Welfare payments will be cut under the proposals. The Irish government are set to approve reductions in benefits paid to refugees fleeing Ukraine, according to reports. Roderic O’Garman, the Minister for Integration, will reportedly table a proposal that would see welfare benefits cut for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. Under the measures, state-provided accommodation would be […]

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By Jody Coffey The former host stepped down from his presenting duties on This Morning in May. Phillip Schofield is reportedly set to make his comeback to the broadcasting world – this time, on the airwaves. The former This Morning host stepped away from his presenting role on the mid-morning talk show earlier this year, […]

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Some Italia ’90 vibes going on. A Guinness Christmas jumper that wraps in footy nostalgia? Tell us more! We’re a week into December, writes Fiona Frawley, and the Christmas present panic has well and truly set in. For every smug online shopping whizz who’s had everything ordered and wrapped since October there’s a frazzled, last minute […]

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By Katy Thornton. The Dublin brewery beat attractions such as the Taj Mahal and Niagara Falls. The Guinness Storehouse has been named World’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2023, as well as the World’s Leading Beer Tour Visitor Experience 2023 at the prestigious World Travel Awards, which was held in Dubai, UAE on Friday, December 1st. The […]

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‘For that price, the game better be able to let me do whatever I want’ GTA 6 is probably the most highly-anticipated video game of all time. With the release of the game’s trailer last night, gamers are more excited than ever about the next instalment of the franchise. And big things are expected given that […]

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By Jody Coffey The show will also feature some of Ireland’s biggest and best comedic talent. LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland, a new comedy series hosted by Graham Norton, is coming to Prime Video very soon. Also featuring some of Ireland’s biggest and best comedic talent, the series show puts an Irish spin on a […]

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His comments have received a backlash. US conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson has shared a bizarre theory about the cause of the Dublin riots last week. Last Thursday, a knife attack occurred outside Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire in Parnell Square East that left a woman and three children injured, of which a five-year-old girl remains in […]

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By Anna Martin Attention: we might be getting Toy Story 5! Disney CEO, Bob Iger, announced earlier this year he had plans to commission a fifth instalment of the beloved movie franchise Toy Story and it seems the wheels are turning. While a spinoff flick Lightyear was released, with Chris Evans voicing Buzz, it looks […]

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Here are all the secret codes for hidden genres on Netflix. Trying to choose what to watch next on Netflix can be difficult. You scroll and scroll, watch trailers, add movies to ‘My List’, and still keep browsing. Before you know it, it’s too late to actually watch something. Well, if you want even more […]

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Sony could be facing a $7.9 billion lawsuit PlayStation 5 owners could be in line for significant financial compensation from Sony, with reports suggesting refunds of up to £500 (€576.61). The news comes reports that the Japanese electronics company may be facing a multi-billion pound lawsuit after a ruling by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. […]

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By Katy Thornton. The Limerick-born author was one of four Irish authors long-listed for the award. Irish author Paul Lynch has won the Booker Prize 2023 for his fifth novel Prophet Song, which makes him the fifth Irish author to secure the coveted award. Lynch was shortlisted for the prize alongside fellow authors Paul Murray for Bee Sting, […]

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High praise. Ever since Game of Thrones finished, there has been somewhat of a hole in many people’s viewing habits. Although the show’s spinoff House of the Dragon fills that to some extent, viewers think they have found one of the best series ever that fits the ‘GOT style’ bill even better. The Last Kingdom […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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By Jody Coffey Last night, Patrick Kielty presented his first Late Late Toy Show and it’s safe to say, it was a roaring success. Kielty stepping into the Buddy The Elf’s yellow tights was just the beginning of what would be a Toy Show to remember, and it brought back what the show is all […]

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By Katy Thornton “We are extremely heartbroken.” Muslim Sisters of Eire – a volunteer organisation that provides a range of support services for homeless people, women and youths – have been forced to cancel their weekly soup run due to the knife attack in Parnell Square East and the subsequent riots that took place in […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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“They were telling me I’m done.” Jonnie Irwin has vowed to make it to his 50th birthday after doctors told him months ago that he had just days to live. The A Place In The Sun presenter has been fighting terminal cancer since being diagnosed with the disease in 2020. The 49-year-old went public with […]

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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 – […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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‘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 […]

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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 […]

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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

By Katy Thornton This is bound to take some of the stress out of air travel. Anyone who has the luxury of flying regularly knows that one of the less pleasant parts of air travel is the journey through the airport beforehand. After all, there is the heart-stopping moment of weighing your bag before check-in, […]

2 years ago

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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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