From one boss to another. Barack Obama’s speech when handing over the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ellen DeGeneres was one of the most touching moments of his tenure, and he did it again when honouring a true giant of the musical landscape. Speaking about Bruce Springsteen, he said: “As a songwriter, a humanitarian, America’s rock […]

10 years ago

Where Leitrim leads, Tipperary follows. Lar Corbett’s bar in Thurles is joining in the Black Friday madness, following the example of this bar in Leitrim and selling pints for 99c. The deal will run from 10.30am to 6pm – plenty of time to grab a curry chip and be home in time for the Late Late […]

10 years ago

28. Pink Wafers They’re grand if you like sawdust that tastes like Calpol. Awful things. 27. Iced Rings Might as well eat six sugar cubes. 26. Bourbon Creams Funeral biscuits. 25. Ginger Nuts Tasty enough, but they’re like biting into a brick. 24. Rich Tea They’re biscuits for people who are denying the fact that […]

10 years ago

It’s like a normal Mannequin Challenge, but more gruesome. Football. Darts. Murder. And a dog. Whisper it, but we’re getting tired of the same old Mannequin Challenges. What seemed fresh a week ago has become a bit common and overdone. However. This is fucking great. JOE reader Daniel Menshakov, his friend Conor Beirne and his […]

10 years ago

A major health and safety issue in Gorey, County Wexford. Whether your newspaper of choice is The Irish Times, The Indo, The Sun or The New York Times, you don’t often to get to read journalism of this particular quality. The leaves in Gorey are too big, folks, and something needs to be done about […]

10 years ago

The Taoiseach was responding to questions from T.D. Ruth Coppinger of the AAA-PBP. Taoiseach Enda Kenny says that men who beat women “shame manhood” and promised the Dáil that the Domestic Violence Bill would pass before the end of the year. “It shames manhood for those who beat women. It’s a crime to beat a […]

10 years ago

We’re going to go with Apocalypse Now meets The Mission. This is bound to be in the reckoning for an Academy Award next February. This is the first footage of Martin Scorsese’s Silence, which receives its world premiere at the Vatican next week. Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds all star in […]

10 years ago

Let it snow. Given the fact that it’s been a bit ‘fresh’ over the last week or so, Ladbrokes have cut odds on their being a White Christmas across Ireland this year. Dublin hasn’t seen snow on Christmas morning since 2010 but those odds have now dropped back to 5/1, while Cork, Knock and Shannon […]

10 years ago

The dramatic music makes this. Having watched a lot of Planet Earth II over the weekend – the beauty of recording a few episodes at a time – we’ve seen a lot of the Himalayas, the Andes and the Alps on the telly. This could be any of those, but it’s actually the snow-covered slopes […]

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2016: The year of deaths, Donald and dodgy email accounts. Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan could be in trouble over her use of a commercial email account to conduct official police business. An officer told RTÉ News that, on at least one occasion, he sent the commissioner an official report on an email address that was […]

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And it’s not getting warmer any time soon. If you were out and about on Monday morning, the first thing you should have done was turn back, take off your coat and scarf, put on the heating and crawl back into bed. Why? Two reasons. It was Monday and it was bloody freezing. If you […]

10 years ago

“It’s Brooklyn, with a bubble on it.” If you’re living in America and you’re worried about life during Donald Trump’s presidency, then fear no longer. You can go and live in The Bubble. The Bubble is a massive safe space where everything is just as it used to be, where people can sell and buy […]

10 years ago

This is absolutely incredible. The gentlemen of How Ridiculous have smashed the world record for a basketball shot with this effort over a dam in Switzerland. In 2015, How Ridiculous set this record from Gordon Dam in Tasmania, Australia at a height of 126.5m (415 feet). In May 2016, Dude Perfect broke the record with […]

10 years ago

What the hell is a Spiralizer anyway? Apparently, it’s a thing for turning other things into spaghetti (thank you to my colleague Rosanna Cooney for that piece of information). Anyway, a Spiralizer is one of 16 items which, if you have them, immediately mean you’re as middle class as they come. This all comes from […]

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He walked off stage after just three songs. Fans at San Jose’s Golden 1 Centre were left enraged after Kanye West walked off stage just three songs into his set on Saturday night. Things got ugly after the rapper, who had performed just three songs, launched into a typical rant about Donald Trump, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, […]

10 years ago

For anyone who ever wanted to be an explorer. Jennifer ‘Harker’ Ryan has always had a deep fascination with buildings that lie derelict in her city of Dublin. She loves nothing more than a ‘no trespassing’ sign, or an open door leading to insides containing old clothes in a wardrobe, decaying furnishings and ancient bottles […]

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Are we looking at the coldest winter since 2010? We can’t get warm. Sunday night is set to be one of the coldest of the year so far, with Met Éireann having issued a warning of widespread freezing frost across the country tonight. Don’t make any unnecessary journeys, folks. Watch out for more thick fog […]

10 years ago

This goes out to anyone stuck in a job they hate. A study from an American health authority has detailed the occupations that are most likely to leave stressed, anxious or depressed and, surprisingly, those who deal with the public are the worst affected. To put it this way, any job in which you’re required to […]

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Sad news from County Tipperary this morning. Gardaí in Tipperary discovered the body of a man in Roscrea, County Tipperary around 2.30am on Sunday morning. The man had suffered stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was in his early 40s. A woman in her mid-40s was arrested shortly after the […]

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We could use a bullshit detector. And that’s exactly what programmer Daniel Sieradski has come up with. A simple Chrome Extension, B.S. Detector will help you to identify fake news stories on the world’s most popular social media platform, which means that you won’t see the kinds of stories that reportedly helped to swing the US […]

10 years ago

One of the greatest TV journalists in history has labelled Donald Trump a ‘thin-skinned bully.’ Dan Rather, writing on his Facebook page, has spoken out against Donald Trump’s reaction to the cast of the musical Hamilton addressing his Vice President Elect, Mike Pence, on Friday night. Trump would go on to claim that cast had […]

10 years ago

Enjoy them while you can. Like the Harlem Shake, the Ice Bucket Challenge and people dancing to Pharrell Williams’ ‘Happy,’ the Mannequin Challenge will one day soon be a thing of the past. With that in mind, let’s enjoy them while we can. This, from Garrett O’Donnell’s Pharmacy in Glenties, County Donegal is superb and […]

10 years ago

It wasn’t quite enough. World player of the year Beauden Barrett put in a man of the match performance as Ireland succumbed to a 21-9 defeat to New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium. It was a bruising encounter, with Robbie Henshaw, Johnny Sexton and Simon Zebo all forced off through injury as New Zealand’s ‘win […]

10 years ago

Taking Simon Zebo down by the neck was the final straw. With the intensity of the Irish crowd growing and the home side pressing to find a way back into the game, New Zealand’s ‘win at any cost’ approach was not finding favour with the Ireland fans. One tackle on Simon Zebo looked particularly dangerous, […]

10 years ago

The internet may be partly responsible for getting Donald Trump elected, but at least it’s giving us the Joe Biden memes. The outgoing American Vice President has become an online sensation as he has been turned into a sort of Dougal with brains to Barack Obama’s Ted. There are hundreds of them but this, referring […]

10 years ago

Ireland have it all to do in the second half. Robbie Henshaw and Johnny Sexton are both off injured, Ireland are losing and New Zealand were awarded a try that (we’re certain) should not have stood. Hope remains, however, and there’s a full half still to play as Joe Schmidt’s men look to secure another […]

10 years ago

Did he ground the ball? A potentially game defining decision from referee Jaco Peyper during the first half of Ireland v New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium, as Johnny Sexton appeared to prevent Beauden Barrett from grounding the ball for the All Blacks’ second try. Unfortunately, despite the TMO failing to definitively prove that the ball […]

10 years ago

“Don’t forget to breathe!” Wise words from Ryle Nugent as Ireland and New Zealand got underway at the Aviva Stadium. The whole country was glued to RTÉ as Joe Schmidt’s side looked to follow up their monumental victory in Chicago by beating the All Blacks on home turf for the first time. For once, we […]

10 years ago

We love Twitter, but if taking it away would shut Donald Trump up then we’d be all for it. Earlier, we reported how the cast of the massively popular Hamilton musical on Broadway had directly engaged with Vice President Elect Mike Pence on Friday night. It was a great moment, and immediately went viral. Tonight, […]

10 years ago

This is Jack, only five-years-old and the All Blacks’ tormentor-in-chief. Carol Brennan and her five-year-old son Jack were in Dublin’s city centre on Friday when they came across the New Zealand team. Egged on by his mother and completely ignoring the fact that his dad is a Kiwi, Jack has a great time taunting the […]

10 years ago

We hope this gets shared around. JOE reader Dave Diebold’s daughter turned 16 earlier this week, so he decided to write her a letter. It’s a design for life, with some very sincere and also very funny advice for how to live life. It may be written for a 16-year-old girl but there are lessons […]

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It’s all about mutual respect. Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the great Jonah Lomu, arguably the greatest All Black of all time. With Ireland having also recently lost Anthony Foley, tonight’s game at Lansdowne Road between Ireland and the All Blacks will hopefully see both stars remembered. With that in mind, […]

10 years ago

You’ve even got the Cyndi Lauper soundtrack. As long as we keep getting sent in videos like this, the Mannequin Challenge can stick around as long as it likes. JOE reader Eilis Ní Raghallaigh is one of a number of Irish teachers living and working in Dubai. Her friend Jenny Collison is getting married, so […]

10 years ago

This man has an incredible way with words. If you’re as sick as us of people who refuse to take Blindboy Boatclub seriously because of his facial attire, then read on, because this is one of Ireland’s most articulate voices. The Rubber Bandit was on The Late Late Show on Friday night talking about how […]

10 years ago

They caught him just as he was trying to get out the door. The cast of Hamilton, the Broadway phenomenon, made the most of their chance to speak directly to Vice President Elect Mike Pence on Friday night. Pence had attended the show but just after the curtain, as he tried to leave, he was […]

10 years ago

Good things come in twos. If this fails to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, then all hope is lost. RTÉ have just released a superb promo ahead of this evening’s clash with New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium. With Ireland having finally beaten the All Blacks a fortnight ago […]

10 years ago

Call it off. The Mannequin Challenge needs to rest in peace. We have a winner. This was filmed in the Jobstown House on Tuesday night and sent on to us by JOE readers Mags McMahon and Fran Burke. As with all Mannequin Challenges – and believe us when we tell you it’ll be hard to […]

10 years ago

The singer has pre-existing commitments. Bob Dylan has turned down the chance to accept his Nobel Prize in person. In order to claim the prize, however, he must give the ‘Nobel Lecture’ in person within six months from 10 December 2016. A statement from the Prize Committee read… #BobDylan will not pick up #Nobel prize […]

10 years ago

New Balance have denied that they are now to be known as ‘the official shoes of white people.’ The sportswear company has been forced to say that it has “mutual respect for people around the world” after the claims made by the American neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer. Certain customers have either burned or destroyed […]

10 years ago

The five-star hotel off Dublin’s Merrion Square had faced a clamour to cancel the event. Dublin’s Merrion Hotel has cancelled an event on Thursday to launch a new far-right political party in Ireland. Sam Tranum from The Dublin Inquirer posted this response that he received from the hotel’s manager, Garrett Power, on Wednesday afternoon. https://twitter.com/samtranum/status/798870125961244672 […]

10 years ago

Get in there. The Stone Leaf Bar on Leeson Street in Dublin is offering its punters free drinks if Ireland manage to complete their second win in a fortnight against New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The venue will show the match on various big screens throughout the venue following a build-up brunch, […]

10 years ago

He has tickets for the game but he plans to miss it in aid of his wife’s chosen charity. Sinéad Ryan has got in touch with us to tell us that her father – an avid Irish rugby fan – plans to give up his tickets to Ireland’s second ever victory over New Zealand this […]

10 years ago

Get ready for some insane numbers. Grafton Street in Dublin has been named as the 13th most expensive retail area in the world to rent, with a square metre of space costing an incredible €3,327-a-year to rent. The annual Cushman and Wakefield Main Streets Across the World report takes a look at 462 of the […]

10 years ago

It clears the way for TV3’s expansion in the Irish market. Virgin Media have received approval to move ahead with the purchase of UTV Ireland. The deal will cost €10m and includes a 10-year output deal in Ireland for programming produced by ITV in the UK. # The move follows Virgin’s takeover of TV3 in […]

10 years ago

Another twist in the saga on Wednesday morning. The triggering of Article 50, which would see the start of the process by which Great Britain would leave the European Union, could be delayed by up to two years according to a Supreme Court judge. Speaking to an audience in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, Justice […]

10 years ago

When we were eleven, we were filling out sticker albums and eating far too many Wham bars. Not Éanna Sheridan. The future president of the GPA is only 11-years-old, which makes this passionate and reasoned argument for GAA to go professional all the more impressive. You may not agree with his stance – in fact, […]

10 years ago

And there we were thinking that you couldn’t improve on perfection. Dolmen, an Irish company, has been charged with changing Guinness’s branding across the globe. Luckily, the Black Gold itself will stay the same, and the changes come after the decision to change the famous harp logo earlier this year. Chris Murphy, design director and […]

10 years ago

They’re looking for a quick sale. We strongly urge you to open your wallet, rifle through it and see if you’ve got a spare €15m amid all the old receipts, loyalty cards and random scraps of paper. There’s a private jet up for sale. ‘Airplane for quick sale due to new company jet’ Reluctant sale […]

10 years ago

Stephen Byrne, RTÉ Two Tube and 2fm presenter, speaks to JOE about his ‘Playing It Straight’ documentary which airs on Wednesday night. Growing up obsessed with football, Stephen Byrne’s disenchantment with the game grew as he realised he was gay. On Wednesday night on RTÉ 2, the 2fm presenter’s documentary Playing Straight will look at […]

10 years ago

This looks a little begob and begorrah, but there seems to be a strong story at the centre of it. Jim Sheridan, the legendary director of In The Name Of The Father and My Left Foot, has adapted Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture for the screen and it looks promising. A great cast includes Rooney […]

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