If this doesn’t get you smiling on this cold December night, nothing else will. Ireland’s Fittest Family is a very successful television show on RTÉ and is very self explanatory. A series of obstacles and events are set up which each family has to complete thus finding out who is in fact, Ireland’s Fittest Family. […]

9 years ago

The Irish Examiner is reporting that people from Romania are taking part in organised begging all over Ireland. A senior Garda member, Chief Superintendent Barry McPolin, said that Gardaí found return airline tickets to Romania in the possession of members of a group who were arrested in Cork City recently. They were later prosecuted for offences under begging […]

9 years ago

Sure, it wouldn’t be Christmas if someone didn’t have a falling out. There’s no mistaking it, you’re always going to be 99.9% extremely excited for Christmas but that tiny 0.01% of fear will always be made up of thoughts about what possible fights could occur over the festive period.  However, there is a coping mechanism […]

9 years ago

We understand that you want to get home for Christmas ASAP. You’ve waited long enough for the day to come around, you’ve all the essentials packed and you want to hit the road quicker than you can say ‘Feliz Navidad’. However, you’re not the only one who is thinking like that. There is going to […]

9 years ago

If you’re reading this after spending a lot of money in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales then you may need to have a sit down.  Retail Ireland has said that it expects Irish households to spend a whopping average of –gulp– €2,654 in shops for the month of December which is nearly a […]

9 years ago

Ah lads. We’d actually give anything to be a kid again at Christmas. You get a load of free prezzies off family (and sometimes neighbours if you’re lucky) as well as – if you were a good boy or girl – the 3 or 4 presents you asked from the big man. While your parents […]

9 years ago

There are a few standout moments from Christmas dinners. The turkey and the desert spring to mind first but you have to admit, it just would not be the same without the Christmas crackers.  Eir understands how much the Irish public love an absolutely awful Christmas joke so they went about surveying one thousand people […]

9 years ago

Every year we mean to be more organised with our Christmas shopping list but most of us somehow end up leaving it until the last minute and suffer a small breakdown because we’re running out of time, yet again. via GIPHY However, Irish shoppers are being told not to rush into buying gifts this festive […]

9 years ago

If you are with Three, you could be due a refund or be allowed to leave your contract early without having to deal with a penalty. They have been fined €575,000 by the telecoms watchdog Comreg for unfairly dealing with contracts changes to 1.3m customers in early 2017.  They never explained the changes properly although they did […]

9 years ago

In the midst of all the rushing and racing that occurs during the Christmas period, it’s no harm to take a step back and focus on what’s actually important during the festivities. No, it’s not presents, ffs. It’s family and loved ones. What good is having a Christmas celebration if the people that you hold […]

9 years ago

Walking down Shop Street in Galway – whether it’s day or night, summer or winter – is a truly marvelous experience.  The music that fills the air is both soothing and unique. It might be the 15 members that make up the big but beautiful Galway Street Band or a man who resembles Luke Kelly […]

9 years ago

Facebook has launched a new feature that we will all probably be using at some stage over the new year. The social network giant is rolling out ‘Snooze’ which is a button that stops updates from certain people, pages or groups showing up in your news feed (and clogging it up). It’s easier than blocking […]

9 years ago

The Irish Mirror are reporting that a young father who had a near death experience after falling from a seven-storey building was told to drink Guinness to help build up his strength.  Dave Conway from Rathcoole in Dublin lost both of his feet in the terrible accident five months ago while working on a construction […]

9 years ago

A chief executive in the Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued a strict warning about a killer superbug which has hospitalised 19 people in Ireland this week.  Healthcare Professor Martin Cormican told Morning Ireland that more than half of all patients who develop the infection in their blood stream will die as a result.  The bacteria […]

9 years ago

In the run up to the New Year, Lidl are going to be selling bottles of Prosecco at the INSANE price of €3.99 on the 30th and 31st of December.  Which, if you are a regular drinker of the stuff, is really decent for a bottle of golden, sparkling nectar.  The company took to social media to […]

9 years ago

After a blizzard of voting from across Ireland, Tony Fitzpatrick’s family house in Drinagh, Wexford has been voted Energia Ireland’s Most Christmassy Home for 2017. Michael Giblin’s house in Drogheda and, last year’s winner, Tony Noonan from Templeglantine in Limerick were very close runners up. Since Monday, more than 3,475 people voted for Tony Fitzpatrick’s […]

9 years ago

Cork Airport has been voted Ireland’s happiest Airport and the second happiest Airport in the world according to research collected by Happy or Not. Happy or Not, provide feedback systems and terminals across the globe and revealed in its findings in their inaugural Airport Report that if you’re flying to or from Ireland, the south is the […]

9 years ago

Wow. Just wow. The Late Late Show and The Graham Norton Show have pulled out all the stops this week to keep you, the viewers, tuned in on this cold Friday night. Tonight’s Late Late show is the very last one of 2017 but Ryan Tubridy and company are really going out with a bang.  […]

9 years ago

It’s the greatest Christmas song of all time. Full stop no comma thank you and goodnight. You can put up all the decorations you want, you can buy a thousands presents and you can dress up as Santa and roar ‘ho, ho, ho’ in our faces but you know and I know that Christmas does […]

9 years ago

This might be one to watch from the bed, especially if the weather continues to be as cold as it has been but one thing is for certain, it is definitely one to watch.  We will be treated to a spectacular display of shooting stars very early on Wednesday and Thursday morning this week as the […]

9 years ago

Argos Ireland has recalled a batch of fan heaters over “an electrical shock and burn risk for users.” The product – with catalogue number 730/9687 and model number FH03 – was on sale in shops around the country but anyone who bought the affected product is being asked to return it to their nearest store where […]

9 years ago

Exciting times because Kodaline have announced on Tuesday that they will headline a show at Malahide Castle on Friday 8 June, subject to licence.  Special guests for the show are yet to be announced and tickets start from €49.90 including booking fee and go on sale THIS Friday 15 December at 9am. Singles ‘Brother’ and ‘Ready To Change’ […]

9 years ago

(Yet another) weather warning has been put in place for Ireland and was issued for the whole country on Monday afternoon.  Met Éireann put up information about the status yellow warning at 12pm on their website and stated that there was a “low temperature warning for Ireland [with] air temperatures overnight [ranging] minima of zero […]

9 years ago

“What a difference a [year] makes” We learned how to launder money (Ozark) and profile serial killers (MINDHUNTER). That life is better with wrestling (GLOW) and just as crazy without Pablo (Narcos). The only thing we didn’t learn… who drew the dicks (American Vandal). Netflix members from around the world watched more than 140 million […]

9 years ago

We always thought that the contents of the suitcase was the one thing that would cause a problem in our bags at the airport but it looks as though a certain type of travel bag could end up leaving you without any possessions at all on your next flight.  ‘Smart Suitcases’ have become very popular […]

9 years ago

Last week, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued closure orders to four different food businesses in Ireland and on Monday, they announced that a warning had been put on 11 types of popular chicken products. The message on their website states that:  “The specified batches of products listed in the table below contain […]

9 years ago

Strandhill Christmas Market in Co.Sligo is really spreading the Christmas cheer with their latest offer. The organisers behind the market are urging people to bring their elderly neighbours and loved ones to the market and in return, they will be rewarded for it.  Free mulled wine and coffee is the treat on offer from the market […]

9 years ago

A snow warning has been issued for the whole of the country. It’s going to be baltic out there tonight. Do you really want to head out in that when you could sit in and watch some quality television instead?  The Late Late Show The majority of the country stayed in last Friday night to […]

9 years ago

In its most “dramatic changes since 2013”, Instagram has announced that the photo-sharing service is being radically redesigned.  The site has launched two new features: ‘Stories Highlights’ and ‘Stories Archive’ and together, they will change how your profile looks and works which the company hopes, in turn, will make your stories more useful.  The first […]

9 years ago

Yesterday, Met Éireann issued a fresh warning for snow, snow and more snow for today (Thursday). That warning has been upgraded from a yellow warning to a status orange snow-ice warning for counties: Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo. Met Éireann said “snow showers will occur this evening, tonight and during Friday. Accumulations of […]

9 years ago

Conor McGregor’s ‘date night’ photo alongside singer Rita Ora raised more than a few eyebrows on Tuesday. Publicity stunt? Not a publicity stunt?  People were (and still are) very unsure but the fighter has finally broken his silence on the matter and gave a shout out to Rita Ora AND his girlfriend Dee Devlin while partying […]

9 years ago

On Monday, we brought you the news that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) had served closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation for the month of November to four businesses. On Thursday, FSAI also stated that the reason three of these four places had closed was due to evidence of rodents on […]

9 years ago

A dodgy charger may be a quick fix at the time but it turns out that it’s just not worth it in the long run. A survey carried out by Electrical Safety First – in association with Apple – has found that 98% of fake or lookalike iPhone chargers put consumers at risk of lethal […]

9 years ago

There’s hangovers and then there’s a Christmas drinking hangover. Experts from CACI International, a non-surgical anti-ageing facial treatment, have looked at how drinking affects your skin and calculated how long it actually takes for all the bad stuff to leave your body after a heavy night on the sauce. They found that drinking at Christmas […]

9 years ago

Irish actor Gabriel Byrne has spoken about when he worked in RTÉ and the climate of sexual harassment that surrounded the work place in his time there. Byrne worked with the National Broadcaster in the 1970s. In an interview with Sean O’Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1, the Irish actor also discussed the allegations of sexual […]

9 years ago

It’s one of Ireland’s most underrated festivals but it is slowly building up popularity and is soon to become mega, especially when they are announcing acts like this.  Indiependence – which takes place at Deer Farm in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork on 3-5 August in 2018 – took to social media to release the first set of acts […]

9 years ago

A widespread phone scam that started in the north of the country is going to become very popular throughout Ireland. A Donegal Councillor has warned the public that a Microsoft phone scam where people are told they have viruses on their laptop or computer is in fact fake.   Councillor Gary Doherty was on Highland Radio […]

9 years ago

Met Éireann has issued a warning ahead of Storm Caroline on Thursday. The status yellow wind warning is valid from 3am on Thursday morning until 8pm that evening and was issued for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry on Tuesday afternoon. According to the forecasters: “An Atlantic storm will pass close to the north […]

9 years ago

Gardaí are investigating a shooting threat at a Kildare school after it was announced that it would be closed due to children’s safety risks. Scoil Dara in Kilcock confirmed on its website last night, that it would close on Tuesday and a statement from the board of management read: “Following a meeting of the Board […]

9 years ago

It’s Christmas time and there’s no need to be afraid…unless you haven’t started sending your Christmas gifts yet. Sure, in the age of technology and all things fast and easy, we don’t really have much time for letters.  However, Christmas is different. Cards from the festive season are special even if it’s just a simple […]

9 years ago

With Christmas just around the corner, this would be a lovely pressie to find tucked away in your wallet or purse. Lotto bosses here in Ireland are appealing to  players to check their Euromillions numbers as three winners have yet to come forward to collect jackpots.  A Meath winner is yet to collect their €500,000 […]

9 years ago

What do you think when you hear the word ‘Titanic’? You think of the tragic love story of Jack and Rose, Leo and Kate. The King of The World and the love of his life who he taught how to “spit like a man”. They were perfect for each other and no matter how many […]

9 years ago

Long gone are the days of Johnny Logan. Instead, it seems like another Johnny could be representing Ireland in the next Eurovision song contest.  Former Sex Pistol front man, John Lydon or – ‘Johnny Rotten’ as you might better know him as – could be filling a spot on RTE’s Eurosong competition.  The Irish Sun […]

9 years ago

Christmas time is so busy and everyone is in such a rush to get things done that often, the littlest thing can slip through the cracks.  The same goes for anyone who is working. You may be trying to get everything wrapped up before the holidays but this is the time when you are most vulnerable and […]

9 years ago

“Hot town, summer in the city” Summer In The City is Ireland’s newest and most exciting open air event coming to RDS Dublin. It will run over two days featuring Ireland’s band of the year Picture This and the hottest artist producers in the world, The Chainsmokers (‘Something Just Like This’, ‘Paris’) Picture This, will perform on Saturday, 23 June along […]

9 years ago

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) revealed this morning that four Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation for the month of November.  The businesses were located in Dublin, Meath, Wexford and Louth and they were: AD Cash and Carry, Unit 3/4 St. James Industrial Park, Kylemore Way, Inchicore, […]

9 years ago

You get a salad and you get a salad and you get a salad. Salads for everyone.  Freshly Chopped, Ireland’s leading and original healthy fast food retailer, has  announced on Monday that it will open an unprecedented five new outlets across three provinces this week, rounding off a year that has seen the company nearly double […]

9 years ago

Look, it’s all sorts of cold outside and in the run up to Christmas, who really wants to spend a night out on the town? Especially when Netflix have released this whopping list which you can see below, but first have a look at a snippet of what it has to offer this month.  Clip […]

9 years ago

If you’ve ever had any hand, act or part in creating the Christmas dinner then you know just how stressful it is to get the turkey spot on. Too dry. Why is the turkey always too feckin’ dry? Thankfully, some top chefs have revealed the secret to cooking the perfect turkey just in time for […]

9 years ago

The countdown is well and truly on now until the biggest Friday night in the Irish television calendar takes place. Not in Ireland? No problem, RTÉ has made it possible for you to watch the show no matter where you are in the world.  And if you’re watching the show in Ireland, you may want […]

9 years ago