It was banned for almost a decade but now it’s available, whenever you want. You’re going to want to watch this one just to see what all the fuss was about. Monty Python was born in May 1969, at the Light of Kashmir tandoori restaurant in Hampstead, where five Brits (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric […]

8 years ago

We absolutely love Cillian Murphy and everything he touches seems to turn to gold.  He’s held so high in the acting world that he has even been tipped to land the biggest role of all time.  However, before any concrete decision is made on that, his new film looks set to be the biggest Irish […]

8 years ago

AIRLIVE has confirmed that a flight that was headed for Shannon from Edinburgh was forced to make a dramatic diversion.  On Monday morning, the flight that was headed for the south-west of the country was diverted to Belfast due to a medical issue involving one of the passengers. Flight EI3675 from Edinburgh to Shannon diverted […]

8 years ago

Dunnes Stores and Aldi have issued an urgent recall following a warning that the products may contain traces of harmful bacteria.  The Food Safety Authority of Ireland confirmed that Wonderfoods Salads have issued a warning over two of their products that contain a batch of bacon that possibly contains Listeria monocytogenes. The warning is only precautionary […]

8 years ago

You may have seen that we brought you the ‘365 Money Challenge‘ earlier in the week which is a genius way to save a shitload of money without even noticing. Most of January is spent tightening the belt after an extravagant Christmas period so any help or tips about holding on to your well-earned money […]

8 years ago

Gardaí at Rosslare Co Wexford are investigating an incident at Rosslare Europort on Friday April 13th 2018. An assault is alleged to have occurred between two males at approximately 7pm in the Europort compound.  One male in his 50s was been pronounced dead at the scene. A second male also in his 50s was arrested […]

8 years ago

The Irish Independent is reporting that a barrister has begun defamation proceedings against Minister for Health Simon Harris and one Fine Gael Senator. The proceedings are over a tweet from the politicians after the barrister in question had took part in an RTE radio programme.  The barrister was on a panel discussion about the referendum for […]

8 years ago

Online Irish banking customers are being warned about a very specific scam that has been doing the rounds this week. People all over the country have been getting caught out by this scam which is targeted at Bank of Ireland customers in particular.  In a tweet, the bank said that: “We’re aware that a fraudster […]

8 years ago

We’re still not over it.  Losing Darren, Losing John Boy, nearly losing Tommy and then, seeing the Kingpin of Dublin meet his maker in the safety of his own back home. Love/Hate was an Irish institution by the time it finished in 2014. It was one of RTÉ’s biggest ever creations, if not the biggest […]

8 years ago

An investigation has begun at an Irish school following the posting of a ‘sexual assault list’ in the school toilet.  The list is in the male toilets of Davis College in Mallow, Co. Cork and people were asked to put a ‘tick’ beside the name of a number of young women on the list. All […]

8 years ago

We must say that Brendan O’Connor is very much at home in his new spot on Wednesday nights hosting ‘Cutting Edge’ on RTÉ One. O’Connor previously held a chat show on Saturday night on the same channel but it was replaced by The Ray D’arcy Show but since then, O’Connor has gone from strength to […]

8 years ago

The Central Bank of Ireland’s latest bulletin is like music to our ears (and our pockets) as they forecast that wages for Irish workers will increase towards the end of 2018 and in 2019. In their quarterly bulletin No.2 for 2018, the Central Bank has stated that as the economy reaches the target of full […]

8 years ago

Gay Byrne was left feeling a bit browned off after watching a TV drama about his favourite comic that aired on RTÉ at the start of April. Gaybo said that he could only stomach around 45 minutes of the programme that was initially shown on the BBC. Dave Allen at Peace focused on the life […]

8 years ago

There’s thinking on the spot and there’s literally just saying the first thing that comes into your head. When faced with a member of the Gardaí because you were caught on the phone, neither option is going to turn out well.  But, the latter is definitely not going to do you any favours. This headline […]

8 years ago

This is back at the second time of asking. It claimed too many victims the first time around so don’t get caught out.  The Irish Independent is reporting that Irish shopping chain SuperValu has told members of the public not to bother with a potential scam text message that is being sent around.  The message […]

8 years ago

A video of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warning people about the aftermath of abortion is being used by Save The 8th campaigners ahead of the May referendum.  The clip was posted on the Save The 8th Facebook page and shows Varadkar being interviewed before he was Taoiseach, discussing the matter of abortion.  In the footage he […]

8 years ago

Your Saturday days may have varied as a child. You might have gone shopping, you might have met up with some of your mates to play some footy or as you got older, Saturday might have been the designated day for homework. However, there was always one certainty, you made sure you were back in […]

8 years ago

We love a good bargain and we feel like this could be the bargain of the century, that’s if its sale in Australia is anything to go by.  News.com.au reported at the time that if you were 30 seconds too late inside the front door of the Aldi stores, you had probably already missed out […]

8 years ago

People online have been left furious after it has emerged that “shocking” and “obscene” posters used by pro-life campaigners were on show in broad daylight with no warning in Cork over the weekend.  The posters were on show at Patrick’s Street and on Daunt’s Square and those who passed by were “disgusted” and downright “distressed”. Reddit User […]

8 years ago

The 10th April 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This was the deal between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland to bring an end to The Troubles.  Eight political parties in Northern Ireland as well as involvement from British and Irish Governments were part of the deal which focused on the […]

8 years ago

Joe Duffy’s Liveline was a hard listen on Monday when attention turned to missing people and those living on the street.  The host received a phonecall from a father of a homeless, heroin addict who urged people on air not to give money to addicts who were begging on the streets. He said that by funding […]

8 years ago

If you’re stuck for something new and interesting to start and you still haven’t hit play on this intriguing podcast, you need to start ASAP. Especially after it got the golden seal of approval from world renowned documentarian and journalist, Louis Theroux.  The maker of some of the best amazing documentaries that the world has ever […]

8 years ago

The Irish Independent is reporting that two tourists from the United States Of America who were visiting the south of Ireland have died in what is being described as a “freak accident”. A man and woman who were in their 50s or 60s were riding along the Gap of Dunloe and were near Kate Kearney’s […]

8 years ago

And they say that young drivers have it hard… One of the first big paychecks you part with as an adult is for your car insurance. If you’re under the age of 25, it is well known that getting car insurance that’s less than a couple of grand – no matter what car you have […]

8 years ago

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) revealed at the start of April that six Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation for the month of March.  The businesses were located in Dublin (4) and Louth (2) and they were: Aladdins Cave, Montessori School and Creche, Stoney Lane, Ardee, Louth […]

8 years ago

‘Concerned fans’ have placed an advertisement in the Belfast Telegraph which pleads with the IRFU and Ulster Rugby to never let Paddy Jackson or Stuart Olding play in either shirts ever again.  The ad was placed in Friday morning’s addition of the paper and was a crowd-funded letter which was supported by over 100 people.  […]

8 years ago

It has been revealed by The Irish Sun that 45,000 Irish Facebook users may have their personal details shared with Cambridge Analytica. Just over 15 Facebook users downloaded the personality quiz ‘thisisyourdigitallife’ that gathered the info in Ireland but it is believed that as a result up to 44,687 users may have been Facebook friends with those […]

8 years ago

It has been just over a week since the verdict of the Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding Belfast Rape Trial but it is still a major talking point in Ireland. Only yesterday, an Irish rugby club had to conduct an investigation into an “inappropriate” Jackson and Olding photo. Also, a petition for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) […]

8 years ago

A little part of us still hopes that we’ll wake up to the news that Love/Hate has been recommissioned for a sixth series. What a programme and what a finish to the final ever episode with Nidge meeting his maker in his own back yard. Two vital characters in the epic Irish show were ‘Fran’ and […]

8 years ago

What a lovely souvenir to bring home with you from your holiday. Having a sickly feeling on a plane isn’t an unusual occurrence. Hit a bit of turbulence and you can feel your stomach doing somersaults.  Or, if you’ve had a rough night and your flight is early the next morning, you’d be wishing that you could […]

8 years ago

Lads, we don’t know about you but we could badly do with a sun holiday especially with all this rain. (Oh btw, if you are interested in that sun holiday idea , this is the best time to go to get your value for money.) Weather warnings are nothing new at this stage, we get […]

8 years ago

Conor McGregor has handed himself into police in New York after an incident that took place at UFC 223 Media Day On Thursday Night.  He has been charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief The UFC fighter is being accused of attacking a bus which was carrying several fighters.  McGregor […]

8 years ago

Irish comedian Maeve Higgins featured on last week’s Good Friday, The Late Late Show and has found herself in hot water because of it.  On the show, she said that she avoided paying for her pet to travel on a flight from the US by claiming that she needed an “assistance dog”. She told host […]

8 years ago

This is bad, bad form.  Some of you will know comedian and write Ruth Jones from Gavin and Stacey fame – A BBC show about an English lad and a Welsh girl who fall in love with each other after several work calls back and over to each other’s respective companies.  Ruth Jones played Nessa, […]

8 years ago

When you get your hands on these stamps for the first time, you’ll probably think twice about sticking it on the letter. These are very cool, so it’s understandable if you back out at the last minute and put them in your keep-sake box in the cupboard.  An Post has announced on Thursday that they […]

8 years ago

Belfast Telegraph is reporting that rugby club, Malone RFC, have launched an investigation into photo that appeared on social media.  The “inappropriate photograph” shows two of their players, holding a trophy near their manhood with the name badges, ‘Paddy Jackson’ and ‘Stuart Olding’ on their chests. This comes just over a week after Jackson and […]

8 years ago

While most people were glued to the end of the biggest Champions League game of the tournament so far where Liverpool took City to town beating them 3-0, a fascinating documentary was just beginning on TG4.  You may remember a couple of weeks back, we told you the story of the Maamtrasna Murders, a 135-year-old murder […]

8 years ago

The last of four regional finals in this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards took place at La Mon Hotel, Belfast on Wednesday night where 135 awards were presented to the country’s leading chefs, restaurants and pubs. The awards covered a wide range of venues and the winners from each of Ulster’s nine counties were selected from the […]

8 years ago

Believe it or not but Michael D. Higgins has been in the President’s chair since 2011 and his first term is almost over. As 2018 rolled in, it looked as though Higgins would be unchallenged and would walk into a second term contested. The Irish Independent has flagged two possible candidates who could be running […]

8 years ago

The Good Friday Agreement is 20 years old this week and for former Fianna Fáil TD and Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, it brings back some historic memories but also some heartbreaking ones too.  Ahern was just in the infancy of his 11-year reign as Taoiseach and was in the middle of putting the final touches to […]

8 years ago

Despite there being talk about icy, cold temperatures on Wednesday night, Met Éireann has just issued a weather warning for rain. The Status Yellow Rainfall Warning is for eight counties: Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford They say that “In the twenty four hour period from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon, there’ll be between […]

8 years ago

It has been 20 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed and to mark the occasion, Irish comedian and broadcaster, Patrick Kielty will present a BBC documentary about the The Troubles and how it influenced his life.  Ten years before the Agreement was signed, Kielty’s father was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries in Dundrum, County […]

8 years ago

The Irish Times sparked a massive debate after publishing an article which revealed that The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has no record of names with fadas in them. Róisín, Seán, Oisín, Sinéad and the rest of ye, we’re sorry to break the news. The CSO said that names with the síneadh fada – which gives […]

8 years ago

The Daily Mail is reporting that one of Ireland’s most famous actors has reentered rehab after fearing that “he could break” the great recovery that he has had so far.  According to the publication, Colin Farrell checked himself into a luxury rehab facility in Arizona in order to maintain the clean life that he has […]

8 years ago

After an onslaught of rain the past couple of days, we’ve now been blessed to hear that some parts of Ireland will experience -4 degrees temperatures on Wednesday night. According to Met Eireann, temperatures in certain parts of Ireland will plummet as far as -1 to -4 degrees between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.  Different parts of […]

8 years ago

If Cillian Murphy doesn’t get you through The Fear this Easter Monday, nothing will. One of his funniest films, ‘Free Fire’  is on Film 4 tonight at 9pm. Murphy – along with a pretty full cast – is involved in a shoot-out in an abandoned factory after guns involved in what was supposed to be […]

8 years ago

After the verdict in the Belfast Trial had been given last week, several people took to Social Media, including two Ireland sport stars, to express their personal feelings about the trial.  One of those sport stars has issued an apology on Easter Monday following his comments about the verdict.  A tweet sent by Drogheda United’s Luke Rossiter […]

8 years ago

As a nation, we felt like we got to know Lidl as a person a lot more following the looting of their shop in Tallaght. Despite such an horrendous attack taking place, the people behind their Social Media account still found the time to have a joke about the situation, replying “been better” after a […]

8 years ago

If you too are like us and you’re peeping out from under the bed covers, one eye closed with a head that is absolutely thumping, we’re giving you one simple instruction. DON’T LOOK OUTSIDE. It’s only going to make you feel even worse than you already are. You’re housebound for the day unless you want […]

8 years ago

The President of one of Ireland’s largest teachers’ unions has stated that teachers “will shut down schools” if progress on pay equality dispute is not made. An annual conference of the three teacher unions will take place in Kerry this week and one of the hot topics is Pay equality for new entrant teachers.  The […]

8 years ago