These kids are the business. Public School 22 in Staten Island, New York is famous for its choir who are known as the PS22 Chorus. The kids in the choir rework modern and classic songs into their own and the videos on their YouTube channel have reached almost 80 million views. Lisheen National School is […]

10 years ago

A unique city. If you live in Dublin or just visit the place for a day there’s a good chance you’ll hear a comment that will make your smirk or LOL. A Twitter account named @OverheardDublin has been posting the best comments since April 2011 and it always gives us a laugh. Here are 10 […]

10 years ago

A lot to live up to. There’s a genealogy website called MooseRoots that has figured out the most common first names of male and female geniuses. They compiled the information by going through a database of the names of 14,750 notable philosophers, mathematicians, writers, artists, composers, poets and Nobel Prize winners. Here are the findings: The top 10 first […]

10 years ago

They sound so good. Next up to play JOE and Her.ie’s Sunday Sessions are Irish band Heathers. The duo released their latest single in January 2016 and they’ve another few single releases planned for the rest of the year ahead. The single is called November, they played that and an awesome Bruce Springsteen cover when they […]

10 years ago

Amazing news. Glenn Murphy and Ronan Scolard became household names last weekend after their mashup of Adele went viral and they sang with the superstar on stage at 3Arena. The video which was posted on Her.ie’s Facebook page has almost 10,000,000 views and is one of the most-shared Irish videos ever. The story isn’t over […]

10 years ago

The Windy City goes green. Landmarks all over the world will turn green over the next few days to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. We’ll all celebrate on March 17 but parades are already taking place across the globe and Chicago held their one on Saturday. To mark the event, the Chicago River, which flows through […]

10 years ago

This should make good TV. Geordie Shore peaked a good five years ago but it’s still on the telly with season twelve kicking off on MTV next week. In the build up to the new series, one of the cast members, Aaron Chalmers, has confirmed that as well as doing the show, he’s moving into the […]

10 years ago

Congrats to the winner. There’s was one winner of last night’s main National Lottery jackpot of €2.5 million. The winning ticket was sold in the South-East which means someone in Wexford, Waterford, Carlow or Kilkenny is now rolling in it. If you’re from those counties and still haven’t checked your ticket, here are the winning numbers […]

10 years ago

Well played, guys. Frank McGinley from Glenullin in Derry is in Liverpool this weekend for his stag party. Frank and his pals, including Dermot O’Kane who got in touch with us, decided to dress up as priests for the occasion. While out and about earlier today, they ended up in what we believe is the […]

10 years ago

This is next level Snapchat. We’ve seen plenty of creative uses for the new Snapchat face-swap filter over the last few days but these gals in the UK have come up with something original. Their boob-face-swap has been retweeted over 8,000 in 24 hours and it gave us a right giggle when we saw it […]

10 years ago

His cheek paid off. Dublin man Declan McCourt recently moved to Toronto but noticed he was still getting contacted about his eFlow toll account so he contacted the official eFlow account on Twitter. @D_McCourt 1/2 Hey Dec, can you please DM me the account number or the reg number and I’ll check that for you? […]

10 years ago

Excellent. Bohemians beat Sligo Rovers one-nil in their first home game of the new SSE Airtricity League Premier Division season last night. Kurtis Byrne’s outstanding first half strike was enough for Bohs but it wasn’t the only eye-catching thing in Dalymount Park on Friday night. A new flag was added to the Tramway End of […]

10 years ago

OMFG. It’s called the ‘Mr Big’ and here are the ingredients. Three steak burgers Crispy bacon Smokey BBQ pulled pork Mature cheddar Crispy onions Fries Slaw This is what ‘Mr Big’ looks like… Only kidding, here it is… The burger, which is on the menu at Crust restaurant in Solihull in the UK, is 12 […]

10 years ago

“It was the only resort.” A book by author Jean Martin has become the first in 18 years to be banned by censors in Ireland. ‘The Raped Little Runaway’ has been given a prohibition order on all editions by the Censorship of Publications Board. The board has made the move to ban it because it contains numerous explicit […]

10 years ago

Interesting information. A new study has revealed that almost 250,000 drivers in Ireland received penalty points in 2015. The biggest offence, by a distance, was speeding. It covered almost 75% of people caught for points. The information which was published in the Irish Mirror today also showed the number of people caught drinking driving by […]

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Standard. St. Patrick’s Day is next Thursday so they’re will be celebrations all over the world. Toronto is having its parade this Sunday and a group of Irish volunteers went out on the streets of the Canadian city to build some hype about the event. The volunteers asked Canadians to pronounce some well-known Irish names and […]

10 years ago

“The Oysters Rockefeller” is the best one. Beards were all the craze last year and it seemed like every other man you passed on the street looked like an extra from Vikings. Glorious, glorious beards. You can’t argue that, aesthetically, a beard can be fantastic, but just how practical are they? To give some insight, […]

10 years ago

As life choices go, this is pretty extreme. Zayn Malik shocked every teenage girl in the world when he left One Direction a while back and he’s shocked them all over again with his latest tattoo. No, it’s not a celtic cross on his arm or a butterfly on his lower back, it’s a… well… […]

10 years ago

Heated stuff. George Hook was on The Late Late Show last night to speak about the recent controversy between himself and Johnny Sexton. The Newstalk presenter threatened to sue Sexton following comments by the Irish out-half in the Irish Times about Hook’s recent commentary on concussion in rugby. Ryan Tubridy got straight into it in the interview […]

10 years ago

A fetching shade of lipstick. One of the first ports of call on a Saturday morning is Snapchat to see if anyone posted anything stupid while they were on the wobbly water the night before. The next move is to let everyone know how you’re feeling so you open up that selfie cam and tap […]

10 years ago

Absolutely chuffed with himself. The Late Late Show was pretty decent last night with Irish music superstar Hozier the main attraction for anyone who tuned in. The Take Me To Church singer’s interview was great but a young buck in the crowd also got people talking thanks to his perfectly-timed moment of suaveness. During the […]

10 years ago

JOE’s Tombola of Truth. Damien Duff was in Life Style Sports on Grafton Street this week for the official launch of Ireland’s Euro 2016 jersey going on sale in the store. JOE went along and challenged Duffer to take on our Tombola of Truth, here’s how it went. To celebrate the new Republic of Ireland […]

10 years ago

Cracking band, cracking video. We’re not sure any Irish band has exploded as much in the last 12 months as Otherkin. They’re getting lots of love from BBC Radio 1, they were named one of top five bands to see at Eurosonic, they’ve been booked for dozens of festivals this summer and they play their biggest […]

10 years ago

Introducing Mothers & Fathers. Mothers & Fathers are a duo from North Dublin made up of Pamela Connolly and David Balfe. It’s the band’s second appearance on JOE’s New Song of the Day after their track I Will Always Love You featured last May. Their debut EP Gaze comes out on March 24, here’s how […]

10 years ago

There’s going to be one happy football fan on Thursday morning. Damien Duff will be in Life Style Sports on Grafton Street on Thursday morning to launch the new Republic of Ireland jersey for Euro 2016. The new top will be on sale for the first time this week and one lucky Irish football fan will […]

10 years ago

Introducing Stay Gold. Dublin duo Stay Gold‘s debut video and single announces the arrival of an exciting new talent in Ireland. They cite Outkast, Craig David, Drake, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams as major influences and their sound is a stunning blend of hip-hop and R&B. The debut single is called Netflix and Chill, listen […]

10 years ago

Introducing New Valley Wolves. New Valley Wolves are one of the most furious and infectious rock bands in Ireland. Their debut album Refusal is Our Weapon was a hit with critics and they were one of the most talked about acts after Hard Working Class Heroes last October. New Valley Wolves latest single Eyes On […]

10 years ago

No Beyonces. The people over at the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have been compiling lots of information about Ireland in 1916. They used the data from the closest census to that time (1911) and found out the most popular names in the country at that time. Yesterday we published the most popular males names (click […]

10 years ago

Worth staying in for? The current series of Graham Norton is over so your only Friday night talk show option is The Late Late Show. The guests tonight are, as always, pretty diverse. Here are the people Tubs will be chatting to. Padraig Harrington Ryan headed to Florida this week to hang out with Padraig […]

10 years ago

Some great voices here. It doesn’t matter about your vocal ability, almost every Irish person has ended up in a sing-song after a night out and given it socks. The people behind music festival Ravelóid captured some of that magic on Saturday night when they filmed people on Grafton Street at 4am belting out a few songs. The […]

10 years ago

Christ, we’ve all been there. The majority of men hate shopping, that’s why you see hundreds of headless chickens running around shops on Christmas Eve every year. One part of a relationship though is compromise and that’s why guys unwillingly go shopping with their other halves. They don’t want to be there, but they do […]

10 years ago

The worst. A great way to stay in touch with friends and family is to set up a group text on WhatsApp or iMessage or Facebook and then you can keep everyone up to date on your life. A girl in the States was messaging her family before an important interview and she decided to […]

10 years ago

Popular names a century ago. The people over at the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have been compiling lots of information about Ireland in 1916. A finding that jumped out at us was the list of male names that were registered the most in Ireland exactly a century ago. The CSO used the data from the […]

10 years ago

The accent bit is a little annoying. Ian McCall, Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen joined Joe Rogan on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast this week. They chatted about the upcoming UFC 196 fight card and the conversation turned to the support Conor McGregor gets from the Irish fans and the impact he’s had on the country. […]

10 years ago

Some cool, some grand. In case you didn’t realise, there’s a new WhatsApp update sitting in your App Store or Google Play App Store. We downloaded it today and there are some pretty nifty new features on the update. Here’s a rundown on all the news features: You can now have a group with up […]

10 years ago

Good to know. Man flu is a horrendous ordeal for any member of the male species and it’s highly publicised just how bad it can be. We’re weak, weak beings when it strikes. You hardly ever hear about women being sick or having the flu though, mainly because they don’t bitch and moan about it […]

10 years ago

“It can not go up, it can not get turgid.” Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters are all brilliant and Borat is arguably his best. That movie was ridiculous but there was one scene that didn’t make the cut and Sacha talked about it on Conan O’Brien last night. The setting was a porno shoot involving the […]

10 years ago

Introducing Floating Ballroom. Floating Ballroom is a new electronic artist from Tipperary who has bowled us over with his single WISH. The artist spoke to us about the song: “wrote this track after being inspired by a series of artworks by Irish artist Josephine Geaney. They are dark, haunting and beautiful all at the same […]

10 years ago

Nightmare if you own any of these. WhatsApp has released a statement confirming that development on their app means it’ll no longer work on a number of smartphones. From the end of 2016, WhatsApp will stop working on Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Android 2.1 and Android 2.2, Windows Phone 7.1 and BlackBerry 10. If you own one of […]

10 years ago

God bless the internet… and Louis. Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-2 at Old Trafford today and Louis Van Gaal produced one of the most bizarre scenes of the season on the sideline. The United boss was remonstrating with the fourth official over a decision which he didn’t agree with and he threw himself to the […]

10 years ago

He’s back in power. After a tight race in the Tipperary constituency, Labour’s Alan Kelly has been re-elected to Dáil Éireann. Fine Gael TD Tom Hayes ran him close with the two neck a neck after six rounds of counting but Kelly pulled through in the end. We’ve seen some exuberant reactions from politician over the […]

10 years ago

A cool customer. Ireland’s defeat to England in the Six Nations on Saturday ended any faint hope we had of winning the tournament but there were some bright spots. Johnny Sexton was excellent and the debutants Stuart McCloskey, Josh Van Der Flier and Ultan Dillane all showed well in the heat of battle in Twickenham. […]

10 years ago

A wonderful actor. Frank Kelly, who is best known for playing Father Jack in Father Ted, has died at the age of 77. The news was confirmed this morning and there’s been a real outpouring of emotion from people in Ireland and beyond for the actor. Today also marks the 18th anniversary of the death of Father […]

10 years ago

Sad news. Frank Kelly, who is best known for playing Father Jack in Father Ted, has died at the age of 77. The actor worked on screen and stage for over 60 years and had memorable roles in the likes of Glenroe, Emmerdale, Hall’s Pictorial Weekly and of course, Father Ted. According to RTE, Kelly revealed that he […]

10 years ago

He’s on another planet. Just when you think Steph Curry can’t get any better, he goes and produces another one of the greatest individual performances in NBA history. Curry’s Golden State Warriors played Oklahoma City Thunder last night and Curry took his game to another level. @StephenCurry30 needs to stop it man!! He's ridiculous man! Never before […]

10 years ago

He’s very pleased with himself. The resurgence of Fianna Fáil has been the big story of the General Election so far with them tied on 28 seats with Fine Gael heading into day two after count centres around the country. Former Fianna Fáil TD Conor Lenihan was on a panel on RTÉ Radio 1 last night discussing […]

10 years ago

A home away from home for The Notorious. Conor McGregor may divide opinion in this country but one thing you can’t deny is that he loves Ireland. His mantra is to go to America, fight, cash cheques and come home to Dublin, a pretty rock solid plan. The Crumlin man has spent a lot of […]

10 years ago

Exciting new Irish talent. Next up to play JOE and Her.ie’s Sunday Sessions are Wexford band The Ocelots. The 18-year-old twins have been honing their craft and releasing music in Ireland and Europe over the last few years and look set to make a big breakthrough in 2016. The boys called into us in Whelan’s for […]

10 years ago

Introducing John Blek and The Rats. Cork band John Blek and The Rats have released a second single from their stunning album Borders, it’s called Tooth And Nail. The band describe it as “a song born from societal unrest and social injustice. It is a timely call to arms to the apathetic youth and the […]

10 years ago

Introducing OTHERKIN. OTHERKIN are probably the most exciting new band in Ireland today. They’re getting booked for every festival in the land, they’re signed to Rubyworks, they’re getting so much love from BBC Radio 1 in the UK and their The 201 EP is a smash. OTHERKIN will play their biggest headline show at Whelan’s […]

10 years ago