Good news for anyone travelling with the airline over the weekend. Ryanair has announced that it is currently planning for a return to full operations, in all Irish airports, this Saturday, 3 March. The airline says it will remain in close contact with the airports and the relevant authorities and recommends that customers check the […]

8 years ago

Rats want to be somewhere warm when the cold weather arrives as much as humans do. Householders and businesses in Ireland have been warned to be vigilant in proofing their premises from rodents as the country is gripped by freezing temperatures brought on by Storm Emma and the Beast from the East. Rentokil, a pest […]

8 years ago

All Dunnes Stores and Tesco stores remain closed, while Aldi and Lidl are continuing to monitor the weather situation. Status red and status orange weather warnings remain in place in Ireland until 6pm on Friday, but a number of supermarkets will be open to the public during the day. Hi there has been an update […]

8 years ago

The two cities host sizeable St. Patrick’s Day parades every year. Animal rights organisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has claimed that two cities in the United States have refused permission to display a PETA advert close to the parade routes in the run-up to St. Patrick’s Day. PETA claims that the […]

8 years ago

You can understand why flight operations won’t resume until Saturday. On Thursday, Dublin Airport confirmed that all airlines had suspended their operations to and from the airport in light of the status red weather warning, which remains in effect until at least 6pm on Friday. The travel plans of many were affected, including Fredro Starr, […]

8 years ago

ESB staff restored power to 83,000 homes in Ireland overnight. 24,000 homes and business were without electricity in Ireland on Friday morning following “significant faults” on ESB networks on Thursday night. Adverse weather conditions caused by Storm Emma caused significant faults on ESB Networks, mainly in the eastern part of the country and in the […]

8 years ago

The public have been urged to exercise extreme caution and to pay attention to local conditions. The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) has lifted a public safety notice that had advised the public to stay indoors until 4pm on Friday. While a status red warning remains in effect in Munster, Leinster and Galway and a […]

8 years ago

A number of abandoned cars have been reported by Gardaí due to the conditions. Do not take to the roads is the message being put out to the public by An Garda Síochána and AA Roadwatch on Friday morning, with several routes proving impassable after heavy snowfall overnight. A number of primary routes have been […]

8 years ago

Most of the country is still feeling the worst of the effects from the Beast from the East and Storm Emma. A status red snow-ice warning remains in place for 19 out of 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann issuing updated warnings early on Friday morning. The warning remains in effect […]

8 years ago

The worst is yet to come. Met Éireann have issued two updates to the status red weather warning that came into effect for the entire country on Wednesday night. An update to a status red snow-ice warning for all counties in Connacht, as well as Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, issued at 1pm on Thursday, warned […]

8 years ago

Airlines should know better than to mess with one of the Barksdale crew. The weather from the Beast from the East has played havoc with the travel plans of many in Ireland in recent days, with numerous flights cancelled and delayed as a result. A significant number of passengers have been affected, including a few […]

8 years ago

If you want to stock up on supplies, you’d better do it quickly. All Tesco, Dunnes Stores and Lidl outlets in Ireland will be closed to customers from Thursday afternoon until Friday afternoon after a red weather warning was extended to the entire country on Wednesday night. On Thursday, Dunnes Stores revealed that all stores […]

8 years ago

What were those three fs again? Fair play to them, news reporters from Irish TV stations have been doing a bang-up job of keeping the nation updated about the weather situation all over the country this week. Schools and colleges are off and plenty of workers have been told not to report for duty due […]

8 years ago

Shocking stuff. Footage has emerged of England rugby coach Eddie Jones being subjected to verbal abuse as he exited a train station in Manchester on Sunday. Footage posted on Twitter by Dan Roan of the BBC shows Jones posing for photographs with four men outside a train station in Manchester, where Jones had travelled to […]

8 years ago

The partnership has been described as “the first of its kind”. Sky and Netflix have announced a new partnership that will bundle the full Netflix service into a brand new Sky TV subscription pack available to Sky customers. The partnership, which has been described as “pioneering” and “the first of its kind”, will offer seamless […]

8 years ago

Including the lowest temperature recorded in Ireland since 2016. We hardly need to tell you that Wednesday night was absolutely freezing and with a status red weather warning in place until Friday afternoon, it could get worse before it gets better. Temperatures plummeted all over Ireland, with Met Éireann reporting that the lowest temperature recorded […]

8 years ago

Shit just got real. In Ireland, extreme weather events are so rare that we often use them as an excuse to go on the lash; better to go and let off some steam rather than be cooped up inside, right? In Dublin, quite a lot of people would turn to one of the city’s most […]

8 years ago

Motorists have been advised not to travel in areas affected by a Status Red weather warning, which now applies to the entire country. A significant number of roads throughout the country have been adversely affected by snow and ice overnight on Wednesday as a red weather warning has been extended to the entire country. Motorists […]

8 years ago

You can bet on the eventual winners and the northsiders are massive favourites. A massive snowball fight that was originally scheduled to take place at O’Connell Bridge in Dublin on Wednesday has been rescheduled for the Papal Cross at Phoenix Park at 2pm on Thursday. Hosted by North Dublin Services on Facebook, a whopping 4,800 […]

8 years ago

Apart from the order, the top five boys’ names in Ireland haven’t changed since 2007. Jack and Emily were the most popular names for new babies born in Ireland in 2017, according to a report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday. The popularity of both names isn’t exactly a new thing in Ireland, […]

8 years ago

At this rate, there’s going to be a thriving black market for bread in Ireland. Extreme weather events have a habit of causing a sense of panic amongst people in Ireland and perhaps the clearest sign of that this week has been our rush to stock up on bread as the Beast from the East […]

8 years ago

When people remember the Beast from the East of 2018, this will be the first thing they’ll think of. At the end of last year, Gerald Fleming, the winking weatherman from Wexford, announced his retirement from the position of Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann. Gerald was a familiar and much-beloved face to Irish audiences […]

8 years ago

The Beast from the East is starting to make its presence felt. Met Éireann have issued a status red snow-ice warning for the provinces of Munster and Leinster as the Beast from the East sweeps over Ireland. Having issued a status red snow-ice warning for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Meath at 5am on Wednesday […]

8 years ago

Parents and guardians have been asked to “ensure supervision and examination style conditions”. Plenty of students from schools that have been forced to close throughout the country will be out enjoying themselves in the snow or putting their feet up in front of the fire today. We’re not jealous, we’re not jealous at all. It’s […]

8 years ago

They must be planning on eating an awful lot of sandwiches. If the forecasts and repeated weather warnings are accurate, we’re facing into one of the worst spells of weather in recent history. For some reason, however, rather than worrying about snow, ice, dodgy roads and people’s safety, the nation has suddenly become obsessed with […]

8 years ago

It’s here. Met Éireann have issued a status yellow low temperature warning for the entire country as the much anticipated Beast from the East begins to make its presence felt nationwide. Issued at 5pm on Tuesday, the warning came into effect at 6pm on Tuesday and will remain in place until 11am on Wednesday morning, […]

8 years ago

A 36-year-old man was pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital on Tuesday. Gardaí have launched a homicide investigation after a man shot in Dublin on Sunday evening was pronounced dead on Tuesday afternoon. Kenneth Finn (36), of Clare Village Apartments, Coolock, Dublin 17, was pronounced dead on Tuesday afternoon at Beaumont Hospital. He was shot at […]

8 years ago

It did not go unnoticed during coverage of Scotland’s victory over England on Saturday. The BBC has offered an explanation as to why the line ‘Nigel Owens is a gay’ appeared on subtitles during the station’s coverage of the Six Nations clash between Scotland and England. Viewers tuning into the BBC coverage spotted subtitles which […]

8 years ago

Donald Trump could be President of the United States until 2024. Think about that for a second. Donald Trump will stand for the presidency of the United States once again in 2020, once his first term in office comes to an end. According to multiple outlets in the United States, Trump has decided that he […]

8 years ago

According to the White House, the deal will save US taxpayers more than $1.4 billion. US President Donald Trump has agreed a deal with Boeing for two new Air Force One aircraft, a deal worth a little under $4 billion. According to Fox News, Trump has agreed an “informal” deal on a fixed price contract […]

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A status orange weather kicks in for seven counties on Tuesday afternoon. Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD, says that a decision to close schools will be left up to individual schools in local areas “depending on the circumstances” as Ireland braces itself for inclement weather from the so-called Beast from the East. […]

8 years ago

Kudos to the Gardaí on the MC Hammer reference. As infuriating as having your vehicle clamped is, undoubtedly the best course of action is to just accept it and go through the proper channels to have it removed as soon as possible. For various reasons, some motorists – even the Sinn Féin policing spokesperson – […]

8 years ago

Desperately sad news. A 14-year-old boy has passed away in hospital following an accidental collision during a schools’ Gaelic Football match last week. Aodhán O’Connor sustained a head injury in an accidental collision while in action for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, a school in Dingle, last Wednesday and had been receiving treatment in the intensive care […]

8 years ago

Fancy becoming a taxi driver? Now’s your chance. The National Transport Authority (NTA) in Ireland is looking to recruit 1,600 taxi drivers as part of a major recruitment drive this year. The NTA says it wants to attract customer-centric women and men with a desire to work for themselves and provide positive taxi experiences to […]

8 years ago

If you’re in any way afraid of spiders, you might want to look away now. Ireland is not renowned as a home to spiders of a size that wouldn’t fit on a postage stamp, although there has been evidence of late that larger arachnids are starting to appear in greater numbers. In the recent past, […]

8 years ago

Do you have more or less disposable income than the average individual in your county? The average person in the Republic of Ireland had disposable income of €20,939 in 2016, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office on Friday. 2016 was the third year in a row that there was an increase in […]

8 years ago

“A shameful display of political and civic cowardice.” The National Rifle Association (NRA) has criticised the companies who have severed links with the association in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Florida earlier this month. In the past week, a number of airlines (United Airlines and Delta), rental car companies (Avis, Budget, Enterprise), […]

8 years ago

All signs are pointing towards a wild week on the weather front next week. Met Éireann have extended a week-long status yellow weather warning into next Saturday, 3 March, and warned of “persistent bands of snow from midweek” onwards. The warning was initially issued on Friday at midday and set to remain in effect until […]

8 years ago

After a few hairy moments, we got there in the end. Ireland’s quest for a Grand Slam and Triple Crown in this season’s Six Nations continues after a very hard-earned victory over Wales at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. There was a definite sense of anxiety with Ireland’s position as comfortable favourites going into the […]

8 years ago

“Did you express your disappointment with the Welsh Rugby Union for not supporting Ireland’s Rugby World Cup bid?” “What do you think? Of course.” IRFU President Philip Orr revealed that the visiting Welsh delegation were left in no doubt as to the IRFU’s displeasure with the lack of Welsh support for Ireland’s 2023 Rugby World […]

8 years ago

A man in his 60s has died as a result of a road traffic collision in Waterford on Saturday morning. Gardaí are investigating the collision, which occurred at Ballyhest Cross (R678), Rathgormack, Co Waterford at approximately 10am. A man in his 60s, the sole occupant of a van, was pronounced dead on arrival at Waterford […]

8 years ago

“It now looks increasingly likely that Ireland will be impacted by one of the worst spells of wintry weather since 1982.” A weather forecaster in Offaly is predicting that Ireland will be hit by one of the worst spells of wintry weather seen in the country in 35 years next week. After Met Éireann issued […]

8 years ago

Sorry, where is the bank again? We didn’t quite catch it the first time… or the second… or the tenth. When people think of the most famous ads ever to grace Irish television, they think of the man dancing around the pint of Guinness, the famous ‘Going Back’ ESB Christmas ad featuring TV3’s Alan Hughes […]

8 years ago

When a weather warning is issued for an entire week, you know it’s a big deal. Given our obsession with the weather in this country, there’s a good chance you’ve heard that it’s going to be mighty cold throughout Ireland for the foreseeable future. “Exceptionally cold”, in fact. So cold, that at midday on Friday, […]

8 years ago

We’re not crying, you’re crying. You may or may not have heard of him beforehand, but if you were watching the Late Late Show on Friday night, chances are you’re now an admirer of Athlone native Sean William McLoughlin, better known around the world as Jacksepticeye. In the last five years, Sean’s gaming videos have […]

8 years ago

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses for incidents which occurred in Laois on Friday night and in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday morning. A 48-year-old woman died and a woman in her 50s was injured following separate road accidents in Laois and Dublin on Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning. At […]

8 years ago

There may have been a delay to Friday night’s Euromillions draw, but it was worth the wait for five lucky Irish ticketholders. Friday night’s Euromillions draw proved to be a particularly lucky one for Irish ticketholders, with at least five people – it is not yet known whether the winners were individuals or part of […]

8 years ago

“I sometimes think now that drinking is worse than it’s ever been.” An emergency medical consultant at Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital has described as “jaw-dropping” the events at a youth disco in Bandon that led to the hospitalisation of a number of intoxicated teenagers. According to the Irish Examiner, three teenagers between […]

8 years ago

The first PE exam will take place in 2020. Minister for Education and Skills, Mr. Richard Bruton T.D., has announced the 80 schools throughout Ireland that will be the first in the country to partake in the first phase of implementation of the new Physical Education for Senior Cycle programmes. The 80 schools involved will […]

8 years ago

The problem must have literally been staring them in the face. Learner drivers have a lot to take in and bear in mind when they first get behind the wheel. Navigating roundabouts, checking mirrors and being aware of other road users are just some of the most basic things to take into account, but before all […]

8 years ago