Although the sun rarely shines long enough for us to enjoy a day out on the beach, it doesn’t take away the fact that Ireland really does have some of the most gorgeous beaches going. And according to TripAdvisor’s list of the top 10 beaches in Ireland in 2018, the majority of our best beaches […]

8 years ago

Physical Education will now be available on the Leaving Certificate curriculum. A total of 80 schools across the country will take part in the roll out of the new subject starting this September.  The Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) subject will be examined for the first time in 2020, according to the Irish Independent. Minister […]

8 years ago

A total of 102 people have died as a result of the flu in Ireland this winter. A new HSE report has revealed that 2,889 cases of hospitalisation as a result of contracting the flu were reported to the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) this winter. 413 of those cases were reported just this […]

8 years ago

Over €70,000 was stolen from an amusement centre in Wexford over the weekend. Robbers broke into Courtown Amusement Centre after disarming the alarm system in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Journal has reported.  They stole roughly €70k, most of which was in coins, from slot machines in the centre. There was about €270,000 […]

8 years ago

Anyone who has endured the nightly struggle of trying to hit the hay while your partner is making more noise than a chainsaw knows how frustrating it is. And sometimes no matter how many times you wake them up to tell them to stop, it just doesn’t work.  Thankfully an expert has suggested a few […]

8 years ago

Fianna Fáil Councillor Kieran O’Hanlon has called for smoking areas to be provided in hospitals. The HSE’s ‘Tobacco Free Campus Policy’ was introduced in 2012, meaning that since then, smoking has been banned on all its hospital grounds. Cllr. O’Hanlon said on Newstalk Breakfast that smoking facilities need to be brought back to his […]

8 years ago

A man has been arrested after ammunition and drugs were discovered buried in a field in Wexford yesterday. Gardaí had deployed sniffer dogs who made the discovery, the Irish Examiner reported. Cannabis worth an estimated street value of €5,000, as well a car parked near the scene were seized by Gardaí. Officers arrested a man at […]

8 years ago

A set of new rules aimed at speeding up the process of getting back on the roads for returning Irish emigrants and immigrants from other countries are to be introduced. Minister for Transport Shane Ross announced the introduction of the new measures earlier today. Under current law, drivers with a full licence that they obtained […]

8 years ago

A warning has been issued to Irish householders of a massive increase in silverfish in homes and businesses across the country in recent months. Silverfish are wingless insects that thrive in conditions of high humidity and are known for feeding off household items including books, photographs, paintings, and plaster. They also have an appetite for hair, […]

8 years ago

After a mild few days, it looks like the normal, freezing cold, weather is set to return.  A Status Yellow low temperature weather warning was issued last night, and it looks like the cold weather is here to stay – at least for the weekend anyway. Met Éireann has issued this weekend’s weather forecast and […]

8 years ago

New research has found that heavy drinking could be associated with a higher risk of developing dementia. The study looked at over one million adults diagnosed with dementia in France between 2008 and 2013. Researchers from various organisations, including The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, studied the link between alcohol-related disorders and the […]

8 years ago

Cadbury’s Creme Eggs are one of life’s greatest pleasures, and the popularity of the chocolatey treat was confirmed on Twitter today when Cadbury’s made a mistake regarding the pronunciation of the chocolate.  The confusion began when one Twitter user asked Cadbury’s how to correctly pronounce the humble Creme Egg.  The twitter user asked whether it […]

8 years ago

If you love the odd G&T every now and again, you’ll definitely want to book a train ticket down to Cork this Easter. Why? Because there’s a gin festival coming to the city, and now that the Good Friday alcohol ban has been lifted, it sounds like the ideal way to spend the weekend.   […]

8 years ago

A treatment that could be used to prevent severe reactions to peanuts could soon be available to those with the allergy. Aimmune Therapeutics, a U.S. biotechnology company, tested out the treatment on roughly 500 children aged 4-17 who had severe allergic reactions to peanuts. The treatment involved testing small doses of peanut, contained in small capsules […]

8 years ago

Just when we started to enjoy a bit of ever-so-slightly mild weather, it looks like it’s coming to an end. Met Éireann has issued a status-yellow weather warning for the entire country, and it looks like it’s going to be baltic tonight. They have forecast that temperatures will drop to -3 degrees tonight, and can […]

8 years ago

Weddings can be expensive.  From booking out your dream venue, hiring a band to play on the night, paying for bridesmaids dresses, and everything in between, you can land yourself with a pretty steep bill very quickly. Luckily for any brides on a budget, Missguided has just launched a bridal range, and the wedding dresses […]

8 years ago

Galway’s long-awaited, state-of-the-art cinema is finally ready to welcome the public inside its doors this Friday. Several funding, contractual and structural issues have caused the Pálás Cinema to be delayed.   However, the €8.4 million cinema announced on Twitter today that it will finally be opening this Friday February 23. The tweet read: “Opening date […]

8 years ago

After taking a year off, Knockanstockan Festival is back! Now the first 30 acts that will be taking to the stage at the festival this July have been revealed, and it sounds pretty feckin’ unreal. Among the 30 acts announced just this afternoon are Humans of the Sesh, Bantum, Chancer and Sim Simma Soundsystem.  Here […]

8 years ago

The number of complaints made by members of the public over taxis and the behaviour of taxi drivers last year increased by 15% (148 complaints). Information released by National Roads Authority in response to a FOI request revealed that there were a total of 1,146 complaints made last year. Among the list of complaints were […]

8 years ago

An Irish start-up company has had to change its name due to “threatening contact” that they received from entertainment company Warner Brothers. ScoobyBox, an Irish company that sends boxes of toys and treats to dogs on a monthly basis, was contacted by Hanna Barbara, under Warner Brothers. The company was told that they would have […]

8 years ago

Last Friday’s Euromillion’s Plus draw was won by two Irish players, who each walked away with a handy €500,000 each.  And now the National Lottery has taken to Twitter to reveal the shops in which the winning tickets were bought.  They wrote: “Last nights EuroMillions Top Plus prize winning shops that sold the tickets were […]

8 years ago

A flight from Belfast to Lanzarote made an emergency landing in a Portuguese airport on Saturday after a passenger allegedly became abusive on board. The EasyJet flight took off at 12pm on Saturday, but an hour into the four-hour flight a passenger reportedly became abusive, according to the Belfast Telegraph. It is believed that the […]

8 years ago

I’m sure most of us are guilty of spending way too much of their day scrolling through unlimited Instagram posts of cute puppies, vibrant smoothie bowls and friend’s selfies. And now, all thanks to Instagram, we know exactly how much time we spend each day on the app. Those under the age of 25 spend […]

8 years ago

The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, announced today that any student who wishes to opt out of studying religion in secondary school will have the choice to do so. The Department of Education published a new approach to arrangements that are made for religious studies in Education and Training Board (ETB) and Community […]

8 years ago

When it comes to makeup and skincare, we’re all guilty of committing a couple of beauty sins. But when Women’s Health asked professional makeup artists what they thought were the ultimate makeup mistakes, this super common one was among them. Celebrity makeup artist, Matin Maulawizda, said that one of the biggest beauty blunders we can […]

8 years ago

Four men have been arrested following an incident in which one man was stabbed. The man, who is believed to be in his 30s, was stabbed at an apartment on French Church Street, according to the Leinster Express. The man has since been taken to Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore. His injuries have been described […]

8 years ago

With hundreds of different chocolate bars to choose from, it’s obvious that we would all develop our own favourite of the lot. From Bounty, to Mars and the good ‘ol Kinder Bueno, you wouldn’t be stuck for something to dip into your cuppa’. However, when it comes to the most popular chocolate bar among the […]

8 years ago

A man has died following a workplace accident at a factory in Kildare.  The incident happened at around 2.40pm yesterday, the Irish Independent reports. The man is believed to have been in his 20s.  According to Kildare Now, he was employed at Kildare Chilling Company, a meat processing plant.  It’s understood that Gardaí in Kildare have alerted […]

8 years ago

When it comes to cheating, there can be a couple of different reasons why people resort to it.  But cheating on your partner because you have a good sex life? This is news to us.  Yep, according to a new study, people were actually more likely to cheat if they were satisfied with the sex life […]

8 years ago

An entire private island off the coast of Cork is currently selling for €150,000, just in case Ireland was beginning to feel a little too crowded for you… Yep, that’s right. You can actually buy your very own island off the coast of the Emerald Isle. Mannion Island is a four acre private island for […]

8 years ago

A prison sentence could be a possibility for any car owner who allows a learner driver to drive the car without being supervised by a full-licenced driver. Under current law, the learner is the only driver prosecuted if they are found to be driving without the supervision of a driver with a licence of at […]

8 years ago

It’s safe to say that Snapchat’s most recent update hasn’t gone down very well with users of the app. And now more than 800,000 people have signed an online petition to get the Shapchat reverted back to it’s original design.  The petition, which is hosted on Change.org, has received massive attention since it was posted. […]

8 years ago

Tesco has introduced a limit on how much Gordon’s Premium Pink gin can be bought per person ahead of Valentines Day this year. The quota was introduced in order to ensure availability of the beverage to as many people as possible, as the drink’s growing popularity has seen it fly off the shelves in the […]

8 years ago

The FSAI is recalling specific batches of Quorn Tikka Masala, as pieces of rubber were reported to be found in the dish. The affected food product is the 400g pack of the ‘Quorn Tikka Masala with Basmati Rice’ with use-by dates of 1 Mar 2018, 2 Mar 2018 and 3 Mar 2018. Image: FSAI The recall […]

8 years ago

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland received a total of 3,400 complaints in 2017, more than one third of which related to complaints of unit food. The complaints included chewing gum being reported as being present in sandwich wraps, scrambled egg, and takeaway rice, a long black hair in a sandwich, rodent droppings in a bag of […]

8 years ago

An 18-year-old girl from Belfast was taken to hospital after using a counterfeit Kylie Jenner lip product. Belfast Live reported that Rachael McLaughlin was left struggling to breathe after applying the Kylie Jenner lip kit dupe. She applied the product, which she had bought on a Facebook buy-and-sell page, on Friday evening before a party, […]

8 years ago

The latest season of First Dates Ireland has left us absolutely dying for more week after week, and tonight’s episode is no exception. The show’s first transgender and pansexual daters will join the array of couples looking for love in the First Dates restaurant and it’s a lovely sign to see Irish TV moving with […]

8 years ago

Ever since Snapchat introduced its latest update, people have been eager to get rid of it. However, Snapchat has warned that using trying to revert Snapchat back to the original version of the app can result in the user losing their memories on the app and being permanently locked out of their account. Snapchat tweeted: […]

8 years ago

Pancake Tuesday is up there with Christmas Day as being one of our favourite events of the year. And just when we thought a day dedicated solely to eating as many delish pancakes as we want couldn’t get any better, it actually did. Tigh Nora gin bar in Galway will be serving up a stunning […]

8 years ago

Irish children could face possible risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) as the HSE is not issuing the vaccine to newborn babies. The Irish Mirror reported that the HSE said this is due to a lack of supply of the BCG vaccine, as the only supplier has run out. The BCG vaccine provides protection against TB – an […]

8 years ago

Planning a fun, tropical sun holiday is all fun and games until it’s time to pay for your flights, accommodation, and save up a heap of spending money for activities once you actually arrive. Luckily for anyone trying to plan a holiday on a budget, TripAdvisor has revealed the cheapest Caribbean spot to head to […]

8 years ago

Herbal remedies have become quite popular, with many people incorporating them into their daily routine. However, taking herbal remedies (including herbal tea) while on prescription medication could be quite dangerous. A new study, which was published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, stated that combining the two could lead to possible adverse reactions.  After […]

8 years ago

If there’s one thing we love about IKEA, it’s how affordable, yet trendy, their furniture is. And it looks like IKEA lovers could be in luck, as they’re currently testing out a brand new plan that anyone who has ever bought a piece of furniture, and gotten rid of it out after only a few […]

8 years ago

Head of RTÉ Radio 2FM, Dan Healy, has hinted that Al Porter could return to RTÉ radio. Following a series of allegations regarding “sexual misconduct” back in November, the Irish comedian decided to take a break from his lunchtime radio slot on TodayFM. However, Healy has suggested that Porter could make a return to radio […]

8 years ago

With Valentine’s Day coming up, you might’ve decided to stay in this weekend and save the pennies for next week. If so – you’re in luck! This Friday’s Late Late Show Valentines Special has a fab line up of guests including the stars of the Young Offenders; Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Hilary Rose and PJ Gallagher. […]

8 years ago

A new island off the coast of Finland will be a strictly girls-only paradise. The New York Post reported that the founder of SuperShe island, American entrepreneur Kristina Roth, wanted to create a place solely for women where they can book in for a day-long, or a week-long stay. The purpose of a stay on […]

8 years ago

The Social Democrats will bring before the Dáil a Bill that proposes to extend the amount of time given to parents to spend more time caring for their new born children later today.  The Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill would allow parents to take a total of 26 weeks of unpaid leave from their jobs without […]

8 years ago

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners are warning the public about email and text message scams that are doing the rounds at the moment.  The messages, which ask for personal information from taxpayers in connection with a tax refund or seeking credit/debit card details, seem like they have been sent from Revenue. The email tells […]

8 years ago

If you’ve ever felt guilty about buying an expensive handbag, a gorgeous designer dress or a new pair of sunglasses that you absolutely did not need, you’re bound to feel a lot better after you hear how much this hair straightener is worth. GHD are launching a limited edition hair straightener that is officially THE […]

8 years ago

Becoming a millionaire is something most of us have dreamed about at some stage. Whether you aspire to win the lotto, invent something ground-breaking or secure a seriously good job, the thought of being super rich has probably crossed your mind. But what are your chances of one day hitting the jackpot? Well, according to Cosmopolitan, Linda […]

8 years ago