Castle in Dublin on Monday night. The luxury private estate in Kinsale claimed awards for overall venue of the year and exclusive venue of […]

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Storm Doris is back with a vengeance. A status yellow weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann, with most of the country likely to be affected by severe winds, heavy rain and even snow in the later part of this week. The warning, issued at 10am on Tuesday morning, is valid from just after […]

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This is what it’s all about. Mayo teams don’t have the best track record in finals at Croke Park, but there was no stopping Westport as they claimed the All-Ireland intermediate club title with victory over St. Colmcille’s of Meath on Sunday. They had to survive a gusty comeback by St. Colmcille’s at the death, […]

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Excellent. Electronic group Leftfield have announced that they will be re-releasing Leftism on its 22nd anniversary this year. The album, released in 1995 and which includes tracks such as ‘Open Up’, ‘Song of Life’ and ‘Afro-Left’, is widely considered to be one of the greatest dance music albums ever made. To celebrate its anniversary, the […]

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Any thoughts, GAA fans? RTÉ Sport are looking for ideas for GAA TV programmes to complement their live coverage of the All-Ireland football and hurling championships this year. For the next five years, RTÉ will serve as the only free to air broadcaster of both championships and they’re looking “for innovative and engaging programming ideas” […]

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20 years on from his moment in the spotlight, it’s time to see what has become of ‘Pint Baby’. You may have missed it, but a person referred to only as ‘Pint Baby’ (his real name is Stephen Barron) became Ireland’s latest viral sensation after a clip of him drinking from a pint of Guinness in […]

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Will you be affected? We’re sure the vast majority of JOE readers are perfectly law-abiding, but it also wouldn’t be a stretch to say that quite a lot of people access material online in a manner which wouldn’t exactly be legal in the strictest sense of the word. Ever streamed a football match over the […]

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Great news for Cork and Carlow. Topaz and McDonald’s have announced that approximately 330 new jobs will be created by the opening of two new motorway service areas in Carlow and Fermoy. Two new state-of-the-art Topaz motorway service stations will be opened to serve Junction 5 on the M9, in Rathcrogue in Carlow and Junction […]

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For once, the Boss managed to be upstaged as the star of the show. As many of you who have been to one or a number of his many incredible concerts in Ireland will know, Bruce Springsteen is an amazing performer to watch in the flesh. It’s not just his back catalogue of brilliant songs, […]

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Fancy a new start in the land of the long white cloud? You might not get a more attractive opportunity than this. Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand and the second largest city in the country, is inviting 100 professionals from the tech industry to avail of an all-expenses paid trip to travel to […]

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Who’s coming with us? Ricky Gervais will perform at the 3 Arena in Dublin on June 24 as part of his first worldwide stand-up comedy tour in seven years. Gervais announced details of the Humanity tour on Friday, a tour that will see him perform 37 times in the UK, US, Canada and various venues […]

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Farewell dear thimble, you gave us many great memories. In an era where technology is king and attention spans are waning by the day, it seemed as if the death knell would sound for classic board games that have endured through the generations. Board games like Monopoly, which can take hours to complete and cause […]

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Staying in tonight? Dry January is long gone, so the temptation to head out and wet your whistle of a Friday night is very tempting indeed. If you’re staying in, here’s what’s on the chat show circuit tonight. The Late Late Show Eric Bana Star of box-office hits such as Hulk, Munich and Star Trek, […]

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Poor Aidan. Apart from the reassurance that first dates are actually as awkward for everyone else as they are for you, part of the beauty of First Dates Ireland is that the outcome of the dates is often far from what you would have expected. And so it went on Thursday night for Aidan, who […]

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Sliding into his DMs like… Celebrities haven’t been shy about publicly expressing their opinions on America’s new president since Donald Trump took office, but actor Seth Rogen discovered a more direct way of communicating his concerns on Thursday. Literally. After realising that the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., was one of his 5.22 million followers […]

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Looking for a new start? Microsoft will announce plans to hire 600 people at its Irish operations on Friday afternoon on yet another good news day on the jobs front in Ireland this week. 500 jobs will be created in a newly established Microsoft EMEA Inside Sales Centre, while a further 100 jobs will be […]

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How did she stay so calm? Models become accustomed to having their photo taken in all sorts of glamorous locations and locations don’t come much more glamourous than the Cayan Tower in Dubai, which, at just over 300 metres in height, was the tallest building in the world as recently as 2013. Russian Instagram model […]

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“We guarantee mighty craic and good football.” If that motto on their Facebook page doesn’t sell the idea of representing Zaragoza GAA to both expats and newcomers to Gaelic Football and Hurling, then frankly, we don’t know what will. Mighty craic and good football are just two of the reasons that make playing for Zaragoza […]

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It could be you. Irish people have been given an added incentive to play the EuroMillions this Friday, with a guarantee that one of us will win a sweet €1 million as part of the EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle. Ten EuroMillions players in Ireland are guaranteed to win €5,000 in the Ireland Only raffle in […]

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As Johnny Logan might say: “Hold me now.” 21 members of the organising committee for the 2017 Eurovision song contest in Kiev in Ukraine have resigned, just three months before the contest is scheduled to take place in May. The 21 members of the committee added their signatures to an open letter outlining the reasons […]

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It doesn’t make good reading for people living in the west of Ireland. Just 36% of premises in the county of Roscommon had access to high-speed broadband in 2016, the worst of any county in Ireland. That figure was revealed in a report by Ibec highlighting the need to address the infrastructure imbalance in Ireland […]

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The Strike 4 Repeal had planned to go ahead with strike action if no referendum had been called by March 8. Strike 4 Repeal, an ad-hoc, non-affiliated group of activists, academics, artists and trade unionists, have revealed plans for strike action at universities and workplaces throughout Ireland on March 8. Having previously declared their intention […]

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The Taoiseach is feeling the heat. Enda Kenny could step down as leader of the Fine Gael party within days as pressure continues to mount on the Taoiseach in the wake of the scandal involving Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe. On Wednesday night, the current minority government narrowly survived a motion of no confidence that had […]

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If it is Downey Jr.’s dog, it looks like the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Robert Downey Jr. isn’t as wild these days as he was during some of his more hedonistic periods, but a photo of him circulating on the Internet in recent days shows that the good times might not be […]

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It’s rare that Manchester United and Liverpool fans will agree on something, but they’ll both enjoy this. Many Liverpool fans will admit to a grudging admiration of Gary Neville now that he’s established a reputation as a top class pundit, but there was a time when he was arguably the player they most loved to […]

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Does this apply to where you live? The European Commission has announced that it is taking Ireland to the Court of Justice for the EU for its failure to ensure that urban waste water in 38 agglomerations (towns, cities and settlements) across the country is adequately collected and treated to prevent serious risks to human […]

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“CISLI gets the joke, but this does not remove the offence felt by both professional interpreters and Deaf people.” The Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters (CISLI) have expressed their “disappointment and faint amusement” at a stunt pulled by comedian Ross Browne, who pretended to be an interpreter in order to heckle Taoiseach Enda Kenny […]

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Primal Scream! Badly Drawn Boy! And there’s more to come yet. The first acts have been announced for the 2017 edition of the Sea Sessions festival and anyone heading to Bundoran at the end of June is bound to be impressed. The Coronas and Primal Scream have been revealed as headliners for the festival, while […]

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Sentiments shared by cider aficionados throughout the country. On Valentine’s Day yesterday, men and women throughout Ireland took the opportunity to wax lyrical about the object of their affection and express just how much it means to have them in their lives. Expressions of romance weren’t limited purely to human interactions, however; despite there being […]

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Looking for a new start? Indeed, one of the world’s biggest job sites, have announced the creation of 500 jobs at its headquarters in Dublin. The company are looking to employ staff in areas such as sales, human resources, marketing, finance, operations and business development over the next two years. Big news Today @indeed getting […]

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No more liquid lunches. Staff at Lloyd’s of London, a major insurance market located in the city’s financial district, have reportedly reacted angrily to a rule prohibiting them from consuming alcohol during working hours. According to the Evening Standard, an internal memo was issued this week advising staff of changes to the Employee Guide, changes […]

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Organisers are not shying away from a stance that created much controversy this week. Organisers of Fusion Ball, described as “Kilkenny’s biggest teenage event” have defended their stance over their dress code, having blasted the “deplorable dresses” worn at the last event in a Facebook post earlier this week. The post, which included pictures of […]

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“I am happily retired and enjoying life at this time.” Floyd Mayweather has dismissed reports that a lucrative deal has been agreed to set up a fight with Conor McGregor. Reports earlier this week suggested that a multi-million dollar deal had been put in place that would see the Irish UFC star and the former […]

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Valentine’s Day with Salt Bae. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you’ll have probably heard the name ‘Salt Bae’ dropped into conversation at some point. For the uninformed, ‘Salt Bae’ is the nickname that has been given to Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, who has attracted a massive following on […]

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Facebook say they got positive feedback during the testing phase. If you’re fond of secretly scrolling through your Facebook feed at work or in other places you shouldn’t be, you should beware of a change to users’ news feed announced by the social networking behemoth today. Facebook revealed details of a number of new ways […]

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Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross is hoping that the laws will come into effect as soon as possible. The Government has given its approval to a bill that will see Irish motorists found guilty of drink driving disqualified from driving. Having got approval from Cabinet, the General Scheme of a Road Traffic […]

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Bromance goals. Not that you’ll need reminding, but today is Valentine’s Day, the one day of the year where you show your appreciation for that special someone in your life. For Zach Braff, or at least for his alter ego in Scrubs, Doctor John Dorian, despite all the romantic relationships he was a part of […]

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Christy Moore’s ‘Ride On’ must have just missed the cut. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Spotify have released their annual list of the best songs to have sex to, which may or may not come in handy on *cliché alert* the most romantic day of the year. As is the case every year, the […]

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It compares pretty damn well as it turns out. Ireland has the second highest rate of minimum wage of countries who have a minimum wage structure in the European Union, according to a report published by Eurostat earlier this month. Of the 22 EU member states with a minimum wage, only workers in Luxembourg (€1,999 […]

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All the more impressive considering he had a few drinks on board. We’ve seen from events such as the Superbowl, the Australian Open final and high profile UFC fights that people will try and blag their way into pretty much anything these days, but the latest example is probably the cleverest we’ve heard of yet. […]

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The decision was taken due to financial considerations. The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) have confirmed that the famous Harold’s Cross Greyhound Station is to close with immediate effect. In a statement released on Monday, the IGB said the decision was taken with regret and that racing activities in Dublin will be concentrated in IGB’s national […]

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Trinity students are in for a treat. Only days after The Pixies and Alt-J were amongst the names announced for ‘The Summer Series at Trinity College’, more high-profile acts have been confirmed for one of the highlights of the social calendar at Ireland’s oldest university. Bloc Party have been taking a breather in recent years […]

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Back at number one. Having fallen behind Super Valu and Tesco towards the tail end of last year, Dunnes Stores is once again the most popular supermarket with Irish consumers. The latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal that Dunnes Stores had a 22.7% grocery market share for the 12-week period up to the end of […]

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The party tabled the motion following the recent scandal involving whistleblower Garda Maurice McCabe. Sinn Féin have tabled a motion of no confidence in the current Irish government following the extraordinary revelations regarding the treatment of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe in recent days. Deputy leader of the party, Mary Lou McDonald, published the motion of […]

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Who in their right minds doesn’t dream of having the perfect utility room in their house? Kelly Dolan, wife of former Westmeath footballer and current RTÉ pundit Dessie, certainly does and the Dolans’ obsession with that room proved a major talking point on Room to Improve on Sunday night. Regular Room to Improve viewers will […]

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Still an amazing win, but it could have been so much sweeter. Thought you had a good weekend? It probably didn’t go as well as it did for one Dublin-based punter, who woke up this morning over €350,000 richer after a seven-bet accumulator came good (came very good) over the weekend. The punter in question […]

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