This is so sweet. JOE reader Derek Webb from Wexford got in contact with a homecoming video today and it really touched us at the JOE desk. We’ll let Derek tell the story. “This is a short video clip of my niece, Charlotte, dressed as Santa, making a surprise visit home from Oz for this Christmas. […]

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Zing

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Go west for a quiet pint. “Jesus, there are nearly more pubs than people in that place” is a term that gets thrown around when people visit busy rural towns around Ireland. Now research has found out which towns actually have the most pubs per person, and unsurprisingly the west coast of Ireland is where […]

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This is gold. The turkey is one of the key ingredients for having a good Christmas so there’s a lot of pressure on to get it right. The hilarious scene below from Peep Show, which was posted this week, highlights exactly how important it is to have the bird ready for the big day. The […]

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Wow, this is lovely. A security guard at Georgia Tech in the States got the surprise of his life when students at the college presented him with a Christmas present this week. Over 100 students gathered outside a building on the campus to thank Michael Burns for all of the help he’d given them during […]

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A special night at Whelan’s. Gavin James will play the last of his three special Christmas gigs at Whelan’s in Dublin tonight (Wednesday). The Irish singer-songwriter played to sold out crowds on Monday and Tuesday and during last night’s show he invited Danny O’Reilly from The Coronas on stage to sing a song. They went […]

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“It’s not about the money”

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Traffic, you just have to wait. Thousands of Irish people are returning home for the Christmas festivities and the party in Cork was very much alive at 3 o’clock this morning. There were scenes out Rearden’s on Washington Street as dozens of people ended up singing and dancing to You Can’t Hurry Love by The […]

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Hands To Myself is out now

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A powerful image. A coffee shop in Athens has been widely praised for its act of kindness toward stray dogs in the Greek city. A man named David Simonian posted a photo from inside the cafe on Facebook and it’s been shared over 300,000 times. His caption reads, “This is a coffee shop in Greece […]

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When good nights out go bad

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Do not touch the handle. The sound thing to do if you damage someone’s car is to leave a note and explain what happened along with your contact details. People who don’t do it are the worst. A guy returned to his car at the weekend and found a note not from the person that […]

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We’ve all had good nights there, but this is something different. If you’ve been out in Dublin this year there’s a good chance you ended up in Copper Face Jacks on Harcourt Street for a night or ten. “Will we just go to Coppers?” is usually uttered when you are your friends can’t decide on […]

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Tell your favourite radio station to do this. A radio presenter in Austria went to extreme lengths to bring a bit of Christmas cheer to his listeners. Joe Kohlhofer, who is the breakfast show co-host on the Antennae Carinthia station, barricaded himself into the studio blocking the door with a wooden chair. Once he was secure, […]

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What a story. A group of workers in a pet shop in America made an elderly man’s Christmas by reuniting him with his dogs. The man was forced to give up the dogs, Bailey and Blaze, a few months ago after he suffered a heart attack and was hospitalised. The dogs were housed in a SPCA […]

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The whole JOE team combined couldn’t do this. John Cena is a beast of man, we know this from his WWE career and his appearances in movies like Train Wreck and Daddy’s Home. He’s a tank. Cena proved his strength again at the weekend by smashing his squatting recording to pieces in a gym in […]

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Huge news. A FIFA ethics committee has banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years from all football-related activities. The ban has been given for ethics code breaches surrounding a £1.3million ‘disloyal payment’ made to Platini in 2011. The FIFA ethics committee released this statement about the FIFA President and the President of UEFA […]

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Steve Harvey should avoid Colombia for a while. Miss Philippines was crowned Miss Universe 2015 in Las Vegas last night, but her win has been totally overshadowed by a massive cock-up from host Steve Harvey. Harvey made the mistake of announcing Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo from Colombia as the winner even though she was actually the […]

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Good news ahead of the new year. We could all do with a few more bob in our pockets and there’s good news this morning as it’s likely we’ll all have have some extra income next year. A survey published by HR consulting firm Mercer has revealed that 97% of Irish employers in the private […]

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One of the finest musicians we’ve ever produced. Next up to play JOE and Her.ie’s Sunday Sessions is Irish singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke. Declan’s fourth studio album Gold Bars in the Sun (buy here) is out now and critics are saying it’s up there with his best work. For Sunday Sessions, Declan played his song The Children […]

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What a punt. Leicester City beat Everton at Goodison today which means they’ll be top of the Premier League on Christmas Day, very few people would have predicted that. However, we know one guy that had a gut feeling about it and that was Foxes fan Will Kirwan. On the first day of the season, […]

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This is up there with the best we’ve seen. The Dublin boys who dressed up as chocolate bars from a Selection Box last Christmas are back, and they’ve knocked it out of the park once again. Alan Patchell and his buddies, who are from Kilnamanagh, Templeogue and Drimnagh in Dublin, have turned into the famous Coca-Cola […]

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The voice of a generation. Former footballer and BBC broadcaster Jimmy Hill has died. Hill has passed away at the age of 87 following a battle with Alzheimer’s, which he was diagnosed with in 2008. The ex-Fulham and Brentford player was best-known for his role presenting Match of the Day on BBC where he appeared […]

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He’ll take over until the end of the season. Chelsea have confirmed that Guus Hiddink has been appointed first-team manager until the end of the season. The Dutchman, who won the FA Cup in his previous spell with the club in 2009, replaces Jose Mourinho who left the Blues yesterday afternoon. Speaking to ChelseaFC, Hiddink said: “I […]

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Oi, Oi, Oi! Ray Ford from Knock is having his stag in London this week and it looks like himself and his friends are in for a brilliant weekend. They’re heading off to the World Darts Championship at the Ally Pally and they’ve dressed up for the occasion. Ray is the bowling ball and his […]

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Merry Christmas! Sinead Whelan is living in Abu Dhabi at the moment, but she returned home to Waterford yesterday for the Christmas holidays. Lovely. According to her friend Cáit Ní Chuirrín, Sinead is a notorious prankster but she was on the receiving end yesterday thanks to her brother Barry. Barry wanted to welcome Sinead home in style […]

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Are you getting enough sleep? The run up to Christmas tends to see you spend more time out with your friends and way less time sleeping, it’s a hectic time of year for all of us. Experts recommend that everyone gets seven or eight hours sleep a night but around 40% of people don’t get near […]

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Imagine coming home to this. Star Wars fever has taken over the planet following the release of The Force Awakens this week, check out our exclusive interview with new star John Boyega here. JOE reader Ange Stewart was at the arrivals gate in Dublin Airport this morning when she spotted a real trooper waiting for […]

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This is amazing. If you are feeling emotional at the moment, we recommend you grab a mop because there will be floods of tears in your vicinity after watching this clip. Branden Bingham and his family were out playing in the show during Thanksgiving when they stumbled upon a seemingly frozen kitten buried in the snow. […]

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Such a nice gesture. Unfortunately thousands of families across Ireland will spend Christmas in hospital and lots of mammies and daddies and smallies will spend it at Temple Street Childrens Hospital. The kids and staff at the Dublin hospital were given a massive surprise today, and by “massive,” we mean gigantic. The people at The […]

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This is too funny not to share. Niall Donnelly was in hospital this week and he unwittingly created what we think should be a viral video. The Dublin man was hooked up to a gas anesthetic machine and was totally out of it when the good stuff started to come out of him. Niall’s laugh […]

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What a lady. One of the Irish viral sensations of 2015 is undoubtedly Teresa Mannion. Her famous weather report on Storm Desmond went global earlier this month and it’s inspired remixes, Christmas cards, Snapchat stories and jumpers among other things. Teresa was back at the scene of the famous report today to promote a special […]

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What a great kid. JOE reader Edel Phelan contacted us tonight with a video of her young son Kai receiving an early Christmas present and it’s one of the nicest clips we’ve seen in ages. Edel told JOE, “My husband and I are Irish and have lived in Beijing the last ten years with our […]

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“Rudolph broke his noooossse.” Sminky Shorts has re-released their Christmas special and it’s hilarious. The people behind the animated series are some of the funniest minds in the country and the Christmas edition proves it. It’s being shared all over Irish Facebook pages tonight. The animals involved are reindeer if you haven’t seen it, enjoy. Sminky […]

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He’s so lucky it wasn’t worse. Shane Brown is from Honolulu in Hawaii and he ended up in hospital this week after a cliff dive went horribly wrong. Shane was attempting to do a triple backflip off the 35-foot cliff at Kapena Falls when he clipped his head off the rocks on the top. He landed […]

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Imagine facing the in-laws after this. We were sent a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation between an Irish couple today and gasps were heard around the JOE desk when we saw it. The boyfriend in the conversation made the blunder of all blunders by sending a very saucy Christmas present suggestion to his girlfriend’s mother. […]

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This is so sweet. The most popular man in the world at the moment wears red, carries a big belly and has lovely full white beard on his face. It’s obviously Santa, he’s very well-liked at this time of year. A man who looks vaguely like St. Nick was shopping in his local supermarket in […]

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We’re lovin’ this. The Christmas spirit is very much alive in Lakeland, Florida and over 250 people benefited from a random act of kindness at a McDonald’s drive-thru. According to ABC News, McDonald’s worker Marisabel Figueroa was working the drive-thru when the customer at her window said she wanted to pay for the meal ordered by […]

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We know a lot of people who should watch this. While we know a lot of people are still racking theirs brains wondering what they hell they’re going to buy their family for Christmas, everyone will eventually get there. That means everyone will have to wrap presents unless you’re the type of person that just […]

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Huge news today. BBC sports editor Dan Roan has reported that Chelsea have parted company with manager Jose Mourinho. BREAKING: I understand Jose Mourinho has just been told by Chelsea he has been sacked as manager — Dan Roan (@danroan) December 17, 2015 The Blues are currently in 16th place in the Premier League after […]

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Introducing Brian Deady

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It looks pretty comfortable. Westmeath youngster Killian Foxe unfortunately had to get surgery on his knee this week. His journey home from hospital was halted by the recent flooding in the midlands, but that didn’t stop his family bringing their boy home. They did it in the most “only in Ireland” way possible, Killian’s godfather […]

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Good man, Johnny. The Late Late Toy Show was cracking this year and one of the most memorable kids on the night was Johnny from Clare who loved weather presenter Evelyn Cusack. Johnny’s reaction when his hero appeared on the show was amazing, check it out here if you don’t remember it. Johnny’s star quality […]

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What do you mean? Justin Bieber’s two shows at 3Arena in Dublin next year sold out in less than ten minutes this morning. Love him or hate him, Beebs’ new album is an absolute whopper with tunes like Sorry, What Do You Mean? and Where Are Ü Now blowing up in clubs and on radio. It […]

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Amazing. Louise Beckett from Westport is a MASSIVE Mayo GAA fan and her favourite player is Aidan O’Shea because he’s a great footballer and a “sexy beast.” Her words. So with that in mind, her workmates at the Castlecourt Hotel arranged something very special for Kris Kindle this year. Ciara Joyce and Donna Gibons managed to […]

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This is very sweet. A care package from home is one of the best things you can get when you’re living abroad and thousands of them have been sent out over the last few weeks. Tralee woman Jacinta O’Mahony sent a package to her son Brendan who has been living in Perth, Australia for the […]

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What the actual? Two of the most controversial men in America joined forces this week and it’s tipped a lot of people over the edge. As you know Donald Trump is running for president, and in an attempt to connect with the young male douchebag voters, he has aligned himself with Dan Bilzerian. https://twitter.com/DanBilzerian/status/677194957443088384 Bilzerian […]

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An outrageous carry on. Fast forward your mind to Christmas day, you’ve devoured your dinner and you’re lying on the couch about to explode thanks to a massive food baby. Despite being stuffed, you still manage to shove chocolate in your gob and one of Ireland’s favourite Christmas sweets are Quality Street. The chocolate sweet […]

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Always entertaining. There are so many ‘bits’ that we love on the US late night chat shows at the moment with James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke and Jimmy Fallon’s lip-syncing killing it consistently. Jimmy Kimmel’s most famous and funniest ‘bit’ is Mean Tweets where he gets a number of famous people to read out horrible tweets […]

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Introducing The Shaker Hymn

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