As hard as they are to look at, we’ve all seen the images. by Ollie Skehan #ALittleforAleppo will not break you, far from it, but it could make a massive difference to a completely shattered people. Over 40% of the children left in what remains of Aleppo are now orphans in a war zone that […]

10 years ago

The Force Awakens director has been speaking about the Irish landmark. JJ Abrams says he can’t believe he was allowed to film Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens on Skellig Michael off the coast of County Kerry. The UNESCO site plays a pivotal part in the blockbuster – on the way to becoming the […]

11 years ago

They’ll have needed a hot port or two after this. While most of the damage inflicted by Storm Frank came inland, this video shows just how treacherous conditions were out on the seas. This video was filmed by the Wildcat 60 team on Cork Harbour during sea trials in the most violent storm of the […]

11 years ago

Jesus wept. Right-wing politics in America has been plastered across the media for the last six months or so thanks to the ever-surging popularity of Donald Trump. Fox News is known to Americans as the mouthpiece for their country’s more radical conservatives – something for which Ireland has no real mainstream equivalent. The good people […]

11 years ago

The great, the good and the downright classics of 2015 are all here. Robert Doyle is at it again. Last year he put all the best films of 2014 into one handy package – Guardians of the Galaxy and Birdman to name but two – and now he has sent us in the 2015 version. Mad […]

11 years ago

“Whereas I have come across as well meaning and heartfelt, you have come across as just a bollox.” These lads know good topical comedy when they see it. Foil, Arms and Hog pitch Teresa Mannion against a certain evil, dastardly politician who wants all of your money for swimming lessons. As long as he doesn’t swim […]

11 years ago