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  • Pamela Joyce explains why she left Today FM

    Pamela Joyce explains why she left Today FM

    By Jody Coffey “It took me a few months to actually make the decision.” Pamela Joyce shocked listeners when she suddenly stepped away from her role at Today FM earlier this month. The beloved broadcaster, who presented the daily lunchtime show, left our airwaves without warning after five and half years on air. The Galway […]

    2 years ago

  • Once cancelled show is now one of Netflix’s most-watched ever

    Once cancelled show is now one of Netflix’s most-watched ever

    Netflix can be trigger-happy with the cancellations. Netflix are known for unceremoniously cancelling some of their more popular shows to save costs, to fans’ dismay. But they also have good form for saving shows from the brink of oblivion and giving them a new lease of life. Some of Netflix’s most popular shows were acquired […]

    2 years ago

  • Trainee chef, 17, praised for intervening in Parnell Square school attack

    Trainee chef, 17, praised for intervening in Parnell Square school attack

    By Fiona Frawley. Alan Loren-Guille is just 17 years old. Dublin 8 restaurant Spitalfields have praised a brave young “superhero” chef on their staff, who they say intervened in yesterday’s in yesterday’s Parnell Square school stabbing and disarmed the attacker. 17-year-old Alan Loren-Guille is a French stagiaire (trainee) in the Spitalfields kitchen, and is said to […]

    2 years ago

  • Patrick Kielty reveals The Late Late Toy Show theme for 2023

    Patrick Kielty reveals The Late Late Toy Show theme for 2023

    By Anna Martin The team behind the annual show have gone for an absolute classic. The Toy Show night is here and at last, we have a theme! And this year the team behind the Toy Show’s Christmas magic went for an absolute classic. Host Patrick Kielty announced that they decided to draw inspiration from […]

    2 years ago

  • Dublin 2 restaurant offering free meals for first responders all weekend

    Dublin 2 restaurant offering free meals for first responders all weekend

    By Katy Thornton Happy’s reopened on Friday afternoon after closing on Thursday evening. Aston Quay restaurant and bar Happy’s are offering free meals for first responders this entire weekend to show their appreciation for what they faced amid the riots in Dublin on Thursday (November 23). While many businesses in the affected areas have remained closed, […]

    2 years ago

  • ‘My team are scared’ – Dublin businesses remain closed following last night’s riots

    ‘My team are scared’ – Dublin businesses remain closed following last night’s riots

    By Fiona Frawley As a major clean-up gets underway following last night’s destruction, many businesses in the city centre are making the decision to remain closed. Cafés and delis in the city centre have expressed concerns for their staff’s safety, and noted that workers are scared to travel into town after last night’s riots. Following […]

    2 years ago

  • Bus and Luas set on fire amid unrest in Dublin city centre

    Bus and Luas set on fire amid unrest in Dublin city centre

    The incident occured on O’Connell Bridge in the city centre. A bus and a Luas has been set on fire amid unrest in Dublin city centre, footage shows. The double-decker bus was filmed on fire on O’Connell Bridge in the centre of the city. Public transport has been suspended throughout the city. A Dublin Bus […]

    2 years ago

  • Live updates: Five people injured in Dublin city centre attack

    Live updates: Five people injured in Dublin city centre attack

    Follow live updates below. Five people, including three children, have been hospitalised with injuries sustained in a “serious incident” in Dublin city centre. The incident happened outside Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square East, as children were coming out of school at around 1.40pm. The road was closed off to the public while emergency services […]

    2 years ago

  • Jenna Ortega exits Scream 7 after firing of Melissa Barrera over Palestine posts

    Jenna Ortega exits Scream 7 after firing of Melissa Barrera over Palestine posts

    Ortega had starred alongside Barrera in the fifth and six Scream movies. Jenna Ortega will reportedly not be reprising her role for Scream VII. Multiple US outlets have stated that the actor has dropped out of the horror sequel due to scheduling conflicts with the second season of her hit Netflix series, Wednesday, which will […]

    2 years ago

  • Girls Aloud has confirmed a reunion tour is coming in 2024

    Girls Aloud has confirmed a reunion tour is coming in 2024

    By Jody Coffey This comes after weeks of speculation. Girls Aloud has announced they will reunite next year for a tour across the UK and Ireland. The four bandmates – Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts – will reform in memory of their lost member, Sarah Harding, who tragically passed away from breast cancer […]

    2 years ago

  • Forbidden Fruit have announced their first headline acts for 2024

    Forbidden Fruit have announced their first headline acts for 2024

    By Katy Thornton What are the chances of Timbaland coming out as a guest? 90s and noughties babies, 2024 is set to be our year, with nostalgia act after nostalgia act set to perform gigs in Ireland (Busted, S Club, a possible Girls Aloud reunion… need I go on). Just when we thought it couldn’t […]

    2 years ago

  • 5 things I wish I knew before moving out of my parents’ house

    5 things I wish I knew before moving out of my parents’ house

    Brought to you by Gas Networks Ireland From knowing your neighbours to the value of a Big Shop, here’s what we wish we knew. While we may relish in the comfort of a fully stocked pantry, there comes a time in every young person’s life to step out on their own and embrace independence. Sure, […]

    2 years ago

  • Conor McGregor’s Black Forge Inn pub has accumulated a €2m loss

    Conor McGregor’s Black Forge Inn pub has accumulated a €2m loss

    The Crumlin pub reportedly recorded a loss of around €432,000 last year. New reported figures for the company that operates Conor McGregor’s Black Forge Inn pub indicate that it has continued to rack up losses. According to newly-filed accounts for Jemi Ventures, reported on by RTÉ News, the company recorded post tax losses of around […]

    2 years ago

  • Eight new bus routes to launch in Dublin next week

    Eight new bus routes to launch in Dublin next week

    By Fiona Frawley. The latest phase in the redesign of Dublin’s bus network. Commuters will see eight new bus routes rolled out across south Dublin next week, with several existing services due to be scrapped from November 26th. The new routes are part of BusConnects, the National Transport Authority’s programme to improve bus services in […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix fans can’t get enough of new binge-worthy ’10/10′ thriller series

    Netflix fans can’t get enough of new binge-worthy ’10/10′ thriller series

    By Nina McLaughlin Many have taken to social media to lavish praise on the series. A new Netflix thriller has become a huge hit with viewers who have said they watched the entire show in a single day. Titled Pact Of Silence, the series is from Mexico and focuses on Brenda Rey (Camila Valero), a […]

    2 years ago

  • People are binge-watching new Netflix drama starring Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo

    People are binge-watching new Netflix drama starring Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo

    By Nina McLaughlin The series is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Netflix’s series All the Light We Cannot See hit the streaming service last week and viewers are already obsessed. Starring big names such as Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo, the show is based off of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2014 novel of the […]

    2 years ago

  • Ryan Tubridy set to announce job with UK broadcaster, according to reports

    Ryan Tubridy set to announce job with UK broadcaster, according to reports

    By Anna Martin. Tubridy is close to securing his new job, according to reports. Former RTÉ star Ryan Tubridy is expected to announce a new role with a British broadcaster, according to reports. According to Extra, the popular presenter is expected to announce a new deal with Virgin Radio, a station owned by Wireless Group – […]

    2 years ago

  • Laois’ most unfortunate signpost has sadly been changed

    Laois’ most unfortunate signpost has sadly been changed

    By Katy Thornton. “Makes it harder to find.” Amongst one of our favourite Irish cultural moments was when a sign for The Cut was installed, only for the very unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on whether you’re glass half full or half empty) font choice making it seem like it spelt something different entirely, something many […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has just added one of 2023’s best action thrillers

    Netflix has just added one of 2023’s best action thrillers

    By Nina McLaughlin Based on a graphic novel series, the movie holds an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score. With the nights drawing in, it’s safe to say that we are all looking for something else to keep us occupied in the evenings. And Netflix’s latest release is about to fill that hole and then some as […]

    2 years ago

  • James Martin to take career ‘break’ as he opens up about cancer diagnosis

    James Martin to take career ‘break’ as he opens up about cancer diagnosis

    By Nina McLoughlin “I’ve been through a lot of s**t with cancer, but I’m getting sorted at the end of next month.” James Martin has revealed he will take a career “break” after sharing an update on his cancer diagnosis. The Saturday Morning presenter earlier this year revealed that he had undergone treatment for cancer […]

    2 years ago

  • The sexiest man alive for 2023 has been crowned

    The sexiest man alive for 2023 has been crowned

    By Anna Martin It’s the first time the actor has taken home the title. Patrick Dempsey has been named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2023. The 57-year-old is best known for playing Derek ‘McDreamy’ Shepard in the medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy between 2005 to 2021. He also starred in the Oscar-nominated Disney movie […]

    2 years ago

  • Timbaland apologises for saying Justin Timberlake should ‘put a muzzle’ on Britney Spears

    Timbaland apologises for saying Justin Timberlake should ‘put a muzzle’ on Britney Spears

    By Jody Coffey “I was wrong, you know, for saying that.” Timbaland has apologised for remarks he made to Justin Timberlake about Britney Spears. The music producer, 51, said Timberlake should “muzzle” his ex-girlfriend following the publication of her memoir ‘The Woman in Me’. Spears’ book detailed her relationship with the *NSYNC boy band member […]

    2 years ago

  • Molly Malone statue installed outside Irish pub in US city

    Molly Malone statue installed outside Irish pub in US city

    By Katy Thornton Let’s just hope she doesn’t face the same level of defacement as our own Molly Malone. Irish pub The Dubliner, based in Boston, has really committed to the bit and installed a piece of Dublin landscape we are all too familiar with – a replica statue of Molly Malone. The bronze statue […]

    2 years ago

  • Avengers, Black Panther stuntman and three children die in horrific car crash

    Avengers, Black Panther stuntman and three children die in horrific car crash

    Absolutely tragic. A stuntman who was known for his work on the Avengers films as well as Black Panther has died after a horrific car crash in the US in which his two children also were killed. Taraja Ramsess, 41, was involved in a car crash in Dekalb County, Georgia on Halloween night, in which […]

    2 years ago

  • 700-year-old sword discovered stuck in a rock

    700-year-old sword discovered stuck in a rock

    ‘Who knows what stories it is hiding’. A 700-year-old sword has been dubbed the ‘real-life Excalibur’ after it was discovered stuck in a rock in a Bosnian river. The legend of King Arthur claims that he was the only one who was able to pull a sword from stone, but this recently uncovered blade seems […]

    2 years ago

  • Irish pizzeria named as one of the best in the world

    Irish pizzeria named as one of the best in the world

    By Fiona Frawley Having started life as a food truck, the food business has become a “regular fixture on the world’s most prestigious pizza rankings”. Galway mozzarella slingers The Dough Bros are no stranger to the pizza award scene. Since opening ten years ago, the pizzeria has been lauded as the 16th Best Pizza in […]

    2 years ago

  • There’s a place in Europe where rent prices haven’t changed in 500 years

    There’s a place in Europe where rent prices haven’t changed in 500 years

    By Nina McLaughlin The houses look like something out of a fairytale, which they basically are when you learn how cheap it costs to live there. Rental prices seem to never stop going up so a place where the price of rent hasn’t changed for 500 years sounds like a fever dream, right? Well, it […]

    2 years ago

  • Here’s how AI and creativity go hand in hand in gaming development

    Here’s how AI and creativity go hand in hand in gaming development

    Brought to you by Science Foundation Ireland “There’s a responsibility for people at the forefront of developments in AI to do it responsibly.” Science Week 2023 is upon us, and this year Science Foundation Ireland are asking the public to consider what it means to be human, and how the decisions we make today will […]

    2 years ago

  • Met Éireann issue weather warning as Storm Ciarán approaches Ireland

    Met Éireann issue weather warning as Storm Ciarán approaches Ireland

    By Katy Thornton November is off to an unsettling start. Just two weeks after Storm Babet, which closely followed Storm Agnes, the UK Met Office named Storm Ciarán on Sunday October 29th, and it’s on its way to Ireland. Storm Ciarán is set to pass close to the south coast of Ireland on Wednesday, November […]

    2 years ago

  • People warned about using air fryers instead of ovens to cook food

    People warned about using air fryers instead of ovens to cook food

    Martin Lewis has advised people to do a simple calculation before cooking. Air fryers have been around for more than a decade but it is only in the last year or so that they’ve really taken off. The Airfryer brand was introduced by Philips in 2010, but the term started to be used generically around […]

    2 years ago

  • 11 of the best Scrubs celebrity guest stars

    11 of the best Scrubs celebrity guest stars

    Scrubs will always have a place in our hearts. Last week we brought you a list of the best celebrity guest stars in Friends, and if there’s one show that can compete with Friends for sheer comedic genius, it’s Scrubs. While we love JD, Turk and co. the show wouldn’t have been the incredible heart-warming […]

    2 years ago

  • Matthew Perry on the one Friends plot-line that he didn’t want to film

    Matthew Perry on the one Friends plot-line that he didn’t want to film

    It probably fitted Joey better. In a TV segment for ‘Plead the Fifth’ with Andy Cohen, Matthew Perry opened up on his time with the Friends cast, and spoke of one plot-line that he asked the writers to re-do. In the Friends episode after Chandler breaks up with Kathy, you might remember that everyone’s favourite […]

    2 years ago

  • Movember: How to get involved and support men’s health

    Movember: How to get involved and support men’s health

    Movember celebrates 20 years of its global movement this year. Every November, men around the world grow out their moustaches for Movember in a bid to bring awareness to men’s health issues, such as prostate and testicular cancer, as well as to start more conversations around men’s mental health and suicide prevention. This year, Movember, […]

    2 years ago

  • Taylor Swift has reportedly become a billionaire thanks to Eras tour

    Taylor Swift has reportedly become a billionaire thanks to Eras tour

    By Anna Martin She’s doing alright for herself. Swiftie or not, its hard to disagree that 2023 is the year of Taylor Swift. Now the global pop sensation has added another accolade to her already very large pile, reportedly becoming a billionaire thanks to her record-breaking Eras tour. The singer has reached a net worth […]

    2 years ago

  • Woman returns from holiday to find her home mistakenly demolished

    Woman returns from holiday to find her home mistakenly demolished

    ‘I’m just left with a big ol’ mess’ A woman got a nasty surprise when she came back from holiday – her home was mistakenly demolished. Susan Hodgson found a pile of rubble in place of what used to be her long-time family property in Atlanta, Georgia she told WAGA-TV on Friday. “I’m just left […]

    2 years ago

  • ‘The moustache is calling’ – Dublin event set to kick off Movember in style

    ‘The moustache is calling’ – Dublin event set to kick off Movember in style

    A night of music, art, flair and, for some, a spruce up. Movember first sprang up, like a burgeoning moustache, in 2003 and the Movember Foundation is celebrating its’ 20th anniversary, this year. To coincide with a month that celebrates Movember, and the wild, wacky, neat or bushy moustaches that are on the way, there […]

    2 years ago

  • Ireland’s first medically supervised injection centre to open within a year

    Ireland’s first medically supervised injection centre to open within a year

    By Katy Thornton This centre will have the capacity to “save lives”. A new medically supervised injection centre is set to open within the next 12 months. At the end of 2022, An Bord Pleanála granted temporary permission for Ireland’s first facility of this nature to open in Dublin. Merchants Quay will host the facility, […]

    2 years ago

  • Charlie Bird says his MND is ‘changing fast’ in heartbreaking update

    Charlie Bird says his MND is ‘changing fast’ in heartbreaking update

    By Anna Martin The beloved broadcaster still managed to end on a positive note. Charlie Bird has revealed that he will soon need mobility assistance as his motor neurone disease progresses. The former broadcaster is always open about his health challenges over the years. Today, the 74-year-old gave his followers an update on X, formerly […]

    2 years ago

  • Kathryn Thomas opens up on ‘disgusting’ abuse which led to garda involvement

    Kathryn Thomas opens up on ‘disgusting’ abuse which led to garda involvement

    By Jody Coffey “It was really graphic and disgusting language and really targeted.” Kathryn Thomas has detailed a time when the Gardaí had to get involved following an encounter where she was on the receiving end of “disgusting” and “misogynistic” abuse. The Operation Transformation presenter bravely opened up about how she received ‘reoccurring’ and ‘graphic’ letters from […]

    2 years ago

  • JOE chats to McFly about their long-awaited return to Ireland

    JOE chats to McFly about their long-awaited return to Ireland

    “I’m ashamed to say it’s been so long since we’ve played a show in Ireland but I’m really looking forward to it.” Some of us went through a Wham phase, those slightly younger had the One Direction era, but most of us were McFly fans, better known as Galaxy Defenders. Tom, Danny, Harry, and Dougie […]

    2 years ago

  • Laura Whitmore in running to replace Holly Willoughby on This Morning

    Laura Whitmore in running to replace Holly Willoughby on This Morning

    By Jody Coffey Willoughby left the show this week. Laura Whitmore is tipped to replace Holly Willoughby on ITV’s This Morning show. Holly made a shock announcement this week that she would no longer be presenting the mid-morning show after 14 years. Her departure comes less than six months after her former co-star, Phillip Schofield, […]

    2 years ago

  • Dublin takeaway issued a closure order last month via the HSE

    Dublin takeaway issued a closure order last month via the HSE

    The well known spot was issued a closure order over one specific dish. Popular Dublin 2 takeaway spot Xi’an Street Food were issued with a closure order on September 29th, which specified part of the activities of its establishment be ceased. While oftentimes restaurants are issued closure orders for a myriad of issues, everything from […]

    2 years ago

  • Laura Woods confirms new relationship with former Love Island star

    Laura Woods confirms new relationship with former Love Island star

    The pair have been spotted out together in recent weeks Laura Woods has seemingly confirmed she is in a relationship with former Love Islander Adam Collard. The ex-Love Island star shared a snap of the pair looking very cosy after weeks of rumours suggesting they were dating. Adam, 27, and the football pundit, 36, were seen out […]

    2 years ago

  • Belfast principal ‘more than happy’ to see Kanye West wearing school jumper

    Belfast principal ‘more than happy’ to see Kanye West wearing school jumper

    By Fiona Frawley Or, as one Reddit user referred to him, “Kenny West Belfast”. The principal of St Mary’s Christian Brothers Grammar School in West Belfast has said she’s “more than happy” to have seen Kanye West sporting one of the school’s jumpers. Speaking to Belfast Live, principal Siobhán Kelly said: “Goodness knows where he […]

    2 years ago

  • WIN guaranteed entry to Ireland’s Valorant A-Games final with Virgin Media

    WIN guaranteed entry to Ireland’s Valorant A-Games final with Virgin Media

    Brought to you by Virgin Media. We’ve got 40 spots to give away. With the ultimate Valorant tournament – Virgin Media’s A-Games – in full swing, it’s been an incredible time for e-sports fans in Ireland. The final is just a few weeks away, and the very best is yet to come. If you wanted […]

    2 years ago