“They might get sick. They may die. For political theatre. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theatre.” An attending physician at Walter Reed Medical Center, where US president Donald Trump is currently receiving treatment after testing positive for Covid-19 last week, has described his greeting of supporters outside the hospital as […]

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Most counties in the country face moving three levels to Level 5 if NPHET recommendations come into effect. 24 of the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland are facing the prospect of moving three Levels from Level 2 to Level 5 if recommendations in a letter sent by the National Public Health Emergency Team […]

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Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said that the situation nationally “is a matter of serious concern”. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has reported that one person has died and that there have been 470 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland on Friday (2 October). Of the cases reported on Friday, there […]

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This does not sound at all pleasant. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo ahead of what sounds like a pretty miserable Sunday. The warning comes into effect at 7am on Sunday morning and forecasts “heavy and at times intense” rainfall for the four counties in the […]

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Flanagan says Belgian police are working to establish the identity of “the individual who carried out this malicious act of vandalism on my good name”. MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan has said that a controversial tweet sent from his Twitter account last weekend was posted from Belgium by an individual who used an old password to […]

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The highest number of cases reported in a single day in Northern Ireland and more than double the previous high, which was reported on Wednesday. A total of 934 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Northern Ireland on Friday, by far the highest number of cases reported in a single day to date. One […]

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It’s action all the way in our pick of the best movies on the box this Friday evening. Christian Bale, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Jason Statham, Colin Farrell and Morgan Freeman all feature in our selections this evening, but it would be stretching it to say they are representative of their finest work. […]

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Heavy hitters in Season One include Alicia Keys, Lin-Manuel Miranda and R.E.M. Netflix is already something of a treasure trove when it comes to music documentaries, as anyone who has caught a glimpse of the likes of What Happened, Miss Simone? Quincy, Miss Americana, The Defiant Ones and The History of the Eagles will testify. […]

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Graham Norton is back, in more ways than one… Having pretty much solely commanded the Friday night chat show circuit as far as Irish viewers are concerned for the last few weeks, The Late Late Show has some competition for at least part of its running time this week. That’s right, Graham Norton is back […]

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If you’ve had trouble opening your work emails this morning, you’re in good company. Users of Microsoft Outlook around the world have been have been hit by issues affecting its service on desktop and mobile devices on Thursday morning. In a post on Twitter, Microsoft 365 Status said they had received reports of users experiencing […]

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Just over half of Irish people said they would take the vaccine, while just over one in 10 said they were unsure. A little under one-third of Irish people said it is “unlikely” they would take the first publicly available, EU-approved vaccine for Covid-19. In a national poll undertaken by independent market research company Behaviour […]

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Three 9mm pistols with loaded magazines were found in a search of a car on Wednesday night. Three fully-loaded firearms and a small quantity of heroin were found and seized by Gardaí in an operation targeting illegal activities in Castlerea in Roscommon on Wednesday night. As a result of an intelligence-led operation into illegal crime […]

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Thanks a lot, Alex. On the back of what has been a half decent month of September on the weather front, it seems as if the arrival of October will herald a deterioration in conditions, for the start of the month at least. On Wednesday, Met Éireann announced that Storm Alex, which has been named […]

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Highlights include a brand new David Attenborough documentary and one of the most anticipated movies of 2020. The sight of Halloween merchandise in the shops, darkness shortly after 7pm in the evenings and, God forbid, people even talking about Christmas, are sure signs that winter is well and truly on the way. A Netflix subscription […]

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“Nacho, nacho man…” Nacho cheese wedges, two new quarter pounders and a salted caramel latte are amongst five new items to be added to the menu in McDonald’s restaurants in Ireland next month. After the double quarter pounder was added to the permanent menu in August, burger aficionados will have the option of two new […]

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Disney said the ongoing closure of Disneyland in California was partly to blame for the decision. Disney has announced plans to lay off 28,000 employees due to the impact of the Covid-19 on its operations in the United States. The news was confirmed in a statement by Disney on Tuesday, which attributed the decision in […]

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The device was removed by an Army EOD team and the nearby area was evacuated. A number of houses were evacuated in Drogheda following the discovery of a suspect device at a residential premises in the town on Tuesday night (29 September). Gardaí attended the scene where the suspect device was discovered, at a residential […]

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“I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about ANTIFA and the left.” Donald Trump passed up on the opportunity to condemn white supremacists and militia groups during the first US presidential debate on Tuesday night, instead urging a well-known far right organisation “to stand back and stand by” and saying “somebody’s got to […]

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The Senator also called on the people who gathered in large crowds in Galway on Monday night to quarantine for 10-14 days. Ollie Crowe, Fianna Fáil Senator for Galway West, has raised the possibility of the army being called on to assist the Gardaí in maintaining public order following scenes of large gatherings in Galway […]

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Funds were restrained in three different bank accounts in an investigation into a gang targeting vulnerable and elderly people. A total of €245,863 has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in an investigation into a gang involved in guttering installation and roofing repairs, primarily in the greater Dublin area. The CAB conducted a […]

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“We can’t leave a town behind.” Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said that any gaps in Ireland’s bus network caused by Bus Éireann’s decision to halt a number of its inter-city services will not go unfilled. On Monday, it was revealed that Bus Éireann plans to cease Expressway services between Dublin and Cork, Dublin […]

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Gardaí say they are not investigating breaches of public health regulations by those in attendance. Crowds that gathered in Galway city on Monday night were dispersed without incident and advised of the relevant health guidelines in place, according to An Garda Síochána. In a statement to JOE, a Garda spokesperson said that Gardaí attended the […]

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There have been 1,802 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. The global death toll from Covid-19 has now passed one million, according to live data from Johns Hopkins University. The milestone has been passed a little over nine months since the first recorded death from the virus on 9 January 2020 in Wuhan in China. The […]

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Galway is one of a number of counties under consideration for a move to Level 3 status. Fianna Fáil Senator Ollie Crowe has described scenes of large crowds gathered in Galway on Monday night as “simply unacceptable”. Crowe shared a video on Twitter of crowds gathered in the city on Monday night, saying: “Have sympathy […]

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Overseas travel out of Ireland increased by just under 20% in the same period. Figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal that overseas travel into Ireland increased by just under 60% in August compared to the previous month. 362,600 passengers arrived in Ireland on overseas routes last month, while 328,200 passengers departed Ireland […]

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Consumers often assume that a food declared as “vegan” contains no ingredients of animal origin, but this isn’t always the case. Irish consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of animal-derived food have been warned about the dangers of consuming products described as “vegan” in the belief they are completely free of animal ingredients. The […]

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David Moore from Astronomy Ireland said the northern lights could be on view over several nights this week. Tuesday night is the most likely night Irish stargazers will be able to catch a glimpse of the northern lights this week, but they could be on view over several nights. That’s according to the founder and […]

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430 cases of Covid-19 were reported in Ireland on Sunday, the highest daily total in five months. Four counties in Ireland “will be looked at very carefully” ahead of a possible move to Level 3 status in light of an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Ireland. Speaking to This Week on RTÉ […]

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The report claims that Trump paid just $750 in income taxes per year in the first two years of his presidency. Donald Trump paid no income taxes in 10 of the 15 years before he became president of the United States and just $750 in income taxes per year in 2016 and 2017, the first […]

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“While there is every chance that other areas will have to move to Level 3, there is nothing inevitable about it.” The Health Protection Surveillance Centre reported 326 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and no new deaths in relation to the virus in Ireland on Friday (25 September). Of the cases reported on Friday, there […]

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Operation Fanacht will recommence in Donegal from midnight on Friday. An Garda Síochána will seek to ensure compliance with public health regulations in Donegal with targeted checkpoints throughout the county. On Thursday, it was confirmed that Donegal would move to Level 3 Status in light of an escalation of the number of cases of Covid-19 […]

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“We must prevent further spread of this virus and we can only do so by working together to protect each other.” The Acting Chief Medical Officer for the Republic of Ireland and the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland have issued a joint appeal to people living in border counties not to travel across the […]

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4,000 illicit set top boxes, sometimes known as ‘dodgy boxes’, were seized in three searches in the midlands and Dublin alone. An Garda Síochána seized 6,340 suspected counterfeit or copyrighted items as a result of 14 individual investigations relating to the sale of counterfeit and copyrighted goods. The investigations, conducted in Dublin, Waterford, Tipperary, Mayo […]

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Hundreds of thousands of employees in Ireland have benefitted from the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) to date. Employees who have benefitted from the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) will be given the option to pay off any accruing tax bills over a […]

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Three of the four countries have quarantine or other requirements in place for visitors from other jurisdictions. Ireland’s travel ‘Green List’ will be reduced to four countries from next Monday (28 September) after the government confirmed that four countries would be removed from the existing list. Criteria for a countries’ inclusion on the Green List […]

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A 21-year-old man was also injured in the incident. A 19-year-old man has died following a road traffic collision in Mayo on Thursday night (24 September). Shortly before 11pm, Gardaí received a report of a serious collision on the N60 Ballyhaunis to Ballinlough Road in the Cloonafarna area, close to the Roscommon border. The collision […]

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The cars include BMW, Land Rover and Audi models. The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) have seized 80 cars worth in excess of €2 million in total, as well as €21,000 in cash, as part of an investigation carried out in Clare and Tipperary. Working in conjunction with police officers from the Economic Crime Bureau attached […]

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“We’re going to have to see what happens.” US President Donald Trump has failed to commit to a peaceful transfer of power in the event that he loses the upcoming presidential election. At a press conference on Wednesday, Trump was asked by a reporter: “Win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here […]

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The offer applies until midnight tonight. Ryanair has launched its first ever ‘Buy One Get One Free’ offer of a free ticket for customers on 1,600 routes between now and 14 December. Ryanair says the offer applies to Value Fare bookings with more than one passenger travelling on selected routes from tomorrow (25 September) to […]

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A 72-hour curfew, which applies between the hours of 9pm and 6.30am, is in place in Louisville and all of Jefferson County. Two police officers were shot and injured during protests in Louisville in Kentucky on Wednesday night after it was decided by a grand jury that no officers would be charged for the killing […]

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Get checking those tickets. One lucky lotto player, or perhaps a lotto syndicate somewhere in Ireland, is waking up nearly €5.4 million richer this morning after matching the winning numbers in Wednesday night’s Lotto draw. The jackpot, worth €5,395,798 in total, was claimed by one yet-to-be-identified winner, while over 77,000 people in total won prizes […]

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This is on top of the wind warning already issued for three counties in Munster. Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rainfall warning for Dublin, Louth, Wicklow and Meath ahead of anticipated heavy downpours on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. The warning takes effect at 1am on Thursday morning and will remain in […]

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Very sad news. A man in his 80s has sadly died after he was struck by a truck on the main street in Charleville in Cork on Wednesday morning (23 September). Gardaí attended the scene of the collision, which occurred at approximately 11am. The man was pronounced dead at the scene after the incident and […]

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“Gusty cyclonic variable winds” had already been forecast to arrive on Thursday. Met Éireann has issued a status yellow wind warning for Clare, Cork and Kerry ahead of the arrival of gusts of up to 110 km/h overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning. The warning, issued on Wednesday morning, comes into effect at 11pm […]

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The Tanáiste himself has returned a negative test for Covid-19. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has confirmed that he is restricting his movements in line with public health advice after being informed he is a close contact of someone who tested positive for Covid-19. The Tánaiste also confirmed that he had a Covid-19 test on Tuesday and […]

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Packaging with the new brand name for the famous rice products will be sold around the world next year. Mars has revealed that the brand name and identity of the famous Uncle Ben’s rice products will be changed to Ben’s Original. The products will retain the orange colour and blue font of the existing packaging, […]

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Just a little bit nippy out. A temperature of -69.6°C (-93.3°F) has been recognised by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) as the coldest temperature ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. The temperature was recorded at a weather station in Greenland on 22 December 1991 but was only uncovered this week by so-called ‘climate detectives’ with […]

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The threshold for the top 10% of earners in Ireland starts at gross personal earnings of just under €70,000. Just under three in 10 of the top 10% of earners in Ireland said they had difficulty making ends meet, according to a new study. The study, titled Inequality and the Top 10% in Europe, conducted […]

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Sounds like winter is coming. A number of pleasant days last week and at the weekend may have duped us all into thinking we were experiencing an Indian summer of sorts. The forecast for the coming days, however, sounds a lot more wild and wintry, with temperatures set to drop sharply in the evenings and […]

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The most recent survey of cocaine use in Ireland revealed that just under 3% of 15-34 year olds had taken cocaine in the previous 12 months. Cocaine has overtaken opiates as the second most common illicit drug in Ireland, according to the 2020 European Drug Report published on Tuesday (22 September). Research on drug use […]

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