Very sad news. A male teenager, aged 15, has died after being found unresponsive in Ballycullen in Dublin on Wednesday night. Gardaí responded to reports of a male youth found unresponsive at approximately 11pm on Wednesday; he was taken by ambulance to The Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, where he later passed away. A post-mortem is […]

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Met Éireann also warned of the potential for “wind-related impacts”, such as debris from trees and the movement of unsecured outdoor items. Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory for the Republic of Ireland ahead of the arrival of “unseasonably windy weather” in the coming days. Issued at 1pm today (21 May), the advisory takes […]

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O’Leary also described 14-day quarantine measures as “unimplementable” and “unnecessary”. Michael O’Leary has called on the Irish government to scrap measures which require people arriving into the country to quarantine for a 14-day period. While there are exceptions to the rule requiring visitors to the UK to quarantine for 14 days, people arriving into Ireland […]

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Keep ‘em coming. The evenings are getting longer and Ireland has started on the path to “a new normal”, but a lot of us are still spending a lot of time indoors and watching a lot of TV in the process. With that in mind, fresh options for things to watch are welcome and there […]

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Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty said the payments “will continue for now”. The number of claimants of the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment has dropped for the second consecutive week. Figures published by the government on Monday revealed that 585,000 people received the payment of €350 this week, including approximately 7,000 people […]

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Further announcements on job losses and pay cuts are expected by the end of the month. Ryanair has confirmed that the loss of 250 jobs from offices in Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw as a result of a substantial decline in traffic due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The job losses are a combination of probation/fixed […]

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How do you like them tacos? As you’ll surely know by now, Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon has been residing in Dalkey for the last couple of months, his presence providing a welcome distraction for Irish people during the global pandemic. Interest in Dalkey’s latest famous resident went up a notch with his first Irish radio […]

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Featuring Matt Damon isolated in a land far away from home… We made it folks, the end of another week. And what better way to mark that milestone – even if it does seem fairly insignificant in the current climate – than by staying in and watching a movie? Here’s the pick of the bunch […]

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Most of us aren’t expecting a return to “normality” until at least 2021. The majority of Irish people don’t expect that it will be possible to resume indoor social activities until at least September, according to a new study by the ESRI. Restrictions imposed in an effort to combat the spread of Covid-19 are expected […]

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Keep this good spell coming. It’s understandably not being discussed as much as it usually would with everything else going on, but in recent weeks, Ireland has been enjoying what must be one of the most extended spells of pleasant weather in years. Wind and rain have barely been a feature and the sighting of […]

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He’s come a long way since the Leinster minor football final of 2014. In recent times, it’s hard to remember a slice of Irish pop culture that has had such an impact at home and abroad as Normal People, the TV adaptation of the novel of the same name by Irish author Sally Rooney. The […]

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Adams was sentenced to over four years in prison for attempts to escape The Maze prison on two occasions in 1973 and 1974. The UK Supreme Court has overturned two convictions on attempts by former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to escape the Long Kesh Detention Centre in Down, also known as The Maze prison, […]

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McDonald’s restaurants have been closed in Ireland since the end of March. McDonald’s has confirmed that six of its restaurants in the Dublin area will open for drive-thru only as part of a phased reopening in Ireland from next week. McDonald’s has confirmed that the six restaurants will begin what has been described as “a […]

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A little under 600,000 people claimed the payment this week. The number of claimants of the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment has dropped for the first time since its introduction in March. According to figures published by the government on Monday (11 May), 589,000 people received the payment of €350 this week, including approximately 8,700 people […]

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Holohan’s comments follow proposals for radical changes for the operating of pubs in Ireland this week. Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan says he doesn’t see “any realistic prospect” of pubs in Ireland being able to open next month. Holohan’s comments come after proposals for radical changes to how pubs operate in Ireland were published by […]

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There are still hopes some ploughing could take place behind closed gates. The 2020 National Ploughing Championships, due to take place in Ballintrane, Fenagh in Carlow from 15-17 September, have been cancelled. Anna Marie McHugh, Assistant Managing Director of the National Ploughing Assocation (NPA), confirmed the decision to cancel this year’s event in conversation with […]

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Before the Covid-19 pandemic, approximately 14% of employees in Ireland worked from home in some capacity. Increasing the capacity for employees in Ireland to work from home could help protect jobs and limit a predicted economic contraction in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. That’s according to a new report from the ESRI, which examines […]

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Including the one and only Niall Horan. Fresh from his appearance on the Late Late Show last weekend, Mullingar’s favourite son will be on the virtual couch with Graham tonight and he’s in good company too. Joining him tonight will be… Sandra Oh – Following the release of the third season last month, Killing Eve […]

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Video footage of the incident released this week sparked uproar worldwide. Father and son Gregory McMichael (64) and Travis McMichael (34) have been arrested and charged in relation to the death of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man who was killed while out jogging in Georgia in February of this year. The Georgia Bureau of […]

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Fingers crossed. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he is “more optimistic than others” that air travel for business and leisure will resume before the end of this year. Operations at airports around the globe in recent weeks and months have been dramatically scaled down as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, while a number of airlines, […]

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Just under 600,000 people in Ireland received a payment of €350 this week. The majority of minimum wage employees in Ireland are earning less money than what is distributed to recipients of the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, according to a new study by the ESRI. The detail is included in an overview of minimum wage […]

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Members of the public who might come across the product have been warned not to interfere with the containers. Gardaí in Midleton are investigating the theft of five containers of liquid nitrogen from a farmyard in east Cork in the early hours of Tuesday morning (5 May). Sometime between the hours of 1am and 7.30am […]

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Our selection this evening includes two picks with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of over 95%. We should add as a disclaimer that both of those acclaimed movies are on the box at 10pm or after this evening. Good news for the night owls among you, but there are few flicks on earlier in the evening […]

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Aldi also revealed the busiest shopping periods in its stores, with customer footfall peaking on afternoons from Thursday to Saturday. Aldi Ireland has announced that its stores across the Republic of Ireland will return to normal opening hours from this Thursday (7 May). From Thursday, standard store opening hours of 9am-10pm Monday to Friday and […]

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Which episode gets your vote? Although the curtain should probably have come down on it long ago, The Simpsons remains one of the best and most culturally significant TV shows of the last 30 years. The fact that its golden era came to an end before the turn of the millennium has done nothing to […]

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On the virtual sofa tonight… Credit where it’s due, the folks involved in The Late Late Show and The Graham Norton Show have been putting in a great effort in difficult circumstances to provide us with the usual dose of Friday night entertainment, which is very welcome at the moment. You can check out who’s […]

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We need this now more than ever. Given our current circumstances, chances are many of you will feel like you have completed Netflix at this stage. With that in mind and considering that government restrictions to combat the spread of Covid-19 don’t look like they’re going to be eased anytime soon, the arrival of a […]

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Authorities have expressed serious concern with the number of drivers detected speeding despite a vast decrease in traffic in recent weeks. An Garda Síochána and The Road Safety Authority (RSA) have expressed concern at the number of motorists being detected driving at excessive speed of late, including some who have been detected speeding through streets […]

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The figures apply to the last quarter of 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic began to impact significantly on the economy in Ireland. 122,800 employees in Ireland earned the national minimum wage of €9.80 per hour or less in the final quarter of 2019, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The figure […]

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A song Gallagher feared had been “lost forever”, it will be on the internet from midnight. Noel Gallagher is to deliver a special lockdown treat for Oasis fans around the world by posting a previously unreleased Oasis song on the internet tonight. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, Gallagher revealed that he had come across […]

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“We do know how frustrating it is and we know people’s patience and resolve is waning.” The Government said it is aware that some people are “getting very fed up” of social distancing measures that it has asked the public to comply with to combat the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland. Speaking at a briefing […]

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Very sad news. A pedal cyclist in his 60s has died following a collision with a car in Killarney on Monday morning. Gardaí attended the scene of the incident, which occurred at approximately 8.20am on Monday (27 April) on the N22 Tralee-Killarney road in Rockfield in Killarney. The cyclist, a man in his 60s, was […]

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The government is considering easing restrictions on the public from next Tuesday. Most Irish people would most like to see the 2km limit on movement removed when the government considers easing restrictions on the public from next week. The removal of the 2km restriction on movement was cited as the priority for the 35,000 participants […]

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The only pub open during lockdown. With pubs and other outlets where people would usually congregate having been closed for over a month now, we have been getting used to the idea of socialising virtually of late. Virtual pints and Zoom quizzes have been a fixture of many people’s lives for a while now, while […]

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Demand for services for end-of-life care at home has increased by 20% The Irish Cancer Society have issued a callout for nurses for what they describe as an “urgent” need to deal with a recent increase in the demand for end-of-life care at home. The Irish Cancer Society provide a free Night Nursing service to […]

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In the same period, there has been a 70% decrease in traffic on Irish roads. An Garda Síochána has revealed that just under 500 people have been arrested for driving under the influence of drink or drugs in the last four weeks alone. In total, 490 people have been arrested for driving under the influence […]

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If one of the questions isn’t ‘Who do you prefer, Oasis or Blur?’, we’ll be very disappointed. At this stage, we’ve all become used to lockdown and the need to be creative when it comes to seeking entertainment from the comfort of our own homes, particularly at weekends. With that in mind, the many Father […]

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“Gloves can give a false sense of security. They would need to be changed very frequently to be effective.” SafeFood Ireland have said that there is no evidence that Covid-19 can be transmitted by food or food packaging in guidelines issued to the public on grocery shopping. Following “many questions” about handling groceries, SafeFood Ireland […]

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The man spat at a Garda member, who was conducting an arrest on a man who had attempted to flee the scene on foot. A man in his late 30s has been arrested after he spat at a Garda member who was in the course of conducting an arrest in Drogheda. The man was arrested […]

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It is alleged that the man who was hospitalised was a victim of a hit-and-run on Tuesday evening. A man in his 40s has been hospitalised with serious but non-life threatening injuries following an altercation between a large group of men and an alleged hit-and-run in Enniscorthy on Tuesday evening. At approximately 8pm, Gardaí received […]

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The news will impact massively on sporting fixtures, music festivals and other large-scale events planned for the summer months. The government has confirmed that mass gatherings of in excess of 5,000 people are officially banned in Ireland until the end of August. In a statement on Tuesday, the Government, aware of the need for advance […]

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Happy birthday Father Ted. April the 21st. Any idea why April the 21st should be so important? No, it’s not the day the ice age ended, Marathon became Snickers or Galway was liberated from the Indians, it’s even more important than that. On this day in 1995, the first ever episode of Father Ted, Good […]

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Debenhams workers say that, in their opinion, the company is trying to “avoid paying decent redundancy to workers who’ve served them for many years”. Debenhams workers are to stage protests outside six Debenhams stores in Ireland on Tuesday (21 April) at what they deem to be unfair treatment by the company. Earlier this month, Debenhams […]

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It is claimed that someone with symptoms of Covid-19 could have the results of a swab test back within 24 hours. An Irish collaboration has secured 19 machines and chemical reagents from China which could allow for a rollout of a national rapid testing facility for Covid-19 in Ireland by early next month. Speaking on […]

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Very sad news. A man in his 30s has died and a woman in her 20s has been seriously injured following a road traffic collision in Wexford in the early hours of Monday morning. Gardaí attended the scene of the crash on the N25 at Ballinaboola following the collision, which occurred at approximately 5am on […]

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The fine weather isn’t going anywhere just yet. There are plenty of more important things to worry about, but one pleasant aspect of the last couple of weeks in lockdown has been the weather, which, for the most part, has been splendid. Mild, sunny days with precious little wind or rain have become a fixture […]

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“We really hope that this statement serves to clarify and reassure.” Irish fruit company Keelings have sought to provide clarity on their hiring of seasonal workers from Bulgaria after news that they had chartered a plane to do so during the Covid-19 crisis attracted controversy this week. Politicians Peadar Tóibín and Alan Lawes were amongst […]

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Friday night is movie night. Friday. At this point, our perception of what day it is appears to be even more skewed than it is at Christmas time, but we’re here to reassure you that you have, in fact, made it to the end of another week. Friday usually comes with a more plentiful selection […]

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As of Wednesday, there are 12,547 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland. A map supplied by the Health Service Executive (HSE) outlines the exact location of all confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland. The maps below, sourced with data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting […]

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For your viewing pleasure this evening… … not a whole lot, if we’re being perfectly honest. It was quite a struggle to find five movies that we could recommend with a reasonable degree of confidence, but if it’s any consolation, one of those five is up there with the best ever made. Here goes… Knight […]

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