One-hundred-and-eighty! Can you achieve the quick-fire quiz equivalent of all three darts landing in the triple 20 a.k.a. getting a perfect 15/15? Play below and find out. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in and […]

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The popular spot has been called one of Dublin’s oldest pubs. The Boot Inn, a pub located near Dublin Airport that is over 430 years old, has reportedly closed down – much to the sadness of its patrons. Located behind the airport, the pub had been said to be one of the capital’s oldest due […]

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They have added the entirety of the series at once. Humans, one of the best sci-fi shows of recent years, has had its three seasons just added to Netflix. Originally airing on Channel 4 between 2015 and 2018, the series takes place in a UK where technology is highly advanced and lifelike humanoids called Synths […]

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The list includes two huge projects involving Irish actors. It’s that time yet again Netflix reveals all of its original films and TV shows coming in the next month. You can take a look at April’s offerings below: Netflix original movies arriving in April The Tearsmith – April 4 Scoop – April 5 Inspired by […]

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The show’s fight sequences have been singled out for praise. A new Netflix series which recently climbed up the streamer’s top 10 TV list has been hailed by action fans as a “must-watch”. That show is Furies, which comes from France and is set in Paris’ criminal underworld. The show centres on a young woman […]

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The 2019 film has been compared to The Departed and The Town. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 30 March) is The Informer, a tense and twisty 2019 action crime thriller. Joel Kinnaman plays Pete Koslow, an ex-con released early from prison on the condition that he work as an undercover informant for the […]

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The Oscar-winning film is a must-watch for fans of legal thrillers. Anatomy of a Fall, one of the very best movies of 2023, has just been added to Prime Video. The film stars Sandra Huller (who was Oscar nominated for her role) as Sandra Voyter, an acclaimed German novelist living in an isolated mountain chalet […]

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Spice up your Saturday with a quick quiz. 15 questions. Three minutes on the clock. Play below and let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in and a space. If you […]

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Several underseen film gems have been added to the streaming service in recent weeks. Looking to kick back and relax over the long weekend? Well, Netflix has been busy adding the following 25 big movies to its Irish and UK library over the past few weeks which should provide some entertainment. America’s Sweethearts Billy Crystal, […]

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One person described the article as ‘weird’ and ‘indefensibly bad’. A humour piece published by popular US magazine The New Yorker this week about Cillian Murphy has drawn the ire of Irish readers over its use of Irish stereotypes. Written by Wendi Aarons and Johanna Gohmann, the article is titled ‘Cillian Murphy’s bedtime routine’ and […]

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Another quick game to test our readers. We’ve had the JOE Friday Pub Quiz already today but now, here is our daily quick-fire quiz. Let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 175 When the answer is a number, […]

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Coming from the creator of Happy Valley and starring one of the Derry Girls, all episodes of the show are available to watch right now. Disney+ has just added Renegade Nell – a new action adventure series that could go on to be regarded as one of the most entertaining shows of 2024. Created by […]

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It’s from the director of Training Day and the creator of True Detective. Our TV movie pick for Good Friday (29 March) is The Magnificent Seven, the 2016 remake of the 1960 Western classic of the same name (which itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai). The film focuses on seven gunmen (including Denzel […]

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Back again with another pub quiz. Hello! This quiz comes to you from the long forgotten period of Wednesday. Do you remember Wednesday? A full 48 hours ago, before you hit the beers last night and dreamed of a long weekend filled with Easter Eggs? But it’s Good Friday as you read this, and almost […]

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Tragic news. Tributes are being paid to a young man and talented musician and footballer that died following a road crash in Roscommon on Wednesday (27 March). Shortly before 10.00pm, Gardaí received a report of a serious collision involving a lorry and a car on the N61 Athlone Road at Newtown. The driver of the […]

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It ran for four seasons and starred an Oscar winner. A psychological thriller series with an average 94% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes has been dubbed by one fan as being “even better than Breaking Bad”. That show is Mr. Robot, which ran for four seasons between 2015 and 2019 and focuses on Elliot Alderson (Oscar-winner Rami […]

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Stallone will be reprising his role in the sequel that comes from one of the producers of the Fast & Furious movies. Sylvester Stallone’s action thriller Cliffhanger is getting a reboot, with the Hollywood legend set to reprise his role from the original. Stallone starred in the 1993 movie as Gabriel ‘Gabe’ Walker, a former […]

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This is sure to provoke lots of discussions after viewing. Netflix has just added Cat Person, the 2023 psychological thriller based on the popular short story of the same name, to its library. Written by Kristen Roupenian, the original short story was published in The New Yorker in 2017 and tells the story of the […]

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The film is based on a series of novels that would later be rebooted on the big screen with Liam Neeson. Our TV movie pick for tonight is 8 Million Ways to Die (Wednesday, 27 March), the 1986 neo-noir action thriller starring Oscar winner Jeff Bridges. The film is adapted from author Lawrence Block’s detective […]

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The Irish Oscar nominee continues his recent hot streak with his new series about a private investigator in LA with hidden secrets. It’s no secret that Colin Farrell has been on a real hot streak of late when it comes to his movie and TV projects. So, the fact that the Irish Oscar nominee has […]

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Test yourself. Think you can get a perfect 15/15 score? Play below and let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 173 When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in with […]

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We are in full agreement as well. Many viewers of Netflix’s new epic sci-fi series 3 Body Problem are calling on the streamer to renew the show for a second season. Created by Game of Thrones makers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, alongside Alexander Woo, the series is based on the acclaimed Three-Body trilogy of […]

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Written and directed by an Oscar winner, the film has a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 26 March) is The Rider, the acclaimed 2017 Western drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland). Written and directed by Zhao and described as a contemporary Western, the film centres around a young […]

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Brighten up this rainy Tuesday with a quiz. 15 quick-fire questions. Three minutes on the clock. You know what to do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 172 When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit […]

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The Irish Oscar-winner will also produce the true crime film. Fresh off of his Oscar win earlier this month for Oppenheimer, Irish actor Cillian Murphy is reportedly to star in another major Hollywood historical thriller movie. According to Deadline, Universal Pictures – who released Oppenheimer – are set to make a film adaptation of Mark […]

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The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken to Twitter to criticise the resolution. The United Nations Security Council has passed a new resolution which demands “an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza during Ramadan. After several failed attempts, this is the first time that the council has called for a ceasefire since the Israel-Gaza […]

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The Groundhog Day-inspired film premiered at South by Southwest last week to glowing reviews. Omni Loop, a new movie with The Bear star and honorary Irish woman Ayo Edebiri, has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a perfect 100% score. The Groundhog Day-inspired sci-fi comedy-drama premiered last week at the South by Southwest festival in the […]

2 years ago

It is reported that among the four people hospitalised were two young children. Four people have been injured in a house blaze in Dublin, with Gardaí launching an investigation into the “suspected criminal damage by fire incident”. In a statement to JOE, An Garda Síochána said they received a report of the blaze that occurred […]

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Led by a big Irish star, the 2023 film has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Prime Video has just added Fast Charlie, an acclaimed 2023 crime movie starring Pierce Brosnan, to its service. The Irish actor plays the title character, a fixer with a problem: the man he was assigned to kill is missing […]

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It has one of the most iconic final scenes in a film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 18 March) is The Long Good Friday, the classic British gangster flick from 1980. Set in the late 1970s, it follows Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) – an English gangster trying to become a legitimate property […]

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The collision occurred in the early hours of St. Patrick’s Day. A Garda has been suspended following the death of a man in a hit-and-run crash in Louth in the early hours of St. Patrick’s Day. Shortly after 2:30am on Sunday 17 March, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted after a pedestrian was found unresponsive […]

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Spice up your Bank Holiday with a quiz. 15 quick-fire questions. 180 seconds on the clock. Play below and let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in with a space. […]

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It has an 81% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 16 March) is Jagged Edge, the 1985 neo-noir legal thriller starring Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges. The film centres around lawyer Teddy Barnes (Close) who reluctantly takes up the case of publisher Jack Forrester (Bridges), who is accused of murdering […]

2 years ago

The animal was a two-year-old female white-tailed eagle and was part of a project to restore the population of bird to Ireland. An investigation has been launched following the shooting of a rare and endangered bird in Roscommon. The animal was a two-year-old female white-tailed eagle and was found dead near Cranberry Lough in the […]

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“A lurid, blood-soaked B-movie with an A-list cast.” Triple 9, a very tense and star-studded heist thriller movie from 2016, has just been added to Netflix’s library. The film is about a gang of criminals (Aaron Paul, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus) and corrupt cops (Anthony Mackie, Clifton Collins Jr.) in Atlanta who are threatened by […]

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Brighten up your Saturday with a good quiz. Think you can get 15/15 in our latest, three-minute quick-fire quiz? Well, then play below and let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit […]

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“On a weekend where we bring Ireland to the world, we’d like to take a moment to remember the man who brought the world to so many living rooms here in Ireland for so many years.” Patrick Kielty and The Late Late Show paid an incredibly emotional tribute to legendary journalist Charlie Bird following his […]

2 years ago

We need to get this guy a ticket to the All Blacks game later this year! A Late Late audience member has gone viral for his reaction after the person sitting next to him won tickets to the Ireland v Scotland rugby match today (16 March). The incident occurred on Friday’s episode of the programme, […]

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It’s a real hidden gem. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Johnny Handsome, a 1989 neo-noir crime thriller from director Walter Hill (48 Hrs, The Driver, The Warriors). It centres on a criminal named Johnny (Mickey Rourke) in New Orleans who is double-crossed by two of his accomplices (Ellen Barkin and Lance Henriksen) and […]

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There have been strong calls for the Government to delay the scheduled fuel cost increases which are set to be bad news for motorists. The Government are being accused of “punishing motorists” as drivers are facing several diesel and petrol cost hikes in the coming months. Back in March 2022, the coalition reduced excise duty […]

2 years ago

A starter before the main course later that it is the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. 15 quick-fire questions but only a brief three minute window to answer them all. Have what it takes? Well, then play below and let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. […]

2 years ago

It’s a great selection. Camden Street in Dublin city has made a new list ranking the top 30 ‘coolest streets in the world’. The list was published by Time Out magazine, who reached out to its global team of local expert editors and contributors – with each of whom then making a case for the […]

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Featuring four A-listers in the lead roles, the film comes from one of the most acclaimed directors in recent years. A new Western film has been announced starring Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal. Titled Eddington, the movie comes from writer-director Ari Aster – who earned huge praise in recent years for […]

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The series is executively produced by the writers behind 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Netflix has just added the third season of its acclaimed comedy show Girls5eva to its service. Its great premise follows four women (Busy Philipps, Paula Pell, Sara Bareilles and Renée Elise Goldsberry) who were part of a girl group named […]

2 years ago

Get busy quizzin’. 15 quick questions. Three minutes on the clock. Have what it takes? Well, then play below and let us know your score. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in with a space. You […]

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The much-anticipated remake is heading to streaming very soon. Jake Gyllenhaal, star of the upcoming Road House remake, has praised Conor McGregor for his performance in the action movie. In the reboot of the 1989 flick, the MMA fighter makes his acting debut playing Knox, a goon-for-hire who goes head to head with Gyllenhaal’s character. […]

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The film boasts a great cast and a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 14 March) is Their Finest, the 2016 war comedy-drama film. Set in 1940, it follows a married woman (Gemma Arterton) and a screenwriter (Sam Claflin) who develop a growing attraction all the while working together on […]

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“Unrelenting, no-nonsense and hard-as-nails – just like its eponymous anti-hero.” A victim of being released in Ireland and the UK amid the Covid pandemic, the British crime thriller Bull – now on Netflix – was sadly not seen by as many people as it should have been. Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams (The […]

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The ongoing Bafta-winning show holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix has just added the first four seasons of the acclaimed British detective drama series Unforgotten to its library. The show first debuted in 2015 on ITV and remains ongoing – with a sixth season currently in production. It follows a team of London […]

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The ‘Áreas de Risco’ map was first created in 2021 and categorises 22 Dublin regions into low, medium and high danger areas. A map of the most unsafe areas in Dublin that was reportedly created by Deliveroo riders is being recirculated online. According to The Irish Times, the ‘Áreas de Risco’ map was first created […]

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