Slim pickings. J-League A fantastic performance by Pairic Sheehan’s Klippity Kloppity has seen another shake-up at the top of the J-League, with Pairic’s 99-point haul shooting him into the lead from third place. The reign of Allan Johnson’s Comeback Kids at the top proved short-lived and Allan has to be content with third this week […]

10 years ago

Great news. Almost 30 years after the original movie was released, Beetlejuice director Tim Burton has confirmed that a sequel to the cult classic is in the works. And if that wasn’t good enough, original cast members Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder will be back too. Speculation that a Beetlejuice sequel was in the works […]

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Nearly 40 years old and still going strong. Only a handful of countries in Europe are smaller in size than Luxembourg, yet it is a testament to the power of the GAA that it has managed to have an impact in a place about the size of Roscommon. And it has been doing so for […]

10 years ago

A classic. GAA jerseys have come on an awful lot from a style perspective over the years, but it would appear that some people place a lot of value on the garments worn in days of yore. Ronán Gallagher, the PRO of Clontarf GAA club, got in touch with us overnight to point out that […]

10 years ago

*Drools* Due to popular demand, McDonald’s Ireland have announced the return of the limited edition McMór burger, which will be available in all 89 McDonald’s restaurants throughout the country next week. McDonald’s first introduced the burger last year and were blown away by the level of the response. As a result, they have decided to […]

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Scoops? There were a number of important matters on the agenda in the Dáil yesterday and for one TD, pints in the Dáil bar appeared to be high on the list. A number of JOE readers spotted one TD seemingly making the widely-known gesture for ‘pints’ to someone in the gallery but, to give him […]

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Sad news for all the couples affected. A woman who was due to get married in the Cromleach Lodge Hotel in Sligo has claimed that over 100 couples will not have their wedding deposits refunded after the hotel was closed with immediate effect yesterday. The four-star hotel in Castlebaldwin in Sligo, was forced to cease […]

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You can’t say you weren’t warned. An Garda Síochána have issued a reminder that it is illegal to drink alcohol in a public place in Dublin City as part of their guidelines on traffic, travel and safety information ahead of the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Traffic, Travel & Safety information for St Patrick’s Festival see […]

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This is even better than the time Homer put a police cordon around Flanders’ house. 7 News, one of the biggest if not the biggest news programme in Australia, has repeatedly fallen victim to a devious yet ingenious series of pranks carried out by fans of the show Down Under. Fans of the show have […]

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Tickets go on sale this morning at 9am. The June Bank Holiday weekend may seem like a long way away, but the release of the Saturday line-up for Forbidden Fruit gives us all another reason to get excited about it. Jungle, Tame Impala and Battles are amongst the many great acts that will be performing […]

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“For 20 years Man United had an identity… the last three years they’ve gone away from that.” Manchester United tasted defeat to a far superior Liverpool side in the first leg of their Europa League encounter tonight, with the visitors putting in a display that left United fans fuming. If it wasn’t for David de […]

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Emphatic. The first European encounter between Liverpool and Manchester United promised much, but only one side showed up on the night as the hosts cruised to a comfortable win. In truth, were it not for the heroics of David de Gea in the visitors’ goal the margin of victory would have been greater as Liverpool […]

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They haven’t had much to shout about so far. Tonight marks the first encounter between Manchester United and Liverpool in European competition and a few famous faces have been spotted in the away end at Anfield. Former Red Devils Gary Pallister, Denis Irwin and Andy Cole were spotted on TV amongst the away fans during […]

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“McGregor showed courage… he is a lion.” One of the most renowned Muay Thai fighters in the world has put up a spirited defence of Conor McGregor in a Facebook post that has gone viral since it was posted earlier today. McGregor had to face his fair share of criticism following his shock defeat to […]

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And features more celebrities than you can shake a stick at. Usher, Snoop Dogg, Simon Cowell, Sarah Silverman and Bill Hader are just some of the stars that pop up in the very amusing trailer for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, the latest big screen venture by The Lonely Island. Andy Samberg plays popstar Conner4Real […]

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Enda Kenny will resign as Taoiseach of Ireland this evening after his application for reappointment was rejected in the Dáil today. The applications of Kenny and the three other nominations put forward for the position as Taoiseach – Micheál Martin, Gerry Adams and Richard Boyd Barrett – were all rejected in the Dáil today, so […]

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The weddings of a number of couples have been placed in jeopardy after a popular hotel in Sligo was forced to cease trading with immediate effect. Cromleach Lodge, a four-star hotel in Castlebaldwin in Sligo, has been forced to cease trading after a meeting with Revenue Officials. A couple who had been due to get […]

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We’re not sure about his pronunciation of Firhouse or his American accent but a nice gesture all the same. Firhouse Clover will go into their Intermediate Cup Replay against Ringmahon Rangers this Saturday with the support of a world champion having received good luck wishes from none other than Tyson Fury in the build-up to […]

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The reward will only apply if the dog is returned by Monday, March 14. The owners of a dog in County Wicklow have offered a reward of €5,000 for the safe return of their pet, who has been missing since February 1. Nastro, or Naz for short, is an eight-year old Samoyed who went missing […]

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Have you ever tried this? One of the most common methods iPhone users employ in an effort to save the battery on their iPhone doesn’t actually work, according to a high-ranking Apple official. If you’re an iPhone user, chances are you’ve quit all of the apps in your multitasking feature in an effort to save […]

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Don’t worry, if you have one already you won’t be affected. The Passport Service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade today revealed changes to the application process for Irish passports for first-time applicants. The changes, which will come into effect from March 29, require first-time applicants aged 18 and above to present a […]

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The claims come in the wake of a spate of burglaries in the county of late. A farmer in Tipperary has claimed that farmers in the county have been conducting armed patrols at night amid fears of burglaries. Clive Clarke from Barna in Tipperary told Newstalk Breakfast that licensed firearm holders in Tipperary have been […]

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Remembering an all-time classic. Despite the commercial and critical success of their most recent album, 2014’s Songs of Innocence, it’s fair to say that U2’s output since the turn of the millennium has garnered a mixed reception from audiences worldwide. For about a decade from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, popular acclaim wasn’t really an […]

10 years ago

60 minutes from immortality. Castlebar Mitchels and Ballyboden St. Enda’s will leave it all on the line for their shot at the holy grail on St. Patrick’s Day. After both never-say-die outfits came through two tense semi-finals after extra time, it’s Dublin versus Mayo at Croke Park next Thursday and we’ve put it to debate: […]

10 years ago

Farewell to the fifth Beatle. Having already accounted for David Bowie, Lemmy and Glenn Frey, 2016 claimed the life of another luminary from the music world last night as George Martin passed away at the age of 90. Martin started out in the music business in the early 1950s and over the following six decades […]

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“We are fucking up the industry by simply fucking with people’s heads.” At the start of this year, Gary Brown wanted to get something off his chest. A Heineken Cup winner with Leinster, Gary played for the Ireland A and Ireland 7s teams during an impressive career as a professional rugby player. He’s been involved […]

10 years ago

“Nate I will see you again.” Conor McGregor has delivered a typically bullish response to his defeat to Nate Diaz in his first Instagram post since last night’s fight. McGregor promised to “take the defeat like a man” and also called out Brazilian duo Rafael dos Anjos and Jose Aldo, both of whom were quick […]

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Hard man to please is Gary. Gary Neville’s time in charge of Valencia has been something of a rollercoaster ride and the former Manchester United man has displayed the full gamut of emotions during his time in Spain so far. His Valencia side are taking on high-flyers Atletico Madrid at the Mestalla this evening and […]

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Why don’t you tell us what you really think, Tyson? Conor McGregor’s detractors have been out in force since his shock defeat to Nate Diaz last night and Tyson Fury has become the latest to add insult to injury for The Notorious. Never shy of expressing his opinion, the heavyweight boxing Champion took aim at […]

10 years ago

It’s meant to be springtime, right? You’d barely know it with the conditions we’ve experienced in Ireland of late and after snow fell in many parts of the country last week, we could be in for a repeat in the coming days. Met Eireann have predicted that there could be snow in places on Tuesday […]

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Nobody in the world took McGregor’s defeat as badly as this guy. Plenty of McGregor fans were disappointed after McGregor’s defeat to Nate Diaz last night and Conor himself and his team will have taken it very badly, but this guy takes the biscuit. There are no words… #ufcfreak #ufc #conormcgregor #fightnight #benchwarmers #weird #enough […]

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If looks could kill… Manchester United’s recent ‘revival’ came to an end this afternoon after they suffered a 1-0 loss to West Brom at the Hawthorns. Juan Mata’s first-half dismissal had a big bearing on a game that was settled by Salomon Rondon’s second-half strike, but the visitors never looked like scoring and went down […]

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Sad news. Nancy Reagan, the wife of former US President Ronald Reagan, has died aged 94. The Reagan family issued a statement this afternoon saying that Reagan died of congenital heart failure and that she will be buried alongside her late husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Her stepson Michael, […]

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“Don’t book a table if you’re going to disrespect our staff.” The owner of a restaurant in Manchester has defended an autistic member of staff after customers asked if they could not be served by him while dining on the premises. Mike Jennings, the owner of Grenache restaurant in Walkden, Manchester, admitted to being “astonished” […]

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It’s been a bit feisty in Tralee this afternoon. Kerry and Donegal have faced each other quite a bit in recent years and the rivalry wasn’t long getting heated in their Division One League clash in Tralee this afternoon. The skirmishes started early doors and barely ten minutes had passed when Kerry full-forward Alan Fitzgerald […]

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Halawa has now spent nearly three years in prison. The trial of Irish student Ibrahim Halawa has been delayed for a 13th time and is now scheduled to take place on June 26. The 20-year old, from Firhouse in Dublin, has now spent 942 days in prison, having first been arrested during protests against former […]

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It’s a good job they got there when they did. The ISPCA recently managed to rescue two severely malnourished Jack Russell Terriers in Wicklow, who would not have survived for much longer had they not been rescued in time. The ISPCA today released photos of the Jack Russell terriers, who were so severely malnourished that […]

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It could have been a lot worse. The dangers of using your mobile phone while driving can’t be repeated often enough; one look at some of those horrifically graphic ads on TV should put anyone off doing so for life. That said, those warnings are repeatedly ignored all over the world, as they were by […]

10 years ago

Stop talking, just stop talking. We’re not sure what confidentiality clauses were written into the contracts of the Game of Thrones cast for the much-anticipated Season Six, but they’re not doing a very good job of keeping things under wraps. At the Oscars last week, Sophie Turner dropped some big news about the fate of […]

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He might be regretting it after the result in the North London derby. Leicester City continue to sit pretty at the top of the Premier League table, but it appears as if even their own fans are having doubts about their ability to stay the course. After reading about another Foxes fan who cashed out […]

10 years ago

It’s not just about you anymore. All of us have probably attempted to play Cupid and set our friends up for potential romances at some point in our lives and Tinder has just made that process so much easier. The mega-popular dating app is currently testing a new feature that allows Tinder users to share […]

10 years ago

Reckon you can do better? Customers in a pub can find any amount of ways to pass the time and in the Old Charm Inn in Carrickmore in Tyrone, Niall ‘Shorty’ Fox does so by building very impressive beermat houses. One of Niall’s friends, Stephen McAleer, sent some examples our way and they are very […]

10 years ago

The potential ‘Brexit’ is causing a lot of concern across the water, it seems. The number of British-born people applying for their first Irish passport has increased by over 33% between 2014 and 2015 as the prospect of Britain exiting the European Union this summer looms closer. According to The Guardian, who obtained the figures […]

10 years ago

Adele herself would be proud. Adele was in town in the 3 Arena last night (she’s there again tonight) and thousands went along to see a performer who is really on top of her game right now. Nobody can do what Adele does better than the lady herself, but we dare say she’d be well […]

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The car had no tax or NCT and the driver had been disqualified. An Garda Síochána have arrested a man for driving a car that had been operating as a fake taxi with a female passenger on board in Dublin. Pictures of the car, which had a fake roof sign and door stickers and had […]

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The reaction, for the most part, was positive. Michael and Danny Healy-Rae are still riding on the crest of a wave after their spectacular victory in Kerry in last weekend’s general election and they rode that wave all the way to the Late Late Show last night. The Healy-Rae brothers might not be everyone’s cup […]

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Hook is not happy. Well-known broadcaster and TV personality George Hook is threatening to sue Leinster and Ireland out-half Jonathan Sexton over comments Sexton made in a recent interview with The Irish Times. According to The Irish Times, the paper has rejected a request from Hook for an apology, the withdrawal of the article and […]

10 years ago

Those steaks are having the desired effect. With only hours to go until Conor McGregor steps in to the Octagon at UFC 196, the excitement levels stepped up a notch at the weigh-in in the MGM Grand on Friday. The Notorious weighed in at 168 lbs, his biggest ever pre-fight weight, and he looked a […]

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Playing GAA and partying since 1999. We’re not sure if Glasgow Gaels offended Longford in any way, but it recently came to the attention of the club that the midlands county is the only county in Ireland not represented amongst the Gaels’ playing personnel. The Gaels jokingly suggested that they’d gladly trade one of the […]

10 years ago

Who gets your vote? The biggest day in the GAA club calendar is almost upon us but only two of the four teams in action in Croke Park on St. Patrick’s Day will go home with the ultimate prize. First up on the day is the hurling clash between Na Piarsaigh of Limerick and Antrim’s […]

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