A Malaysian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Alice Springs after a “loud bang” was heard from the left engine. A Malaysian Airlines flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur had to make an emergency landing in Alice Springs, referred to as the capital of the outback in Australia, after a “loud bang” was heard […]

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It’s most certainly a night for the veterans on both shows tonight. On the Late Late, there will be a celebration of one of Ireland’s most famous and beloved bands, while one of our finest ever sportsmen will be dropping by for a chat. Over on Graham, meanwhile, two of the best actors in the […]

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Police officials confirmed to the AFP news agency that it was not a terrorist attack. An eight-month-old baby was killed and 16 people were injured after a car hit pedestrians near the famous Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. According to the Globo news network, eyewitnesses said the car went over a bicycle […]

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Ryanair said that negotiations with FORSA and its Ryanair Irish Pilots Council “are progressing slowly”. Ryanair says that 65% of the airline’s Irish-based pilots have agreed to a pay increase of 20% that will kick in this month. The airline said that the majority of its pilots in Ireland have voted to agree to the pay […]

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He also spoke of Varadkar’s “naivety”, “inexperience” and arrogance in relation to the Brexit negotiations. DUP MP Sammy Wilson has referred to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as a “nutcase” and criticised the “naivety, inexperience, arrogance on his part” for siding with EU negotiators during the Brexit negotiations. Wilson, the Brexit spokesperson for his party’s 10 MPs […]

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“Text bomb, text bomb, you’re my…”  We’ll stop right there. A software developer has discovered a software bug known as a ‘text bomb’ that can reportedly cause Apple phones and computers to crash with a single message. The developer in question, Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo), posted on Twitter earlier this week about finding a chaiOS bug, […]

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If you couldn’t get enough of Pablo Escobar in Narcos, then this is the show for you. The fourth season of Narcos won’t arrive until later this year, but fans of the show looking to binge on something similar (we’re talking about a TV show, not actual drugs) will appreciate the arrival of Drug Lords […]

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“Would you come in for a week and do craic lessons?” The Tommy Tiernan Show is fast becoming a highlight of the week for TV viewers in Ireland and with good reason too. Tiernan’s comedy stylings aren’t necessarily for everyone, but he has shown himself to be a natural interviewer, even allowing for the fact […]

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We’re not sure if congratulations or commiserations are in order. Of all the bizarre things that have occurred in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, his announcement of the so-called ‘Fake News’ awards was surely in the top 50. On Wednesday, Trump revealed the ‘winners’ of the inaugural awards, although we can’t see any […]

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The cold spell continues and it’s not coming to an end for a while yet. Another day of January and yet another weather warning from Met Éireann as Ireland remains gripped in a spell of wintry weather that has given little respite since the start of 2018. On Thursday morning, Met Éireann issued the latest […]

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10 questions, but you can’t see the next one until you get the previous one right. In the spirit of trying something new at the start of a New Year and with minds eager for distraction in the middle of dry January, we’re here to hit you with a new weekly quiz with a twist. […]

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Arguably the best account on Twitter – certainly from the perspective of a Simpsons fan – celebrated its fifth birthday this week. Here’s an attempt at a perfectly cromulent tribute. On a platform where the most powerful person in the world can say whatever he wants to an audience of millions without fear of reproach, […]

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O’Neill says the contract situation has been “resolved”. Martin O’Neill says that his contract situation with Ireland has been “resolved” and that he has “agreed terms” with FAI Chief Executive John Delaney on a new deal that will see him continue in his role as manager of the national football team. Speaking about his contract […]

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The beer alone had an estimated retail value of over €100,000. Revenue officers seized 25,800 litres of beer on a truck in a routine operation in Rosslare last Wednesday, 10 January. The truck was stopped when it arrived in Rosslare port from France, after routine profiling to identify alcohol products that may be diverted onto […]

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The man was barred from two flights in the space of two days. A man claims to have been barred from boarding two flights from Iceland to the United Kingdom on two consecutive days for wearing all of his clothes in an effort to avoid baggage fees he couldn’t afford. London resident Ryan Williams, AKA […]

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The Minister for Transport, will, ironically, once again be staying at home. Irish Government ministers will once again travel all over world to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in 2018, visiting 35 countries in total, an increase of eight on last year’s figure. As is the usual custom, our Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, will visit the President […]

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Very sad news. A man in his 70s has died and two people have been brought to hospital by ambulance following a road collision in Tipperary on Tuesday. A collision involving three vehicles on the M7 at Birdhill, Co Tipperary occurred at approximately 2pm on Tuesday afternoon; a man in his 70s was fatally injured […]

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Fantastic news. Sharon Horgan, the Irish writer and star of the acclaimed comedy Catastrophe, has put pen to paper on a two-year overall deal with Amazon Studios. In addition to a personal deal, Horgan and co-founder Clelia Mountford’s entertainment company, Merman, also signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, which will grant Amazon first-look rights […]

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A review has been opened into the death of a new-born baby in Kerry in 1984. An Garda Síochána have apologised to Joanne Hayes for “the awful stress and pain she has been put through” as a result of an investigation into a case that became known as the Kerry babies case. On Tuesday, Gardaí […]

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The new service will start at the end of April. Brittany Ferries has announced the first ever direct ferry route from Ireland to Spain with a service that will link Cork and Santander starting in April of this year. The announcement was made on Tuesday to celebrate Brittany Ferries’ 40th year in Ireland, with the […]

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A ruling was made in Commercial Court on Monday. Eight illegal pirate websites that facilitate the distribution of stolen film and television content to Irish consumers have been blocked after an injunction was taken against them in Commercial Court on Monday. The ruling has been welcomed by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), whose members took […]

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The next few days will not be at all pleasant. Met Éireann have issued two status yellow weather warnings that will affect almost every county in the Republic of Ireland in the coming days. A status yellow wind warning was issued for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick at 10am on Monday […]

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McElduff released a statement confirming his resignation on Monday morning. Barry McElduff has announced his resignation from Sinn Féin in the wake of the controversy over a video he posted on his Twitter account earlier this month on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre. McElduff was issued with a three-month suspension from the party last […]

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You can’t say you haven’t been warned. Months after initially announcing it and having served repeated reminders to customers since, Ryanair’s new cabin baggage policy finally comes into effect today, 15 January. From now on, only priority customers will be allowed to bring two carry-on bags on board Ryanair flights, with all other customers permitted […]

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A crash close to the Red Cow is causing significant delays for motorists on Monday morning. Motorists heading towards Dublin have had to cope with lengthier delays than usual on Monday morning following a number of incidents on major routes around the capital. A road traffic collision just before Junction 9 Red Cow on the […]

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They weren’t the only ones to complain about this particular segment. Dublin Cycling Campaign, an independent, voluntary movement advocating to make Dublin a better city for cycling, has issued an official complaint to RTÉ over a segment on last Friday’s Late Late Show. During the segment in question, three panellists – Maura Derrane, James Kavanagh […]

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Ansari said that any sexual activity with the 23-year-old woman who made the claims was “by all indications completely consensual”. Aziz Ansari, the creator and star of the acclaimed Netflix comedy Master of None, has issued a response to allegations of sexual assault made against him by a 23-year-old woman in relation to an incident […]

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You certainly wouldn’t miss it on the road, that’s for sure. BMW Ireland will provide a “ground-breaking” BMW i3 to An Garda Síochána to pilot the practical implications of electric vehicles. The vehicle, which sports the traditional and instantly recognisable Garda livery, has been on display at Dublin’s RDS at the BT Young Scientist exhibition […]

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“We’re making a major change to how we build Facebook.” Facebook has announced that it will roll out “major” changes to users’ news feeds that will prioritise interactions with friends and family over public content – posts from businesses, brands and media – in the coming months. In a post on Thursday, Facebook announced its […]

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Very sad news. Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred in Donegal on Friday morning, 12 January. The collision between a car and a tractor occurred at approximately 6.55am on the Lifford to Letterkenny road at Drumoghill, approximately three to four miles outside Letterkenny. The 68-year-old male driver of the […]

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The next few days will be wet and then it’s going to get cold. Really cold. Met Éireann say that falls of sleet and snow are “increasingly more likely” early next week amidst what is set to be a spell of bitterly cold weather. Accumulations of snow are most likely in the north and west […]

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Both are well worth tuning into tonight. In one corner, you’ve got Liam Neeson and Sean Spicer and in the other, you’ve got Tom Hanks, Maisie Williams and Anthony Joshua. They’re not fighting or anything (although Taken-era Neeson v Joshua is a bout we’d pay to see), but they will be competing for your attention […]

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If they didn’t learn their lesson the first time, they really should have by now. Gardaí in Clare caught a driver speeding twice in two separate towns in the county in the space of less than half an hour. Gardaí posted a picture of the offending car and reported the incidents on the official Garda […]

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The US President is reported to have made the comments in a meeting at the White House on Thursday. US President Donald Trump is reported to have referred to Haiti, El Salavador and a number of countries as “shithole countries” in a meeting with lawmakers in the White House. “Why are we having all these […]

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Fees cost up to €24,000 per student per annum. A school charging fees of between €15,900 and €24,000 per student per annum will open in Dublin this coming September. The Nord Anglia school will open in Sandyford in September and as well as paying the most expensive school fees in the country, students will not […]

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It’s been a pretty good week for Martin McDonagh and Saoirse Ronan. After both were honoured at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, the director of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and the star of Ladybird were amongst the nominees for IFTA awards announced by Deirdre O’Kane & Liam Cunningham on Thursday morning. Ronan is […]

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Footage obtained by TMZ showed Weinstein being slapped by a diner who had requested a photo with him. Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was slapped in the face twice by a diner at a restaurant in Scottsdale in Arizona on Tuesday night. Footage obtained by TMZ shows Weinstein receiving two backhanded slaps to the face […]

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The flight from Alicante to Dublin was diverted to Santander on Wednesday. Two passengers were removed from a Ryanair flight from Alicante to Dublin on Wednesday afternoon after becoming disruptive during the course of the flight. The flight diverted to Santander in order to remove the passengers, who were detained by police upon arrival, before […]

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YouTube has cut business ties with the vlogger in the wake of the controversy over the recent ‘suicide forest’ video from Japan. 11 days after a controversial video of a ‘suicide forest’ in Japan was uploaded to the video-sharing website, YouTube has decided to cut business ties with popular vlogger Logan Paul. A day after […]

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“One of the main reasons I believe in heaven is because I think this would be an awful racket to go through and to finish up down inside in the ground… if that’s what’s in it, like, I think we should just go into town tonight and go out of our minds.” Their chat shows […]

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It’s going to be foggy out there. Motorists throughout Ireland will need to take extra care on Thursday morning, with Met Éireann issuing a status orange fog warning for the entire country. The warning was issued in the early hours of Thursday morning, at 2am, and will remain in effect until 10am, with widespread fog […]

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More than 200 Syrian refugees have been living in the Roscommon town for nearly a year. Two Syrian refugees and their families, based in Ballaghdereen, will feature in a special report examining how they’ve taken to life in Ireland on Prime Time on Thursday night. In January of last year, RTÉ Prime Time visited the […]

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“Our members will not be found wanting in delivering a fair, swift and justifiable response.” SIPTU and IBRU, the unions representing Irish Rail drivers, have overwhelmingly rejected a Labour Court recommendation concerning pay and productivity measures at the company. In a ballot counted on Wednesday, 10 January at Liberty Hall in Dublin, SIPTU members voted […]

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Spot flooding is likely in the counties affected. Just when it looked as if Ireland was going to enjoy a few days without the weather warnings that seemed permanent over Christmas and into the New Year, another one has arrived. On Wednesday morning, Met Éireann issued a status yellow weather warning for all six counties […]

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Reassuring news for Aer Lingus customers. Aer Lingus has been ranked in the top 10 most punctual airlines in the world, according to the 2018 Punctuality League by OAG, a leading global provider of digital flight information. Aer Lingus ranked in tenth place in the overall ranking for on-time performance (OTP), with 84.46% of Aer […]

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The fire broke out in north Dublin on Wednesday morning. Eight units of Dublin Fire Brigade attended a huge fire at a recycling plant near Dublin Airport on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at St. Margaret’s recycling plant in Sandyhill in north Dublin and while it could be seen from Dublin Airport, it is […]

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The news was confirmed in a brief statement by Breitbart on Tuesday. Breitbart News Network has confirmed that Steve Bannon has stepped down as Executive Chairman, a role he has served since 2012. A brief statement released on the Breitbart News Network website on Tuesday confirmed that Bannon had stepped down from the role and […]

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Get checking those tickets. It’s not quite on the same scale as the €38.9 million claimed by a family syndicate in Dublin this week, but there was another big Irish winner in Tuesday night’s Euromillions draw. The €37.9 million jackpot went unclaimed and will roll over onto Friday night, but there was one winner of […]

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The resemblance is pretty striking to be fair. First Dates Ireland returned for a new season on Tuesday night and while Cupid’s arrow didn’t really hit any targets, there was plenty to keep viewers entertained. Prior to the show, for example, we were given a sneak peek of arguably the worst first date ever between […]

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A ballot of Ulster Bank staff will commence on Wednesday. The majority of Ulster Bank staff will receive pay rises of between 2% and 5% this year if proposals negotiated by the Financial Services Union (FSU) are accepted this month. A ballot of union members will commence on Wednesday, 10 January and conclude on Friday, […]

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