You’re going to find this one harder than you think… Look, it’s pretty straightforward really. You’ve four minutes on the clock to name the 32 counties in Ireland. We’ve even put them in alphabetical order to give you a little bit of a helping hand. If the quiz is not displaying properly below, you can […]

3 years ago

There are 11 to get… Of all the countries that begin with the letter A, all but two of them end in the same letter… Right, we’ve given you enough hints, get cracking on this one below! If the quiz isn’t displaying properly, you can play it here.

3 years ago

As Ireland tries to once again bring Covid-19 back under control, it will be people following the spirit of the guidelines, and not necessarily the letter of them, that will do it. Ireland entered Level 5 restrictions, with some moderations, at midnight on Wednesday. That’s Wednesday into Thursday, so Thursday morning. Not Wednesday morning. Just […]

5 years ago

“I am a 23-year-old, who maintained a high level of fitness and I ended up in ICU due to Covid-19.” A 23 year-old doctor who suffered from severe Post Covid-19 Syndrome, and was admitted to ICU, has urged people to “think twice” about the disease not affecting them. Dr Owen O’Flynn was speaking at the […]

5 years ago

“It’s carried out under the guise… a false premise in my view, and as I said it is, to say the least, legally questionable.” A Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor has labelled the demolition of the O’Rahilly house “an act of corporate vandalism”, while a party TD described it as a “wanton act of vandalism”. […]

5 years ago

“Neither should be taken lightly.” Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn has dismissed comparisons between Covid-19 and the ‘flu, saying that stating that the two illnesses are comparable “simply doesn’t stand up in scientific terms”. Ireland has seen an upswing in cases of the virus in recent weeks, with Dublin and Donegal both placed […]

5 years ago

“It’s no surprise that we’re seeing a similar picture on either side of the border.” Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn says he believes the people of Donegal will follow the restrictions and stay in the county, and said that if the implementation of public health guidance relied on enforcement then “we’re going to […]

5 years ago

Extra restrictions are due to come into effect in the North from Tuesday evening. A virologist in Northern Ireland has said the recent spike in cases is being driven by the return of schools and universities. However, almost half of all Covid-19 tests in the 0-19 age group have been undertaken since schools returned. Extra […]

5 years ago

You’d expect better from the people of Cork… The Irish people are known for being good audiences, be it music, comedy or whatever you’re having yourself. Michael McIntyre knows that all too well. Speaking to JOE ahead of the launch of his new Netflix special Showman, he told us about one particularly memorable gig in Ireland; […]

5 years ago

There are currently 17 confirmed cases in ICU. There have been 396 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 notified in the Republic of Ireland today, no further deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. The latest figures were announced by the Department of Health on Sunday evening, bringing the total number of confirmed cases […]

5 years ago

It’s been a rough year, for obvious reasons. The news yesterday that one of  President Michael D. Higgins’ dogs Síoda passed away after a short illness hit a wearied Irish people really hard yesterday. That might sound strange, in a year where we have become accustomed to daily announcements of new Covid-19 cases and the […]

5 years ago

“I think that, honestly, I would regret the things that I do not say far more than I would regret anything that I do say.” Limerick native Denise Chaila has said Ireland can do better in dealing with racism, and told Ryan Tubridy on Friday’s Late Late Show that she was scared to leave her […]

5 years ago

Mary Lou McDonald’s party have consolidated their position since the last opinion poll. Sinn Féin and Fine Gael remain by far the two largest parties in the Republic of Ireland while Fianna Fáil continue to struggle, according to a recent opinion poll. The new Sunday Times Behaviour and Attitudes Poll, which surveyed over 900 voters […]

5 years ago

“Higher grades do mean higher points.” There are concerns that students reapplying to the CAO this year will be affected by the grades awarded to the Leaving Certificate class of 2020. JOE spoke to a large cohort of people who feel they have been forgotten in the midst of this year’s Leaving Cert crisis. This […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Horse Racing Ireland “There is a bit of mystery around horse-racing, it is little men riding animals around a track! Call it what it is! That’s bizarre” We’re just days away from the pinnacle weekend in the Flat season of Irish horse-racing, as jockeys here and abroad gear up for Longines […]

6 years ago

First of all, congratulations. It’s been a year like no other, and one of incredible uncertainty for the class of 2020. This year’s Leaving Cert results have been released as of 9am this morning, but for many people this is only a stepping stone in the process. Let’s take a look at some of the […]

6 years ago

All three counties had restrictions in place in August. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said on Wednesday evening that the extended lockdown in Kildare was no fault of the residents there, and that the people of Laois, Offaly and Kildare were responsible for turning around a situation that “could have got out of […]

6 years ago

Staff at the college are said to be “concerned and angry”. Staff at NUI Galway have raised concerns about the implementation of social distancing measures as the college prepares to welcome back students at the end of the month. SIPTU have also written to the Minister for Further Education Simon Harris and NPHET to seek […]

6 years ago

This is not as easy as it sounds… Some of these you’ll be able to think out, others are just going to be pure guesses… The very best of luck!

6 years ago

“To me it seems like they kind of don’t want us to make a fuss.” Politicians and students have raised concerns about “school profiling” and the fairness of this year’s Leaving Cert results, which will rely on a system of calculated grades. The class of 2020’s Leaving Cert results will be issued to students on September […]

6 years ago

“No, just no… it’s wrong”. A CNN reporter has labelled the US President Donald Trump a “serial liar”, and said he “serially lied” during his speech accepting the Republican nomination for the election in November. Trump accepted the nomination at the White House on Thursday night, in front of a crowd of over a thousand […]

6 years ago

Kildare will remain under local restrictions. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said a second national lockdown is not being considered as things currently stand. There were 92 confirmed cases of Covid-19 notified today, while no further deaths were reported Ireland has seen a steady rise in cases in recent weeks, with 1,535 people […]

6 years ago

Hopefully not for a while. The cries of ‘cancel culture’, ‘snowflake’ and ‘a good man’ have been pretty prevalent across social media, opinion pieces and WhatsApp groups in recent days. “The mob get their man,” one former Fine Gael councillor said on Twitter. Maybe it is strange to see an Irish politician be held account […]

6 years ago

Schools will return for the first time in over 5 months this week. The Department of Education has launched a specific website with advice and resources for parents, students and staff as schools prepare to return this week. Schools have been shut in the Republic of Ireland since the middle of March, having been shut […]

6 years ago

When they go low, we go high. We are angry, we are upset and we deserve to be. We have been let down by the very people we trust to lead us through some of the toughest days this country has seen in many of our lifetimes. Worst of all, it has happened in a […]

6 years ago

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the Chair of NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, has said that adults “starving” Covid-19 of opportunities to transmit is what allows schools to be safe. While case numbers have continued to rise in the Republic of Ireland, and regional restrictions placed on three counties in recent weeks as a […]

6 years ago

Parents who arrange alternative transport will also be “recompensed”. Minister for Education Norma Foley has said that 1,600 additional school buses are needed to allow for physical distancing, after a change was made to public health advice this week. Schools across the country are due to open next week for the first time since they […]

6 years ago

When you create a void, something will fill it. Very early on in this pandemic, Ireland got something very right. Communication. Now, as we are in the midst of one of our most crucial periods in battling against this virus, all of that seems to have disappeared. From the start, people got on board. Daily […]

6 years ago

“I know how great a community we have, and how great a nation we have.” Green Party Chairperson Hazel Chu has been Lord Mayor of Dublin for over a month now, a period she describes as “surreal”. In this long-form interview with JOE, the topics range from the very serious issues facing Ireland; racism, a […]

6 years ago

226 cases have arisen in Kildare, Laois and Offaly in the last 14 days. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has asked people living in counties Laois, Kildare and Offaly to “double down” and maintain the basic public health measures after Covid-19 case numbers significantly rose in these counties in the last fortnight. 49 […]

6 years ago

NPHET have recommended a series of measures to be implemented to protect these particular groups. Of the 37 outbreaks of Covid-19 recorded in Ireland in the last week, six of these have occurred among the Traveller community or in Direct Provision residents, according to a letter sent by the Acting Chief Medical Officer to the […]

6 years ago

There are 27 to get… These quizzes are not getting any easier. Today we’re asking you to name all 27 countries in the world beginning with ‘S’. Twenty. Seven. Some are very familiar, others… less so. We’ve given you ten minutes on the clock for this one… The very best of luck, you’ll need it. […]

6 years ago

“We are filled with joy now” A three-day hunger strike taken by residents of a controversial Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen has been called off, after Minister for Justice Helen McEntee confirmed this afternoon that residents will be moved out “as soon as spaces can be found”. Speaking to JOE this evening, a resident confirmed […]

6 years ago

“This isn’t going away. It hasn’t gone.” A cluster that emerged at a meat processing plant in Kildare spread to a Direct Provision played a significant role in Ireland’s highest daily increase of figures since 22 May. 85 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the Republic of Ireland today, the highest since 115 were […]

6 years ago

Rooms were cleaned without disinfectant and used linens were stored in the stairwell. An audit carried out at the Skellig Star Hotel Direct Provision centre in late April showed that over half of the basic requirements for disease control were not being met, despite an ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 in the centre. Residents of the […]

6 years ago

Residents’ hunger strike in protest against ‘inhumane conditions’ in the Skellig Star Hotel is on its second day. Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman told residents of a controversial Direct Provision Centre that he would “work to get [them] transferred to appropriate accommodation” over 2 months ago, but a representative from his […]

6 years ago

“The past and present government has not done anything to help us from this open prison” A number of residents at the controversial Skellig Star Hotel Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen have gone on hunger strike in protest against the ongoing conditions at the centre. The hotel was opened as a temporary Direct Provision centre […]

6 years ago

“… at the end of August we will once again hear the joy and laughter of children and young people in our schools.” The government today published the long-awaited Roadmap for the Full Return to School, which will see secondary and primary schools reopening in the Republic of Ireland at the end of August. Schools […]

6 years ago

There are 11 to get… You might have seen a couple of these quizzes on JOE, but they aren’t getting any easier… There are just 11 countries in the world beginning with the letter ‘G’, and while some of them are fairly obvious, we doubt you’ll be getting full marks on this one. You have […]

6 years ago

“We’re not sure what we’re going to see next week” Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn warned this evening that there is uncertainty about Covid-19’s spread in the Republic of Ireland next week, and warned that the cases reported in the next 7 days have already “been seeded”. Yesterday, the Republic of Ireland’s planned […]

6 years ago

“From our perspective, anyone coming into this country should be restricting their movements.” Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said that a mandatory quarantine for people arriving into Ireland would be a “desirable measure”, but government has to consider the “wider implications” when making such a decision. At the Department of Health briefing […]

6 years ago

You have five minutes… There are only 9 countries beginning with E to get, but one of them was only renamed two years ago… This one might be tougher than you’d think. Have a crack at it below, and if the quiz isn’t displaying for you properly you can click here. Make sure to check […]

6 years ago

Big fella, long shadow. There is a generation of Irish football fans who have no living or waking memory of Stuttgart, Genoa or Giants’ Stadium. Every Irish game they’ve ever watched has been tinged with a sadness, a longing for the scenes they grew up hearing about. Jack Charlton changed Irish football for us. He […]

6 years ago

It’s estimated that human beings make 35,000 choices a day.   35,000 times during our waking hours, we pick to do something, or not do something. These can be as simple as what colour socks we wear, bringing an umbrella to work having glanced out the window or even butter or mayo at the deli. They can […]

6 years ago

“If we try to go back to living and acting like we did last January, it is only a matter of time before we’re facing a significant problem with this disease.” There has been a “clear change” in the origin of Covid-19 cases in the Republic of Ireland, according to Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr […]

6 years ago

This is tougher than you might think… The premise is pretty simple; there are 18 countries in the world that begin with the letter ‘B’. We’ve given you a whole ten minutes to name every one of them. It’s just not that easy when you get down to it. The very best of luck… If […]

6 years ago

The app intends to speed up Ireland’s response to potential Covid-19 outbreaks. The Covid Tracker App for the Republic of Ireland was launched today, as Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly urged the Irish public to download it to help in the ongoing fight against the virus. The app is intended to be used as an […]

6 years ago

A cluster of over 20 Covid-19 cases broke out at the centre back in March. The manager of the controversial Skellig Star Hotel Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen has left their position, it was confirmed this afternoon. The hotel, which was opened in March as an emergency Direct Provision centre to accommodate social distancing during […]

6 years ago

The UK’s counterpart app was also delayed this evening. Dr Tony Holohan said there is no date available for when the Republic of Ireland will be in a position to roll out its contact-tracing app, and no guarantee it will be on an all-island basis. Speaking at this evening’s Covid-19 briefing at the Department of […]

6 years ago

“Any empty hotels etc within Kerry bounds should be kept for KERRY PEOPLE”. Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae raised concerns with the Department of Justice about a Direct Provision centre in Cahersiveen, and agreed with a constituent that Kerry hotels should be reserved for Kerry people who may potentially need to self-isolate. The Skellig Star Hotel […]

6 years ago