You don’t turn down the opportunity to interview Bruce Springsteen. For the first time in almost 30 years, The Late Late Show will be leaving the country for an interview with Bruce Springsteen. When The Boss won’t come to you, you go to The Boss. This Friday, an interview between Ryan Tubridy and Bruce Springsteen […]

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Last ditch efforts at finding a resolution have failed. The Garda Representatives Association have released a list of its units that will not be part of Friday’s industrial action, as cover is needed. The strike will definitely go ahead after last ditch attempts to avert it failed. There will be “a skeletal service to protect […]

10 years ago

Disclaimer: Behave yourselves, now. Now that we’ve done the responsible thing and told you all to be good boys and girls during the Garda strike on Friday, we can get to the fun part. Planning something illegal. Unfortunately, we were brought up to always wait for the green man and never to spit out chewing […]

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“I love Michael Douglas but he is misinformed.” Val Kilmer has denied that he is suffering with cancer, rubbishing Michael Douglas’ recent claims that he is in very poor health. “I love Michael Douglas but he is misinformed,” Kilmer wrote on his Facebook page. “The last time I spoke to him was almost two years […]

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This is very significant. The High Court in Britain has ruled that only Parliament has the power to trigger Brexit by notifying Brussels on the UK’s intention to leave the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May had insisted that the government alone had the authority to put Article 50 into motion but, in a massive […]

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She was told, “you’ll never work in this town again.” Mila Kunis has written about the time a male film producer told her that her career was over because she wouldn’t pose semi-naked for a men’s magazine. In an essay titled ‘You’ll Never Work In This Town Again’ on A Plus, she wrote: ‘A cliché […]

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Pure joy. We think Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the Home Alone films alongside Joe Pesci, might be a little bit of a Chicago Cubs fan. The Cubs ended their 108-year wait for the biggest title in Major League Baseball on Wednesday night, beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 to claim the series 4-3 overall. […]

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The 2016 football All Stars have been named, with Mayo’s David Clarke included despite being dropped for the All-Ireland football final replay against Dublin last month. The team was unveiled this morning, and the inclusion of Clarke comes as something of a shock following Stephen Rochford’s decision to go with Rob Hennelly between the posts […]

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Choose life. We’ve been waiting, and waiting, and if the teaser trailer for T2 – the sequel to Trainspotting – left us more than a bit underwhelmed, this is incredible. You’ve got Renton’s narration, you’ve got Sick Boy being droll, you’ve got Spud looking as clueless as ever, you’ve got Born Slippy and then you have […]

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This could save a lot of lives. Two fifth year students from Mayo have created a device that could detect testicular cancer early. Seán Gallagher and Tiernan Walsh, from Castlebar, approached their classmates and asked them how many of them would be embarrassed about being tested for testicular cancer by their GP. In the survey, […]

10 years ago

You don’t have to know much about the American political system to find this excruciating, or funny, or both. In fact, this really could translate to the parliament of any democratic country. Chris Pine plays the role of Leonard, aka Congress, as he starts a new job/legislative term. At the very beginning, his arrival is […]

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Things just keep getting stranger and stranger. Former US President George W. Bush could follow the example of his father and vote for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election. Bush’s nephew, George P. Bush, says that his uncle could follow the example of George W. Bush’s father – ex-President George H.W. Bush – in casting […]

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Robin Oree composed these tweets in the wake of the Louise O’Neill documentary, Reality Bites: Asking For It, which aired in November. Robin Oree is a 31-year-old German man who has been living in Ireland since 2009. Having watched the documentary, he wrote down some thoughts a lot of men will be able to […]

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The Irish actor thinks the role should go to a younger actor, either male or female. Michael Fassbender has ruled out the possibility of taking over from Daniel Craig as James Bond, as he feels somebody younger should take on the role. The Kerryman, who’s 39, was believed to be on the shortlist to replace […]

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Keep the change, ya filthy animal. Emma McGuire’s partner Billy and their six-year-old son Ollie decided to recreate the famous ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’ scene from Home Alone, and they absolutely nailed it. While the quality of the video isn’t the clearest, that doesn’t really matter for once – the sound is crystal clear as Billy […]

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Regina Doherty feels that Ireland should take in more than 200 unaccompanied minors who are stranded in the French port of Calais. The government’s chief whip said that a cabinet meeting around the subject will take place on Wednesday, but told The Irish Times that she has very definite personal feelings on the matter. “I […]

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Louise O’Neill presents Asking For It, a documentary about our attitudes to consent and the rise in sexual assaults in Ireland. Author Louise O’Neill presents Asking For It, a documentary which looks at how young Irish men and women view the issue of consent in 2016. O’Neill, whose 2015 novel – also titled ‘Asking For […]

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If you’re eating, move on to another story and come back to us. This is disgusting. Sligo footballer Stephen Coen has done his best to divorce the nation from its lunch by posting this image of a very, very horrific injury to Twitter. It’s got blood and the tip of a finger hanging at an […]

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The man is an absolute superstar. Kate de Ban was in Heathrow Airport on Thursday morning when she spotted a familiar face in a W.H. Smith bookshop. It was, of course, Bryan Cranston himself, who had been in the UK promoting his autobiography ‘A Life In Parts.’ She takes up the story… ‘So I saw […]

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Warning: You will not sleep after seeing this. Forget the clown costumes. Forget the massive spiders. Forget everything you have seen before because this is the most terrifying of all the Halloween costumes. But you might remember this? The window display at the Adelphi in Dublin provides a clue to the scariest children’s costume of […]

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Love in a time of chicken tenders. We’ll be honest, this story would have slipped past us if we hadn’t read the line… ‘Free spicebag vouchers for the first two people to get the shift on the night.’ Marvellous. With that in mind, how could we not throw a little bit of goodwill the way […]

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Nobody was injured. The plane carrying Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York last night. The incident occurred in heavy rain, with the plane ending up on the grass next to the runway. Pence was filmed standing in the rain, close to the plane, talking to officials […]

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“As a recovery country with pay restoration dominating national debate it’s time to look at our public holidays.” Ireland has fewer public holidays than most countries in Europe and MEP Brian Hayes wants our annual allocation of days off to be increased. Who could argue with that? With nine public holidays per year, we are […]

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He’s the gift that keeps on giving. Danny Healy-Rae has made the claim in the Dáil that holes in the ozone later were caused by nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean 50 years ago. At least he’s not saying that God above did it. Everyone’s favourite conspiracy theorist, who previously said that the story of […]

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Tremendous news. The greatest comedian of them all, Billy Connolly, has announced extra dates in both Dublin and Belfast after tickets to the original shows sold out instantly. Tickets for the extra shows on The High Horse Tour, in Belfast on Sunday 12 February and in Dublin on Saturday 18 February, will go on sale […]

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Katie Taylor is officially turning professional. Ireland’s 2012 Olympic gold medallist will start life as a professional boxer with a fight at Wembley Arena in November. The Bray fighter has signed a deal with Eddie Hearn and her first bout will be shown live on Sky Sports on 26 November. “When I first dreamt of […]

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Have you figured out who it is? “I basically dressed up: got a fat suit, big wig, glasses and made my teeth as brown as I could. I’m singing Ring of Fire in a Skibbereen accent with my guitar out of tune,” said Nathan Carter, who dressed up a busker from Skibbereen for his new […]

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Maybe he can ask his pal Robbie Fowler to give Jose one of his many, many properties. Jamie Carragher loves a witty aside, this time taking the piss out of Jose Mourinho and the fact that he can’t find somewhere suitable to live in Manchester. Replying to a tweet from Phil Neville, the former Liverpool […]

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This will put a smile on your face. Paddy Barrett from Liscarroll in County Cork has sent us in this video of his interaction with Jacksie, his donkey. It starts with some incredible braying and just gets better. “My father and mother founded the Donkey Sanctuary in Ireland,” Paddy told JOE. “I was raised with […]

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The Liverpool striker went out of his way to look after two young fans on Tuesday night. Having scored both goals in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham in Tuesday night’s EFL Cup victory, Daniel Sturridge went out of his way to make sure two young fans would never forget the occasion. Ciaran and Geordan Houlihan […]

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Rockstar are cracking down on nefarious activity. Rockstar Games are clamping down on cheating within the Grand Theft Auto Online community, and from Wednesday anyone who has earned cash in illegal ways will see the money vanish from their accounts. If you’ve used cheats in the game, you’ll get a message that says, “We have determined that […]

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“A sad day for the parish indeed.” TXFM goes off the air on Wednesday, with many people paying tribute to the alternative music station, which took over the airwaves from Phantom FM just two years ago. “The closure of TXFM is a devastating blow to the domestic music industry,” Dave Reid, founder of the Choice […]

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Kevin Curran passed away after a long period of poor health. Kevin Curran, a writer and producer of The Simpsons, has died at the age of 59. Fox confirmed that the six-times Emmy winner passed away at his home in Los Angeles. Curran met The Simpsons’ showrunner Al Jean when they were both at Harvard […]

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Helen McEntee has failed to adequately explain why additional funds that had been ringfenced for new mental health services in Ireland have been reduced. The Junior Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Helen McEntee, needs a far better grasp on the reasons why the government can not attract new, much needed staff during the […]

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We’re far more anti-social that we like to believe we are. Ever heard of JOMO? It’s the Joy Of Missing Out, and means we’d rather be sitting in re-watching The Wire for the fifth time than going to the pub. According to a survey of 1,000 people by Deliveroo, more than 70% prefer a quiet […]

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The information comes from research by safefood. People who do shifts sleep less, eat worse food and smoke more than their counterparts who work regular hours according to research by safefood. Those workers who operate outside of the standard 9am to 5pm working day reported lack of breaks; shift patterns; poor availability of food; inadequate canteen […]

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The Munster and Ireland legend was speaking to BT Sport. “I think we’re all very shook by it, it’s just something very difficult to get our heads around.” A clearly Ronan O’Gara spoke about the loss of his friend and former team-mate Anthony Foley, the Munster head coach who passed away a week ago in […]

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The very definition of an echo chamber. Like the end of Lost in Translation, without the ambient soundtrack and meaningful stares. Well done to Jose Mourinho – moments after the final whistle of Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat to Chelsea, all anyone could talk about was what he had said to Antonio Conte before heading down […]

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We’re impressed, and yet terrified. A couple of months ago, we shared a story about how Dublin’s Adelphi venue had installed a Donald Trump urinal on its premises. Some people were a little bit pissed off about it (pun very much intended), but it amused us. We’re children like that. Well, they’ve only gone and outdone […]

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The Dutchman has had an absolute shocker against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. While you could argue that Chris Smalling was just as culpable for Chelsea’s early strikes at Stamford Bridge, Daley Blind has received the majority of the blame on social media. Goals from Pedro and Gary Cahill gave Antonio Conte’s side a 2-0 lead […]

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Michael D. Higgins will continue to waive a quarter of his salary for the remainder of his term as the President of Ireland. Back in November 2011, President Higgins advised the government of his intention to give 23.5% of his salary back to the state. According to The Irish Times, he has no intention of […]

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Warning: There’s some very strong language here, and it’s great. Declan Fahy is a hero to us all. The Strokestown man absolutely lost it during his club side Kilmore’s clash against rivals Oran. “Blow it will ya!” he screams at the radio as the referee refuses to blow the whistle for extra time at the […]

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Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Gary Barlow will perform as part of their Wonderland Live tour. Take That will perform in Dublin’s 3Arena on Monday 15 May next year. The trio will perform 22 dates in total across the UK and Ireland following the release of their new album Wonderland in March. “And for the […]

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The Royle Family actor stands in solidarity with the Jobstown protesters. Actor Ricky Tomlinson wrote the following letter, read out at Saturday’s Jobstown demonstration in Dublin, following the guilty verdict handed down to a teenager for ‘falsely imprisoning’ the former Tánaiste Joan Burton last year. Recalling the time he and his friend Dessie Warren were sent […]

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This would bring a tear to a glass eye. It’s absolutely stunning. We’ve seen many tributes to Anthony Foley, the late Munster head coach, over the last few days. There was this emotional version of ‘Stand Up and Fight’. We had the tribute before the game against Glasgow. We also saw the President visit the […]

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A nice message for Stephen McPhail from the former Liverpool captain. It’s a few years now since Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard would have faced off against a young Stephen McPhail for Leeds United, but the former Reds captain has not forgotten the Irishman. McPhail announced his retirement on Saturday at the age of 36, having finished […]

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President Michael D. Higgins pays his respects in the company of the late Anthony Foley’s Munster men. Munster’s win over Glasgow on Saturday was overshadowed by the sudden death of head coach Anthony Foley last weekend, but an emotional Thomond Park said farewell in style to the 42-year-old today. Among many poignant moments in Limerick […]

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The actor insists the media only label him British when he’s doing well. Michael Fassbender says he considers himself Irish, despite having lived in London for 20 years. The 39-year-old actor was born in Germany to a German father and an Irish mother. He moved to Kerry at the age of two, and spent his […]

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We want to know what you think. The abolition of cheap alcohol being sold at discounted rates in shops and supermarkets across Ireland looks a step closer this weekend, following the ruling from a Scottish case that establishing a lowest rate for alcohol would not be in break of EU law. You can read more […]

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RTÉ’s flagship chat show has taken some flak for the number of times guests don’t appear live on a Friday night. Both Gay Byrne and Pat Kenny have said that they never liked doing pre-recorded interviews on The Late Late Show, after both Michael Bublé and Graham Norton did not appear live on Friday night’s […]

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