It’s just a month away. Super Mario Run will launch on iOS on 15 December, just in time for the Grinches among you to ignore Christmas. News of the game received a warm reception at Apple’s iPhone 7 launch event in September, and it will be available on both iPhone and iPad from the middle of […]

10 years ago

It’s never going to happen, of course. A petition looking for the Electors of the Electoral Colleges to vote for Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump on 19 December has been launched, and it has over two millions signatures already. The petition reads… On December 19, the Electors of the Electoral College will cast their […]

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This woman tore strips off an MSNBC reporter in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory. If you’re looking to see the human representation of anti-establishment feeling in the United States, take a look at this woman’s angry confrontation with a reporter who was covering the anti-Trump protests. She starts off furious and ferocious and doesn’t […]

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Sweet. McDonald’s have unveiled plans to release a new ‘Nutella Sandwich.’ It looks like it will initially go on release in Italy, but surely they won’t deny us their interpretation of a Pain au Chocolat for too much longer. Surely. Look at the sheer beauty of this. In Italy, it’s being called the ‘Sweety Con […]

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And now for something a little bit different. You’ll have to forgive us for a change of format this week. The Graham Norton Show Let’s just get this out of the way in a single sentence – he’s got Rosamund Pike, Michael McIntyre, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Coldplay. The Late Late Show Well, there’s this… https://twitter.com/nmcgivney/status/796678557560868864 […]

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“When are we going to have the moral courage to speak in terms other than economy, all the time, and to realise what is happening?” Senator Aodhán O’Riordáin gave a passionate speech in the Seanad on Thursday regarding the Irish government’s reaction to Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential election. “I am frightened about […]

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He added that ‘echo chambers’ – in which you only see content in line with your own views – are not a problem. Mark Zuckerberg has come out fighting against allegations that fake news on Facebook indirectly caused Donald Trump to win the Presidential election earlier this week. The co-founder of the social media giant […]

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Every year he has to put up with the same thing. This is the story of two Twitter accounts. On the one hand, you have @johnlewisretail – cynically tugging at your heartstrings and emptying the contents of your wallet every time Christmas (or early November) rolls around. On the other hand, you have this man, […]

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Another legend lost. Leonard Cohen has died. One of the greatest songwriters and poets of all time, Cohen died peacefully at home at the age of 82. A post on the Canadian’s Facebook page confirmed the news. Cohen’s son Adam told Rolling Stone: “My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with […]

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Higgins was speaking ahead of The Power of 10, an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Pieta House, Ireland’s centre for the prevention of suicide and self harm. Pieta House CEO Brian Higgins is looking towards International Men’s Day, with the organisation hosting an event at The Blas Café in The Chocolate Factory, Dublin, […]

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Remember that dream you had about being naked in public? Lucking for JOE reader Thomas Brennan, he has no shame and therefore sauntering through UCC wearing nothing but a beanie hat and a smile comes as no bother to him. The whole idea is that the post that gets the most likes on the UCC […]

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SIPTU will ballot its members next week as the prospect of 60,000 striking public sector workers looms. SIPTU has given the government one week to start talks on a new national pay deal. The country’s largest trade union will ballot its 60,000 on widespread industrial action unless the government agrees to convene new talks by […]

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The xx are back. They gave us, arguably, the best debut album of the past decade and something of a difficult second effort. The xx have just announced the release of their third album – ‘I See You’ will be out on 13 January. We're so happy to let you know our 3rd album I […]

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A far more measured Robert De Niro spoke to Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night. Having released a video in October in which he said he’d like to punch Donald Trump in the face, actor Robert De Niro has now sounded a far more cautious note about the next American President. “Are you still going to punch […]

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“Hate was given hope.” Aaron Sorkin, the creator of The West Wing and writer of films like A Few Good Men, The American President and The Social Network, has written an open letter to his 15-year-old daughter, and her mother Julia Sorkin. Here it is… Sorkin Girls, Well the world changed late last night in […]

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The protests have been spreading since the Republican candidate’s victory over Hillary Clinton. American flags have been burned and riots have broken out in certain parts of the United States, as anti-Trump protesters rail against the election of the country’s next President. Flag burning at American University. Wow. pic.twitter.com/V0NZsfNMyz — Meh (@madelineele) November 9, 2016 […]

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It’s time to repeal. An Irish husband and wife are both travelling to Liverpool on Thursday morning for an abortion, and documenting it all on both Twitter and Snapchat. Click here to follow it on Twitter. This was written by the husband earlier this week, explaining their situation. We strongly urge you to read it.  […]

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The full clip was released early on Thursday morning. Let’s take a guess at the hashtags that will be making absolute bits of your Twitter feed later today. #SadDog, #HappyDog, #BouncingDog, #FlyAway, #FlyingSquirrel, #FrozenTrampoline, #Heartstring, #NotAsGoodAsTheLilyAllenClassic and, eh, #Marketing. We wanted a distraction from this, and we definitely needed a distraction from this, so here […]

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The Irish leader has been invited to The White House on St. Patrick’s Day. US President Elect Donald Trump has invited Taoiseach Enda Kenny to The White House next March as part of the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. A statement from the Irish Government revealed that Kenny and Trump held a ten-minute conversation on Wednesday, […]

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He predicted this. Donald Trump gave an interview to Colette Fitzpatrick on TV3 in 2014, on Ireland AM, before he had even announced his candidacy to become the 45th President of the United States. A more laid-back Trump than we’re used to said that Hillary Clinton was, “very smart. She’s going to be the Democratic […]

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A massive honour for The Frames’ frontman. Glen Hansard has been awarded the inaugural Brendan Behan, given for an outstanding contribution to the arts by the Dublin Institute of Technology, where Behan attended as a student. The singer and star of the film Once was presented with the award on Tuesday evening. “I feel very […]

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Sincerely congratulating a man with Trump’s racist and sexist views has not gone down well with the Irish people. Enda Kenny’s statement, warmly congratulating Donald Trump on his victory in the United States’ presidential election, has not gone down well with those who oppose the New Yorker’s views on immigrants, women, the media and anyone […]

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The endorsement that Trump was craving. Kerry T.D. Michael Healy-Rae wasted roughly five minutes in congratulating Donald Trump on his victory in the United States presidential election. Michael wrote: “Whether you like President Elect Donald Trump or not, we are where we are, it is time to congratulate him and to work in conjunction with […]

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“Just release the fucking thing!” Just when the world needs the warming glow of the full John Lewis Christmas ad, they go and release another ten second teaser. In fairness to them, they didn’t know America was going to go full Trump and cause the rest of the world to shit its pants. Anyway, here […]

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‘Murica. A heckler shouts out ‘Kill Obama’ during Donald Trump’s victory speech in New York. Whatever about the future, the end of this campaign can only be a good thing. What a world we live in. Anyway… If you’re looking for a bit of humour amid all the uncertaintly, click here. pic.twitter.com/2C5KFoit9j — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) […]

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Look outside. The rain has stopped. The world hasn’t stopped turning. Nobody truly knows what to expect from President Donald Trump but let’s take every day as it comes. OK, we know, we sound desperate. We’re waking up to a far more uncertain world but hopefully these tweets will give you a wry laugh amid […]

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“I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so we can unify this great country.” Donald Trump’s victory speech struck a conciliatory note as he commended Hillary Clinton on a strongly fought campaign for the US Presidency. This was the moment his Vice-President Mike Pence introduced him on stage. LIVE: Donald Trump […]

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It’s the end of the world as we know it. The American people have elected Donald Trump as their next President. The official news came through around 7.35am, Irish time, as Hillary Clinton’s hopes of staging an unlikely comeback disappeared. At Clinton campaign headquarters, everyone went home. Polls were overturned as American voters decided to give […]

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They’re not conceding. Yet. Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta appeared on stage in New York to tell supporters to go home, that they would not be seeing the Democratic nominee for President until tomorrow (or, presumably, later this afternoon in Ireland). This comes with Donald Trump just 22 Electoral College votes away from being […]

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The most cynical show on television will be back soon. Glenn Howerton, star of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, has confirmed that the 12th series of the world’s most disturbed and downright entertaining comedy will begin on 4 January 2017. Jan. 4. Sunny. Season 12. — Glenn Howerton (@GlennHowerton) November 8, 2016 We don’t know […]

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The event will be hosted by Senator Lynn Ruane. Senator Lynn Ruane is set to host an important community mental health forum in Tallaght, Dublin, on 3 December called ‘Tallaght Talks’. Speaking at the event – attendance at which will be free – will be Ruane herself, as well as former footballer and RTÉ pundit […]

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Thankfully, it’ll focus on the early years of the show’s only truly funny character. CBS is in negotiations for a spin-off to The Big Bang Theory, focusing on the early life of Sheldon Cooper. The show would be a single camera comedy – similar, presumably, to Peep Show – focusing on the 12-year-old Sheldon in […]

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A victory for privacy. Officials in the UK have followed the lead of Germany and ordered Facebook to stop collecting information from WhatsApp about its users. This comes after WhatsApp started sharing the phone numbers and data analytics of its users with its parent company, so that advertisers would have better access to potential customers. […]

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They were led by the man hoping to become the next Commander-in-Chief. It’s finally Election Day in the United States, and Donald Trump’s carried his paranoia and his negativity all the way to 1am as he took aim at both the print and broadcast media. From Scranton, Pennsylvania, pollster Frank Luntz shared this clip of Trump’s […]

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If you’ve ever been to The Stag’s Head, you’ll know this is well deserved. The Stag’s Head, on Dame Lane in Dublin city centre, has been named as the best pub in Ireland. Hospitality Ireland’s 11th annual National Hospitality Conference and Awards took place on Monday evening, with the best pubs and restaurants in the country named. […]

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A new report from Daft.ie shows how bad Ireland’s renting crisis has become. Rents in Ireland have risen by an average of 11.7% in the year up to September 2016, according to a new report from property website Daft. Moreover, the average monthly rent hit €1,077 in the third quarter of the year, which is the […]

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Warning: Contains some highly offensive language. If the future of the world is going to be decided by people like this, then we’re all in trouble. This video clip of a man verbally abusing a fellow driver contains some of the most offensive, racial stereotyping you’re ever likely to see. Following a traffic incident in Memphis, […]

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One of our favourite documentaries of 2016. Alex Fegan’s brilliant Older Than Ireland is the only Irish documentary in contention for an Academy Award in 2017. The film takes a look back at 100 years of life through the eyes of thirty Irish centenarians, charting Ireland’s history over the last century, all the way back […]

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We’re taking over. While all of the focus has been on Chicago this weekend, it’s going to be all about New York next week and Madison Square Garden as Conor McGregor takes on Eddie Alvarez in UFC 205. The Dubliner is aiming to become the first simultaneous two-division champion in the history of the UFC, […]

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Our hearts go out to the New Zealand fan in the group (well, not really). From the raucous to the refined. The Wexford Festival Opera Chorus performed a blinding rendition of Ireland’s Call after the victory over the All Blacks in Chicago on Saturday night. Better again, they have a company member from New Zealand, […]

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Did you know they were cousins? Fifth cousins, once removed, to be exact, and US Vice-President Joe Biden was quick to congratulate his kin Rob Kearney on Ireland’s famous 40-29 victory over the All Blacks in Chicago on Saturday. It was Ireland’s first ever win over New Zealand in 111 years, and we celebrated it […]

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We haven’t had scenes like these since France in the summer. Anyone who says that Irish rugby fans are a more reserved bunch that they’re Association Football-supporting brethren should take a look at this. Following Ireland’s historic win over New Zealand in Chicago on Saturday evening, let’s just say there may have been some scenes […]

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“Saddest that, in one paragraph, neither gender is shown any respect.” Recently, my colleague Carl Kinsella and I were asked to participate in the RTÉ documentary, Asking For It: Reality Bites, to be presented by the author Louise O’Neill. The documentary centred around Irish attitudes to sex, to how sexual assaults are reported (or not, […]

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Bruce Springsteen was talking to Ryan Tubridy on Friday night’s The Late Late Show. Bruce Springsteen has revealed the insecurities that dogged the early part of his career, and how he struggled to come to terms with his level of fame. He also revealed his fears back in 1985, when he played to his biggest […]

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It’s going into a 30th year. The Simpsons has been renewed for two more seasons, taking it up to a record 30th year. The animated show will, in the process, become the longest-running scripted TV show of all time; it goes up to 669 episodes, beating the record of Gunsmoke at 635. “This is yet […]

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Health and safety concerns mean more than 200,000 students could be affected. The Department of Education has warned that the withdrawal of supervision and substitution duties from Monday could affect more than 400 schools across the country. The widespread closure of schools is expected from Monday as the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland begins […]

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There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news: It’s going to be settled, mostly dry, with no snow. The bad news: It’s going to be very, very cold, but there won’t be any snow. Yeah, we know we predicted some snowfall earlier this week, but we don’t make the weather. We just report […]

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This should, but won’t, kill the debate stone dead. Conor McNamara from the BBC clearly points out why wearing the poppy is a personal, rather than political, statement and why that is clearly in conflict with FIFA’s laws. This comes on the same day that football’s world governing body charged the FAI over the 1916 […]

10 years ago

JOE reader Ruth Shaw has reached out to us, and how could we not help to sort her out? At first, we thought it was a very strangely conceived tribute to the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece Eyes Wide Shut. Then we thought it was a weird nod to The Bangles, although we’re not quite sure why. […]

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Three out of four passengers will not see an increase in public transport charges in Ireland next year. The following fares will apply across the country from 1 December. Dublin Bus Schoolchild Leap fares to rise by 2c Adult cash and Leap fares, regular child, schoolchild cash and Dublin Bus only monthlies and annuals will see […]

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