It’s feared that the Bank Buildings housing the Primark store in Belfast could collapse after it caught fire yesterday. An emergency City Hall meeting was called this morning to determine whether it could be saved and to deal with local business issues. More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze for hours after it started on […]

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The number of homeless people across Ireland is about to hit 10,000 for the first time in the country’s history. It’s reported there were 130 homeless people left sleeping on the streets in Dublin alone on Monday night. Inner City Helping Homeless previously called the rocketing figures a “national disgrace” and said numbers would often […]

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If you’re lucky enough to be heading down to Stradbally this weekend, you’ll be delighted to hear that it’s looking fairly decent weather-wise. While there’s a chance of some showers on Friday evening, the rest of the weekend is forecast to be mainly dry and sunny. Met Eireann said: “Friday is looking mainly dry and […]

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The 2018 Irish Presidential campaign is almost upon us and the election date has now been confirmed. It’s going to take place on Friday, October 26 and the ballot counting will happen the following day. The new president will then be inaugurated on Saturday November 11. Confirmed: Presidential election (#aras18) to take place on Friday […]

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Gardaí are investigating reports that the newly crowned Rose of Tralee Kirsten Mate Maher suffered racist abuse on a night out in Kilkenny at the weekend. The 21 year old had stopped at The Blue Door Takeaway with her boyfriend on their way home from a night out in the town when it’s said they […]

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As many as 5,000 patients are going to be informed that they were exposed to the “nightmare” superbug Enterobacteriaceae, also known as CPE. The superbug is resistant to most antibiotics and can be fatal up to 50% of the time if it gets into a person’s bloodstream. The HSE has confirmed it will be sending […]

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If you’re heading to Stradbally this weekend, you’ll be delighted to hear that the festival stage times have finally been announced so you can get planning exactly who you’re going to see. The Electric Picnic team have released the full schedule across the three days – here’s hoping none of your favourites are going to […]

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The murder scene of a man in Ballincollig, Cork was so brutal that Gardaí had to be given counselling. Mikolaj Wilk, originally from Poland, was viciously attacked by a group of men with machetes at his home on June 10. His wife Elzbieta received head and face injuries and had to have surgery on her […]

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It looks like summer might be well and truly over since we’ve got torrential rain and cold weather forecast for this weekend. So what better way to banish those blues than to book a little weekend break? But where to? Well, Ryanair has answered our prayers and announced a brand new route from Cork to […]

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We’d all like to think we’ll have a wedding to remember, and one bride has done just that after dancing so hard to B*Witched that she landed herself in A&E. And not only that, but she also got herself a personal apology from Keavy, Edele and Sinead. Newlywed Lyndsey Pardoe clearly had quite the wedding […]

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ASOS is pretty well known for thinking outside the box when it comes to its designs – they caused quite the commotion recently with their jeans that were entirely missing the bum. So it didn’t come as much of a surprise to hear that the online retailer has just started selling men’s crop tops on […]

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There seems to be a new bar opening up every other day at the moment, or at least that’s what it feels like. But the number of pubs in Ireland has actually dropped by a massive 1,477 over the past 12 years, according to a new survey. The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI)’s latest […]

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You might want to dig out your jumper and brolly this weekend – an end to the hot weather is on the way with long showers of heavy rain and cold weather expected. Yep, sadly it looks like today’s rain isn’t going to be a one-off. Met Éireann has said that temperatures could drop as […]

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Americans have a hard time understanding any kind of Irish slang at the best of times, so it made sense that Vanity Fair would ask Hollywood star Jamie Dornan to help out with a few translations. The Northern Irish actor went through a list of some of the most commonly used phrases, including “boys a […]

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