The end of an era. One of Dublin’s most popular nightclub venues has closed down, with immediate effect. Hangar was located in St Andrew’s Lane, and was a unique venue with regards to the Dublin scene. It catered to a different genre than your average Dublin nightclub, and would play an electronic/dance type of music on […]

8 years ago

And he’s being accompanied by some famous faces. Cillian Murphy is heading to Borris in Carlow from 8-10 June for the Festival of Writing and Ideas 2018. He will join the author of The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood and song-writing legend Bob Geldof, as well as some of the country’s most established writers and artists, […]

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This wouldn’t be the first time she’s pulled out of a Dublin gig. American R&B superstar Sza has announced that she will be taking some time off due to permanent voice damage. In now deleted tweets, she said that: “I just wanna be left alone with my priorities. They been fucked up. I need space. […]

8 years ago

This is class. The World Cup is now less than two weeks away, and if you’re anything like us then you’re absolutely buzzing. Even though Ireland didn’t qualify, the tournament is still shaping up to be deadly. All of the best players in the world representing their countries, three games a day, England inevitably getting […]

8 years ago

Imagine being sat next to a baby for this one… Singapore Airlines have announced that they are launching the world’s longest ever commercial flight. It will depart from Singapore and will land a total of 18 hours and 25 minutes later at Newark airport in New Jersey. That’s roughly 15610.64 kilometers. They’ll need some amount […]

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More changes from Ryanair. Ryanair has increased its Priority Boarding fees to €7, depending on the flight. The fee has risen from €5 to €7, with the latter being the maximum you would pay as part of a priority boarding fee. The latest change comes a week after Michael O’Leary claimed that they may have to get […]

8 years ago

This is one of the most ridiculous news stories you’ll read all year. Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist who was declared dead last night, turned up to a press conference today. The Ukranian Security Service claim they staged the death to catch those who were trying to kill him. The 41-year-old showed up at a […]

8 years ago

You may remember him from such medical films as Alice Doesn’t Live Anymore and Mommy, What’s Wrong With That Man’s Face? This week marked the 20-year anniversary of the day that Phil Hartman passed away. The extremely talented voice actor and comedian was shot and killed by his wife Brynn, who died by suicide soon […]

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This will be great news for a lot of dance fans. Canadian mega-star Joel Zimmerman, better known as Deadmau5, will be playing in Dublin for the first time since 2014. The electronic DJ is one of the most well-known artists of his kind on the planet, and will undoubtedly put on a hell of a […]

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What’s the verdict? The Garda Representative Association (GRA) have unveiled new Garda uniforms that will be trialled on a pilot scheme at three Garda stations this summer. The three lucky stations to take part will be Tallaght and Henry Street Garda stations in Dublin and Bunclody Garda station in Wexford. The official GRA Twitter account posted […]

8 years ago

Quite the achievement for the Boyle man. Ever heard of Frankie Beats? Well you should have, because the DJ looks likely to be announced as the winner of the ‘Best Radio Show in the World’ award this coming Thursday. DJ Frankie Beats (aka Frankie Shanley), from Boyle, Co. Roscommon, looks set to be given the Mixcloud […]

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You’ve definitely heard some of these before. The Leaving Cert is a scary experience. For years after the exams, most Irish people still have the dreaded nightmare that they’re walking into an exam unprepared, and there is no greater relief than waking up from that dream. But it shouldn’t be so daunting. At the end […]

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The Luas Red Line was briefly suspended today due to a car parked on the tracks near the Jervis Street stop. The stoppage was due to a car parked on the tracks on Dublin’s Abbey Street. The BMW was parked directly on the tracks, making it completely impossible for the Luas follow its normal route. […]

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Nine years, and we’re still not over it. Not even nearly. The year was 2009. The Republic of Ireland were in a World Cup play-off against France. We had got out of Croke Park with a 1-0 loss and though it was  asking a lot of us to qualify, the tie was still very much […]

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Some great points made here. Ireland has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment after 66.4% of the country voted yes. Out of 40 constituencies, 39 voted in favour of repealing the eighth. Donegal was the only constituency to vote no in the referendum – the outcome was that 51.9% voted no, and 48.1% voted yes. This […]

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Very sound of them. Tonight marks one of the biggest nights in the football calendar. For Liverpool fans, this could be the pinnacle of their lives – well, since they last won the Champions League! For Manchester United fans, (Madrid fans for the night), it’s equally important. You might be the type of person who […]

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Unfortunately, we do not have any footage of Cromwell’s last moments… On the same historic day that Ireland appear to have voted to repeal The Eighth Amendment, a ship with the name MV Oliver Cromwell has sunk. The vessel began sinking on Friday about 12 miles west of South Stack near Holyhead, Anglesey. The paddle steamer and riverboat […]

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They did their bit. The recent referendum on the Eighth Amendment had the highest turnout in any referendum throughout the entire history of the country. The two sides did their campaigning all around the country, but the role that social media played in the lead up to the 25th of May is not to be […]

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A historic day for Ireland. The 25th of May will go down in history for an extremely special reason. It will forever be remembered as the day that Ireland voted on whether or not to change the 8th amendment, and legalise abortion. Although it is still too soon to definitively say that Ireland have voted […]

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The operation commenced at 7am on Friday morning. Today, 25 May, marks the annual National Slowdown Day, which aims to encourage drivers to remember the dangers of speeding, increase compliance with speed limits and act as a deterrent to driving at excessive or inappropriate speed. As of 12pm, the Gardái had checked the speed of 9,818 vehicles […]

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Loads for you to enjoy. We have been blessed with some mighty fine weather of late, but we would be extremely naive to believe that we have a whole summer of it. Chances are, there’s going to be a hell of a lot rainy nights where we are stuck indoors doing absolutely nothing. And on […]

8 years ago

The destruction was undertaken in an attempt to reduce regional tensions. At least three nuclear tunnels appear to have been destroyed at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea on Thursday. The information comes less than 24 hours after Donald Trump called off his summit with Kim Jong-un. In a latter addressed to North Korea, […]

8 years ago

This should be a good one. Danny Boyle has been confirmed as the director of the new Bond movie, Bond 25. Boyle has previously directed Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting and Battle of the Sexes to name a few, and this will be the first time in the director’s chair for the famous franchise about one of […]

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Fair play to them. MyTaxi have announced that they are offering a €10 discount to anyone getting a taxi to a polling station for tomorrow’s Eighth Amendment referendum. In a message sent via email to all existing MyTaxi customers, the company stated that they would offer a €10 discount, starting tomorrow morning until the poses […]

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We’re hosting the Euros!! Kind of… We’re just about getting over the fact that we’re not going to be in this year’s World Cup. We had a great time at the Euros in 2016, and now we’re taking a tournament off. There’s nothing wrong with that. The important thing is that we qualify in 2020 […]

8 years ago

“No one really knows what would happen if things go wrong.” Welcome to #TrailerChest, where we’re taking a sneak peek at the brand new trailer for Skyscraper. Plot’s it all about?  Full-time action hero Dwayne Johnson plays Will Sawyer, a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team Leader and U.S war veteran, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. […]

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No, not THAT one… Liverpool fans will have memorised absolutely everything from THAT night in Istanbul 13 years ago. Naming the starting XI from that one wouldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) prove difficult; sure they could probably tell you what they had for dinner that night. But the game that came two years later… not […]

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The new show is called Strange Angel. Jack Reynor will play the leading man in a new TV show that looks as exciting as it looks mysterious. The Wicklow man will play Jack Parsons, “a brilliant and ambitious blue-collar worker in 1930s Los Angeles, works as a janitor at a chemical factory but dreams of building […]

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What ever will he do now? A district court in New York has ruled that Donald Trump would be violating people’s first amendment rights if he were to block them on Twitter. The court ruled that the people have a right to participate in a “public forum”, which applies to social media. The case was […]

8 years ago

Know anyone who would be interested in this? Jason Derulo has announced that he will be playing the 3Arena as part of his Presents 2 Sides European tour. The Florida born R&B star confirmed that he will be performing in Ireland on 19 September ahead of the release of his new album entitled 777. He […]

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The flight was from London to Newark. United Airlines flight UA-17 was forced into making an emergency stop at Shannon Airport earlier today. The transatlantic flight was cleared to land at Shannon and did so without any difficulties. A spokesperson for Shannon Airport confirmed to JOE that the flight experienced technical difficulties and requested to […]

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We’ll be watching this one for sure. As a society, we should regularly thank Matt Groening for giving us The Simpsons. He shaped the childhood of millions of people, and even though the show got worse as time went on, the early seasons are still regarded as some of the best pieces of television of […]

8 years ago

This just seems right, doesn’t it? Liam Neeson is in talks to join a Men In Black reboot, joining Thor Ragnarok stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. According to Variety, the Antrim man would play the head of the Men in Black organisation in London, where the movie begins. The spin-off of the 1997 classic […]

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She pulled out less than 24 hours before the debate. Maria Steen of the Iona Institute has withdrawn from her final debate on the referendum about the Eighth Amendment. Tomorrow night’s debate on TV3 is set to be the final televised debate in front of a live studio audience – before the public take to […]

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She had quite the excuse too… The Minister of State for Immigration in the UK, who is in charge of borders, has said that she has never read the Good Friday Agreement. Caroline Nokes, a Conservative Party politician who has been the Minister for Immigration since January of this year, made the statement in front of […]

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“I never really believed that Irish women could be trusted with their bodies, because I remember how crazy we went for line dancing in the 90s.” In case you were unaware, there’s a fairly massive referendum this Friday… In the lead up to the big vote, a number of Irish celebrities have come out urging […]

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Who are you most excited for? The June bank holiday is only around the corner, and that can only mean two things: 1) Leaving Cert students are starting to stress to the absolute maxiumum, and 2) Forbidden Fruit is nearly upon us. If you’re lucky enough to be attending the Kilmainham festival, and you’re not […]

8 years ago

Have you got what it takes? While teenagers all around the country are preparing for their Junior Cert and Leaving Cert exams, those who fancy themselves as quiz masters are eagerly awaiting the World Quizzing Championships, which are set to take place on Saturday, 2 June. The quiz will take place all around the world […]

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You are one of these people; if you claim you’re not, you’re lying. The Leaving Cert is nearly upon us, and whether you’re doing it in two weeks, or you did it 25 years ago, somehow those final days of secondary school always manage to stay fresh in your mind. Regardless of the year you […]

8 years ago

The first season was controversial, to say the least… The first season of 13 Reasons Why was released on Netflix in March of last year, and it was an instant sensation. It was the fifth most-watched TV show on Netflix for 2017 and without a doubt one of the most talked-about pieces of television in recent years. […]

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A sorry state of affairs. According to a study from the PEW research centre, almost one in four Americans have not read a book in the past year. As crazy as that sounds, Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t believe it. He reckons it’s worse. His crew took the streets of Los Angeles to ask people to simply […]

8 years ago

John Pauls of the country, RTÉ needs you. Are you a John Paul? Are you lucky enough to know a John Paul? Are you married to a John Paul? Or the friend of a John Paul? Because if so, it could be your chance for your big break on TV. The producers of a new […]

8 years ago

There is a risk that it may spread to other countries, as a case has been found in a highly populated area. The WHO (World Heath Organisation) have confirmed that a new case of the Ebola virus disease has been found in Mbandaka, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The news has caused […]

8 years ago

Anything over 12/15 is a good score. Deadpool 2 is out today, so we thought that we’d see just how ready to see the new one you really are. We’ve taken one word out of some iconic quotes from the original movie, all you have to do is tell us what the missing word is. […]

8 years ago

Some interesting thoughts from the WWE star. We caught up with WWE superstar Natalya before last week’s Dublin event. Natalya addressed Ireland, Ronda Rousey, and the entirety of the women’s division being left off the recent Saudi Arabian card. Given the fact that Natalya is 10 years deep in the game, she could be forgiven […]

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Gardaí have issued an update on the incident. Gardaí are investigating the death of a 32-year-old man on Carrauntoohill on Monday, 14 May. The man, a Canadian national, had been travelling with his wife when he suffered a fall on the mountain in poor weather conditions around 3pm. The body of the man was later […]

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This will surely put a smile on your face. Parnell Park played host to an extremely exciting game of hurling at the weekend. Dublin put up a valiant effort as they attempted to defeat the giants that are Kilkenny in the revamped Leinster Championship, but ultimately, the Cats figured out a way to win it, […]

8 years ago

Just in time for summer. Picture the scene: it’s a beautiful day in the middle of July. You’re in the middle of your local park, having a kickabout with your mates, or just lying there doing absolutely nothing else but enjoying the sun. You could stay there for hours, just enjoying the rarity that is […]

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Ryanair sent out an email to millions of its customers on Tuesday morning. From 13 June, Ryanair customers can avail of free check-in on Ryanair flights from 48 hours before departure until two hours before departure and will have to pay a €5 fee if they do not check in during that period. As it […]

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Not to be sneezed at, is it? On Sunday, Dublin’s 3Arena hosted Three Ireland’s EStars Final, in which two teams of young Irish men played against each other in a game, League of Legends, played by 27 million people around the world every day. The winners of the game would receive a €20,000 prize, as […]

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