A large number of skiers were reportedly trapped under the snow, but no casualties have been reported. An avalanche has hit the popular French skiing resort of Tignes in the Alps, according to reports, with many people “engulfed” on the slopes according to local police sources. Latest reports suggest that there were no casualties as […]

9 years ago

All hail Fusion Fighters. Chris Naish, George Deadman, Conor Kennedy, Declan McHale and John McCullagh perform ‘Phantom’ at Coombe Abbey Hotel in Coventry, and if this doesn’t get you in the mood for St Patrick’s Weekend then nothing will. Filmed by Gary Collins Photography, the troupe’s artistic director Chris Naish sent this our way. While […]

9 years ago

Businessman Colm Lyon talks to Nick Webb on The Capital B about Realex Payments, the company he conceived in a pub in Dublin and later sold for €115m. Have you ever had an idea that you know will make you money, it’s just a case of knowing where to start? Colm Lyon was working for […]

9 years ago

If you’re in UCC and you don’t vote for Martin Scally after watching this, we don’t even want to know you. It might not be anything particularly new – piss-takes of Andrew Lincoln trying to steal his pal’s wife in Love Actually are second only to a certain bunker scene from Downfall – but this […]

9 years ago

“I was only in London for six hours. I was going to fly in, do the audition and come home.” Actor and poet Emmet Kirwan told an exceptional story on The Late Late Show on Friday night about a chance meeting with his brother in London on 11 September, 2001. Emmet was only in London for […]

9 years ago

Bob Carley manages to pin down how we’re all feeling this evening in the wake of the news from Tuam. Much as we’ve tried to distract ourselves on Friday, our thoughts keep turning back to Tuam and the discovery of “significant quantities” of human remains at a site in Galway. It’s an incredibly sad day […]

9 years ago

Little girl 1-0 Nigel Farage. We’ve never heard of News Thing, we’ve never heard of Sam Delaney and we’ve certainly never heard of a News Thing Knighthood, but it’s going to be etched in our minds for eternity thanks to this wonderful little girl’s takedown of Nigel Farage. Dressed up as a queen on RT […]

9 years ago

Nothing was keeping hurler Maidhc Ó Conghaile down. Hurler Maidhc Ó Conghaile may have taken an accidental hurl to the face from team-mate Thomas Monaghan last weekend, but he kept on celebrating with his team-mates like a champ. The incident took place just moments after Mary Immaculate College claimed a Fitzgibbon Cup victory over IT Carlow […]

9 years ago

She’s very proud of her little Edward. RTÉ went to Wexford on Friday to meet Ed Sheeran’s granny Nancy, who’s very proud of her grandson on the day that he releases his third album ÷ (Divide). The record may be receiving some mixed reviews but will sell roughly 8 trillion copies regardless; Nancy, meanwhile, doesn’t care […]

9 years ago

Remember when you did the Christmas Millionaire Raffle, dumped the ticket in your wallet, went to the pub and got nicely, nicely refreshed? Well, it’s time to check that wallet. Somebody in Ireland is a millionaire and they don’t even know it, and they only have four more weeks to collect their prize. According to Garreth […]

9 years ago

The move is preventing a number of Northern Irish students from attending colleges in the Republic. Seven of Ireland’s most renowned third-level institutions will not accept results in Software Systems Development, Moving Image Arts, Digital Technology and Environmental Technology from A-Level students. According to the BBC, the move has seen a number of Northern Irish students […]

9 years ago

We’ve all fantasised about having one of the country’s best bands play our house party, and Hermitage Green made that came true in Limerick this week. Hermitage Green set a precedent for this kind of thing late last year when they played a set at a house party in UCD, and this time there was […]

9 years ago

When it comes to plámásing, nobody does it quite as well as Stephen Fry. Far from being one of these people who says one thing and behaves in the exact opposite way, when Stephen Fry says he loves the Irish he really means it. From his guest appearance on Ros na Rún to his firecracker […]

9 years ago

Trickshots impress us every time, but never more so when they involve some sweet, delicious pancakes. This video was sent on to us by JOE reader Darragh Connolly; he and his friends were on the batter on Tuesday and the results are more and more impressive the longer the video goes on. Our favourite trickshot? […]

9 years ago

Since attempting to take his own life in September 2000 by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Kevin Hines has travelled the world to stop others from doing the same. Of the thousands of people who have died after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, Kevin Hines is part of the 1% […]

9 years ago

If you’ve got modelling ambitions, this could be your big break. You can expect Fraser Models and Actors to draw quite a crowd in Dublin on Saturday 11 March when they host an open casting call for male and female models on Dublin’s Mount Street. The casting is for, “a well known fashion brand with […]

9 years ago

An unforgettable moment from Donegal surfer Conor Maguire. Maguire was filmed by Clem McInerney, and you can see just why it’s a Ride of the Year contender at the 2017 WSL Big Wave Awards. Incredible. The footage was shot on Mullaghmore Head on 9 February, Maguire keeping his stance despite the absolute beast unfurling around […]

9 years ago

Cue Lotto fever. Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you an awful lot of Freddo bars and luxury cars. Wednesday night’s Lotto jackpot is set to reach an eye-watering €13m, as people across the country collectively start daydreaming about the moment they can tell their boss to ‘shove it’. (Not us at JOE, […]

9 years ago

Ray Nolan, who founded Hostelworld in 1999 before selling it a decade later for €100m, has explained the importance of working ‘smart’ as opposed to working long hours for no gain. Speaking to Nick Webb on JOE’s new business podcast The Capital B, Nolan revealed some of the secrets of his success and revealed that […]

9 years ago

Kymann Power, you have our attention. Kinnegad vlogger Kymann Power recently visited seven European countries inside seven days for less than €125, and now he wants to impart his wisdom to the masses. Kymann – who you can subscribe to on his YouTube channel here – recently took to the Ryanair website and employed a couple of […]

9 years ago

Chilling. Politico have posted audio from Sean Spicer’s White House press briefing on Friday, in which he explains why reporters from the likes of CNN, the New York Times and the BBC – among others – were excluded from his updates. He was asked, “Are CNN and the New York Times not in here right because […]

9 years ago

We shouldn’t laugh, which makes this video from Denmark all the funnier. While we hate to move on from the gentleman who slipped on the ice on the RTÉ news back in 2010, we’ve found something that might be just as funny. This incident took place on a footpath in Denmark, with TV2 Ostjylland sharing […]

9 years ago

Rory McIlroy has spoken out against those who have labelled him a ‘fascist’. Rory McIlroy has tweeted about his decision to play a round of golf with American President Donald Trump last week. The 27-year-old from Northern Ireland insists that his decision to hit the tees with Trump was not a political endorsement of any […]

9 years ago

An absolutely incredible development from Donald Trump’s White House. A number of high profile news organisations have been banned from the White House press briefing. CNN, BBC, The New York Times, LA Times, New York Daily News and the Daily Mail have all been shut out by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who has instead hand-picked […]

9 years ago

Norwegian Air come out fighting. Who doesn’t love it when two major airlines engage in a good-natured Twitter battle? Norwegian Air have come out fighting. Aer Lingus may have thrown some serious corporate shade at its rival after the latter announce low cost fares between Ireland and New York, tweeting, No free bag?No free seat […]

9 years ago

Some months are better than others when it comes to Netflix releases, and March is an absolute cracker. Groundhog Day, As Good As It Gets and Legends of the Fall are just three of the classics coming to Netflix in Ireland over the coming weeks. It’s going to be one of the better months for […]

9 years ago

“I couldn’t pick a better bunch of jerks to get marooned on a distant planet with!” So begins this prelude to Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s latest chapter in the series he started way back in 1979. Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride and Billy Crudup all get together for one last supper before entering cryosleep, […]

9 years ago

This is a massive, massive coup for the streaming service. Netflix have bought the rights to The Irishman, the first collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro since Casino way back in 1995. The movie would see De Niro play Frank Sheeran, the alleged contract killer thought to be responsible for the murder of […]

9 years ago

Milo Yiannopoulos’ career as the world’s most famous troll is surely at an end. It’s been a bad week for Milo Yiannopoulos, the (now) former Breitbart writer losing a book deal with Simon & Schuster and leaving his role with the ultra-right wing publication due to comments he made about sex with under-age boys. Yiannopoulos […]

9 years ago

We’ve finally got there. We’ve reached peak ‘Healy-Rae’. Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae has far more important matters on his mind than the future of the coalition government or its Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Healy-Rae feels that Killarney National Park is being neglected and that not enough resources are being put into its maintenance; moreover, he’s worried […]

9 years ago

He’ll be performing as part of the St. Patrick’s Festival at Jameson’s Bow Street Sessions. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are coming back to Dublin. Having played at the Olympia in March of 2016, Rateliff has announced he is returning for a far more intimate affair at The Academy on the evening of 16 […]

9 years ago

Donald Trump’s racist ban on Muslims will be revived this week. Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised immigration order banning people from seven countries from entering the country. As before, those countries are Libya, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Somalia, all predominantly Muslim countries. There are some minor alterations to the initial ban […]

9 years ago

A spiritual sequel to one of our favourite series of all time. Great news for anyone who still misses Friday Night Lights, Peter Berg’s seminal look at the life of a small Texas town and its high school football team – Berg is back with QB1: Beyond the Lights, a documentary that returns to the […]

9 years ago

This is massive. Live entertainment in Ireland generated a staggering €1.7bn for the economy, with over 11,000 jobs created off the back of those figures. At an event in Dublin’s Westbury Hotel to show just how pivotal a role the entertainment sector plays in Ireland, Justin Green of Wide Awake Communications told JOE about the […]

9 years ago

The actor was close to tears as he spoke out against child sexual exploitation. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a hearing on fighting modern slavery, the 39-year-old star of Two and a Half Men discussed his work with Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, which is an organisation he co-founded with his ex-wife Demi Moore […]

9 years ago

This is phenomenal, and we’re not exaggerating. As part of the upcoming St. Patrick’s Festival, poet Stephen James Smith was commissioned to write a piece called ‘My Ireland,’ a vibrant, passionate, angry and ultimately hopeful look at our country in 2017. You may be a bit sceptical and feel like you don’t have the time […]

9 years ago

If a McDonald’s breakfast is your thing, Friday morning will be your time to shine. Who doesn’t love free food? Anyone? Thought not. McDonald’s Ireland have just made a lot of us very, very happy with the news that they will be giving away free breakfasts on Friday morning. You can choose between a FREE […]

9 years ago

Last time we saw them, all hell was breaking loose. Netflix have announced the return of Orange Is The New Black with a quick, sneaky peak at season five of everyone’s favourite prison drama. It’s all coming back to us on 9 June which is, thankfully, a Friday so you can spend the weekend with Piper […]

9 years ago

The world is fucked. You’re going to have to forgive the language, as unparliamentary as the 45th President of those (still, barely) United States. But no other words will do. The world is fucked. We are living inside a Waterford Whispers headline; a satirical circlejerk where the news you want to be real comes with […]

9 years ago

The Academy Award nominations have been announced, and Ruth Negga has been nominated in the Best Actress category. Ruth Negga has received her first ever Academy Award nomination for her role in Loving. The Irish-Ethiopian actress rose to prominence playing Rosie in Love/Hate and can now dream of taking home an Oscar for her role opposite […]

9 years ago

This will be one of the biggest changes in the platform’s history. How do you use Snapchat? If all you do is send your friends updates on the varying levels of hungover you’re feeling right now, then this probably won’t affect you. However, if you’re one of the 100 million regular users of the Discover […]

9 years ago

An important message to put out there…

9 years ago

He took it a lot better than Roy Keane did, back in the day. You’d almost feel sorry for the Talksport reporter who left his phone on during Friday’s Jose Mourinho press conference, if it wasn’t quite funny. The Portuguese was meeting the press ahead of Sunday’s clash with Liverpool at Old Trafford when a […]

9 years ago

Even better than the real thing? Brian Finn probably didn’t think he’d end up on JOE with his cover of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ – it was sent into us by Séamus Harnett – but he absolutely deserves it. The Mary Immaculate student nails this, and we’re looking forward to hearing more from him. […]

9 years ago

Drake or The Taming of the Shrew? Lil Wayne or The Tempest? Macbeth or Kanye West? This is trickier than you might think.

9 years ago

From one Hollywood legend to another. Last year he said he wanted to punch the businessman in the face and now Robert De Niro has expressed his support for Meryl Streep, after her now famous Golden Globes speech against Donald Trump earlier this week. His note reads… Meryl – What you said was great. It needed […]

9 years ago

“Oh God, I’ve broken it!” This, from Foil, Arms and Hog, is wonderful. We’ve all been there, trying to explain how to use a mouse to the older generation, watching as they struggle to find the letter ‘P’ on the keyboard, marvelling as they offer their credit card details to a deposed Nigerian prince. If […]

9 years ago

Fianna Fáil councillor Daithi Di Roiste says that rickshaws on the streets of Dublin represent “a public safety danger.” Di Roiste feels that legislation is needed to ban the controversial mode of transport, which sees people being wheeled around on passenger carts. While talks have taken place about regulating rickshaws between Dublin City Council and the National […]

9 years ago

Taxis are reportedly arriving to bring the residents elsewhere. Residents of Apollo House in Dublin are reportedly leaving the building on Thursday morning. A court order to vacate the building expired at midday on Wednesday. BREAKING: Occupiers of Apollo House will leave the building this morning to comply with court order to vacate — Seán […]

9 years ago

He made the claim in 2fm’s Game On on Wednesday night. Promoter Bob Arum does not believe that a clash between UFC fighter Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is a realistic prospect. The pair have been at loggerheads in the press recently, despite the fact that Mayweather has offered the Dubliner $15m to meet him in […]

9 years ago