Two funny feckers… Remember these guys? Of course you do, it’s Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. They’re really, really, really famous. The Hollywood heroes were in Dublin recently for the Irish Premiere of their brand new Christmas comedy, Daddy’s Home, released in Ireland on 26 December. Daddy’s Home tells the tale of Brad (Ferrell), a […]

11 years ago

“There hasn’t been this many people on the Streets of Carrick since the Tour de France.” We do love a good festival here in Ireland. There’s our day of national celbration, St. Patrick’s Day, of course, and sure isn’t today going to be renamed ‘St. Conor McGregor Day’? There is a festival, however, which may […]

11 years ago

A well-deserved celebration… To say that Conor McGregor will be letting off some steam is a bit of an understatement. The newly-crowned champ is partying at an exclusive event at Foxtail SLS in Las Vegas to celebrate his victory over Jose Aldo at UFC 194. While we just forgot to RSVP for the party – […]

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Get your order in now… Michael Cooke is a Scottish man living in Melbourne, Australia, and he also happens to be a huge fan of Conor McGregor. In fact, he’s such a big fan of The Notorious that, as well as winning money on a first round knock-out today, he’s even designed himself a festive […]

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The champ has spoken… We’d imagine that Conor McGregor is in pretty good form right about now. Still fresh from his unbelievable one-punch, 13-second demolition of Jose Aldo at UFC 194, the Dubliner has now publicly thanked his fans on Instagram and Twitter with a very special message. Here’s what The Notorious had to say… […]

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What an achievement. Irish film is in a very good place at the minute. Shortly after Saoirse Ronan won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for her performance in Brooklyn, Song Of The Sea and The Lobster have picked up even more plaudits at the 2015 European Film Awards. The Oscar-nominated […]

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Press conferences are part and parcel of every major sporting event. They can offer an insight into the minds of winners and losers, but they’ll often consist mostly of generic, boring soundbites. When the interviewee is UFC Champion Conor McGregor, however, you’re guaranteed honest answers of the highest order. When he was asked “what were […]

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“Wow.” As well as Rory McIlroy and the rest of the world showing their admiration for Conor McGregor’s superb victory at UFC 194, one of Ireland’s greatest ever athletes, Katie Taylor, took to Twitter to offer her take on the fantastic fight. Clearly the Olympian was blown away by the record-breaking short length of time […]

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Job done. Following on from Conor McGregor’s latest UFC victory, his long-time friend and SBG coach, John Kavanagh, posted this great picture to Facebook. The belt certainly looks like it’s right at home, while it’s good to see that dapper suit in the background, ready for some post-fight action. Just look at the satisfaction on […]

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Internet, get to work… Following on from Conor McGregor’s remarkable victory over Jose Aldo IN JUST 13 SECONDS, the Internet, and Twitter in particular, has gone into p*ss-taking overdrive. Unsurprisingly, due to the brief length of the fight (IT WAS 13 SECONDS LONG IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING), the hashtag #ThingsThatLastLongerThanAldo has been doing the rounds. […]

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Major respect… Rory McIlroy was obviously keeping a close eye on the bout between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo and it seems that the sceptic has been turned “into a believer” following the incredibly brief encounter. You can check out what the rest of the world thought of The Notorious’ remarkable victory by clicking here. […]

11 years ago

This is terrible. While some parts of Ireland are already experiencing a white Christmas, other parts of the country have been hit by some terrible flooding. This footage, which has been soundtracked with some heavy techno for some reason, was filmed in Carrick-on-Shannon in Leitrim earlier this week and hopefully there wasn’t too much long-term […]

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A cut above the rest… As fans ready themselves for Conor McGregor’s UFC 194 bout against Jose Aldo, one follower of The Notorious has gone to extreme lengths to show his love for the Irishman. Well, we say extreme lengths, but it’s actually the complete opposite, as the fan had the fighter’s image shaved into […]

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They took the words right our of our mouth… In case you missed it, Republic of Ireland have been drawn against Belgium, Italy and Sweden in Euro 2016, while Northern Ireland have been drawn against Germany, Ukraine and Poland. You can check out the full draw for Euro 2016 by clicking here and you can see […]

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He’s always had his confidence it seems… Ahead of Conor McGregor’s UFC 194 fight with Jose Aldo, this video was sent into us by JOE reader Mark Tiernan. Mark filmed it back in 2008 as a much younger Notorious took on Stephen Bailey in Whitehall Colmcille GAA Club in Dublin on 12 December, with the event aptly […]

11 years ago

Do you want to build a snowman? According to Irish cycling site Sticky Bottle, two UCD fresher students, Simon Jones and Adam O’Reilly, managed to create a giant 62km snowman across Dublin using the GPS tracking app, Strava. The two guys were meant to be studying for their exams, but instead used their time to cycle […]

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A sound man… You may remember that Michael Flatley was very kind to Cork lady Tara Copplestone after she randomly bumped into him in Central Park in New York. You can read that lovely story by clicking here. Well, he’s at it again it seems. JOE reader Clodagh Archer got in touch with the following […]

11 years ago

We’re going to win the thing anyway, right? You can check out the full draw for Euro 2016 by clicking here, but this is how Irish football fans reacted to the news that Republic of Ireland have been drawn against Belgium, Italy and Sweden, while Northern Ireland have been drawn against Germany, Ukraine and Poland. […]

11 years ago

The draw has been made for Euro 2016. Republic of Ireland have been drawn against Belgium, Sweden and Italy in Group E, and will play their games in Paris, Bordeaux and Lille. Northern Ireland have been drawn against Germany, Poland and Ukraine in Group C. The first match of Euro 2016 will be France v […]

11 years ago

Get money, get paid… Conor McGregor is in line to earn a whopping amount of money for just turning up for his fight against Jose Aldo tonight. Tweeting about the purse ahead of the money-spinning bout, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto revealed the amounts that both the Irishman and Brazilian stand to make for appearing at UFC […]

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Just look at their faces… Maybe you’ve heard that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will be on The Late Late Show tonight talking about the moment they surprised a group of unsuspecting Irish dads in a Dublin pub? How the heck did that happen? Well, remember this competition we held a few weeks back? That’s […]

11 years ago

The Force is strong with this exclusive prize… We’ve felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in huge excitement and were suddenly ecstatic. That’s because we have an incredible Star Wars giveaway for JOE readers. You may know all about it Han, but the rest of the […]

11 years ago

Sex, scotch and Santa; this cinematic selection box has it all…

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Greetings film fans, welcome to The Big Reviewski. It’s Episode 27 of The Big Reviewski this week, the JOE Show which brings you the run-down, the low-down and all the ups and downs of the Top 5 films in the Irish Box office this week (27/11 – 29/11). We’ve teamed up with the fanatical film folk […]

11 years ago

Greetings film fans, welcome to The Big Reviewski. It’s Episode 26 of The Big Reviewski this week, the JOE Show which brings you the run-down, the low-down and all the ups and downs of the Top 5 films in the Irish Box office this week (20/11 – 22/11). To celebrate for absolutely no reason other than […]

11 years ago

Time to get your Christmas jumper on… The festive season is just around the corner and, to celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Sony Pictures to give you and a friend an excellent early Christmas present; free cinema tickets to see The Night Before. You’re welcome. You don’t even have to get us anything in return… […]

11 years ago

We cannot wait… Ahead of the release of their very funny-looking new comedy, Daddy’s Home, Hollywood superstars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have announced that they’re coming to Dublin for the film’s Irish Premiere on Monday 7 December. This isn’t just another press release or a bog-standard generic announcement though, because Will and Mark (yeah, […]

11 years ago

Greetings film fans, welcome to The Big Reviewski. It’s Episode 25 of The Big Reviewski this week, the JOE Show which brings you the run-down, the low-down and all the ups and downs of the Top 5 films in the Irish Box office this week (13/11 – 15/11). To celebrate this very important milestone in the […]

11 years ago

A very bad man, a very good prize… Ahead of the highly-anticipated release of intense crime drama, BLACK MASS, we’ve teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures to offer 30 very lucky JOE readers and their plus ones the chance to see the star-studded film before anyone else. BLACK MASS stars Academy Award nominee Johnny Depp as […]

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There’s another crackin’ new Irish entry this week…

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Go check this out…

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The name’s Reviewski, The Big Reviewski…

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BRAAAAAAAAAAAAINS… and free cinema tickets

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It’s all become very spooky this week…

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Celebrating a very important milestone this week…

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An audience with the Queen

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There’s one cracking new entry this week

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He’s only bleedin’ gorgeous

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Wrap up warm

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Marking the release of new film, The Program

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Scientifically proven

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Greetings Earthlings, there’s a brand new No. 1 this week

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Prepare yourself, there were a lot of tears this week

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Get munchin’

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What a bargain

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Almost better than the real thing

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Some cracking shots here

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A convincing win

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Stick on the kettle

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Please use the what!?

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