The extremely popular Fulfil protein bars have been recalled on the Irish market this week.  Makers of the bars have issued the recall over fears that they may contain plastic pieces.  The Food Safety Authority of Ireland confirmed that certain batches of Fulfil’s White Chocolate and Cookie Dough Vitamin and Protein Bar are involved in […]

8 years ago

As if taking “the most important exams of your life” isn’t hard enough, trying to do it in the blistering heat – in a baggy and heavy school jumper – makes it ten times harder.  Disclaimer: As anyone who has done the LC found out shortly after they finished, they really aren’t the most important exams […]

8 years ago

A Chinese entrepreneur has invented a new condom for men – directed especially at those with small penises – which doubles as a prosthetic, boosting ‘the sexual pleasure value’. According to Metro, the condom – which is currently in design – fills up to make the person who is wearing it feel and look larger downstairs.  The invention is currently […]

8 years ago

An Irish tourist has sadly passed away after he fell from an apartment block in Magaluf according to local reports in Spain. The man who is believed to be in his early 20s, arrived on the island just yesterday and his body was found at 11am on Sunday morning.  Spanish media are describing the incident as […]

8 years ago

Black 47, the Irish action film about the Famine which took the public by storm at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival has finally gotten a release date for the cinemas. The film, starring James Frecheville (The Drop, New Girl), Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings), Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter, Hot Fuzz) and […]

8 years ago

We know they say the luck of the Irish but bloody hell.  Following on from Saturday’s announcement that this Irish shop had made someone a millionaire after selling them a winning EuroMillions ticket, someone else in Ireland became a multimillionaire.  Someone is waking up this Bank Holiday Sunday – most likely with a pounding headache […]

8 years ago

Gardaí are investigating the death of a 36 year old man at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital on the 2nd June 2018.  Seamus Bell of Foxfield, Carrickmacross, who had been the victim of an alleged assault at Main Street, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan on the 20th January 2018, was pronounced dead on Bank Holiday Saturday.  Mr […]

8 years ago

Is the head banging today? Is the thought of leaving the couch even to go down to the shop for a bottle of pop too much?  We feel you, so we’re trying our very best to set you up for the day on the couch from start to finish.  And in times like these, you […]

8 years ago

Couldn’t think of anything worse than heading out this evening? Or are you already recovering from last night and want a chill enough sort of day? Don’t worry because Netflix have you covered. Here’s what’s new this June Bank Holiday weekend.  ORIGINAL SERIES Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 4 Kimmy gets a job at a tech […]

8 years ago

Mick Barry is a Solidarity–People Before Profit politician who has been a TD for Cork North-Central constituency since the 2016 General Election. He has been a leading figure in Cork since being elected and has been very clear and strong on positions such as being pro-abortion and breaking down the baptism barrier in schools in Ireland.  During […]

8 years ago

You need to get rid of this if it’s in your fridge… Lidl has recalled all batches of its cheese products from Irish stores because the allergens are not listed in English.  The cheese product, Milbona Cheese Triangles XXL 533g, has been removed because it is feared that customers may be allergic to some ingredients […]

8 years ago

An Irish Bishop has said that Yes Voters must go to confession before they receive communion.  The controversial comments were made by Waterford and Lismore Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan who said that Yes voters would “have to answer” for their decision. He added that Ireland had finally accepted “euthanasia” by voting to repeal the Eighth Amendment and bring abortion in […]

8 years ago

The Times has found that a Northern Ireland pregnancy centre has been falsely telling women that Abortion causes breast cancer and infertility.  The undercover investigation by the publication found that the centre was in fact set up by US anti-abortion activists.  One person was told at the Belfast clinic of Stanton Healthcare  that she was “too […]

8 years ago

While you were sleeping, or beering or just basically ignoring the internet entirely, an Irish EuroMillions player got extremely lucky in Friday night’s draw. The player scooped a nice €1m in the Ireland Only Raffle as the EuroMillions numbers were announced for the Bank Holiday.  The lucky number drawn in that raffle was that made […]

8 years ago

And there you were thinking that you’d be enjoying the Bank Holiday Saturday in the sun, eh? Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall weather warning for 15 counties and they are: Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath and Meath. They say that Saturday will see “high intensity rainfall in scattered […]

8 years ago

It has been reported to the HSE’s Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme that inappropriate content may have been copied by a third party onto a HSE sexual health education DVD resource.  The resource, called Busy Bodies, consists of a booklet and a DVD that is provided by the HSE to schools and parents. The […]

8 years ago

Okay, so we’re not going to the World Cup and we’re finally saying goodbye to one of the greatest players that has ever graced our pitch.  John O’Shea, we will forever be in your debt for the last-minute toe poke away to Germany which gave us a valuable point on the road to Euro 2016 […]

8 years ago

Tomorrow, the first day of June represents exactly a week since Ireland came out to vote on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment or not.  The vote was passed with a resounding ‘yes’ vote of 66.4% with each county voting in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment except Donegal who voted no by 51.87%. Well, […]

8 years ago

Sit back and relax because we have your plans for the weekend after the Bank Holiday sorteddddd. It’s no secret that everybody on this island loves a bit of Cillian Murphy (and if you don’t, you can gettttt out right now). Whether it’s Peaky Blinders, The Wind That Shakes the Barley or Batman Begins that you […]

8 years ago

A man in his 70s has collapsed and passed away in a busy shopping centre in Cork City.  The incident took place just before 4pm on Thursday evening. He was near an escalator when he collapsed and shoppers in the centre tried their best to help the man.  Emergency services were on the scene in a […]

8 years ago

If, like us, you’ve been thinking-about-thinking-about going on a summer vacation for the last few months, then the time for thinking is over, people.  Ryanair can read your minds and they have made things a slight bit easier on your bank account as they have announced a massive June Bank Holiday sale.  You can head […]

8 years ago

We’re so close to the bank holiday weekend that we can almost touch it. If you’re sensible, you’ll have pushed some money aside to enjoy the extra long weekend and if, like us, you just spend without thinking, we pray for your bank account.  But one thing you do not want to happen at any […]

8 years ago

The Irish Independent is reporting that a priest in Meath told charity, St. Vincent De Paul to remove a clothing bank from its church grounds because the charity would not take a no stance in the abortion referendum.  The priest, Fr Patrick O’Connor, was newly appointed to the area and left locals furious when he “demanded” […]

8 years ago

One of Ireland’s biggest airlines is upping its prices just a little bit.  Ryanair is increasing its Priority boarding fees to a maximum of €7 per flight. The original standard Priority boarding was €5 per flight and although the fee originally was €5 ‘online’ and €6 for ‘post booking/airport’ it did say that “an increased charge is […]

8 years ago

We’re going to make a very bold statement here. You might disagree and if you do, that’s okay, but you’re wrong.  Galway is the gin capital of Ireland – scrap that – the world in our opinion. It’s got  the largest Gin Parlour in Ireland for crying out loud. READ MORE: Gin Cocktails And Boozy Brunch: The […]

8 years ago

It seems that a new dating trend is taking over Ireland which seems a lot harsher than ‘Shaveducking‘ but we don’t think it’ll ever be as bad as ‘Phubbing‘  ‘Soft-Nexting’ has popped up and it’s here to make everything worse for your dating life – hooray.  According to Narcity, it has been described as a […]

8 years ago

All you really need in this life is, sesh, scenery and great places to go shopping. Well, that’s according to Jurys Inn and who are we to disagree, eh?  New research by Jurys has revealed the best place to go on the lash in Ireland as well as the most beautiful county, best guests and […]

8 years ago

He’s the Godfather of RTÉ.  No matter how good a job Pat Kenny or Ryan Tubridy have done with The Late Late Show, it will always be Gaybo’s.  You won’t find it hard to believe that the veteran broadcaster is now six decades in the business, you probably think he’s been around for even longer.  […]

8 years ago

The Irish Sun has confirmed that the National Broadcaster has received over 1,000 complaints following a special edition programme that aired in the middle of May. The Claire Byrne Live Referendum Special was especially more heated than the rest of the debates and was remembered because of the louder than normal studio audience. Of the 1,277 […]

8 years ago

Footage of a motorcyclists clashing with a Bus Éireann bus on Monday, 28th May has emerged online. The clip – which was posted by Tal Tallon Gaming on YouTube shows stop-starting traffic along an Irish motorway. As the traffic takes off again, two motorbikes can be seen coming from the middle lane, switching to the right […]

8 years ago

This comes as absolutely no surprise to us.  Even the dogs on the street know how good of a hotel this spot is and we’re delighted that it’s finally getting the worldwide recognition it deserves.  It’s been named on the ‘Hot-list’ of one of the best hotels in the world for 2018 as well as […]

8 years ago

Even though only a couple of days have passed since the referendum was passed, the process to put the repeal into action has already began.  The Irish Independent is reporting that according to medical sources, the cost of an abortion in Ireland will be in the region of €300. Abortion pills – which will be […]

8 years ago

FM 104 DJ, ‘Crossy’ took to Twitter to announce that his mother – a regular mass goer and yes voter in the referendum – was told that her and fellow yes voters weren’t welcome at the service.  The DJ said that upon hearing the news, his mother up and left the mass following the announcement […]

8 years ago

18th November, 2009. You know where you were, you know exactly where you were. You know what you were wearing, you know what you said when it happened. You remember everything.  Because, how could you forget it.  The hand from hell… And what’s worse is that we played our little hearts out that night in […]

8 years ago

The Bishop of Elphin, Kevin Doran, hit headlines on Monday morning after he said those who voted yes in the recent referendum on the Eighth Amendment had sinned and needed to go to confession.  Speaking in an interview with RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke, he stated that any Catholic that “voted yes, knowing and intending that abortion would […]

8 years ago

AA Life Insurance has been hard at work lately discovering what Ireland’s most popular funeral songs are.  They surveyed over 4,000 participants and found that Andrea Bocelli’s version of  Time to Say Goodbye is the nation’s favourite with nearly one in five choosing the song.  Surprisingly, Monty Python’s funny anthem, Always Look on the Bright Side of […]

8 years ago

Once you start speeding behind the wheel of the car, you’re not only endangering your own life, but also everyone else in the car and anyone who is sharing the road with you at that given moment.  We often see speeding offences where the drivers in question were maybe 10, 20 or 30 km/h over […]

8 years ago

We’ll be defo told to ‘Shake It Off’ but this is a comment that is going to anger a lot of Irish people.  Taylor Swift is playing Croke Park on June 15 and 16 as part of her brand new tour. She’s going to pack out the GAA HQ’s seats and pitch area for two […]

8 years ago

With less than an hour to go until the voting on the Eighth Amendment referendum is wrapped up, RTÉ reporters throughout the country were hard at work gathering information on the voter turnout percentages throughout Ireland. On the 9 O’Clock bulletin, four correspondents in each province revealed the approximate percentages which ranged from low 40% […]

8 years ago

God help us but when it comes to dating, flirting or just generally trying to get the shift, us Irish people are woeful at it.  We can’t read signs.  ‘Should I go in for the kill’, ‘does she think of me as just a friend?’, we spend hours analysing what to do and before we […]

8 years ago

The heat. Oh, sweet mother of Jaysus, the heat.  Today was the warmest day of the year so far in Ireland and we knew about it. Let’s take a moment to remember those who had to wear a suit in this weather all day today… Met Éireann has released the maximum temperatures for Friday and […]

8 years ago

Yeah. A weather warning… for rain. FFS.  Forget the fact that the past few days have been glorious with temps in the mid to high 20s because it’s all going to change for these counties over the weekend. Met Éireann has said that there will be a Status Yellow Rainfall warning for Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork and […]

8 years ago

Now, we know what you’re thinking.  Why the F would we want to leave this beautiful country or even think about vacating it with the magnificent weather we have outside. We hear you but don’t shoot the messenger, we’re just here to tell you that Ryanair has launched their flights for Summer 2019 and over […]

8 years ago

Today, 25th May, is National ‘Slow Down Day’. The operation started at 7am Friday morning and will continue until 7am Saturday morning. Since this morning, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe have checked the speed of 9,818 vehicles and 26 vehicles were detected travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. The aim of ‘Slow Down day’ […]

8 years ago

“Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo)” Us Irish complain that it’s not sunny enough around this part of the world but when it is, my god, it’s absolutely beautiful.  We’re not the only ones to notice the sheer prettiness of our splendid skies in the morning time because On The Go Tours – with […]

8 years ago

Oh hey there, Tonga? There’s nothing more annoying than being alarmed by your phone as a call comes through only to realise that it’s from a place Zimbabwe or Uzbekistan. Well, the latest phone call scam doing the rounds in Ireland is coming from Tonga and the concept is pretty much the same as the […]

8 years ago

Gardaí are asking people not to donate money to these con artists who are posing as homeless beggars. The beggars have been spotted throwing donated food into bins and have refused accommodation and Gardaí believe they are just looking for money. Radio Kerry states that it is a professional gang of beggars who are operating […]

8 years ago

It’s been over 20 years since Ireland last won the Eurovision and one of the people who brought the coveted title back home to Ireland in 1994 believes we should boycott the 2019 competition.  Charlie McGettigan teamed up with Paul Harrington to make the timeless classic Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids but McGettigan feels very strongly about having […]

8 years ago

All were saying is, get ready for this one because it looks like it’s going to become a smash hit.  Netflix has released a teaser for Nightflyers which is currently in production at Troy Studios in Limerick. Based on George R. R. Martin’s novella – Game of Thrones’ writer if you wouldn’t smile – Nightflyers […]

8 years ago

Just over two weeks ago, rumours were floating around on Social Media regarding Paddy Jackson and his next sporting step.  It was being reported at the time that both him and Olding were in talks with a new club in England, Premiership side Sale Sharks. The English side then released a statement which distanced themselves from the signing […]

8 years ago