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  • Man stabbed and beaten following suspected hate crime in Kildare

    Man stabbed and beaten following suspected hate crime in Kildare

    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. […]

    6 years ago

  • Two men arrested over Cork incident where man was doused with petrol and set alight

    Two men arrested over Cork incident where man was doused with petrol and set alight

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Coronavirus deaths hit 259 as isolation deepens in China

    Coronavirus deaths hit 259 as isolation deepens in China

    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

  • Latest poll has Sinn Féin in second place as Fine Gael fall

    Latest poll has Sinn Féin in second place as Fine Gael fall

    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

  • LeBron James led an emotional night of tributes to Kobe Bryant

    LeBron James led an emotional night of tributes to Kobe Bryant

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Marian Keyes told a hilarious story about her mother on The Late Late Show

    Marian Keyes told a hilarious story about her mother on The Late Late Show

    “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

  • Gardaí seize goods in League of Ireland match fixing investigation

    Gardaí seize goods in League of Ireland match fixing investigation

    “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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Coronavirus declared global health emergency by World Health Organisation

    Coronavirus declared global health emergency by World Health Organisation

    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. […]

    6 years ago

  • Gardaí renew appeal following Cork murder in December

    Gardaí renew appeal following Cork murder in December

    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. […]

    6 years ago

  • Gardaí share images of cash and clothes following seizure in Dublin

    Gardaí share images of cash and clothes following seizure in Dublin

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda reveals Hamilton movie will feature original Broadway cast

    Lin-Manuel Miranda reveals Hamilton movie will feature original Broadway cast

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Here’s the line-up for this week’s episode of The Late Late Show

    Here’s the line-up for this week’s episode of The Late Late Show

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Season 4 of The Crown will tackle The Troubles

    Season 4 of The Crown will tackle The Troubles

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Labour vows to introduce two new public holidays in Ireland if elected

    Labour vows to introduce two new public holidays in Ireland if elected

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • A Status Yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for the entire country

    A Status Yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for the entire country

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Irish hip-hop artists band together for homeless fundraising event

    Irish hip-hop artists band together for homeless fundraising event

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Take some time to watch the music video for James Blunt’s ‘Monsters’

    Take some time to watch the music video for James Blunt’s ‘Monsters’

    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. […]

    6 years ago

  • Edge makes electrifying return at WWE Royal Rumble

    Edge makes electrifying return at WWE Royal Rumble

    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, […]

    6 years ago

  • Heavy snow impacts flight schedule at Knock Airport

    Heavy snow impacts flight schedule at Knock Airport

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Barry Keoghan has never looked scarier than he does in Calm With Horses

    Barry Keoghan has never looked scarier than he does in Calm With Horses

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • LEON to open its second Dublin restaurant in February

    LEON to open its second Dublin restaurant in February

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • In its 14th season, It’s Always Sunny has finally lost its magic

    In its 14th season, It’s Always Sunny has finally lost its magic

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • THAT Leo Varadkar Hot Press interview revisited, 10 years on

    THAT Leo Varadkar Hot Press interview revisited, 10 years on

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Irish conductor Eimear Noone to become the first woman to lead the orchestra at the Oscars

    Irish conductor Eimear Noone to become the first woman to lead the orchestra at the Oscars

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Tina Fey announces movie adaptation of Broadway’s Mean Girls musical

    Tina Fey announces movie adaptation of Broadway’s Mean Girls musical

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Man being treated for suspected case of coronavirus in Belfast

    Man being treated for suspected case of coronavirus in Belfast

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Everything Irish fans need to know ahead of the WWE Royal Rumble this Sunday

    Everything Irish fans need to know ahead of the WWE Royal Rumble this Sunday

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Teenager arrested in relation to death of Cameron Blair at a house in Cork

    Teenager arrested in relation to death of Cameron Blair at a house in Cork

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • New Angela Scanlon show to fill Saturday night slot on RTÉ

    New Angela Scanlon show to fill Saturday night slot on RTÉ

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Terry Jones from Monty Python has died, aged 77

    Terry Jones from Monty Python has died, aged 77

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • QUIZ: Week 16 of JOE’s 19 in 90 quickfire quiz is here

    QUIZ: Week 16 of JOE’s 19 in 90 quickfire quiz is here

    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 has announced she will not run in the general election

    Maria Bailey has announced she will not run in the general election

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • WATCH: Trailer released for CG remake of Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back

    WATCH: Trailer released for CG remake of Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • There’s a massive battle rap event happening in Dublin next month

    There’s a massive battle rap event happening in Dublin next month

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Hillary Clinton says “nobody likes Bernie” in new interview

    Hillary Clinton says “nobody likes Bernie” in new interview

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Seven arrested in largest ever money laundering investigation in Northern Ireland

    Seven arrested in largest ever money laundering investigation in Northern Ireland

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • WATCH: Greta Thunberg says “pretty much nothing has been done” to tackle climate change

    WATCH: Greta Thunberg says “pretty much nothing has been done” to tackle climate change

    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

  • WATCH: Joaquin Phoenix pays tribute to Heath Ledger as he accepts SAG award

    WATCH: Joaquin Phoenix pays tribute to Heath Ledger as he accepts SAG award

    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

  • Gardaí seize over €175,000 in cash and €50,000 worth of cocaine in Galway

    Gardaí seize over €175,000 in cash and €50,000 worth of cocaine in Galway

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Gardaí warn of phone scam that could cost consumers a “small fortune”

    Gardaí warn of phone scam that could cost consumers a “small fortune”

    “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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Kelly-Anne Byrne announces decision to leave Today FM

    Kelly-Anne Byrne announces decision to leave Today FM

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Ireland now has the fifth largest number of billionaires per capita

    Ireland now has the fifth largest number of billionaires per capita

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Two men left in serious condition after ingesting “unknown substance” in Dublin

    Two men left in serious condition after ingesting “unknown substance” in Dublin

    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 […]

    6 years ago

  • Prince Harry breaks silence over royal exit

    Prince Harry breaks silence over royal exit

    “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

  • QUIZ: How many of these Recess characters can you name?

    QUIZ: How many of these Recess characters can you name?

    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 […]

    6 years ago