Be careful out there. The HSE have issued a red alert warning over batches of dangerous yellow pills linked to a ‘cluster of overdoses’ in Dublin, Galway and the Mid West. A statement issued on June 20 reads: “A national red alert is in place due to yellow tablets with nitazene-type substances sold as benzodiazepines, […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 255 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

The motorcyclist was uninjured. A woman in her 40s has died after being hit my a motorcycle on a busy Dublin road in Wednesday evening. The incident occurred shortly before 7.15pm on the R139 at Belcamp, Coolock. The woman was taken to Beaumont Hospital with serious injuries but was pronounced deceased. The motorcyclist was uninjured. […]

1 year ago

An investigation is ongoing. A man in his 50s has died following a stabbing in the Dublin suburb of Finglas. Gardaí were alerted to the incident on Hampton Wood Way on the St. Margaret’s Road in the early hours of Thursday morning. The man was taken to the Mater Hospital, where he was later pronounced […]

1 year ago

“He was a great lad”. Tributes have been paid to an Irish man in his 30s following his sudden death in Australia last week. Ciaran Carragher, a father-of-two originally from Co Monaghan died on Saturday, June 15, in Perth where he had been living. The Castleblayney man was remembered by his loved ones as a […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 254 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

“It knocked us for 6”. Adrian Kennedy and Jeremy Dixon had to cut their show short this week due to ‘vile’ messages being sent in regarding Kennedy’s recent cancer diagnosis. The former 98fm and FM104 host, who now broadcasts on East Coast FM, Newstalk and Classic Hits, recently told listeners that he was diagnosed with […]

1 year ago

Services have now resumed with knock-on delays. Commuters experienced massive delays around Dublin this morning as DART services were suspended due to a ‘tragic incident’. At around 7.45am, Irish Rail notified passengers of the delays, saying: “Due to a tragic incident on the line, all DART and Commuter services between Raheny and Dublin Connolly are […]

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Down with this sort of thing. Gardaí are investigating complaints of someone playing ‘offensive’ noises on a loudspeaker during funerals and other religious services near a church in Waterford. Mourners in Kilgobnet near Dungarvan have voiced their upset at the ‘sexual’ noises heard during funeral masses blaring from a nearby speaker. It even got to […]

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His party experienced big losses in this months elections. Eamon Ryan is set to step down as leader of the Green Party after 13 years in charge. The decision has come after the Greens experienced big losses in the local and European elections this month, losing both its MEPs and losing 26 seats locally. Succeeding […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 253 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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“It has been a difficult and emotional decision for our family.” A historic pub in Wexford which first opened in the 1700s has closed its doors this week. The Thomas Moore Tavern in Cornmarket has closed after over a decade under its current owners, who said it had become “impossible to trade through the current […]

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“This ballot has reaffirmed the commitment of our members to stand up to management.” Aer Lingus pilots have once again voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action amid their ongoing pay dispute with the company. Members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) voted 98.82% in favour of taking up industrial action Pilots already voted […]

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We are very shocked. Dublin has unsurprisingly made it into the top 50 most expensive cities in the world. Jumping ten places from last year in Mercer’s 2024 cost-of-living city ranking to 41st, it’s a wonder how it took this long to break the top 50. Including 226 locations across the world, the index measures […]

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The dog is believed to be on the restricted list. A man in his 20s has been rushed to hospital in County Donegal following a dog attack while he was out for a run. The jogger was attacked by the dog, believed to be a Rottweiler, on the greenway between the villages of Muff and […]

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It’s based on true events. Netflix is doing a great job with its additions this June and it has just gone one further with its newest inclusion. The streamer has now added a relentlessly action-packed war film from 2013 – Lone Survivor. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lone Survivor is a biographical war film set during the […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 252 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

“She is getting stronger everyday.” The young woman from County Carlow is now ‘on the mend’ after being falling from a luxury yacht in Dubai. Tasha Keane, in her 20s, was attending a friend’s birthday celebration on a two-storey yacht in Dubai when the accident occurred. According to her sister Róisín, Tasha lost her balance […]

1 year ago

It coincided with the release of their debut album. Kneecap have literally left their mark on the British Museum in London by placing stickers over some of the exhibits. The Belfast rap group visited the popular museum in the English capital and placed stickers saying “stolen from Ireland” over certain artefacts. A post on social […]

1 year ago

The documentary received a strong reaction after it aired. The minister of Agriculture has revealed that the horse abattoir at the centre of the latest RTÉ Investigates documentary has been shut down. Charlie McConalogue has said that the abattoir in Straffan, Co Kildare, has been shut pending an investigation into the abuse uncovered by the […]

1 year ago

Locals have described the community as ‘devastated’. Tributes have poured in following the death of a 17-year-old boy in a workplace incident in Cavan. Reece Donohoe from Kilnaleck died following an incident at the Wilton Waste Recycling Limited facility at Kifagh, near Ballyjamesduff on Thursday afternoon. In a statement, a spokesperson for Wilton Waste said: […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 251 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

“There are many tears.” The search for Rose of Tralee contestant Monica Reid has been stood down following the locating of a body. The 26-year-old Auckland Rose took part in this year’s New Zealand competition, which picks a representative for the Irish festival in August. Ms Reid went missing from Te Atatū in West Auckland […]

1 year ago

Gardaí continue to look for witnesses. The family of Theresa Clarke, who died after being struck by a cyclist last week, have made an appeal to the public following her death. The mother-in-law of recently-elected Fine Gael councillor John Clendennen was killed by a cyclist on the same evening she was erecting election campaign posters […]

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There was a big reduction in closure orders for May, however. A popular Dublin pizza restaurant was forced to temporarily close after an inspection found dead insects on its floors. The FSAI (Food Safety Authority of Ireland) issued a closure order to Dublin Pizza Company on Aungier Street in Dublin City last month after it […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 248 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

The man in his late teens is being held in a Clare Garda station. A teenager has been arrested by Gardaí after a woman in her 20s was assaulted on a flight diverted to Shannon Airport on Wednesday. Authorities were alerted following reports of an assault on board a flight from Glasgow to Tenerife, which […]

1 year ago

The horse racing industry receives €76 million in State support this year. Viewers have expressed their shock at a ‘sickening’ new RTÉ Investigates documentary looking into the animal abuse in the horse industry. The documentary, Horses – Making a Killing, aired on RTÉ One on Wednesday night and used a series of hidden cameras to […]

1 year ago

“Just to give her a bit of protection.” While Steve Coogan is best recognised for the iconic Alan Partridge, there’s another slightly more niche character beloved by the Irish. Back in 2019, the comedian returned to screens with This Time with Alan Partridge, using a mock morning talk-show format. On the show, Coogan introduced us […]

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The find has been hailed as ‘extraordinary’. A small scrap of manuscript once considered to be insignificant has been revealed to be the earliest-known account of Jesus Christ’s childhood. The fragment of papyrus spent decades in a library in Hamburg, Germany before two experts examined it closer. Dr Lajos Berkes and Prof Gabriel Nocchi Macedo […]

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The blaze has been brought under control. Firefighters were alerted to a suspected fire at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin this morning. Staff and guests were evacuated and the road outside the famous hotel was closed to get the blaze under control. In a statement on social media, Dublin Fire Brigade said: “Firefighters were called […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 247 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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The man is due to appear in court on Wednesday. A man has been charged following a fire breaking out in a crypt at St Michan’s Church of Ireland in Dublin, destroying five mummies. Among the destroyed mummies was the 800-year-old remains of what is known as ‘The Crusader’, believed to have been a soldier […]

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She died nearly a week after the incident. The mother-in-law of a Fine Gael candidate was killed by a cyclist on the same evening she was erecting election campaign posters for the party. Theresa Clarke, aged 70, was struck while crossing the Ranelagh Road in South Dublin at around 11pm on Tuesday, June 4. Ms […]

1 year ago

Think you can stop what we do? Yes, actually. Fine Gael have been forced to apologise for using the viral Cork children’s song ‘The Spark’ in a promotional video without credit. The song from Cork-based creative group The Kabin Crew has reached mega-viral levels since its release. The political party used the music in a […]

1 year ago

Plane spotters assemble. Dublin Airport have announced that a planning application for a brand new plane spotting facility has been lodged. The facility is set to be constructed on the popular plane-spotting area known as “The Mound” on the Old Airport Road. For years, people have travelled up to The Mound from near and far […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 246 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

You could be sitting on a big inheritance. People with certain Irish surnames could be in with a shout of inheriting a fortune as hundreds of estates in England and Wales still lay unclaimed. When a person passes away without leaving behind a will, their estate is monitored by the government to check if any […]

1 year ago

“You never deserved any of this.” The sister of Nicole Morey, the woman killed in a dog attack in Limerick last week has told her funeral mass ‘our family tree is broken.’ The 23-year-old was tragically killed following an attack by her restricted breed dog, which happened in the garden of her home in Ballyneety […]

1 year ago

He saw his opportunity and he ran with it. Something modern day football is missing is a good old-fashioned player rivalry and Patrick Vieira has just reminded us how great they are to watch. The ex-Arsenal captain had a long-running feud with ex-Manchester United skipper Roy Keane while the two were at the top of […]

1 year ago

We’ll be glad to see them gone. It’s fair to say election posters, while a necessary part of canvassing for candidates, are an absolute eyesore plastered on every lamppost across the country. With thousands of candidates across Ireland looking for seats in the local and European elections, stacks and stacks of election posters have been […]

1 year ago

The show is expected to return next year. The futures of the presenter’s of Dancing with the Stars has been cast in major doubt over the past month of RTÉ exits. Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy announced their departures from 2FM within weeks of each other and their decision has reportedly stunned executives at the […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 245 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

“I believe we have planted important seeds for the future.” Caio Benicio, the delivery driver who intervened in the Dublin knife attack has lost out in the local elections for Dublin North Inner City. The Brazilian Deliveroo driver ran for Fianna Fail in June’s elections, but ultimately gained just over 3% of votes, with far […]

1 year ago

“I am proud to represent this Great Party.” History has been made during the local elections this year, as Green Party candidate Honore Kamegni has become the first Black person to be elected to Cork City Council. The An Post manager, originally from Cameroon, was elected on the 12th count in the South East Ward. […]

1 year ago

You’ll either love it or hate it. If you’re looking for a quiet night in this evening then luckily there are plenty of great movies on TV to choose from. Our pick of the bunch is one of the most divisive sci-fi films of the 90’s – Total Recall. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, the film […]

1 year ago

“I will step up. I will learn, I will listen.” Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou Mcdonald has admitted that it “hasn’t been our day” as her party saw disappointment at the local elections, but has no plans to step down. Speaking to the media on Sunday afternoon, the opposition party leader thanked voters and her […]

1 year ago

Gardaí have launched an investigation. A man killed in a suspected stabbing in the Dublin suburb of Finglas overnight has been named locally as 34-year-old father-of-two Mark Carroll. Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 1am in the Scribblestown area. Mr Carroll was found inside a house with serious injuries and […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 244 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

The effects of the attack are said to be minimal. A number of Irish state websites were targeted by cyber-attacks in recent days as votes were cast throughout the country for the local and European elections. According to a report by The Sunday Times, the websites for Irish Rail, Bus Eireann, Transport for Ireland, the […]

1 year ago