No end to the cold snap in sight. Met Éireann have issued what seems like their umpteenth weather warning this week, with the entire country warned to be on alert for ice and snow over the next 24 hours. Scattered snow showers and accumulations of less than 3cm have been forecast, with the west and […]

8 years ago

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

It was hard not to be moved after watching this. Fans of Damien Dempsey or anyone who’s seen him perform or talk on national radio or television will know that he holds nothing back. He’s honest, he’s emotional and he puts everything into his performances, all traits that were evident in an interview on the […]

8 years ago

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

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

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

At least 20 people are being treated as a result of the crash in Limerick on Wednesday morning. The HSE has warned members of the public to avoid the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick “unless absolutely necessary” in the wake of a crash involving a school bus and a car on Wednesday morning. 18 […]

8 years ago

Apologies if you’ve just been put off eating for the foreseeable future. The presence of a live rodent in an open section of a wall cavity, human excrement overflowing from a food workers’ toilet and dried blood on surfaces were amongst the reasons for the closure of Irish food businesses in January. The Food Safety […]

8 years ago

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

Wow. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of Game of Thrones, have signed up to write and produce a new series of Star Wars films. The news was confirmed by Lucasfilm on Tuesday, with Benioff and Weiss set to come up with a new set of films that will be separate from both the […]

8 years ago

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

The tweet has since been deleted. Fianna Fáil councillor Patrick McKee has apologised to Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger for a tweet in relation to comments she made on Claire Byrne Live on Monday night. Coppinger appeared on the show to discuss the issue of sexism in sports following recent developments that have led to Darts […]

8 years ago

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

The band also referred to Nigel Farage as a “Crazy Frog lookalike”. Irish band Horslips have hit out at the organisers of the Irexit conference for the unauthorised use of their famous song ‘Dearg Doom’ (you may recognise it from the famous soccer anthem, ‘Put ‘Em Under Pressure’) during the event at the weekend. Clip […]

8 years ago

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

Councillor Noeleen Reilly announced her resignation from the party in a statement on Monday morning. Noeleen Reilly, a Sinn Féin councillor in north Dublin, has announced that she is resigning from the party with immediate effect. In a statement, Reilly claims that she has been the victim of “an orchestrated bullying campaign by a number […]

8 years ago

The fact that this went straight to Netflix without even being released in cinemas is kind of a big deal. The Super Bowl is traditionally a time and a place for major movie studios to plug the trailers of their most anticipated releases for the year ahead. On Sunday night, for example, a new trailer […]

8 years ago

People were talking as much about this guy as the shock win for the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. Sunday night was all about the Philadelphia Eagles as they claimed the first Super Bowl title in their history with a stunning 41-33 victory over a New England Patriots side looking to win what would have been […]

8 years ago

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

Derry City and Strabane District Council issued a statement on Friday morning. Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) have clarified that a ban on Irish flags at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parades in Derry City and Strabane will not apply to spectators at the event. News that a decision had been taken not […]

8 years ago

Music fans in Cork are in for a treat this summer. Kraftwerk’s only Irish show of 2018 and Jack Johnson’s first Irish gig in 12 years will be amongst the many highlights at Live at the Marquee in Cork this summer. In a fairly spectacular series of announcements on Friday, it was confirmed that Kraftwerk, […]

8 years ago

“Plenty of work to do and surgery to have but I’m slowly on the road to recovery.” Peter Dale, better known as ‘Tubes’ from Soccer AM, has announced that he is “slowly on the road to recovery” after suffering what he described as a “very unexpected major heart attack”. In an Instagram post on Thursday, […]

8 years ago

It’s a shame that genuine fans are going to spend an arm and a leg to see U2 in the flesh. U2 fans across Ireland were left disappointed on Friday morning when tickets to their four Dublin shows later this year sold out almost immediately after going on sale. Inevitably, tickets began to appear on secondary […]

8 years ago

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

McAleese had been due to speak at the Why Women Matter conference on 8 March. Former President of Ireland Mary McAleese has been barred from speaking at a conference that was due to take place in the Vatican next month. According to the Irish Times, McAleese was one of three people on a list of […]

8 years ago

This is the first year that flags will not be allowed at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Strabane. Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) have confirmed that the Irish flag will not be included in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Strabane this year. According to BBC News, the decision was taken […]

8 years ago

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

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

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

Who could it be? Residents in the area of Croke Park in Dublin have been informed that Aiken Promotions intends to apply for a fourth concert to take place in GAA HQ this year. Currently, Dublin City Council permits three concerts per year to take place at the stadium in Drumcondra, with Taylor Swift already […]

8 years ago

Good enough to go to Paris and get a result? Joe Schmidt has named a pretty strong-looking XV ahead of Ireland’s first outing in the 2018 Six Nations against France in Paris this weekend. Rob Kearney has made the cut at full-back despite some strong recent showings from his Leinster team-mate Jordan Larmour, who has […]

8 years ago

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

Does this tally with your experience of working life after college? A study of Irish higher education graduates in Ireland over five years showed that median weekly earnings were €420 per week in the first week after graduation and €640 per week five years later. The study, a collaborative project between the Central Statistics Office […]

8 years ago

You’ll need to act fast. Icelandic airline WOW air has announced a summer sale offering Irish passengers 20% off return flights from Dublin to 15 destinations this summer. The discount applies on select return flights to any of WOW air’s 15 destinations from Dublin for travel between 1 May and 30 September 2018. The offer […]

8 years ago

A change in Ryanair’s terms and conditions will come into effect in 2019 if a new open skies agreement hasn’t been put in place before then. Ryanair customers will be made aware of a clause that clarifies that flights are subject to a regulatory agreement allowing them to take place from next year onwards. The […]

8 years ago

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

Big Sam was as ecstatic as the rest of us after watching Seamus Coleman’s magnificent comeback display. After nearly a year out with a horrific double leg break, most people would have expected Seamus Coleman to take some time to settle back into the Everton team on his return from injury. Not a chance. After […]

8 years ago

Not for the first time, the Rubberbandits man proved a voice of reason on a national stage. Few male figures in Ireland have been as interesting and as compelling to listen to for a certain generation of Irish people in recent years than Blindboy Boatclub. The Rubberbandits man is funny and always entertaining, but he has […]

8 years ago

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

A two-day trek, with all proceeds going to two very worthy causes. A group of Mayo-based tractor enthusiasts will be taking part in a novel tractor run from the Phoenix Park in Dublin to their native county this Easter weekend. Travelling from one side of the country to the other is a lot more convenient […]

8 years ago

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

One of a number of promises made by Ryanair to be rolled out this year. Ryanair has promised to go plastic-free in the next five years, to be on time for 90% of its flights and to provide cheaper fares than competitors as part of the airline’s 2018 ‘Always Getting Better’ programme. Unveiled on Wednesday, […]

8 years ago

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