Hundreds of jobs in construction and retail are expected to be created as a result. 29 new stores, two new restaurants and 460 parking spaces will be added to Kildare Village in the near future after Kildare County Council granted planning for an extension of the retail outlet on Tuesday. According to Offaly Express, Kildare […]

8 years ago

Live sport accounted for seven of the top 10 most watched programmes of last year, according to figures released by TAM Ireland. It won’t surprise you to learn that The Late Late Toy Show was one of the non-sport offerings in the top 10; in fact, it was the most-watched show of last year with […]

8 years ago

It can’t have been a pleasant sight. A pizza restaurant in Athboy in Meath was issued with a closure order in December of last year due to a blockage in a sewage pipe which caused a staff toilet bowl to become full with excrement. The staff toilet in question opens directly into a food preparation […]

8 years ago

Dublin chamber said the decision goes against the advice of engineers and will leave the Clontarf area exposed to flooding in years to come. Business group Dublin Chamber has blasted the decision to reduce the height of a flood defence sea wall in Clontarf as “short-sighted”, “baffling” and “wasteful”. The decision to reduce the height […]

8 years ago

The prospect of Winfrey succeeding Donald Trump comes in the wake of a powerful speech delivered at the Golden Globes on Sunday night. Oprah Winfrey, the former host of the phenomenally successful talk show in her own name, is believed to be “actively thinking” about running for US President in the next election in 2020. Two […]

8 years ago

“We have no plans to move to the moon!” Ireland’s latest Euromillions winners finally collected their prize on Monday as a small family syndicate from Dublin picked up a cheque for €38.9 million at National Lottery HQ. The family claimed the prize in what was the last Euromillions draw of 2017, having picked up a […]

8 years ago

Including the lowest temperature recorded in Ireland this winter. Sunday night was as bitter as it’s been in Ireland for quite some time, with the mercury dropping well below zero throughout the country from Sunday evening onwards. A weekend of freezing weather came to an end with temperatures in parts of the country dropping to […]

8 years ago

“I don’t believe there is anything that I love more than watching football. I’m totally addicted to the game. Sure I’m stuck in the bloody thing for the last 70 odd years.” Figures in the GAA don’t come much more legendary than the great Mick O’Dwyer. The winner of four All-Irelands as a player and […]

8 years ago

“I knew it was you, I knew it was you.” Compared to a rather eventful few months before Christmas, Conor McGregor has been keeping a fairly low-profile of late, although he did reveal that his family had been struck down by the Aussie flu that’s been doing the rounds in Ireland recently. McGregor, has, as […]

8 years ago

Two men were arrested on Sunday in relation to the murder of Denis Donaldson in the village of Doochary in Donegal in 2006. Updated: 3.30pm, January 9 A man aged in his 40s arrested on 7 January as part of a Garda investigation into the murder of Denis Donaldson at Cloghercor, Doochary, Donegal in April 2006 […]

8 years ago

Was this the first ever shout out to an Irish mammy at a major Hollywood awards ceremony? We can’t remember there being too many in the past, but regardless of whether it was or not, Saoirse Ronan, nor her mother, Monica, will forget the 2018 Golden Globe Awards in a hurry. Saoirse had been touted […]

8 years ago

There are savings to be had, but you’ll need to act fast. All Applegreen stores throughout Ireland will slash the price of petrol and diesel by 4c per litre this week in what is described as their ‘Biggest Fuel Sale Ever’. It’s the first time that Applegreen have ever held a nationwide fuel sale at […]

8 years ago

What a day for the parish. The 2018 Golden Globes turned out to be one of the most memorable ever from an Irish perspective, with Saoirse Ronan and Martin McDonagh amongst the biggest winners on the night. As had been anticipated, Saoirse Ronan took home the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a […]

8 years ago

Mayo County Council has proposed to develop the estate as a nationally important nature reserve and tourist attraction. Mayo County Council has announced that it has acquired the historic Moorehall house and estate from Coillte with the intention of enhancing and developing it for the benefit of the people of Mayo and Ireland. The property […]

8 years ago

We’re not jealous, we’re not jealous at all. A 20-year old man from Sligo and his girlfriend have earned a place amongst the final 50 candidates for a dream job in Cancun in Mexico that pays a cool $10,000 a month (approximately €8,300). Now that Koray McGowan and his girlfriend, Zaneta Stehlikova, have made the top […]

8 years ago

It’ll probably be the biggest-selling book of the year. A tell-all book painting a pretty chaotic picture of life behind the scenes in the Trump administration went on sale four days ahead of schedule on Friday despite attempts to prevent its publication. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, written by journalist Michael Wolff, […]

8 years ago

The new rate comes into effect on 1 February. Aldi Ireland has announced a new minimum pay rate of €11.70 an hour, matching the Living Wage rate recommended by The Living Wage Technical Group in Ireland. Aldi is the first supermarket chain to commit the paying staff the Living Wage Technical Group’s rate of €11.70 […]

8 years ago

“It is a diving issue and a lying issue, and by that, I mean people literally diving on the floor or pretending to trip over something.” Leading insurance brokers say pubs and shops in Ireland will be forced to close if the claims and compensation culture in the country is not tackled. Brokers at Insuremyshop.ie […]

8 years ago

Settle back into your Friday night routine. The first Friday of the New Year is never the busiest date on the social calendar and we’d wager that plenty of you are more than happy to stay in and put the feet up… especially after seeing the weather forecast. If you are going to spend the […]

8 years ago

If it’s not one extreme, it’s the other in Ireland this week. Temperatures will plummet to as low as -5 degrees this weekend as Ireland braces itself for a cold snap in the wake of Storm Eleanor, which wreaked havoc here and on the continent this week. According to the latest forecast from Met Éireann, […]

8 years ago

Whoever did win is taking their sweet time about coming forward. Almost a week on from the draw, Ireland’s latest Euromillions winner has yet to come forward to claim the whopping €38.9 million that will soon be coming his or her way. Despite the National Lottery issuing an appeal earlier this week, the jackpot winner […]

8 years ago

Yikes! Ireland has been battered by fairly severe winds brought on by Storm Dylan and Storm Eleanor in recent days, but we’re not the only country to bear the brunt of the extreme weather. Storm Eleanor continued to wreak havoc on the continent after visiting Ireland and in Switzerland – where it was known as […]

8 years ago

A 40-year-old man was murdered in Ballyjamesduff on 31 December. Gardaí investigating the murder of a 40-year-old man in Ballyjamesduff on 31 December have arrested a 38-year-old man in Cork in connection with the investigation. The man was arrested in Cork City centre early on Thursday morning and is currently detained at the Bridewell Garda […]

8 years ago

A female pilot is alleged to have been slapped by her male co-pilot on a flight from London to Mumbai. Two senior pilots have been grounded by Indian airline Jet Airways after they became embroiled in a row in the cockpit during a flight from Mumbai to London on 1 January. According to the Times […]

8 years ago

“You’re not going to blow up after this now, are you?” The Tommy Tiernan Show returned to RTÉ One on Wednesday night with a typically eclectic mix of guests, including Irish musical royalty Foster and Allen, Irish actress Fionnuala Flanagan and Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri, the Imam of the Islamic Centre in Ireland. If you’re […]

8 years ago

Recognise any of these places? Seven Irish business were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation last month, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The affected businesses are located in Dublin, Louth, Meath, Wexford, Cork and Galway. The food businesses were issued with closure orders for breaches of food […]

8 years ago

Coastal areas will be at risk of flooding as the spell of adverse weather continues. 17 counties in Munster, Leinster and Connacht have been issued with a status yellow weather warning that came into effect in the early hours of Thursday morning and will remain in place until 1pm on Thursday afternoon. The entire province […]

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ESB crews have restored power to well over 140,000 homes in Ireland since Tuesday evening. Households in parts of the country will remain without power overnight on Wednesday following damage caused by Storm Eleanor in recent days. The ESB revealed late on Wednesday night that some homes would remain without power until Thursday morning, having […]

8 years ago

“I really got very, very bored with it.” The absence of Rory Cowan was arguably the biggest talking point following the Christmas and New Year specials of Mrs Brown’s Boys, which, once again, were amongst the most popular shows on TV over the festive period. Cowan’s departure from the show came as a shock to fans […]

8 years ago

What a way this would be to start 2018. Ireland’s latest Euromillions jackpot victory has understandably been the source of much excitement of late, prompting all of us to wonder what it would be like to win a life-changing amount of money. That jackpot, though undoubtedly huge at €38.9 million, paled in comparison to some […]

8 years ago

Will you be affected? The Department of Social Protection has launched an investigation into “a problem” with payments of the fuel allowance lump sum that was due for payment this week. Those eligible for the fuel allowance – a payment under the National Fuel Scheme to help with the cost of heating one’s home during […]

8 years ago

Batten down the hatches. The worst of Storm Eleanor seems to have passed, but Ireland is far from out of the woods as far as the recent spell of wild weather is concerned. Two updated status yellow wind warnings were issued by Met Éireann on Wednesday afternoon, one which affects the entire country and another […]

8 years ago

A little under 90% of 40 towns surveyed in Ireland were at least as clean as the European average. Ennis saw off the challenge of last year’s winner Kildare to be named as the cleanest town in Ireland in the 2017 Anti-Litter League by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). The county town of Clare was […]

8 years ago

Keep an eye out for these in the New Year. You may well have had your fill of movies and TV shows over the festive period, but there will come a time in the New Year when you’re looking for something new to watch to help get you over the January blues. With that in […]

8 years ago

Charlie McCarthy, originally from Upper Aghada in Cork, was killed in an incident in Perth last Saturday morning. Friends of the late Charlie McCarthy, a 32-year old father of two, have launched a fundraising campaign to assist his wife and young family after he was killed in an incident in Perth in the early hours of […]

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Yet another weather warning, but this time it’s a little more serious. Every county in Ireland apart from Laois will be affected by two fresh weather warnings issued by Met Éireann on Friday morning that will be valid from Saturday night until the early hours of Sunday. After issuing a status yellow wind warning for […]

8 years ago

“We have no love for you but we are not going to carry out work for the Dirty Tricks Department of the British.” The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) were reportedly approached on behalf of the British Security Service MI5 and asked to execute then Taoiseach Charles Haughey, according to declassified state papers from 1987, released […]

8 years ago

Including a movie often cited as one of the greatest ever made. It was too cold to go out on Thursday and on Friday it’s going to be too wild to venture out of doors, particularly with those scary thunderstorms forecast. All things considered, you’ve little choice but to consign yourself to the couch once […]

8 years ago

“We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologise.” Tech giant Apple has apologised for slowing down the performance of older iPhones and promised to slash the cost of replacement batteries as one of a number of measures “to recognise their (customers’) loyalty and to regain the trust of anyone […]

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Grab your thunder buddy… In what must be the 50th weather warning of this week alone (slight exaggeration), Met Éireann issued yet another status yellow warning in the early hours of Friday morning ahead of what’s likely to be a wild day throughout the country. The status yellow wind warning was issued for south Wexford, Galway, […]

8 years ago

Yes, that’s Nicolas Cage singing the Hokey Cokey while angrily wielding a sledgehammer. Nicolas Cage has played some pretty out-there roles in the course of a long and interesting career, but even though we’ve seen only a brief snippet of his next project, we’re certain it will top anything he’s done to date in terms […]

8 years ago

It’s frickin’ freezin’ out there… With a snow/ice status yellow weather warning in place for all of Ireland until 9pm on Thursday, Met Éireann have issued three further status yellow warnings that will affect 22 counties until Friday morning. Three separate status yellow snow/ice warnings were issued by Met Éireann on Thursday morning, one which […]

8 years ago

Passengers on board the All Nippon Airways flight returned to LA eight hours after the original departure. A flight from Los Angeles bound for Tokyo returned to Los Angeles Airport after approximately four hours in the air when an unauthorised person was discovered on board. The All Nippon Airlines Flight 175 departed LAX at 11.30am […]

8 years ago

Safe to say the audience was mad for it. Despite the fact that both Liam and Noel Gallagher are still pursuing pretty successful careers, the public tends to hear more about their long-running feud (and their recent reconciliation) than their music these days. Which is a pity, because fans of Oasis won’t need much persuading […]

8 years ago

Get checking those tickets. There was no winner of the €2 million jackpot, but someone in Ireland is waking up considerably better off on Thursday morning after Wednesday night’s Lotto draw. One ticket holder managed to match five numbers and the bonus number to claim a cool €112,649, not a bad boost to the coffers […]

8 years ago

Plenty of excuses to stay indoors on what is all set up to be a perfect duvet day. Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day are over and New Year’s Eve is still a couple of days away, but what better way to spend that lull in between than by lazing out on the couch and […]

8 years ago

Wrap up warm, Thursday is going to be Baltic. Met Éireann have issued a status yellow weather warning for the entire country ahead of a bitterly cold day on Thursday, when temperatures are unlikely to exceed five degrees. A status yellow snow/ice warning for Ireland was issued and came into effect on Wednesday night at […]

8 years ago

This would bring a tear to a glass eye. In the last few days, hundreds if not thousands of Irish people have travelled long distances to be reunited with their families at home to help make the festive season that extra bit special. It’s all the better if the reunion comes as a surprise to […]

8 years ago

The incident occurred shortly after 8pm on Saturday night. An 18-year-old suffered what has been described as “potentially life-changing injuries” after being shot in both ankles in a “paramilitary-style” attack in Belfast on Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/4AOrVkG39Z — Police Service NI (@PoliceServiceNI) December 23, 2017 The attack occurred in the Pembroke Loop Road area of Dunmurry […]

8 years ago

Watch these over Christmas while you still can. Every month, Netflix updates its library with loads of interesting TV shows, movies, documentaries and other offerings for its millions of subscribers to watch; you can check what’s coming in January right here. To streamline the content it provides to subscribers, however, Netflix also erases a selection […]

8 years ago