Although it would be a perfect spot for some fava beans and a nice Chianti. At first glance, the house in the picture below seems like a very fine one indeed. It’s got three storeys and four bedrooms and is located in a nice neighbourhood in a nice town in Pennsylvania. That’s probably where the […]

11 years ago

Mick McCarthy would appreciate honesty like this, we reckon. Mick McCarthy is a no-nonsense sort of guy and it would appear as if that no-nonsense attitude has spread right throughout the club he’s managing at the moment, Ipswich Town. The Tractor Boys went behind to a Souleymane Doukara strike after just 13 seconds of their […]

11 years ago

Hats off to all involved, they’ve done an incredible job here. The commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising are going to be a huge deal in its centenary year and Google have got it off to a fantastic start with an interactive online guide to one of the most important events in Irish history. Visitors […]

11 years ago

Whoever said that golf spoils a good walk can relate to the guy at the heart of this sketch. For a sport that places such an emphasis on rules and etiquette, it’s amazing how infuriated people playing golf can become when things aren’t going their way. People who are normally calm in all the other […]

11 years ago

Made by the man behind Friday Night Lights and also starring Michelle Monaghan, this sounds very promising indeed. Aaron Paul could star in TV shows for the next 100 years without any of them ever replicating the success of Breaking Bad, but his latest project looks like it will be well worth watching. The first […]

11 years ago

Think you’d be able to manage this? Now that he’s retired, Brian O’Driscoll doesn’t have to worry about the gym as much as he used to, but that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten some of the agonising sessions he had to endure during his professional career. O’Driscoll today posted on his website about the toughest weights […]

11 years ago

That means pretty much everyone with an iPhone right? Most of us could barely get by without our smartphones, but there are some negative drawbacks when you can’t stand to have it out of your hand for more than a minute. One of the most obvious drawbacks is the fact that smartphones are not exactly […]

11 years ago

“I just played on what I consider the best song I’ve ever had the privilege to work on.” Rick Wakeman, as you may well know, is known the world over for his work with the band Yes and as a solo artist for the last 50 years or so; his albums have been bought by […]

11 years ago

Jaysus. You may or may not have heard of Demy de Zeeuw before. He’s a decent Dutch footballer who used to play for Ajax, has nearly 30 caps for the Netherlands national team and is currently plying his trade for NAC Breda. He also runs a very popular football-themed Instagram page known as 433, so […]

11 years ago

Form an orderly queue ladies. We’re sure most of you have been counting down the days for ages but some of you may not be aware that today, January 12, is International Kiss a Ginger Day. That doesn’t give you the right to grab the nearest redhead for a smooch, of course, but there are […]

11 years ago

Security experts are warning against a cyber attack that could result in access to victims’ personal files. WhatsApp users have been warned not to open e-mails purporting to be from the mobile messaging app that could trigger a virus giving access to users’ personal data. Researchers at Comodo Antispam Labs (CASL) have identified a new […]

11 years ago

What a wonderful tribute. The world said farewell to the great David Bowie today after he passed away from cancer overnight at the age of 69. Truly one of the greatest, most original and most influential musicians of all time, Bowie’s passing prompted tributes from all over throughout the day and his legacy will last […]

11 years ago

To be fair to her, she handled it very well. TV stations have so many people working to ensure that everything runs like clockwork that mistakes rarely happen, but every now and again, something slips through the cracks. Somebody’s timing went awry on UTV earlier this evening and whether it was the fault of the […]

11 years ago

A tribute to the late David Bowie perhaps? Weatherwoman Jean Byrne is something of an Irish institution at this stage and she’s never been afraid to experiment when it comes to her choice of outfit on air. This evening on the RTE News, Jean wore a black number with very prominent shoulder pads and viewers […]

11 years ago

Neither had it spot-on, but they were both very close. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated the Ballon D’Or award for so long that it’s become very predictable, but one of the most interesting things about the awards is perusing through the votes of the coach and captain of every international team. Except the […]

11 years ago

“I realise now he was saying goodbye.” David Bowie’s death at the age of 69 overnight has had a profound effect on the music world, with tributes flowing in from far and wide for one of the most influential musicians of all time. Brian Eno, an accomplished musician himself and one of the most famous […]

11 years ago

Where the hell is Jon Walters? Being chosen by your peers on a team made up of the best footballers in the world is a very significant achievement and we’d imagine the following 11 men are feeling pretty satisfied right about now. The FIFA FIFPRO World XI, voted for by professional footballers around the world, […]

11 years ago

As classy as you’d expect from the big fella. It’s nigh on impossible for Paul O’Connell to go up in the estimation of Irish sports fans, but it’s no harm to serve a reminder of why he commands so much admiration on these parts. O’Connell is a leader and a warrior on the pitch and […]

11 years ago

Something to bear in mind if you’re hitting the road around Dublin. Major traffic delays are expected on the M50 this evening after a truck overturned near the Junction 9 exit earlier today. The overturned truck #M50 J9 Red Cow / Naas Rd has leaked fuel & hydraulic fluid, road slippy, diversions in place pic.twitter.com/TMDGVpV6H5 […]

11 years ago

Frankly, we’re astounded it isn’t higher. We don’t have the exact figures, but we think we’re pretty sure in saying that Toblerone survives as a product solely because people buy it in airports as a token gift on their return from holidays. In fact, returning to an office from holidays without some Toblerone for your […]

11 years ago

The kind of idea that all GAA clubs can get behind. GAA clubs all around the country are putting on novel fundraising events these days in an effort to raise much-needed funds from the local community. White collar boxing events have proved particularly popular, but Middletown GAA Club in Armagh have taken that concept and […]

11 years ago

Number one is no surprise whatsoever. We’ve never been as spoiled for choice when it comes to options on the tellybox, but Irish people still appear to prefer traditional channels when it comes to getting their TV fix. Figures released today revealed the 20 programmes with the highest audience figures on Irish television in 2015 […]

11 years ago

Eamonn Fitzmaurice is said to have confirmed the news following today’s McGrath Cup defeat to Clare. Paul Galvin’s career as a Kerry footballer looks to be over after it was revealed this afternoon that he has decided to retire from inter-county football for a second time. The news has yet to be officially confirmed by […]

11 years ago

This took a lot of balls to be fair. Many of you reading are probably too young to have heard of Squeeze, a UK band that first made their way back in the late ’70s and have been recording on and off since. They have recently released a new album titled From the Cradle to […]

11 years ago

Featuring Homer like you’ve never seen him before. Die-hard fans of the show will say that one of the many signs of the decline of The Simpsons was when they started putting more effort into couch gags at the start of episodes. The episodes that followed said couch gags might not have been as good […]

11 years ago

If you’re an early to bed, early to rise kind of person, you won’t be doing business with Kanye West. Kanye West is no stranger to coming out with slightly odd statements every now and again, which is why none of us should have been surprised by a tweet he sent out in the early […]

11 years ago

Ireland’s very own Winter Wonderland. Snow fell in many parts of Ireland last night as the cold snap began to take hold, with the east of the country getting plenty of the white stuff yesterday evening and overnight. The video below was recorded in the Dublin Mountains at approximately 11am this morning and you can […]

11 years ago

And every one of them was worth it. Six months ago, Mark Duffy set about starting a project with the goal of showcasing his hometown Dundalk and the surrounding areas to a wider audience, as he felt that the area was largely unknown to all but the locals. 37,000 photos with a GrPro Hero 4 […]

11 years ago

Turns out living here isn’t so bad after all. Stress is very much an individual emotion; there are any amount of factors that cause it and different people feel under stress for a variety of different reasons. On a collective basis, Bloomberg have attempted to determine the most stressful countries to live in around the […]

11 years ago

This won’t go down well in Kilkenny. You won’t find too many people around the country who don’t know who Henry Shefflin is. ‘The King’ retired from inter-county hurling last year after picking up, amongst many accolades, ten All-Ireland titles, 11 All-Stars and three Hurler of the Year awards. He’s probably renowned as the greatest […]

11 years ago

Viewers of the Ray D’Arcy show were left in little doubt as to who wears the trousers in Chez Hook. Regular listeners to The Right Hook on Newstalk will have heard constant references on the show to ‘the lovely Ingrid,’ the love of George’s life and his better half for many, many years. Aside from […]

11 years ago

And he didn’t bat an eyelid either. Veteran pundit Mark Lawrenson attracts a fair bit of criticism for his analysis or a badly-told joke every now and again, but we can’t remember him ever taking flak for uttering rude words live on air. Last night, however, when discussing Everton’s win over Dagenham and Redbridge in […]

11 years ago

Never change Jeff. Jeff Stelling is as professional a sports broadcaster as they come, but he can’t hide his joy whenever his beloved Hartlepool score an important goal when he’s live on Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports. That happened earlier today when Jake Gray gave the League One side the lead against Championship outfit Derby […]

11 years ago

The struggle is real. Ireland is apparently on the verge of a cold snap, so we might soon be about the experience how much of a struggle everyday tasks can be when ice is involved. Until then, however, we feel absolutely no guilt in having a chuckle at one poor fella in the Netherlands’ attempts […]

11 years ago

At least they have the colours right. Birmingham City are taking on Bournemouth in the FA Cup today and amongst the crowd at St. Andrew’s is a man you wouldn’t exactly expect to see at a soccer match. Kerry legend and always divisive/always entertaining RTE GAA pundit Pat Spillane is in attendance at St. Andrew’s, […]

11 years ago

Mind. Blown. Jason McAteer once famously said he’d rather a pizza cut into four slices rather than eight because he’d never manage all of it if it was cut into eight slices. Well if that maths problem was too much for Trigger to take, we can only imagine how he would react to a new […]

11 years ago

And they say men can’t multi-task. Well one anonymous dude spotted on Bath Avenue heading for Sandymount this morning certainly can, as JOE reader Nick Reynolds captured him bringing his dog for a jog while simultaneously getting rid of his Christmas tree. Not a bother on him. Who says men can't multitask? Jogging, walking the […]

11 years ago

That’s a week, not a night. The first guidelines on alcohol in the UK in 20 years have advised that men and women should not drink in excess of 14 units of alcohol per week. The figure, which is equivalent to seven pints of average-strength lager or seven glasses of average-strength wine, is recommended as […]

11 years ago

You wouldn’t be long gettin’ frostbit. We’ve had the wind and Lord knows we’ve had enough rain and now Ireland is set to be with a cold snap in the next week or so. According to Met Éireann, heavy showers are expected all over Ireland throughout the weekend, some of which may be wintry, with […]

11 years ago

It’s about time. The hype around Star Wars has died down somewhat from the stratospheric levels it reached pre-Christmas, but it’s still very much doing the business in cinemas, still receiving rave reviews and still relevant well into the New Year. Also relevant in this year of all years is the 1916 Rising and although […]

11 years ago

Well said. It being only the second weekend of the New Year, there’s a decent chance you stayed in last night and if you did, you may well have been watching the Late Late. For one part of the show, a panel made up of well-known figures from a variety of backgrounds – Broadcaster Ivan […]

11 years ago

A lot of Irish people are keen to become men and women in uniform. If you’re one of the 17,000 Irish people who have applied for a job with An Garda Síochána, you are most likely to meet with disappointment after figures revealed that only one in 28 applicants will be successful. According to the […]

11 years ago

His message to Floyd Mayweather is particularly strong. Even though it’s been almost a month since he defeated Jose Aldo to become the UFC featherweight champion, Conor McGregor has found himself in the news quite a bit of late. He has won a pile of awards and was included in Rolling Stone’s top 25 sex symbols […]

11 years ago

He played a (peaky) blinder. Soon to feature in a cinema near you in the Ron Howard blockbuster In the Heart of the Sea, a film that will round off what’s been a great 2015 for Cillian Murphy. On the small screen, he played the lead role in Peaky Blinders, a magnificent BBC production (also […]

11 years ago

Well played fellas. When Brendan Rodgers was relieved of his duties as Liverpool manager back in October, it’s fair to say that former Red Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry were slightly surprised when the news was revealed to them live on Sky Sports. Their reactions to the news made for one of the TV moments […]

11 years ago

What exactly did he think would happen? Keeping in touch with your exes is a healthy and respectable thing to do. Keeping in touch with multiple ex-partners using a method of communication in which all of them can see what each other has to say, however, is something that’s not best advised. For some reason, […]

11 years ago

Wow. Aretha Franklin is known as the Queen of Soul and once you’ve witnessed her sublime performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman at the Annual Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month, you’ll know that she has that title for a damn good reason. Franklin rolled out one of her golden oldies […]

11 years ago

Forget hurling or football, waterpolo would be more appropriate. We’ve already seen the effects that Storm Frank has had in Mallow and Conna in Cork today and Inishannon didn’t escape the worst of the flooding either. JOE reader David O’Mahony sent us pictures of the extent of the flooding at Valley Rovers GAA pitch, where […]

11 years ago

Can’t really argue with this one. If there’s ever been a better year for Irish actors in recent memory then we can’t recall it. Domhnall Gleeson is currently wowing Star Wars fans around the world with his performance in The Force Awakens. Jack Reynor is making waves at home and abroad with bigger things to […]

11 years ago

Thankfully, nobody was hurt. Fire brigade crews from Tallaght are attending to an apartment complex in Dublin after the roof was blown off due to high winds caused by Storm Frank. A portion of the roof was blown off the Aras na Cluaine apartments in Clondalkin earlier this afternoon with the Swords Fire Station and […]

11 years ago