The measures were revealed by Junior Minister Helen McEntee in an interview with The Irish Sun. The Irish government plans to introduce mental health classes for pre-Junior Cert students, Junior Minister Helen McEntee has announced. Suicide prevention in Ireland is the reason McEntee – who lost her own father Shane to suicide in 2012 – […]

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Hope your boiler didn’t pack it in over Christmas. While we’ve had another mild winter across the country, with only Storm Barbara briefly threatening to keep us out of the pub, we’re in for a far colder start to 2017 from New Year’s Day onwards. Today – which is Friday, for anyone in a state […]

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Thankfully for lovers of competitive football, he’s going nowhere. The agent of World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that Real Madrid have received an offer €300m for the Portuguese forward, but he has no interest in moving. The offer came from China. His agent, Jorge Mendes, told Sky Sports Italia that an […]

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A nationwide ceasefire in conflict-torn Syria came into effect late last night, having been brokered by both Russia and Turkey. While the Syrian government forces and several rebel factions agreed to lay down their arms, Islamic State and ex-Nusra Front militants are not part of the deal struck by the three countries. A number of Rebel […]

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We got to relive some incredible memories. One of the television highlights of the Christmas period, RTÉ’s look back at Euro 2016 from the perspective of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland teams received unanimous praise from those who watched it. This sequence alone would have brought a tear to the eye of […]

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Some people can be very, very cruel. When Richie Deevy’s daughter Aoife was getting married in Marbella during the summer, he was more concerned with finishing off his speech than making sure the suit he had ordered was all present and correct. Imagine the man’s horror when he was about to leave the hotel to […]

9 years ago

A selfless act by the legendary frontman. Eddie Vedder has given $10,000 to a struggling family to help them stave off eviction, having seen the mother’s appeal go viral online. Tyshika Britten wrote a post on Craiglist last week about her family’s financial struggles and the fact that they were about to be thrown out […]

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Meet the world’s proudest Corkman. Ross Frenett has just posted images from his unique world tour, in which he found tourist spots from Rome to Hollywood, from Alcatraz to London, from Tijuana to the Brandenburg Gate… …yet never found anywhere quite like Cork. So much did he miss home, in fact, that he titled this […]

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Warning: This will make you weep like a small child. Steve Garrigan, lead singer of Kodaline, gave his dad the best Christmas gift ever and his old man’s reaction will melt your frozen heart. A brand new car. Garrigan senior, Des, could not believe what his son had done for him and he broke down […]

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You’ll never look at Rudolph the same way again. Connie Bennett’s six-year-old had intended to draw a picture of Santa’s reindeer in the stable, but ended up putting together something an awful lot more risqué. You can just imagine the teacher’s reaction when this was, presumably, handed up in class. @TheUnmumsyMum I know how you […]

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On Christmas Day, we lit up Facebook for the people of Aleppo in Syria, who have just seen their city fall to the government forces of Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad. Thousands of lives were lost, while others lost their home and all sense of hope. Now, we ask you to join with Amnesty International […]

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The 25-year-old was pulled over in Liverpool city centre on Christmas Eve. Roberto Firmino was pulled over for drink driving in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of Christmas Eve, police have confirmed. The Brazilian will appear at Liverpool City Magistrates Court next month. “Merseyside Police has charged a 25-year-old man with drink driving after […]

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If you’re a nervous flyer, then it might be worth looking away now. JOE reader Ger Fenton was at Dublin Airport on Friday during Storm Barbara, where he took this footage of a plane struggling to land amid the high winds of Storm Barbara. He tells the story: “With very strong cross winds and gusts, […]

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The Taoiseach has given his annual Christmas message. Enda Kenny has promised to address the problem of homelessness in 2017 during his Christmas message to the Irish people. The Taoiseach insists that the government’s duties are to make Ireland a better place to live “for all our citizens,” and addressed the many thousands of people […]

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This will stir the blood. What a moment. James Connolly was a well respected rugby coach in Cheltenham with a strong Irish heritage. He coached Cheltenham Tigers, Cheltenham North and Cheltenham Saracens, and sadly passed away recently from a brain tumour. At James’ funeral his son led the Haka after more than 1,000 people had […]

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The person who wrote this certainly has a way with the words. “Gail will have lingered with us overnight and remain with us for Christmas dinner and dessert; she will however be called a taxi and sent onward by the time the evening film starts.” We don’t know who writes the weather reports from the […]

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Just in time for Christmas. Two wind warnings for the country have been issued on Friday morning as Storm Barbara crosses the country. The north and north-west will be particularly affected, with some travel disruption expected for those looking to make it home for Christmas. Gusts of between 100km/h and 120km/h are expected and there’s […]

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“The double champ does what the fuck he wants!” It’s a great way to finish up this compilation of the best trash talk from the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2016, in which a certain Dubliner wipes the floor with anyone who thinks they can get the better of the verbals. He can clearly walk the […]

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These just keep getting better and better. While we get a lot of these sent to us, we only share the best of the best. And this is a cracker. Paddy Magee has been away in Australia for five long years, and hadn’t told his mam and dad in Fermanagh that he was coming home […]

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She’s a phenomenon. Graham Stewart has shared this video of his daughter, Georgia, sparring with her coach. She’s nine-years-old. Incredible speed, skill and poise, especially for someone so young. Although she can’t box until she’s 11, she’s already been practicing since the age of seven and you can see that there’s a real talent there. […]

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This goes out, in particular, to anyone who’s going home to a rural town in Ireland for Christmas. RTÉ’s The Today Show with Maura and Daithí have shared this wonderful poem from the actor and writer Séamus O’Rourke, a salute to the smaller towns of Ireland over Christmas. Simple, profound and funny, it captures what […]

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Just like Santa, we’re going to give you a little Christmas present and tell you about some of our favourite Christmas films. Welcome to the party pal! Die Hard Let’s be honest, it’s not Christmas without a trip to Nakatomi Plaza. Superb one liners, great action scenes and one of most-iconic villains in Hans Gruber, played brilliantly by […]

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The hidden treasure of a Virgin Media on-screen programme guide. We expect a lot of people will be watching The Royle Family over Christmas, following the death in 2016 of the show’s co-creator and star Caroline Aherne. One of the best ever episodes of the show was the Christmas special in 2006, titled ‘The Queen […]

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Splendid. If you’re going to make a 12 pubs video in the hope that it will go viral, then make sure that it’s as original as possible. JOE reader Conor Moore has sent us this absolute classic, in which he sets a number of beats to the sounds of a dozen pubs in Gorey, County […]

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This is a really incredible image. For the time of year the weather has been fairly kind to us – Storm Alphabet hasn’t even started yet, but this picture from Castlerock pier in Coleraine would lead you to think it’s the end of days. What makes the image is the fact that professional surfer Al […]

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This is just a lovely story. Joe Kavanagh works in Blackrock, and a few times a week he stops and chats with Bobby. Bobby is homeless and sits on the street beside the Centra, and they’ve struck up something of a friendship. On Thursday, Bobby had something for Joe. In a Facebook post, Joe writes: […]

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A judge in the High Court has ruled that the occupants of Apollo House must vacate the building the property. However, he delayed the ruling until after Christmas. The injunction directing a group of homeless people and activists to leave Apollo House, on Tara Street, in Dublin by midday on 11 January. Singers Glen Hansard […]

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You learn something new every day. This is one we’ve often wondered about but were always a little bit afraid to ask. After all, air travel can be nerve-wracking even if you don’t have a crippling fear of plummeting to your watery death, so the fewer questions and the more whiskey involved, the better. So, […]

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Fair play to the Whelan family from Cabra. We hope that the Whelan family from Cabra in Dublin are in for a great Christmas, given the generosity they showed this week by giving away a prize they had won of €1,000 for their house’s elaborate decorations. Having won the prize from Energia by getting people […]

9 years ago

Ladbrokes have released their list of the 10 biggest upsets – sporting, political and otherwise – of the last 12 months. For anyone who thinks that Leicester City’s Premier League win was bound to take spot, think again. You need to look far closer to home, and to Chicago. 10) Ireland’s defeat of Italy at the […]

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Even though this is 2016, and all bets are off about how messed up the world can get, this is quite incredible. This man, Adam Saleh, claims he was asked to step off a Delta Air Lines plane when he was overheard speaking a different language. Saleh was on the phone to his mother with a […]

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Reports state that at least 12 people have been killed and 60 people have been injured. A massive explosion has taken place at a fireworks market in Mexico. It occurred in Tultepec, on the northern outskirts of the capital. Emergency services were at the scene as plumes of smoke rose into the sky. Hotspots were being hosed […]

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The Slieve Russell made the announcement on Tuesday evening. The Slieve Russell Hotel in Cavan has announced that it is to temporarily close on Tuesday evening due to an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug. In a release, the hotel’s management said that the outbreak of the ‘Norovirus’ in recent weeks is causing it to […]

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10 out of 12 is a good score here.

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We would, quite happily, watch the whole thing without sound effects. This is either genius marketing or somebody’s complete and utter f*ck-up. Never mind the official version of the trailer for Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe’s new action-adventure caper The Mummy, we think you’ll be quite taken with this version which runs for a full […]

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It might not have the musical stylings of Chris Hadfield, but it’s still a great message about seeing Christmas from above. The crew of the International Space Station have just sent back their Christmas message to Earth. Peggy Whitson, Shane Kimbrough and a Santa hat-sporting Thomas Pesquet talk about missing friends and family but how […]

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Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh himself would be proud of this. This video, sent into us by JOE reader Ciara Gleeson, features one of her relatives (who wishes to remain anonymous) performing a perfect piece of GAA commentary featuring a Christmas tree, a red hot roaring fire, snowmen, a selection box, a Coca-Cola Christmas truck and the […]

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This would be incredible. While news about a third series of True Detective is still thin on the ground, Matthew McConaughey has said that he would jump at the chance to play Rustin Cohle. Speaking on The Rick Eisen Show, the actor says he couldn’t turn down the chance to return to, arguably, his most […]

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You should definitely go, and slip into John Mulligan’s pub for a pint afterwards. We’ve heard a lot about Apollo House lately, where Glen Hansard, Jim Sheridan, Damien Dempsey et al have led an act of ‘civil disobedience’ by turning it into a shelter for Dublin’s homeless. Glen spoke about his very noble, illegal act […]

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More sad news this evening. Three people were injured when a man burst into a mosque in the Swiss financial capital of Zurich and opened fire on people at prayer. Two of the three injured men – aged 30, 35 and 56 – were badly hurt. The suspect was believed to have been a man in […]

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It was one malicious challenge. The Merseyside derby was high on octane, and high on atmosphere, but low on quality on Monday evening before Sadio Mané popped up with a goal in injury time. With Everton and Liverpool locked at a stalemate going towards the last 20 minutes of the game, with neither side producing […]

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The latest from the German city. A suspect has been arrested after a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing at least nine people and injuring at least 50 others. The suspect is reported to have fled the scene after the attack, but German TV report that a person reported to have been […]

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Local reports state nine people have died and around 50 people have been injured. According to reports coming from Germany on Monday night, a lorry has crashed into shoppers at a Christmas market in Berlin, sparking fears of a terrorist attack. A suspect has been arrested. A number of local sources – the Berliner Zeitung newspaper […]

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The feature we’ve always wanted, particularly if we’ve been on the beer. WhatsApp could be set to allow users to revoke or edit sent messages. Hallelujah. If you use an iPhone, this could be an absolute game changer as Gadgets 360 reports that users will get a ‘revoke’ option on messages, which will mean you […]

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The incident took place on Monday afternoon in Ankara. The man who shot and killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey has been identified as a 22-year-old off duty police officer. Andrey Karlov was shot and killed by the man, who is reported to have worked in the Turkish capital. “Today in Ankara as a result of […]

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Cans? Check. Roses? Check. Netflix? Check. Netflix have released their list of titles to keep out of the pub (yeah right) and out of trouble (yeah… rigggghhhht) over the festive season. OK, most of you will be getting up to mischief but it’s good to know there’s plenty of couch entertainment for those broken moments […]

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If you’re having a bad day, this is guaranteed to cheer you up. The crew of LÉ Eithne have put together this Christmas video in aid of CMRF Crumlin‘s Tiny Hearts campaign, lip-syncing to Shakin’ Stevens’ classic Merry Christmas Everyone. It’s genuinely funny, for a great cause and performed by the absolute heroes of our naval […]

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Get ready for something very special. When Laura Holland from our sister site over at Her.ie got the chance to sit down with Will Smith, she was determined to get him to speak our native tongue and to perform the rap from the opening credits of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Given the fact […]

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