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  • Insomnia have made all of their takeaway cups 100% compostable

    Insomnia have made all of their takeaway cups 100% compostable

    They’re also getting rid of all of their plastic straws. Insomnia Coffee have launched a new campaign that will see them ensure that all of their takeaway cups will be 100% compostable. From 18 June onwards, over 150 Insomnia stores in Ireland will be launching ‘Mission Compostable’, a project that will attempt to divert 15 […]

    8 years ago

  • How to sneakily watch the World Cup at work and get away with it

    How to sneakily watch the World Cup at work and get away with it

    Stealth mode: activated. At long last, the World Cup is finally upon us and already, it’s been a hell of a few days. The highlight of the sporting calendar for millions of people around the world, one that we’ve waited four long years for, is finally here. Not only that, but so far, it’s been […]

    8 years ago

  • Apology issued for critic’s comments made about Derry Girls star’s weight

    Apology issued for critic’s comments made about Derry Girls star’s weight

    Coughlan called him out for his inappropriate writing yesterday. Nicola Coughlan, star of the hit TV show Derry Girls exposed a male critic for his completely inappropriate way of writing about her. Philip Fisher is a writer for the British Theatre Guide, and wrote nastily about Coughlan’s body and physical appearance on a number of […]

    8 years ago

  • Here’s what World Cup games are on TV today and where you can watch them

    Here’s what World Cup games are on TV today and where you can watch them

    Three mouth-watering games. Bring it on. We know the World Cup officially started yesterday, but today is when it starts in earnest. We’re in for a bloody treat today, as we get to see what are sure to be three cracking games. Mohamed Salah will face a late fitness test to see if he’s fit […]

    8 years ago

  • One Donegal village is going all out to support Peru throughout the World Cup

    One Donegal village is going all out to support Peru throughout the World Cup

    This is how you get involved… World Cup fever has well and truly swept the nation. Whether you’re a blow-in who’s only interested because you got Brazil in your office sweepstakes, or you’ve been intently studying the squads for months in the lead up, either way you’ll be tuning in. And because Ireland didn’t qualify, […]

    8 years ago

  • WATCH: A rogue trampoline has appeared in the middle a road in Meath thanks to Storm Hector

    WATCH: A rogue trampoline has appeared in the middle a road in Meath thanks to Storm Hector

    We don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like this before… Storm Hector has been causing havoc throughout the country during the past few days. A number of counties, including Donegal, Mayo and Galway have experienced bad flooding, and fallen trees from Storm Hector have been affecting traffic all over Ireland this morning. But this isn’t […]

    8 years ago

  • Drake has announced the release date of his upcoming album

    Drake has announced the release date of his upcoming album

    We don’t have to wait long at all… In recent years, Drake has become one of the biggest artists in the world. Every time he releases a song, the internet almost shuts down with anticipation. He’s had a bad summer so far though… Veteran rapper Pusha T released two diss tracks aimed at the Canadian […]

    8 years ago

  • Free burritos are being given away in Dublin today and next week

    Free burritos are being given away in Dublin today and next week

    Sounds good to us… Summer is finally upon us. The sun is shining (kind of), and Burritos and Blues are doing absolutely everything in their power to get us in the summer spirit. The kind people at the popular burrito shop are taking a leaf out of the book of Tom Haverford (from Parks and […]

    8 years ago

  • The World Cup kicks off today, here’s when and where you can watch it

    The World Cup kicks off today, here’s when and where you can watch it

    Happy World Cup Day everyone. It’s time. We’ve finally made it. The World Cup is here. Even though there’s only one game today, it doesn’t mean that we can’t be absolutely buzzing for the beginning of a month of madness. Hosts Russia will take on Saudi Arabia, the last team we beat in a World […]

    8 years ago

  • Nearly half of Irish people class themselves as overweight

    Nearly half of Irish people class themselves as overweight

    Not a good sign at all… A new survey commissioned by Royal London has revealed that 42% of Irish people classify themselves as “overweight”. On top of that, a further 5% consider themselves to be “obese”. The survey was conducted by iReach and commissioned by Royal London, a leading protection specialist. As part of the […]

    8 years ago

  • Arsenal and Chelsea will play a friendly game in the Aviva this summer

    Arsenal and Chelsea will play a friendly game in the Aviva this summer

    Great news for fans of the London teams. During a period of time where the country has gone absolutely football mad, we have been given some great news for the summer. We didn’t qualify for the World Cup, as we’re all painfully aware, but we are getting a tiny bit of the action. Two of […]

    8 years ago

  • How to shite-talk your way through the World Cup

    How to shite-talk your way through the World Cup

    These tips should get you through the next month or so. The World Cup is nearly upon us, and frankly, we’re buzzing. Nothing brings a country together like watching a great sporting event, so prepare to hear all about the tournament for the forseeable future. Football isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. But it’s at […]

    8 years ago

  • QUIZ: How well do you remember Junior Cert business studies?

    QUIZ: How well do you remember Junior Cert business studies?

    You’ll regret not listening in class now… It’s exam season for thousands of students around the country at the moment. The Junior Cert is well underway, and one of today’s exams is business studies. From first to third year there was no dividing of business subjects, accounting and economics were all piled into one big, […]

    8 years ago

  • A new survey shows Dublin is now more expensive to live in than London

    A new survey shows Dublin is now more expensive to live in than London

    Dublin has cracked the top 100. Dublin has moved back into the top 100 most expensive places in the world to live for the first time since 2014. A new survey shows that Dublin has risen 48 places, and is now the 72nd most expensive city in the world to live in. The survey, which […]

    8 years ago

  • There’s a lot of love for Danny DeVito’s dancing at Pride

    There’s a lot of love for Danny DeVito’s dancing at Pride

    Some Frank Reynolds dancing at its very finest. Danny DeVito has spent a lot of time proving that he’s an absolute legend lately. Just last week, we saw a 17 year-old from Pennsylvania took a cardboard cut-out of DeVito to the prom. A lot of celebrities might throw you a sympathetic retweet, maybe a few […]

    8 years ago

  • There’s a free crisp festival coming to Dublin this week

    There’s a free crisp festival coming to Dublin this week

    Sounds good to us… Ireland is one of few places in the world that could get away with having an entire theme park devoted to crisps. Tayto Park proves that we have some sort of an obsession with the snacks, and if that wasn’t enough evidence, this surely is. There’s an actual crisp festival taking […]

    8 years ago

  • Well-known Kerry restaurant owner lands his own worldwide TV series

    Well-known Kerry restaurant owner lands his own worldwide TV series

    A huge gig for the Killarney man. The culinary work of Paul Treyvaud will be streamed into millions of homes, as Amazon Prime has picked up the Kerryman’s cooking show. His YouTube channel – cooking with Treyvaud – has less than three thousand subscribers, but his work will now be streamed into 90 million homes in […]

    8 years ago

  • What a Character: Why Michael Scofield from Prison Break is a TV great

    What a Character: Why Michael Scofield from Prison Break is a TV great

    We’re only talking seasons 1-4 here… Prison Break is class. Sure it kind of lost the run of itself by the end, but at its best it was television at its most exciting. Season one was one of the best seasons in recent TV history. Every single episode felt like a really good movie. I’ve […]

    8 years ago

  • The Premier League is getting a mid-season break

    The Premier League is getting a mid-season break

    This should be interesting. From 2019-2020 onward, the English football league will have a mid-season break. A two-week break will take place in February, and would be organised so that Premier League matches would still be played every weekend over the period. BREAKING: English football introduces mid-season break from 2019-2020 — Rob Harris (@RobHarris) June […]

    8 years ago

  • WATCH: David Attenborough’s message for World Oceans Day is truly special

    WATCH: David Attenborough’s message for World Oceans Day is truly special

    The visuals in this are absolutely amazing. Today marks World Oceans Day – a global day of ocean celebration. The day intends to provide an opportunity to honour, to help protect, and conserve the world’s shared oceans. With the discussion about climate change becoming more and more serious by the day, Sir David Attenborough talks […]

    8 years ago

  • A swimming ban has been put in place at some major Dublin beaches

    A swimming ban has been put in place at some major Dublin beaches

    Not the news you want to hear when the weather is this nice. Some of Dublin’s most popular beaches have had a swimming ban implemented, due to sewage overflows. The temporary bans are in place at Merrion Strand, Dollymount and Sandymount, following a breakdown at a pumping station that saw sewage discharged into the Liffey. […]

    8 years ago

  • Ranking every single pundit who will be on your screen this World Cup

    Ranking every single pundit who will be on your screen this World Cup

    You’ll definitely agree with absolutely every one of these. We are now less than one week away from the World Cup. For the players involved, this means that they will be doing something that we can only dream of – representing their country on the biggest stage of them all. For us, it means we’ll […]

    8 years ago

  • Paddy Power issue “apology” over that polar bear World Cup advert

    Paddy Power issue “apology” over that polar bear World Cup advert

    Come on, you didn’t think they’d really do that, did you? Paddy Power are kind of the experts when it comes to publicity stunts. No matter what stunt they pull, it always seems to work out well for them in the end. They did it again this week, when they released a video of them […]

    8 years ago

  • 140 Irish teenagers to be offered free Interrail tickets this summer

    140 Irish teenagers to be offered free Interrail tickets this summer

    Lucky for some. 140 Irish teenagers will be the lucky recipients of free interrail passes this summer. There are 15,000 tickets available in total for EU-based teenagers, but 140 will be allocated solely to the Irish. Applications open on 12 June and those who are successful will be told from 27 June. The tickets will […]

    8 years ago

  • Ten suggestions for Ireland’s new national anthem

    Ten suggestions for Ireland’s new national anthem

    Get rid of Amhrán na bhFiann? Surely not… well. Our national anthem is good. It’s rousing, it’s passionate, and nothing gets a football team pumped than thousands of Irish people absolutely belting out the last few lines. But we’ve had it for aaaages. We know that’s kind of the point of a national anthem, but the […]

    8 years ago

  • 13 Reasons Why season three is on its way

    13 Reasons Why season three is on its way

    Two seasons weren’t enough. One of the most talked about television shows in recent history is coming back for a third season. 13 Reasons Why is a show designed to tackle tough, real-life issues and create a much-needed discussion about important subjects such as rape, suicide, mental health awareness, bullying and gun-related violence. The show […]

    8 years ago

  • RTÉ have announced their panel of pundits for the World Cup

    RTÉ have announced their panel of pundits for the World Cup

    We’re not far away now. The World Cup is now only a week away, and if you’re anything like us, you’re going to be glued to your TV screens for the forseeable future. For some parts of the group stages, there will be three or four games a day. So you have an incredibly important […]

    8 years ago

  • Conor McGregor was one of the top five highest earning athletes of the past year

    Conor McGregor was one of the top five highest earning athletes of the past year

    All from one fight too… Ireland’s Conor McGregor was the fourth highest earning athlete in the world in the past 12 months, making a whopping $99 million. His opponent from his most recent fight, Floyd Mayweather, tops the list, having made a ridiculously high $285 million. Mayweather won the boxing bout that the two had in August, […]

    8 years ago

  • Ireland just had its hottest May in years

    Ireland just had its hottest May in years

    More of the same for the rest of the summer please. Met Éireann have reported that the month just gone was the hottest month of May that Ireland have had in six years. The same report showed that Shannon Airport had the highest mean temperature in years, at 13.1 degrees Celsius. Percentage of monthly sunshine […]

    8 years ago

  • Ginger emojis have finally arrived

    Ginger emojis have finally arrived

    We’ve done it, we’ve finally done it. In what should be great news for absolutely loads of Irish people, ginger people can now be reflected in emoji form. This has been a long, arduous process for a number of red-heads. There was even a petition started three years ago. Three years! Justice at last. Here’s […]

    8 years ago

  • An expert has revealed the best way to save money on holidays

    An expert has revealed the best way to save money on holidays

    This highlights the importance of sticking to a budget. Summer has finally arrived. This means one thing for lots of Irish people – getting the hell out of here. Switcher.ie have completed a survey that includes a number of findings with regards to Irish people’s holiday habits. They revealed that 68% of Irish people will […]

    8 years ago

  • Bunsen is 5-years-old today and they’re doing something really sound to celebrate

    Bunsen is 5-years-old today and they’re doing something really sound to celebrate

    Legends. Bunsen, home to one of Ireland’s finest burgers, is five years-old today, and they’re doing something extremely sound to celebrate. In an incredibly generous move, they have announced that 100% of today’s sales will be split evenly between the 112 staff members that they employ. Fair play to them. They made the announcement on […]

    8 years ago

  • QUIZ: How well do you remember the 2014 World Cup?

    QUIZ: How well do you remember the 2014 World Cup?

    Were you paying attention? The World Cup in 2010 was a bit of a dud. It was still a World Cup, and it had its moments, but it didn’t hold a candle to the one that came four years later. Holland’s demolition of Spain in the group stages. Germany dismantling Brazil in the semi-final. An […]

    8 years ago

  • A look back at Magaluf – the strangely brilliant sixth year holiday location

    A look back at Magaluf – the strangely brilliant sixth year holiday location

    A trip to Magaluf is like a movie, but not how you’d think. Magaluf is a beautiful place. It’s located off the coast of Spain. Truly gorgeous. It would be the perfect location for a family holiday or a couple’s retreat. Emphasis on the word ‘would’ there. At least, it would be perfect IF there […]

    8 years ago

  • Dundrum’s new safari-themed adventure will help endangered rhinos

    Dundrum’s new safari-themed adventure will help endangered rhinos

    This is a really cool idea. It’s time to channel your inner David Attenborough and dust off the binoculars because a safari experience is coming to Dundrum Town Centre. Starting on June 7th, a fully immersive safari-themed experience will kick off, and run right throughout the summer. It will feature a number of activities that […]

    8 years ago

  • Irish people have stepped up to share their “unpopular opinions” on Twitter

    Irish people have stepped up to share their “unpopular opinions” on Twitter

    You’ll love some of these, and you’ll definitely hate some, too. A recent trend on Twitter has seen people step up to share their unpopular opinions with the world. Social media users mustered up the strength and came forward with opinions that they would usually be slaughtered for, and posted them online for all to […]

    8 years ago

  • Today is the final day that referendum posters must be removed

    Today is the final day that referendum posters must be removed

    Good news if you’re sick of seeing them. Today marks the final day that referendum posters must be taken down, or the campaign groups behind them will face a fine. From tomorrow onward, the posters will be deemed as litter, and the campaigns responsible for the posters will face an on-the-spot fine of €150. Posters […]

    8 years ago

  • Derry Girls and The Young Offenders among the winners at the IFTAS

    Derry Girls and The Young Offenders among the winners at the IFTAS

    Sharon Horgan, Red Rock and Gogglebox were all celebrated at the awards. Derry Girls and The Young Offenders were two of the biggest winners of Thursday night’s IFTAS which took place at the RDS. Marty Morrissey and John Connors were also among the many winners at tonight’s ceremony. Derry Girls won the award for best […]

    8 years ago

  • Four men have been arrested following an attack at a Dublin petrol station

    Four men have been arrested following an attack at a Dublin petrol station

    The victim has been left in a serious condition. Gardai have arrested four men, following an assault on a man in his 20s in Clondalkin. The attack took place at roughly 7.10pm at a filling station on the 9th Lock Road. The injured man, who is currently in a serious condition, has been removed to […]

    8 years ago