The incident occurred on Friday evening. A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed and beaten in Newbridge, Kildare on Friday evening. It’s understood that Gardaí are treating the incident as a possible hate crime. Two men in their 20s were attacked at a Railway Station in Newbridge at approximately 6.40pm on Friday. […]

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The two men were arrested on Saturday morning. Two men have been arrested after an incident that saw a men left in serious condition following an aggravated burglary in Cork. The man in question was doused in petrol and set on fire during the incident. Gardaí investigating the aggravated burglary that occurred at a house […]

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A number of countries around the world have closed their borders to those coming from China. Countries around the world have closed their borders to arrivals from China, as officials work to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus. The death toll for the Coronavirus has hit 259 at the time of writing (Saturday morning, 1 […]

6 years ago

A major development just a week out from 8 February. Now just seven days away from the general election, a new opinion poll has seen Sinn Féin leapfrog Fine Gael into second place. The poll, which was conducted by The Times Ireland, reckons that Mary Lou McDonald’s party is the second most popular, at 21 per […]

6 years ago

Every team paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant in their own ways, with the Lakers understandably being the most emotional. In the past seven days, people from all over the world have mourned the deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant. A number of NBA games had been postponed in the immediate aftermath of the […]

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“I’m sorry mam, I really am!” Friday night’s episode of The Late Late Show had quite an interesting lineup. And when we say interesting, we really mean it. Ryan Tubridy was joined by a group that consisted of Arlene Foster, Johnny Logan, two Holocaust survivors and Marian Keyes. And unsurprisingly, it was Keyes who had […]

6 years ago

“Evidence of betting”, mobile phones, €20,000 in cash and a stun gun was seized by investigating Gardaí in Limerick. Gardaí have seized a number of goods, including “evidence of betting” in a League of Ireland match fixing investigation. The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (the anti-corruption unit) carried out a number of searches in the Limerick City […]

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The Coronavirus has officially been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as the outbreak continues to spread outside of China. The Coronavirus has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The fears from WHO is that the virus could potentially spread to countries with weaker health systems. […]

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Francis Dunne was killed on 28 December. Gardaí investigating the murder of Francis Dunne, whose body was discovered at a derelict house on Boreenmanna Road, Cork on 28 December 2019, are renewing their appeal for information. To date, Gardaí have completed their door to door inquiries and have gathered CCTV evidence from the surrounding area. […]

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Five Canada Goose coats, one Moncler jacket and two Rolex watches were seized. Gardaí have shared images of cash and clothes seized as part of an operation on Thursday morning. Five Canada Goose coats, one Moncler jacket and two Rolex watches were seized, as well as €6,000 in cash. The above is in addition to […]

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Great news for fans of the Broadway sensation. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of musical phenomenon Hamilton, has confirmed that the Hamilton movie will feature the original Broadway cast. The musical is regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and after breaking countless records since its release, a movie was always going to happen […]

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Quite an interesting line-up this week. Somehow, it is STILL January. We are genuinely unsure how, but it is. And it’s been quite cold outside for the past while, so you may be tempted to stay in this Friday night. If so, here’s the line-up for this week’s episode of The Late Late Show. On […]

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The show is being urged to deal with real-life instances with accuracy. It has been announced that season four of The Crown will depict events from during The Troubles, with a number of the scenes having already been filmed. We’re going to throw in a spoiler warning for the show here, even though it is […]

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In its manifesto released on Tuesday, Labour announced that it will also review the evidence for a shorter working week without loss of pay. The Labour Party has said that it would introduce two new public holidays if the party is elected to government. Labour released its official manifesto ahead of the general election taking […]

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“With every passing season, Better Call Saul gets closer and closer to Breaking Bad.” After what feels like an eternity, we finally have our first look at the new season of Better Call Saul. Although the trailer doesn’t feature an incredible amount of footage from the new season, it does manage to give us some […]

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Met Éireann has warned of snow and ice for the entire country. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow snow and ice warning for the entire country on Monday night. The warning was issued at 9pm on Monday night, and will remain in place from 10pm on Monday until noon on Tuesday. Met Éireann has […]

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A great lineup for a great cause. Hip-hop in Ireland has been having somewhat of a moment over the past number of years. We won’t bother naming names, but there are countless Irish hip-hop artists out there these days that are putting out excellent music on a regular basis. And a lot of them are […]

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This is one of the most emotional music videos we’ve seen in a very long time. Over the past number of years, James Blunt has become quite well known for being fairly hilarious on social media. But as we know well from ‘You’re Beautiful’, the man is no stranger to a tearjerker of a song. […]

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An absolutely massive return for the Rated-R Superstar. The WWE Royal Rumble went down in the early hours of Monday morning and the show was chaotic as ever. British wrestler Drew McIntyre was the last man standing, winning the Royal Rumble, but there was one man dominating the headlines on Monday, the Rated-R Superstar himself, […]

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Footage has emerged showing the extent of the snow at the airport on Monday. Heavy snow is currently impacting the flight schedule at Knock Airport, as airport staff are finding it challenging to deal with the conditions. A post on Twitter by Ireland West Airport, also known as Knock Airport, on Monday afternoon illustrated the […]

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Starring Barry Keoghan, Calm With Horses looks like it’s going to be an incredibly tense watch. Barry Keoghan had a fairly incredible 2019, but it looks like 2020 is going to be even bigger for the Dublin man. He will star as Druig in the upcoming movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Eternals, later […]

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The healthy fast food restaurant is expanding. LEON, a popular restaurant known around the world for its healthy take on fast food, has announced that it will be bringing a second restaurant to Dublin next month. The restaurant, which will be located on the Millennium Walkway in Dublin 1, is the first of four openings […]

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After 15 years, it looks like the funniest show on television is finally starting to run out of ideas. There is no existing show that you could possibly compare to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. No show is as funny, first of all. No show is as grotesque (without coming across cringey). And certainly, no […]

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We take a look back at a decade-old interview that has been all over the news again this week. Leo Varadkar has taken illegal drugs at some point in his life. He admitted it on national television on Tuesday night during a political debate, in extremely awkward fashion. Mícheál Martin proudly stated in the same […]

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A genuinely amazing achievement. Irish conductor Eimear Noone will become the first woman to lead the Oscars orchestra at the 2020 Academy Awards ceremony. The Galway-born woman will conduct excerpts from the five nominated scores, although it is not yet clear whether the scores will be presented as a medley or separately. The Oscars gig is […]

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And yes, that is exactly as confusing as it sounds. We’ve all seen Mean Girls. It’s a classic movie, and it is responsible for absolutely loads of jokes that people of a certain age still use to this day. The Tina Fey creation was massively successful, so much so that it was adapted as a […]

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A man in Belfast is being treated for a suspected case of the contagious and deadly virus. A man is being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for symptoms associated with coronavirus, an infection which has killed 17 people in China at the time of writing. According to the BBC, it is understood […]

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Let’s be honest, the Royal Rumble is absolutely class. You don’t have to be a WWE fan to enjoy the Royal Rumble. Although Wrestlemania might always be their biggest show of the year, you kind of have to be keeping up to date with the storylines to really enjoy it. But the Royal Rumble? That’s […]

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20-year-old Cameron Blair was stabbed and killed at a house last week. A male teenager has been arrested in relation to the death of a 20-year-old at a house in Cork last week. Gardaí investigating the fatal assault on 20-year-old Cameron Blair at a house on Bandon Road, Cork on Thursday 16 January have arrested […]

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Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything is coming to RTÉ on Saturday nights. Angela Scanlon will host a brand new series that will air every Saturday night on RTÉ One at 9.40pm. Scanlon currently hosts Your Home Made Perfect on BBC Two, and she has previously hosted The One Show on BBC One. The Meath-born woman also presented […]

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Students in their final year of Construction Management and Engineering in Waterford IT will have to sit an extra module in their final semester, as the college failed to assign a lecturer for the module the semester previous. Final year students at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have described as “totally unacceptable” a situation where […]

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Very sad news. Actor, comedian, writer and director Terry Jones, famous for his involvement in the Monty Python comedy group, has died at the age of 77. Having created and starred in various British comedies with writing partner Michael Palin in the 1960s, Jones and Palin joined fellow comedians John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman […]

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We really don’t see anyone getting full marks this week. Sorry. Well folks, it’s that time of the week again. You’re halfway through the working week (if you work Monday-Friday), so you’re really not that far from the weekend. Congratulations! But sadly, your work is not done just yet. You still have to take Week 16 […]

6 years ago

Maria Bailey announced the news on Wednesday morning. Maria Bailey has announced that she will not be seeking re-election to Dáil Éireann for the constituency of Dún Laoghaire in the upcoming General Election. In November of 2019, Bailey was deselected as a candidate by Fine Gael, but she has announced on Wednesday morning that she will not be […]

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Our nostalgia levels are gone into overdrive here. There has been so many different iterations of Pokémon since it was created that it’s genuinely hard to keep track of it all. But there will always be the originals, and that is the era of Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander. And that era also saw the release […]

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Ready to hear some bars? There are some really cool underground scenes scattered across all of Ireland, and Irish Battle Rap is one of the most unique around. We’ve written a tribute to Irish Battle Rap before, which you can read here, but for this upcoming event in Dublin, this is all you need to […]

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A class act. The final season of Game of Thrones was not good. Enough time has passed for us to see this now. You can admit it. Most of the characters sucked, the storylines got really weird, and the plot was completely off the rails. But there is one thing we can agree on, and […]

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Clinton has spoken out against Bernie Sanders, who plans on running in the 2020 US presidential election. A new documentary that will center around Hillary Clinton will soon be released on Hulu. It will see the former First Lady open up about the Monica Lewinsky controversy, her marriage to Bill Clinton, whether a woman can […]

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Gardaí have been assisting the PSNI with the operation. Seven people have been arrested in Northern Ireland as part of an investigation into international money laundering of criminal assets worth around £215 million (€252m). Fifteen properties were searched across Northern Ireland as part of the investigation, with eight searches carried out yesterday in Banbridge and Newry […]

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Once again, Greta Thunberg has spoken extremely powerfully about the subject of climate change. Greta Thunberg has told the World Economic Forum in Davos that “pretty much nothing has been done” to tackle climate change, while speaking on Tuesday 21 January. She said that despite there being clear evidence of a looming climate emergency, next […]

6 years ago

Phoenix picked up the award for his performance in Joker. Many thought that nobody could ever come close to Heath Ledger’s performance as the iconic character of Joker in The Dark Knight. Jared Leto gave it a go in Suicide Squad and it… didn’t work, really, only strengthening the case that people had when they […]

6 years ago

Information has been released about the upcoming season of the show. It seems like an eternity since we last saw a new episode of Better Call Saul, and even though we did get a Breaking Bad movie to satisfy our cravings, we’re yearning for some new Jimmy McGill adventures. Many had doubts about whether the […]

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What is believed to be a cocaine processing laboratory was discovered at an address in Galway city. Gardaí have seized €178,500 in cash, as well as €50,000 worth of cocaine and a number of drug manufacturing components in Galway. At approximately 7.40pm on Sunday (19 January), Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Galway stopped and […]

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The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday morning. A man suffering with burn injuries has been left in serious condition following a burglary incident in Cork. Garda are investigating the aggravated burglary that occurred at a house in Lotamore, Cork shortly before 4am on Monday morning (20 January). Two men entered the house […]

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“Nobody is too smart to get caught out, so be alert and report suspicious activity.” Gardaí have warned of a “phishing” phone scam that attempts to uncover the bank details of anyone who falls victim to it. A caller informed Gardaí that he received a call from a French phone number, was told that he had […]

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Byrne has been presenting The Beat Goes On on Today FM. Today FM presenter Kelly-Anne Byrne has announced that she will leave the radio station after almost six years. She presented The Beat Goes On, but has said that she will host her last two shows this weekend. In a statement released on Monday morning, she said […]

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Only Hong Kong, Cyprus, Switzerland and Singapore have more billionaires per capita than Ireland. Ahead of the start of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Oxfam has released a report highlighting how “out of control” financial inequality has become across the world. Interestingly, the report, titled Time To Care, found that Ireland now has the fifth largest number […]

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Both men have been admitted to hospital. Two men have been left in serious condition after ingesting what is being referred to as an “unknown substance” in Dublin. Gardaí at Pearse Street are investigating an incident which occurred at Exchange Court in Dame Street on Sunday (19 January). Staff at St. James Hospital in Dublin […]

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“As far as this goes, there really was no other option.” Prince Harry has broken his silence following his exit from the royal family along with his wife, Meghan Markle. It was recently announced that the two would not represent the Queen as working members of the royal family, and Prince Harry has since spoken […]

6 years ago

Tender… Recess was ahead of its time. It really was. For a children’s television show, it really had it all. To this writer’s 10-year-old mind, every episode felt like a feature length film. It also made me extremely jealous that in the 45 minutes those kids had on their lunch break they would get up […]

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