Should it be made illegal here? The road safety office of Mayo County Council is seeking to highlight the dangers of a parking habit that is common in Ireland, but is illegal in a number of European countries. Although it is discouraged by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and in the Rules of the Road […]

8 years ago

The incident took place shortly before 9.45pm on Tuesday evening. A man in his late 20s has been taken to the Mater Hospital with gunshot wounds to the abdomen following a shooting in north inner city Dublin on Tuesday evening. Gardaí are investigating the incident, which occurred at James Larkin House, North Strand, Dublin 1, […]

8 years ago

Her son only realised what he had been eating out of after he had finished the dinner. When someone has gone to the trouble of making you dinner, you should appreciate it in whatever form it comes, but it was only after he had eaten a dinner made by his mother that one JOE reader’s […]

8 years ago

He celebrated his 113th birthday last month. Francisco Núñez Olivera, the oldest man in the world, passed away at his home in his hometown of Bienvenida, approximately 120km north of Seville in Spain, on Monday. According to El Periodico, Olivera died in the company of his daughter, Antonia and was due to be buried on […]

8 years ago

Strong winds, ice and even some snow are on the way. The start of this week may have seemed reasonably pleasant compared to some of the weather we’ve had of late, but, alas, it’s not going to last. On Tuesday afternoon, Met Éireann issued two separate status yellow warnings that will affect half the country […]

8 years ago

If that’s not enough to draw you in, surely the presence of Marty Morrissey will. There are certain stories that practically every GAA club in the country can relate to. Having to play a long-retired veteran or a straggler from a pub in a Junior B game would be one, for example. Getting screwed by […]

8 years ago

Tickets go on sale this Friday, 2 February. MCD have confirmed that U2 will play an additional two dates at the 3Arena in Dublin later this year. Having already been pencilled in to perform two nights at the 3Arena on 5 and 6 November as part of the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour – as well […]

8 years ago

Six of the eight companies accounted for more than half of all complaints in 2017. Eight Irish companies have been listed on the National Priority Site list for enforcement for failing to meet the necessary environmental standards by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Six of the eight sites listed below – four of which are […]

8 years ago

Some folks have all the luck. Winning a five-figure sum from a National Lottery scratch card is something that happens only to a small and fortunate group of people; winning a five-figure sum twice, in the space of less than a year, is practically unheard of. One lucky Cavan mother-to-be has done just that, however, […]

8 years ago

Big shoes to fill. This summer will be Michael Lyster’s last as a presenter of The Sunday Game on RTÉ, with the Galway native set to retire when he reaches the age of 65 next year. RTÉ sources confirmed to The Sunday Times (subscription required) that Lyster will present The Sunday Game for the final […]

8 years ago

Are any of these schools near you? A study of over 700 secondary schools in Ireland has revealed that five schools have sent 100% of their students onto third-level education in the last nine years. A league table of secondary schools in Ireland has been published in the Sunday Independent showing the schools that have […]

8 years ago

Kamprad died quietly in his sleep at his home in Sweden, the company announced. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the global furniture company IKEA, has died at the age of 91. The founder of IKEA and one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century, Ingvar Kamprad, has passed away at the age of 91. […]

8 years ago

“The point is, I’m suddenly popular AF.” Such is the preoccupation with Donald Trump these days that it’s easy to lose track of what went on while some of his predecessors reigned in the White House. So eventful has his time in office been to date, for example, that it seems a lot longer than […]

8 years ago

Radio personality Colm Hayes also said he “never saw anything untoward happen” while in the company of Porter at the time. Former Today FM DJ Al Porter “categorically denies” allegations by a patient in a Dublin psychiatric hospital that Porter kissed and groped him during a hospital visit in 2015. In a statement to the […]

8 years ago

Thought we’d seen the last of the wintry weather in Ireland for a while? Think again. With temperatures forecast to reach as high as 13 degrees on Sunday, one could be forgiven for thinking that there’ll be a change in the weather as winter nears an end and spring draws closer. One would be wrong. […]

8 years ago

“I’m for women, I’m for men, I’m for everyone.” If you follow Piers Morgan on Twitter – and, for better or worse, over six million people do – you’ll know that he’s spent most of this week flagging an interview he conducted with Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The interview in […]

8 years ago

David Higgins from Kerry and Alex McGourty from Sligo lost their lives while kayaking in Ecuador earlier this month. Friends of David Higgins and Alex McGourty have launched a fundraising campaign to help alleviate the cost of repatriating their bodies after they died tragically in a kayaking accident in Ecuador earlier this month. The two […]

8 years ago

How anyone could have gotten behind the wheel of a car in such condition is beyond us. Gardaí in Dublin stopped a motorist driving a car with no tax, insurance or NCT and with one of its rear tyres completely worn off. Pictures of the car in question were posted on Twitter by An Garda […]

8 years ago

What are the roads like in your county? Monaghan is home to some of the best and worst regional roads in the Republic of Ireland, according to a report by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) reviewing the performance of local authorities throughout the country. The state of regional roads nationwide is just one […]

8 years ago

Players participating in this weekend’s Unibet Masters event in Milton Keynes will not be accompanied by walk-on girls. The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) has confirmed that walk-on girls will no longer be used at its events, effective immediately. The practice of women accompanying male darts players onto the stage at darts events has been in […]

8 years ago

The Taoiseach made the comments in an interview with the BBC. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that he will campaign for more liberalised abortion laws in Ireland ahead of a referendum on the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. In an interview with BBC Radio 4 in Davos, where Varadkar has been attending the World Economic Forum, […]

8 years ago

A warning to anyone, as if it was needed, about the dangers that exist on the Internet. Friday night’s Late Late Show featured a panel discussion about the dangers facing children using social media apps in Ireland, a discussion that took place in the wake of a 26-year-old man being sentenced to nine and a […]

8 years ago

Two men were hospitalised with what have been described as non-life threatening injuries. Gardaí in Kevin Street in Dublin are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on the South Circular Road on Friday night. At approximately 9.44pm, Gardaí responded to a call relating to shots being fired. On arrival at the scene, a male in […]

8 years ago

Get checking those tickets, especially if you bought one in Dublin or in the south of the country. Two ticketholders in Ireland won a cool €1 million quid between them on Friday night after coming up trumps in the Ireland-only Euromillions Plus draw. While the jackpot of over €91 million went unclaimed and there was […]

8 years ago

The incident occurred at approximately 1am on Saturday morning. Gardaí are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the N2, south of Ardee at Mullacapple, at approximately 1am on Saturday morning. A male in his 30s was fatally injured when the car he was driving left the road and collided with […]

8 years ago

The queues for the off-license might not be as busy on Holy Thursday this year. The long-established ban on the serving of alcohol on Good Friday could be brought to an end on Thursday when the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 is debated in Dáil Éireann. Last year, there were strong indications that the private member’s […]

8 years ago

A new Supermac’s could be coming to a town near you. Irish fast food chain Supermac’s has announced that six new outlets will open in the first half of this year, bringing the total number of restaurants in the country to 114. The new outlets will open in Balbriggan in Dublin, Ballyvollane, Bandon Road and […]

8 years ago

Post-match interviews for the next two years should be interesting. The day after officially signing a contract to remain on as Ireland manager until 2020, Martin O’Neill was in Lausanne in Switzerland on Wednesday for the UEFA Nations League draw. Ireland ended up drawing our two most recent opponents in competitive games – Denmark and […]

8 years ago

Know your Irish sport? Prove it. It’s time for the second edition of JOE’s weekly general knowledge quiz with a twist, where participants have to try and beat the clock to answer 10 questions, but can’t see the next question until they have answered the previous question correctly. Each week will have a different theme […]

8 years ago

Two decades on, it still holds up remarkably well. Mention a group consisting of two guys dabbling in electronica that started out in France in the 1990s and most music fans will instantly think of Daft Punk. Given that duo’s phenomenal and enduring success, their litany of hit singles and their status as one of […]

8 years ago

Not the sight you want to see on a trip to the French capital. Ireland isn’t the only place that’s been in the grip of some miserable weather of late; in Paris, water levels in the Seine are about to reach their highest levels in over a century. Authorities in the French capital say the […]

8 years ago

Including plenty of brilliant movies and one of the most anticipated sports documentaries of the year. February may be the shortest month of the year, but there will be no shortage of things to watch on Netflix judging by the list of releases coming to the streaming service next month. As far as movies are […]

8 years ago

It’s official. Martin O’Neill has officially signed a new contract that will see him and his current management team remain in charge of the Irish football team until 2020. Last week, O’Neill revealed that he had agreed terms on a new contract following speculation linking him with the manager’s job at Stoke, a job O’Neill […]

8 years ago

They agree on this one, but he still thinks the system needs work. You may have heard, but Ireland is about to be battered by yet another storm on Tuesday night, with Met Éireann seeing fit to issue a status orange weather warning for the entire country. Storm Georgina is the fourth storm with a […]

8 years ago

Interesting findings from a major study in the United States. A new report in the United States has found that e-cigarettes may help adults to stop smoking conventional cigarettes, but that their use amongst young people also increases the risk of them taking up conventional smoking when they’re older. Those were two of the most […]

8 years ago

Only certain types of stories, mind. People who don’t use or have never used Snapchat will be able to see certain stories from the app thanks to a new update that was rolled out on Tuesday. Previously, Snapchat users didn’t have the option to share Snapchat content outside of the app, but the new update, […]

8 years ago

Have you stayed in any of these? If you want to stay in the best hotels in Ireland, then head to Kerry. That’s the impression one gets when reading the list of the best hotels in Ireland in TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travellers’ Choice Awards, with seven of the top 25 situated in the Kingdom. Included in […]

8 years ago

Guests and hosts contributed over €500 million to the Irish economy last year. A typical Airbnb host in Ireland earns a cool €3,500 a year, according to an Airbnb Insights Report released on Tuesday. As if proof was needed about the platform’s rising popularity in this country then the Insights Report provides it in spades, […]

8 years ago

Have you been overfeeding your pet? Approximately one in three dogs and two in five cats in Ireland are overweight, according to Irish specialist pet retailer, Petmania. Similarly to humans, excess weight not only has a negative impact on the general well-being, happiness and overall quality of life of pets, it can also significantly shorten […]

8 years ago

Paul Grimes, originally from Dublin, acted heroically to help save the life of a man in Melbourne. An Irishman helped to save the life of a man by preventing him from drowning in Melbourne in Australia on Sunday night. Paul Grimes, who is originally from Dublin but has been living in Australia for six years, […]

8 years ago

Batten down the hatches, it’s going to be windy. Weather warnings from Met Éireann have become almost customary on a daily basis in recent weeks and the first one of this week arrived at 11am on Monday morning. Met Éireann have issued a status yellow weather warning for the entire country ahead of what is […]

8 years ago

Perfect viewing material for fans of Daredevil, Luke Cage and The Defenders. If you guessed that Netflix’s latest new arrival is from Marvel based on the above titles, then you are correct. Black Lightning, the latest DC comics offering, tells the story of Jefferson Pierce, a school principal who was once known as a superhero […]

8 years ago

We hate to break it to you, but you’re probably not one of them. A rather exclusive club of billionaires in Ireland has seen its membership rise to eight with two new additions in the last year, according to a new report by Oxfam, released on Monday. The new members of that particular club, it […]

8 years ago

You’re about to be… thunderstruck. All of us hoping for a reprieve from the miserable weather we’ve endured recently will have to wait a while longer if the latest forecast from Met Éireann is anything to go by. While this week will be significantly milder than last week, when snow and ice warnings were frequent, […]

8 years ago

Very sad news. An Irishman has died and another remains missing following a kayaking accident in Ecuador. Alex McGourty and David Higgins are believed to have got into difficulty while kayaking with a group on the river Abanico in the southeast of the country. McGourty sadly passed away, while Higgins and two Ecuadorian kayakers are […]

8 years ago

Over a third of Irish students say they are in severe financial difficulty. Nearly four in ten third-level students in Ireland say they are in severe financial difficulty, according to a study of student living conditions in the country. Approximately 36% of 20,000 students in third-level institutions in Ireland reported having financial problems in Eurostudent […]

8 years ago

One of a number of findings from a survey of over 18,000 graduates by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Did you graduate with a bachelor’s degree from an Irish university in 2016? Are you currently working and earning a salary of less than €25,000 per annum? If you answered yes to both of those questions, […]

8 years ago

We’re giving you three minutes. There was plenty of scoffing at people in the United Kingdom trying to draw the Irish border on a map before Christmas, but how well do you know the geography of your own country? If you think you’re fairly up to speed, then prove it by beating the clock and […]

8 years ago

The coroner is awaiting the results of various tests. An inquest into the death of Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of The Cranberries, has been adjourned until 3 April. According to the BBC, the inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court, has been adjourned while the coroner awaits the results of “various tests”. O’Riordan passed away suddenly […]

8 years ago

A fantastic title and a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s not often that a movie that was made on this island and was an official selection at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival will slip under the radar, but chances are you might not have heard of Bad Day for the Cut until now. Released […]

8 years ago