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  • Here’s why everyone has been talking about Donald Trump’s hair this week

    Here’s why everyone has been talking about Donald Trump’s hair this week

    As soon as he finds out who made this video, there’ll be hell toupée. The colour and shape of Donald Trump’s hair has long been the source of fascination amongst the wider public, even more so after a video of it flailing in the wind did the rounds on the internet this week. The video […]

    8 years ago

  • Gardaí launch investigation after a man is stabbed to death in Dublin

    Gardaí launch investigation after a man is stabbed to death in Dublin

    A 52-year-old man died after being stabbed in Dublin on Wednesday night. Gardaí in Lucan in Dublin are investigating a stabbing which resulted in the death of a 52-year-old man on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at Buirg an Ri Walk, Balgaddy, Dublin at approximately 10.20pm on Wednesday night; the man received serious stab wounds […]

    8 years ago

  • Wes Hoolahan announces retirement from international football

    Wes Hoolahan announces retirement from international football

    Our thoughts are with Eamon Dunphy at this difficult time. Wes Hoolahan has announced his decision to retire from international football. Due to turn 36 in May of this year, the Norwich City man said that he made the decision based on “a mixture of things” but his age was the primary factor in him […]

    8 years ago

  • JOE’s General Knowledge Quiz with a twist: Week Four

    JOE’s General Knowledge Quiz with a twist: Week Four

    Can you beat the clock? It’s hump day (stop sniggering down the back), and that means it’s time for our weekly general knowledge quiz with a twist. If you’re new to the quiz, you’re very welcome, and all you need to know is that you have to try and beat the clock to answer 10 […]

    8 years ago

  • School bus involved in multi-vehicle collision in Limerick

    School bus involved in multi-vehicle collision in Limerick

    Gardaí and emergency services are attending the scene. A school bus was involved in a collision with a car in Limerick on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred on the R513 road between Herbertstown and Caherline, which has been closed until further notice. Local diversions are in place. #LIMERICK Collision outside Caherconlish on Herbertstown Rd near Caherline […]

    8 years ago

  • One Irish person is €500,000 richer after tonight’s Euromillions draw

    One Irish person is €500,000 richer after tonight’s Euromillions draw

    Nobody won the big jackpot, but this isn’t a bad bonus. One lucky Irish ticketholder is going to wake up €500,000 richer on Wednesday morning after claiming the top prize in the Ireland-only Euromillions Plus draw on Tuesday night. There was no winner of the €117,593,590 jackpot in the Euromillions draw, with thousands of Irish people […]

    8 years ago

  • Man dies in road collision in Galway

    Man dies in road collision in Galway

    Very sad news. Gardaí in Loughrea in Galway are investigating a single vehicle road traffic collision that occurred in Loughrea on Tuesday. The collision occurred at approximately 8am on Tuesday morning on Barrack Street in Loughrea, when a car collided with a steel barrier. The male driver (77) was assisted from the car by passers-by, […]

    8 years ago

  • A case of bird flu has been confirmed in Tipperary

    A case of bird flu has been confirmed in Tipperary

    The bird flu was found in a wild bird in Tipperary on 31 January. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced on Tuesday that it has confirmed avian influenza subtype H5N6 in a wild bird, a white-tailed sea eagle, in Tipperary. The bird was found dead on 31 January. The HSE Health Protection […]

    8 years ago

  • A brand new Netflix series is perfect viewing for anyone who lived through the ’90s

    A brand new Netflix series is perfect viewing for anyone who lived through the ’90s

    Nostalgia certainly worked with Stranger Things, will it have the same effect for Everything Sucks? Stranger Things is probably the most recent and most pertinent example that proves that modern audiences still love a blast from the past, as long as it’s delivered with sufficient quality, of course. While Stranger Things took viewers back in […]

    8 years ago

  • New Government proposals could mean your payslip is about to change

    New Government proposals could mean your payslip is about to change

    The terms ‘USC’ and ‘PRSI’, as they currently exist, could soon be absent from your payslip. Irish people could witness a change on their payslips in the coming years following the establishment of a government working group to examine the potential amalgamation of the Universal Social Charge (USC) and Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI). The […]

    8 years ago

  • BAI upholds complaint about George Hook’s on-air rape comments

    BAI upholds complaint about George Hook’s on-air rape comments

    The BAI stated that Newstalk “failed to take corrective action in a timely fashion”. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has upheld a complaint about comments made by George Hook that led to his suspension from Newstalk last year. Details of the complaint were published by the BAI on Tuesday, relating to comments made by […]

    8 years ago

  • Two men arrested after puppy allegedly beaten with hammer and put into microwave

    Two men arrested after puppy allegedly beaten with hammer and put into microwave

    This is absolutely shocking. The PSNI have arrested two men and are carrying out a thorough investigation into the horrific death of a puppy in Lurgan in Armagh last weekend. The arrests were made following reports that the puppy was killed after being beaten with a hammer and put into a microwave by the two […]

    8 years ago

  • Sinn Féin policing spokesperson explains why he forcibly removed a clamp from his car

    Sinn Féin policing spokesperson explains why he forcibly removed a clamp from his car

    “I remembered that the gym had a set of bolt cutters.” Sinn Féin’s policing spokesperson Gerry Kelly LMA has explained the circumstances behind him forcibly removing a clamp from his car with a pair of bolt cutters. Footage surfaced over the weekend of Kelly removing a clamp from his car on Friday morning, prompting Sinn […]

    8 years ago

  • Entire country on alert as Met Éireann issues latest snow-ice weather warning

    Entire country on alert as Met Éireann issues latest snow-ice weather warning

    There’s a chance of snow pretty much everywhere in Ireland on Tuesday, even if there won’t be a whole lot of it. After issuing a status yellow weather warning for 18 counties on Monday morning, Met Éireann has now included the entire country in its latest snow-ice warning, issued on Monday afternoon. Snow showers will […]

    8 years ago

  • Ryanair warns of disruptions to customers ahead of cabin crew negotiations

    Ryanair warns of disruptions to customers ahead of cabin crew negotiations

    Having recognised pilot unions in Ireland and elsewhere, Ryanair foresees “short-term disruptions” ahead of similar engagement with cabin crew staff. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has warned that there could be “short-term disruptions” ahead for the airline in the near future as it prepares to extend its recent recognition of pilot unions to cabin crew staff. […]

    8 years ago

  • A snow-ice weather warning has been issued for 18 counties

    A snow-ice weather warning has been issued for 18 counties

    Brrrrrrrr. 18 counties will be affected by a status yellow snow-ice warning issued by Met Éireann in the early hours of Monday morning as the week gets off to a bitterly cold start. After a low temperature warning was issued for the entire country on Sunday evening warning of temperatures as low as -5 degrees […]

    8 years ago

  • Five people killed as two helicopters crash in France

    Five people killed as two helicopters crash in France

    The crashes occurred close to St. Tropez on Friday morning. Five people have died after two helicopters crashed in the south of France on Friday morning. Police in the town of Brignoles, located close to where the incident occurred, confirmed that five people – three in one helicopter and two in a second helicopter – […]

    8 years ago

  • Here’s who’s on the Late Late and Graham Norton tonight

    Here’s who’s on the Late Late and Graham Norton tonight

    On the first Friday after Dry January, will you be staying in tonight? If you are, there’s a decent mixture of guests from all walks of life on the Late Late Show and Graham Norton tonight, including the great Brian O’Driscoll, will.i.am and Cuba Gooding Jr. Check out the line-ups in full below; the Late […]

    8 years ago

  • A woman has died as a result of a road collision in Louth

    A woman has died as a result of a road collision in Louth

    The collision occurred on the Drogheda to Slane Road on Thursday morning. Gardaí are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the Drogheda to Slane Road in Louth that occurred on Thursday morning. The collision between a car and a van occurred at approximately 8.05am. A 59-year-old woman was seriously injured in the collision and […]

    8 years ago

  • The amount of money won in Lotto jackpots by every county in the last 30 years

    The amount of money won in Lotto jackpots by every county in the last 30 years

    It’s been a good run for Dublin, not such a good run for Longford. As the National Lottery approaches its 3000th draw 30 years after it was first launched, data has been released revealing the amount of money claimed in Lotto jackpots in every county in the Republic of Ireland since 1998. As you would […]

    8 years ago

  • Joanne Cantwell confirmed as Michael Lyster’s replacement on the Sunday Game Live

    Joanne Cantwell confirmed as Michael Lyster’s replacement on the Sunday Game Live

    RTÉ confirmed the news on Thursday. RTÉ has announced that Joanne Cantwell will anchor The Sunday Game Live following Michael Lyster’s retirement at the end of the 2018 GAA Championship. It was confirmed earlier this week that Michael Lyster was leaving the flagship GAA programme after 34 years at the helm. An accomplished presenter across […]

    8 years ago

  • Here’s what you need to know as taxi fares in Ireland increase from today onwards

    Here’s what you need to know as taxi fares in Ireland increase from today onwards

    If you regularly use taxis, then you’ll be down a few quid from today onwards. The price of taxi fares in Ireland will increase from today, 1 February, onwards, as a new ‘maximum fares order’ comes into effect. Following a meeting of the National Transport Authority (NTA) board in September of last year, a proposed […]

    8 years ago

  • JOE’s General Knowledge Quiz with a twist: Week Three

    JOE’s General Knowledge Quiz with a twist: Week Three

    10 questions, three minutes, no pressure… It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for JOE’s 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. As quiz regulars will know – even though […]

    8 years ago

  • The average amount of money Irish couples spend on their weddings has been revealed

    The average amount of money Irish couples spend on their weddings has been revealed

    If you’re planning on getting married anytime soon, get saving. As if proof was required that weddings in Ireland are an expensive business, it’s been revealed that €26,015 is the average amount that Irish couples spend on their big day. That figure is a 7% increase on last year’s figure of €24,427, which in turn […]

    8 years ago

  • Ireland’s entrant for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has been announced

    Ireland’s entrant for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has been announced

    We could do with a good showing in 2018, but as Johnny Logan might say ‘What’s another year?’ Singer-songwriter Ryan O’Shaughnessy will attempt to bring Ireland’s fairly dismal run of form in the Eurovision Song Contest to an end when he performs his song, ‘Together’ at this year’s contest in Lisbon in May. Still the […]

    8 years ago