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Honestly; what party, celebration or gathering (or night in alone) isn’t instantly improved by the addition of Nutella? Having been busy spreading it on toast, dolloping it into cake batter and swirling it into hot milk for the past 12 months, we were more than ready for a new, extra festive way to enjoy our […]

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Strong words… The Ryanair boss has said the current Dáil is the “worst assembly of half-wits and lunatics.” O’Leary made this statement at a briefing organised by Fianna Fáil T.D, Robert Troy. He went on to say that Irish people need to take more responsibility for who they are electing according to The Irish Times. […]

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Terrible news. The death toll for a truck bombing that took place near Baghdad on Thursday night has risen to over 80. ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack. The bombing appears to have targeted Iranian pilgrims who were celebrating the religious event, Arbaeen. Arbaeen is one of the largest religious events throughout the world. […]

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Sponsored by An Post Who’d like a bit extra to spend on your loved ones this Christmas? Well, the good folks at An Post are giving you the opportunity to win a fantastic One4All Gift Card worth €250. That could really help you to upgrade your gift-giving game. It could be the difference between this […]

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They might want to update their poster before they open for business. Remember the other day when we brought news that Lar Corbett’s bar in Thurles, County Tipperary, were selling pints for €1 on Black Friday (which is today, incidentally)? Let’s refresh your memory. Well, it turns out we were wrong. The pints on offer […]

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Make sure your flight is not affected before you travel. A number of flights to and from Dublin Airport have been cancelled again today as a result of the Lufthansa pilots’ strike. Four flights that are scheduled to depart from Dublin have been affected.   A further four flights due to arrive to Dublin have also […]

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Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for some areas tonight with temperatures dropping to minus 4 degrees. A warning is in place for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal from now until 10am on Thursday, November 24th. Temperatures are expected to fall between minus 2 and minus 4 degrees in those areas. Met Éireann has […]

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Sponsored by Bulmers Who doesn’t love a great roadtrip? Sure, it’s nice to have a base and a place to call home, but one of the most exciting things we can do is to travel and explore. It’s no surprise that a lot of us like to travel and discover new cultures, different languages and […]

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Will she challenge the result? Computer scientists and lawyers are strongly urging Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to challenge the results of the recent US election. The group, which includes voting rights lawyer John Bonifaz and J Alex Halderman, director of the University of Michigan’s center for computer security and society, claim that they have obtained […]

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Is it too late now to say sorry? Megastar Justin Bieber has been videoed throwing a punch at a fan, from a moving car, while on tour in Barcelona. You’d be forgiven for thinking this sounds a bit familiar, because a similar event took place less than five months ago here. The video shows a […]

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How would you like to win a brilliant early Christmas present courtesy of the good folk at Fairyhouse? The Fairyhouse Winter Festival takes place on December 3rd and 4th and features two days of top class racing including 3 Grade One Races. You and a friend could be the lucky recipients of a great prize from […]

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He has been hospitalised in LA. Rapper Kanye West has been admitted to hospital with exhaustion. This news follows his decision to cancel the rest of his world tour yesterday. According to The BBC, a spokesperson for the LA Fire Department said: “At 13:20 pacific time, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to an unspecified […]

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Cause for concern.

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If there is one small upside of someone like Donald Trump winning the presidency, it’s that he is manna from heaven for satirists (I know – not much of an upside, but hey, we’ve got to find some silver lining in all this). And few do it better than the guys at Saturday Night Live. […]

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The Taoiseach is not very popular at the moment, it seems. After receiving much criticism for wishing President-Elect Donald Trump well in his new job, Enda Kenny has once again managed to anger the Irish people. After the conversation between the Taoiseach and the Vice President Elect Mike Pence (who is known for supporting conversion therapy […]

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So much of Donald Trump’s pre-election Twitter campaigning involved presenting an image of perfection that was, if we’re being honest, unsustainable. Everything he did was flawless to the point of exaggeration, while anyone who rubbed him up the wrong way was a ‘loser’. It wasn’t just restricted to Twitter, though. Back in September, Trump famously […]

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Danny Dyer is a man of many talents. The ‘EastEnders’ actor has sidelines in football foul-up compilations, real football factories documentaries and football hooliganism films. How’s that for versatility? He’s also great at Twitter. Oh, and did we mention he’s related to royalty? So, when Children in Need were looking for someone to replicate the […]

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