There is always a bit of a dilemma worldwide surrounding when is the right time to start playing Christmas songs but if you’re Irish, you’re very lucky because you have a very specific rule of thumb that you should follow. The word legend is thrown around willy-nilly in this day and age but when you’re […]

9 years ago

Robert Sheehan is one of Ireland’s most lovable characters and tbh, we haven’t recovered since Nidge had him clipped in Love/Hate all the way back in 2012 (yes it has been that long ago). Well, ‘Darren’ is going to be starring in a new Netflix original series ‘The Umbrella Academy’. It’s based on the popular, […]

9 years ago

Netflix has just confirmed the news we’ve all been dying to hear as the epic crime thriller series Mindhunter is definitely returning to our screens for a second season.  Are you excited? Because we are bloody excited. There was a lot of love for this when it was announced first on Netflix a couple of […]

9 years ago

Gardaí have issued a warning regarding bogus phone calls which are made in the hope of scamming the person on the receiving end of the line, according to Leinster Express. The warning states that members of the public are vulnerable to this scam which involves the payment of a speeding fine. People are being asked by […]

9 years ago

Over the weekend, we had a major glitch on the H&M website and now the curse of the glitch has struck again as American Airlines have announced that a system error could possibly result in the disruption of over 15,000 flights. The error came about as the pilots from the airline organised their time off for the […]

9 years ago

Whether you loved it or hated it, the vast majority of your childhood memories are probably based in the classroom or schoolyard. And if one or two of your former teachers stick out heavily in those memories, you are going to love this Twitter thread.  Fiona Hyde, with a Twitter handle of @andgoseek (get it?) […]

9 years ago

There is no worse sound than the ‘clunk’ that your wheels make when it embeds itself into a pothole, even if it is only for a brief second.  Many the wheel has been ruined because of the damage on our local and national roads, but sadly it doesn’t seem like the problem is going to change […]

9 years ago

The Broadcasting Authority Of Ireland has released a list of its decisions on complaints made in recent years.  All in all, there were 33 individual complaints that the BAI considered. The earliest complaint reviewed by the BAI was from 2013 while most came from the present year.  Out of the all the complaints, only one was upheld. […]

9 years ago

We don’t like change. Wait a minute, does anyone like change?  It took us far too long to get over losing the ‘best friends’ feature on the app and although it has been slightly altered time and time again since, we have finally gotten used to the way Snapchat is now.  Of course, our familiarity means […]

9 years ago

Author Louise O’Neill took to Instagram on Wednesday morning to announce that her novel ‘Asking For It’ would be getting a world premiere in the Cork’s Everyman and Dublin’s Abbey theatres in 2018. The theatre production will be based around O’Neill’s award-winning novel of the same name which focuses on the topic of rape culture.  […]

9 years ago

It’s time to start locking your cars in the garage, folks. RTÉ News has released CCTV footage on its Twitter account of Irish car thieves in Meath using a high-tech method to steal a car from someone’s driveway.  They used a ‘relay’ device in order to pick up a signal from the car fob which was […]

9 years ago

It was announced this week that Irish Water refunds were in the post for 180,000 Irish households and about bloody time, says you. Be warned though because the mass refund allow scam artists the perfect opportunity to be clever. They like to form plots that are so believable, people will be tempted to click into […]

9 years ago

It’s beginning to get a bit too miserable and familiar here in this little country of ours and as much as we love being at home for Christmas, we think that it could be a good idea to have a small little break before we tackle into the small matter of the festive holidays… Like always, […]

9 years ago

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has announced on Tuesday that the “1950s rules” regarding domestic animals (i.e. cats and dogs) have been repealed. Restaurant owners will have to make certain provisions to ensure that no domestic animal can access any area where food is prepped or stored (that means technically not in a supermarket […]

9 years ago

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a report on Tuesday which shows that human and animal waste was found in 60 private water suppliers.  Around 20% of the population’s drinking water comes from private suppliers.  The number of supplies monitored in 2016 remained inadequate, with E. coli testing not reported for 809 private water supplies. […]

9 years ago

Anyone who waited for a bus this morning or had to walk even just a couple of seconds to somewhere knows just exactly how cold it is today in Ireland.  As we said earlier, it’s only going to get worse as the week goes on and to further demonstrate that, An Garda Siochána have taken […]

9 years ago

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to all pregnant women to get the whooping cough vaccine following the death of a baby from whooping cough.  There was an outbreak of the disease in the Longford region where the death occurred, and those affected were mainly babies under two months who are too […]

9 years ago

The countdown is well and truly on until Christmas sneaks up on us again and like the famous Chris Rea song says, a good few of us will be travelling somewhere for the festive period. However, if you’re stepping foot on a plane over the holiday season and thought that you would bring a couple of […]

9 years ago

Taking your driving test is one of the scariest things you will do in this lifetime. If you were one of the lucky ones who managed to get over the line the first time we have two things to say: Congratulations, but more importantly tell us your secret.  Well, it looks like we have found […]

9 years ago

A smile costs nothing and it seems like anyone with these 20 names is constantly beaming from ear to ear. According to a study by Pakmag.com, they found names of people who are normally happy and those who are not so happy. For the lads, it’s: 1. Joshua 2. Jason 3. Matthew 4. Terry 5. […]

17 years ago