Have you been paying attention? Back at it with another round-up of the biggest stories of the past 24 hours or so, this time in exciting quiz form. Once again, we have put together a selection of five questions based on some of the biggest news stories of the day. The very best of luck […]

3 years ago

“If people want to be Catholic, then they need to understand that they cannot accept those things – they need to reject them and fight against them.” Father Seán Sheehy, the Kerry priest who has come under fire after delivering an anti-homosexual, anti-transgender and anti-abortion sermon last weekend, is standing by his controversial remarks. Video […]

3 years ago

“I need you to be strong.” The first full-length trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water has been unleashed, as the film finally gets set to no-doubt dominate cinemas when it arrives later this year. For a long time, the very idea that James Cameron was actually going to make another Avatar film – let […]

3 years ago

A new month. Perchance, some new movies? Halloween is consigned to the scrap heap of history for yet another year. We move. And we move into November, as is tradition. Also tradition – a rundown of the movies available via your terrestrial television screen of a given evening. That evening is Tuesday, 1 November and […]

3 years ago

Video of the shocking sermon went viral. The Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne, has issued a formal apology following a shocking tirade delivered against gay and transgender people as part of a weekend mass that took place in Listowel. The sermon in question was conducted in St Mary’s Church by Father Sean Sheehy, who spoke […]

3 years ago

Have you been paying attention? Roll up, roll up – it’s time to test you on some very recent knowledge. It’s JOE’s Big News of the Day Quiz and it’s pretty much what it says on the tin, really. Below you will find five quick-fire questions pertaining to some current headline news. Well, what are […]

3 years ago

Easy enough, right? Maybe. The premise is straightforward enough, anyway. Below you will find the names of 20 superheroes – including characters that qualify despite not having a costume or cool logo – and all you need to do is name the actor that played or currently plays them, depending on what era we’re talking […]

3 years ago

Life is full of characters. So, too, are TV shows. This is a pretty easy one – in theory, anyway. We give you the name of a TV character and you tell us the show they’re in. For example if we said ‘Tony Soprano’ you’d say it’s The Sopranos, right? Exactly. Straightforward as hell. But […]

3 years ago

The exact fee has yet to be decided. The Government is considering plans to introduce rent fees for refugees availing of accommodation in Ireland, with a proposal currently at draft level. Speaking on The Week in Politics on Sunday, Green Party Minister of State Joe O’Brien said that the fee in question would be “nominal”. […]

3 years ago

Video of passengers singing “Up the Ra” at Dublin Airport emerged on social media over the weekend. With a UEFA investigation on the way following controversial scenes in the Republic of Ireland dressing room at Hampden Park last week, a certain chant is once again making headlines. Video footage was widely circulated of players singing […]

3 years ago

180 seconds on the clock… It’s that time again, folks. Time to test your nerves with a traditionally tricky JOE General Knowledge Quiz challenge. 15 questions, three minutes, one tough quiz. Best of luck! If the quiz isn’t displaying below, please refresh the page or click here. And for more great quizzes, go here.

3 years ago

One-two-five and we’re feelin’ alive… Not sure that intro makes any sense but sure we’re here now and we’re doing the quiz, aren’t we? It’s the JOE Music Quiz, to be precise! Three rounds await – a Blink-182 round in honour of the original line-up reforming and the band announcing Irish dates for 2023, a […]

3 years ago

Do your worst, quiz enthusiast… It’s time for yet another never-easy JOE General Knowledge Quiz. You must surely know the story by now – 15 questions of the general knowledge variety, with just 180 seconds on the clock. Try your very best. 10 out of 15 would be a good score. 12 would be even […]

3 years ago

Very sad news. A man has died following a road traffic collision in Donegal on Friday morning, 14 October. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene on the R245 at Carrigart, where the collision occurred just before 8am. The driver and the sole occupant of the car, a man aged in his 40s, later passed […]

3 years ago

The popular vicinity once again takes pride of place, though it’s in the relegation zone now… The cost of living crisis and the continued erosion of cultural spaces may well be sweeping through the capital and beyond, but there’s still room to rank a Dublin neighbourhood amongst the elite, it seems. Culture bible Time Out […]

3 years ago

The show will pay tribute to the victims of the Creeslough tragedy with a special music performance. It’s that wonderful time of the week where we reveal precisely what you and the entire nation will be lining up to watch on Friday night – it’s the Late Late Show line-up! Exciting times. And it’s a […]

3 years ago

Sound right to you? A new study suggests that close to two-thirds of Irish workers intend to seek a pay rise within the next 12 months. Furthermore, the survey indicates that over half of Irish employees are likely to try and find a new job entirely inside the next year. Conducted by PwC, the Irish […]

3 years ago

Eight lump sum payments will be rolled out shortly. Following the unveiling of the ‘two-for-one’ Budget last month, we now know precisely when the announced cost of living lump sum payments will be delivered to the public. Eight individual lump sum payments are set to be paid out in order to assist with the country’s […]

3 years ago

Covid cases are on the rise once again. Winter is coming, so that means it’s cold, flu and, as has now been established, Covid season. While the overall urgency regarding Covid-19 has decreased significantly since the successful rollout of the vaccination programme, health officials continue to urge the public to be vigilant, particularly as the […]

3 years ago

Monday Movie Mix. It’s a new week but we’re willing to bet there’s a bunch of familiar movies on the box. Hopefully there’s the odd new gem or two in the mix. In any event, here’s how it looks on Monday, 10 October… A View to a Kill – ITV4 – 6.20pm Roger Moore versus […]

3 years ago

“We remember with the greatest fondness meeting people from across Donegal when we visited in 2016 and the strongest sense of community that exists there.” King Charles III has expressed his “immense sadness” following the tragedy in Donegal that claimed 10 lives on Friday, 7 October. An explosion occurred at around 3.20pm on Friday at […]

3 years ago

Won’t somebody please think of the landlords? Calls for a temporary ban on evictions to be put in place as a difficult winter for the Irish public approaches have had cold water poured upon them by the Irish Property Owners Association. Renewed focus has been placed upon a proposed eviction freeze in the wake of […]

3 years ago

Gardaí have opened a criminal investigation. Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage that occurred in Dublin on Sunday evening, 9 October. Dublin Fire Bridge responded to reports of a fire that took place in a playground near Cork Street in Dublin 8. The fire occurred in Weavers Park at approximately 6.20pm on Sunday. […]

3 years ago

Can you conquer our latest General Knowledge challenge? Hello there, quiz enthusiast! We have a fresh one for you. 15 questions concerning many areas including sport, music, movies, TV and other random assortments of information. All you need to do is beat the three-minute clock and get as many as you can correct. Easy, right? […]

3 years ago

Back at it with another tricky music-based challenge… Yes indeed, it’s JOE Music Quiz time. We have a brand new round this week as we look to spice things up. Three rounds in total await – current events, debut albums and a round in which we blur out the faces of a well-known band and […]

3 years ago

Well, are you? Quiz, quiz, QUIZ. Let’s do this. 15 questions with three minutes on the clock. Are you up to it? If the quiz isn’t displaying below, please refresh the page or click here. And for plenty more quizzes, go here.

3 years ago

On the comfy red sofa this week… Graham Norton returns this Friday night with another round of celebrity-fuelled chat. Will you be tuning in? Perhaps you’d prefer The Late Late Show? If so, the line-up for Ryan Tubridy’s latest edition is right here. Norton, meanwhile, who proved very intriguing when he recently shed some light […]

3 years ago

The boy died in Rathbane in March of 2021. Gardaí investigating the death of a four-year-old boy in Limerick that occurred in March of 2021 have arrested and charged two individuals in connection with the incident. The man – aged in his 30s – and the woman – aged in her 20s – were both […]

3 years ago

The man will appear in court on Friday. A man who was arrested in connection with a fatal assault carried out at a funeral in Kerry earlier this week has been formally charged. The man, aged in his 30s, will appear before Kenmare District Court on Friday morning, 7 October. On Wednesday morning, Gardaí and […]

3 years ago

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses. A woman is recovering following an armed hijacking incident that took place in Dublin on Thursday, 6 October. At approximately 3.10pm at Park West Road in Ballyfermot, the woman was getting into her car when a man approached her. He threatened the woman with what is suspected to be a […]

3 years ago

On the box on Friday night… I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I am HYPED to find out just who will be appearing on this week’s new edition of The Late Late Show. The tension is unbearable. The excitement is off the charts. The time is now! Alright then. Hugely popular comedian Joanne […]

3 years ago

Classic horror movies, critically acclaimed new scares, and plenty more things that go bump in the cinematic night… We’re five days into October and this writer has watched – checks notes – eight scary movies so far in honour of the season that people increasingly refer to as especially spooky. Nine scary movies if you […]

3 years ago

The U2 frontman is going on tour in support of his forthcoming memoir. Ah, Bono. One of the most interesting/entertaining/divisive characters that the Emerald Isle has ever served up to the world. Love him or hate him, the U2 supremo has enjoyed quite the illustrious career over the past string of decades, standing at the […]

3 years ago

Strong words for the opposition. Minister for Education Norma Foley didn’t hold back while launching a scathing critique in the direction of her Sinn Féin rivals. Foley’s heated remarks arrived during her introduction of Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in Dublin over the weekend. According to the Irish Examiner, Minister Foley […]

3 years ago

An incident of endangerment took place in Cherry Orchard last month. Four male juveniles have been arrested in connection with an incident in which a Garda vehicle was rammed during scenes of cars “driving erratically” in Dublin last month. The incident took place in Cherry Orchard on the evening of Monday, 19 September. Shortly after […]

3 years ago

The incident took place on Sunday afternoon. A man has died following a two-vehicle collision that occurred in Louth on Sunday, 2 October. The fatal road traffic collision took place between a car and a motorcyclist on the R132 in Dunleer at approximately 1.15pm. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene. The motorcyclist, a man […]

3 years ago

Can you get every single one right? It’s time for another JOE General Knowledge Quiz. As ever, you have 15 questions in front of you. You also have three minutes in which to get them all right – or as many as you can. It really isn’t easy, you know. If the quiz isn’t displaying […]

3 years ago

This might be the toughest geography quiz you take all year. Alright, no more messing around. A new month means a stricter stance on quizzes – not really, but this one is very tricky. As the headline above indicates, you’ll find a list of county towns in Ireland, identified only from their vowels. It is up […]

3 years ago

1, 2, 3… let’s go! Hello and welcome to another JOE Music Quiz. This week, we have a round on current music-shaped events, a general knowledge round, and a round on my beloved Slipknot, who just released a brand new album! Good luck to you…

3 years ago

It’s that time again. Time indeed to triumph, dear reader. We have a new JOE General Knowledge Quiz just for you. 15 questions. Three minutes. All kinds of trickiness awaits. If the quiz isn’t displaying below, please either refresh the page or click here instead.

3 years ago

The incident took place at approximately 2am on Thursday. A man has been arrested following an incident of endangerment that occurred in Aughavas, Leitrim, in the early hours of Thursday morning (29 September). The incident took place at approximately 2am when a car crashed through the gates of a family residence, understood to belong to […]

3 years ago

Tragic news. A five-year-old boy has died following a collision with a van in Derry. The incident took place on Thursday (29 September) in Limavady, shortly after 3.40pm. The boy, who has been named by police as Ollie Simmons-Watt, died after being struck by a van while he was riding on his bike in the […]

3 years ago

A particularly busy Friday evening for Graham… Series 30 of The Graham Norton Show gets underway this Friday evening (30 September), as the main man prepares to welcome a clutch of celebrities to his big red sofa. As it happens, it’s quite the night for Norton. Not only will his acclaimed show enjoy a star-studded […]

3 years ago

Take a bite out of THIS brand strategy… It’s crunch time for the future of Tayto Park as the Irish nation holds its breath in anticipation of the brand new name the popular, Meath-based attraction. Back in February, the sobering news arrived that Ireland’s most well-known theme park named after an anthropomorphic crisp man would […]

3 years ago

The arrests were made on Thursday morning. Two people have been arrested in connection with an ongoing Garda investigation into accommodation fraud in Dublin. Gardaí arrested one man and one woman on Thursday (29 September). During the course of these arrests, two separate residences in Dublin 13 were searched by Gardaí from the Blackrock Detective […]

3 years ago

The sky was dark, for all the stars were out… Hey kids, it’s time to reveal this week’s line-up for The Late Late Show! Having long been tormented by an emotionless and relentless killing machine, Jamie Lee Curtis should have no trouble dealing with a grilling from host Ryan Tubridy. The horror icon will be in […]

3 years ago

Be advised. ‘Tis the season. Following this week’s not exactly red-hot Budget reveal, it’s time to hit up that other daily life index we all know and love – the weather. It’s almost October so you know what that means – it’s getting colder, darker, wetter, et cetera. Sure enough, Met Éireann has issued a brand […]

3 years ago

Call the police. Oh wait, you can’t. A man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the theft of telephone cable in four separate counties. The man, aged in his 30s, has been detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at an undisclosed Garda station in […]

3 years ago

Everything you need to know about Budget 2023 and the emergency measures for the remainder of 2022… After much proclamation and prognosticating, Budget 2023 is finally here. As widely anticipated, it’s something of a ‘two for the wildly expensive price of one’ scenario, with business as usual applying to every-day Irish life, alongside once-off measures brought […]

3 years ago

An investigation has been launched. Gardaí have launched a formal investigation following the discovery of a female child with “serious injuries” in Clare. The child was found at a premises in Clarecastle on Tuesday morning, 27 September. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene shortly after 8am. Gardaí have said they are exploring all possible […]

3 years ago