It’s not really looking a lot like Christmas, at least on the weather front. The snow that covered the country earlier this month is an idealised version of what we think Christmas should really look like, but in Ireland, rain and lots of it is in store for the foreseeable future. Having issued two separate […]

8 years ago

The North Korean foreign ministry released a statement on Christmas Eve. North Korea has described sanctions imposed on the country by the United Nations as “an act of war” and warned of its capability of “posing a substantial nuclear threat to the U.S. mainland” in a statement posted by its foreign ministry on Sunday. The […]

8 years ago

The best early Christmas present imaginable. Some of you will no doubt be breaking with tradition and opening Christmas presents early at some stage today, but we have a feeling nothing will top the early present delivered to one lucky National Lottery ticket holder on Saturday night. There was one winner and one winner only of […]

8 years ago

The danger of industrial action has “receded for the present”. Ryanair pilots in Ireland represented by the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) and IMPACT will not take industrial action against the airline after confirmation of a “historic agreement” on Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday, IMPACT expressed their disappointment at a lack of official Ryanair recognition […]

8 years ago

‘Welcome to Ireland’ will go out to an audience of millions Stateside. A new 30-second advert showcasing the best of Irish tourism will run during premium entertainment shows on three major TV networks in the United States from St. Stephen’s Day through to New Year’s Eve. The advert will kick off Tourism Ireland’s promotional drive […]

8 years ago

A 25-year old man was due to appear before a sitting of Dublin District Court on Thursday morning in relation to the investigation. Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized a significant quantity of drugs, with a value in excess of €2.8 million, in an operation in Dublin on Wednesday. As […]

8 years ago

No holding back from the Mullingar man. Popular though he is in these parts and all around the world, with 37.5 million Twitter followers, Niall Horan isn’t going to be spared some of the abuse that often, unfortunately, comes with the territory for high-profile users of the platform. Not that it unduly bothers him, however, […]

8 years ago

Fantastic news. Irish Cystic Fibrosis campaigner Orla Tinsley has revealed that she has got the go-ahead for a double lung transplant. In the early hours of Thursday morning, Tinsley tweeted to say: “This morning we got a call but I wanted to wait. Well, here it is, Lucky Number7. I’m not afraid..Please send love, prayers […]

8 years ago

We all know the words, but how much do you know about the making of the song itself? Granted, the list of candidates is as long as Santa’s arm, but surely a World Cup of Christmas songs is as good a barometer as any to determine the best Christmas song of them all. With ‘Fairytale […]

8 years ago

It could be you. One lucky ticket holder in Ireland claimed a prize of €552,182 after matching five numbers and the bonus number in Wednesday night’s Lotto draw. Although the jackpot of €4,819,534 went unclaimed, there were 27,000 winners of a prize of some description, including a solitary winner of well over half a million […]

8 years ago

Multiple injuries have been reported after a car collided with pedestrians in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon. Victoria Police reported that the driver of the car was arrested shortly after it collided with a number of pedestrians on Flinders Street between Elizabeth Street and Swanson Street in Melbourne city centre. The driver of the vehicle and […]

8 years ago

The motorist is believed to have reacted to a hand gesture made by the cyclist who he subsequently knocked off his bike. The motorist in question, Ashley Wallace-Merret, admitted dangerous driving, ABH (actual bodily harm) and common assault after a collision involving a cyclist in North Station Road in Colchester on May 13, 2016. CCTV […]

8 years ago

The national standardised rent in Ireland has increased by just under €100 per month in just one year. People renting new tenancies in Ireland paid an average of €1,056 per month in the third quarter of 2017, an increase of 9.5% on the same period last year (it was €965 per month in the third […]

8 years ago

If you’re going to be driving on any of these in the next few days, you’ll need to be patient. Chris Rea might sing gleefully about being stuck “top to toe in tailbacks” and being surrounded by “red lights all around” in ‘Driving Home for Christmas’, but the reality is not all motorists feel so […]

8 years ago

“I’ve killed Buttons due to my drinking and drugs. I loved this dog with all my heart and I couldn’t imagine hurting her.” A 27-year-old man in Donegal was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was banned for keeping animals for life at Letterkenny Circuit Court on Tuesday, following a brutal attack on a […]

8 years ago

Most of it was positive, although there were a few dissenting voices. It would be stretching it to say that U2 (and one band member in particular) have steered clear of the limelight in their long and illustrious career to date, but it’s rare enough that fans of the band get to see them in […]

8 years ago

Ryanair met with representatives of its Irish-based pilots at a meeting on Tuesday evening. IMPACT Trade Union has reiterated a threat of strike action by the Irish-based Ryanair pilots the union represents following a meeting with the airline on Tuesday evening. In a statement issued in the aftermath of the meeting, IMPACT said that Ryanair […]

8 years ago

The man was discovered in an apartment in Cobh on Tuesday evening. Gardaí in Cobh in Cork are investigating the sudden death of a man his late 40s, who was discovered in an apartment on Tuesday evening. The man was discovered in an apartment at Harbour Hill, Cobh at approximately 5pm on Tuesday evening. Emergency […]

8 years ago

The event will take place at the RDS in February. Nigel Farage is amongst a number of guests scheduled to speak at an event titled ‘Irexit: Freedom to Prosper‘ at the RDS in Dublin on 3 February next year. An MEP for the UKIP party and prominent Euroskeptic, Farage is the most high-profile of the […]

8 years ago

Good luck trying to pass this around. 1,000 grams of marijuana, 3,000 yards of rolling paper and 40 people working for a month and a half. That’s what it took to create what must be one of the longest joints ever made, a 100-foot joint unveiled at the Harvest Cup, described as New England’s Premier […]

8 years ago

Pedro Pascal is a big loss, but the two men filling his shoes aren’t half bad. Pedro Pascal, who played former DEA agent Javier Peña in the first three seasons of Narcos, will not play a starring role in the fourth season of the hit Netflix series. On Tuesday, Netflix released a brief trailer for […]

8 years ago

A final report was submitted by the Garda commissioner on Tuesday. The Department of Justice has confirmed that six Garda stations in Ireland are to be reopened as part of a pilot scheme in accordance with the Programme for Government. Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, briefed Government on a final report submitted […]

8 years ago

If you’re a Three customer, this is worth checking out. Irish mobile phone network Three has committed to providing refunds to any customers affected by a breach of contract in relation to a change in their terms and conditions earlier this year. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited (“Three”) made a […]

8 years ago

“But eventually, I got out of his headlock and now, where are you, Father Eamon Hunter?” Our estimates might be a little off, but even though the vast majority of the Irish population has seen the Father Ted Christmas special 17 million times, it’s always worth watching when it appears on TV at the festive […]

9 years ago

The jury is still very much out on Ed’s version. Sometimes, no matter who you are, you just don’t mess with a classic. It is a lesson that Ed Sheeran has learned the hard way of late after his decision to cover ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues, arguably the Daddy of the many, […]

9 years ago

News that will come as a massive disappointment to sports fans in Ireland. A landmark cross supply TV deal announced by Sky and BT will not be available to Irish customers, it has been confirmed. On Friday, Sky and BT announced an agreement that will enable customers to access sports and entertainment channels through a […]

9 years ago

“Hey kid, you didn’t fuckin’ tell me that.” There’s hardly a need for a spoiler alert considering the movie is nearly 40 years old, but it’s fair to say that the revelation that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father in The Empire Strikes Back remains to this day one of the biggest twists in the […]

9 years ago

If you live in or have been passing through Kildare recently, it could be you. One lucky Irish Euromillions ticketholder got a perfect early Christmas present on Friday night as the sole winner of the Ireland-only Euromillions Plus draw, worth a cool €500,000. The National Lottery have revealed that the ticket was bought in Kildare […]

9 years ago

“People think of depression as a big glaring sign across somebody’s forehead… that is not necessarily the case.” In January 2016, 11-year old Milly Tuomey, from Templeogue in Dublin, took her own life weeks after posting a message on Instagram that she was unhappy with her appearance and wanted to die. Nearly two years’ on, […]

9 years ago

Sheeran discussed the social aspect of being one of the biggest musicians on the planet on the Late Late Show on Friday night. It was the last Late Late Show of 2017 on Friday night and amongst the guests on the night was arguably the most popular act on the planet right now and a very […]

9 years ago

3,200 H1-B visas were issued to Irish citizens between 2010 and 2015. Spouses of immigrant workers granted specialist visas to work in the United States will be prevented from getting jobs in the country under new plans from the Trump administration. In a statement on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that a rule […]

9 years ago

Sky and BT announced the landmark deal on Friday. Updated 1pm, 16 December It has since been confirmed that the new deal will not apply to Sky and BT customers in Ireland. More details here. — end of update — Sky and BT have announced that they have come to an agreement that will enable […]

9 years ago

If all proposed projects are completed, hotel bedroom supply in Galway will increase by 20%. The hotel industry in Galway is about to undergo a significant change in the coming years with four brand new hotels and over 600 new hotel rooms potentially coming to the city from 2020 onwards. A new study by Savills […]

9 years ago

One of the biggest festivals of the Irish summer is taking shape. Having announced a very special Bank Holiday Monday line-up a few weeks’ back, Forbidden Fruit organisers have confirmed the addition of eight new acts to the weekend line-up for the 2018 edition of the festival. French dance music duo Justice, Californian MC Vince […]

9 years ago

Unions have been advised to seek a minimum pay increase of 3.1% as well as additional compensation next year. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has advised affiliated unions in the private sector to seek compensation for what they describe as the “excessive costs” of housing, childcare and pensions in 2018, in addition to […]

9 years ago

Ryanair is calling on pilot unions in Ireland and other countries to call off threatened industrial action next Wednesday. Ryanair has written to pilot unions in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, inviting each of them to talks to recognise these unions as the representative body for pilots in Ryanair in each of […]

9 years ago

Ed Sheeran, Star Wars and quite a bit more. On the third last Friday of 2017, the talk show circuit is beginning to wind down, with tonight marking the very last Late Late Show of 2017. As you’ll see below, a pretty decent line-up has been put together to mark the occasion, while over on […]

9 years ago

Let’s face it, you’ll probably need something to help banish the January blues. Sure, you probably won’t spend as much time in front of the telly in the first month of 2018 as you probably will over the next few weeks, but there will be still options for when you decide to put the feet […]

9 years ago

Sales and retail workers are well ahead of the chasing pack. If you work in the sales and retail industry in Ireland, then you’re in good company according to the latest and final report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on the 2016 Census. A report on Employment, Occupations and Industry, published on Thursday, reveals […]

9 years ago

An early Christmas present for the Alanis Morissette fan in your life? Canadian born singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette will be visiting Ireland for two performances in Cork and Dublin next summer. Morissette will perform at Live at the Marquee in Cork on Wednesday, 4 July and in the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin on the following night, […]

9 years ago

It gets grimmer and grimmer by the day. Barely an hour has gone past this week without Met Éireann having to issue some form of weather warning and another one duly arrived this morning. At the time of writing, shortly after 10am on Thursday morning, there are three weather warnings in place, with Met Éireann […]

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Two people have been arrested as a result. Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man (27) and a woman (24) following an aggravated burglary in Terenure in Dublin on Wednesday. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, two masked persons gained entry to a house by smashing a downstairs window and subsequently threatened the male […]

9 years ago

Were you affected? Updated 14 December, 09:45 Dublin Bus announced at approximately 9.30am on Thursday that the issue had been resolved. Customer Notice: Our realtime information on both our app & website have now been restored. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. — dublinbusnews (@dublinbusnews) December 14, 2017 — End of update — Dublin Bus issued […]

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Including The Snapper, The Shawshank Redemption and much, much more. We’ve already seen the pretty decent collection of movies that will be on RTÉ over the festive period and TV3 have followed suit with more offerings that will leave viewers with plenty of choices. Highlights in the schedule include The Snapper (Sunday, 17 December), the […]

9 years ago

The sale of 1-3 East Road was confirmed by Savills Ireland on Thursday morning. A site with the potential to accommodate 450 apartments in the Dublin Docklands has been acquired by Glenveagh Properties for a fee in excess of €40 million, it was confirmed on Thursday. The sale of 1-3 East Road, a rare residential […]

9 years ago

The ISPCC has urged people to report any suspicious activity to the Gardaí. The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) has warned residents of a number of areas of Dublin and Meath to be wary of people going to door to door and collecting money, allegedly on behalf of the charity. […]

9 years ago

A nice bonus to get in the run-up to Christmas. A 28-year-old Romanian man was the biggest winner as €150,000 was claimed from three scratch cards at National Lottery HQ on Wednesday. The Romanian man, who bought his ticket in the Mace Store in Monard in Tipperary and is currently living in the Midlands, came […]

9 years ago

No surprise that a certain burrito restaurant comes in at number two on the list. That burrito restaurant, of course, is Boojum, which appears in the lofty berth of second place in Deliveroo’s list of the 100 most ordered dishes in the world on the food delivery service in the last 12 months. A burrito […]

9 years ago

If you’re flying Ryanair in the near future, take note. A little over a month before it’s due to come into effect, Ryanair has served another reminder of its new policy regarding carry-on luggage customers can bring on flights. Ryanair announced the impending introduction of the new policy earlier this year having served repeated warnings […]

9 years ago

Up to 50 times more shooting stars than a normal night are expected. Stargazers in this part of the world are in for a treat this Wednesday evening, when the biggest meteor shower of the year over Ireland is set to light up the skies. An annual event, the meteor shower known as ‘The Geminids’ […]

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