That warm festive feeling you’re experiencing could actually be moths flying around your insides. As preparation in households across Ireland gets underway for the mammoth event that is Christmas dinner, there’s a certain stuffing mix that you better make sure isn’t a part of your festive spread. Tesco supermarkets have urgently recalled a batch of […]
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This offer is for a very limited time. Circle K has announced details of a new flash fuel discount its implementing nationwide to celebrate Christmas. From 1pm to 4pm on Thursday (14 December), the price of its premium miles and milesPLUS fuel will be reduced by 20c a litre at participating service stations across the island of Ireland, […]
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Experts have warned that suncream and people urinating in the water is having a detrimental impact on Lough Hyne. Earlier this month, Fáilte Ireland released their list of the top 10 swimming spots in Ireland, naming a diverse array of beaches, coves and lakes across the country. Skibbereen’s Lough Hyne was among the top 10, […]
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We were sweating there for a while. The question on everyone’s lips at this point in time, 12 days out from Christmas Day, is whether Santa will be able to enter Irish airspace – naturally. This is clearly something on the minds of our country’s leaders as well, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar taking some time […]
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With a ‘spectacular celestial fireworks display for the whole country’ expected, here is everything you need to know. The best meteor shower of 2023 will peak in Ireland over the next two nights, according to Astronomy Ireland. This is the Geminids meteor shower, which is comprised of tiny pieces of space debris – specks of dust that […]
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Mattresses, bedding materials, and personal hygiene items were all found. A total of 10 businesses were served closure orders according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in November. This included food businesses in Kerry, Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, Louth, Sligo, Tipperary, Meath, and two in Limerick. The reasons for the closures ranged from inadequate pest […]
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“There’s plenty more to come.” A school in Northern Ireland has gone viral for its “brilliant” cover of the Pogues’ classic Christmas single ‘Fairytale of New York’. Holy Trinity College in Cookstown released its students’ rendition of the song last Wednesday (6 December), the same week as the funeral for Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. In a caption accompanying the video, the secondary […]
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These Dublin suburbs have some explaining to do. Christmas is always a busy time for Irish taxi drivers and if you’re looking to make sure you’re on the nice list, new data from Uber outlining the best and worst rated areas for passengers should give you an indication. The data is based on information from […]
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Jack Frost may be settling in for December 25th. Met Éireann‘s weather predictions for Ireland have suggested that a White Christmas may be in store for some. Over the last few weeks, Ireland has experienced a wave of unsettled weather conditions, including two back-to-back storms over the weekend and a localised tornado in Leitrim. While […]
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“What is a barter account?” These days if we ever have a drop in brain function for even a millisecond, we’re straight onto Google to fill in the gaps. While it has wholly changed the way we think, work, act, and feel on a day-to-day basis, the search engine also tells us a lot about ourselves and […]
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Rest in peace Frank. Former presenter of the popular Irish kids show Bosco, Frank Twomey, has died from a short illness, his family have confirmed. The Cork-born presenter was a man of many talents over is long career – a comedian, television personality and theatre producer. He was, however, best known for his presenting role alongside […]
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Huge win for Ireland and the lads. Three Irish actors are up for Golden Globes in the ‘Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama’ category. The awards, which take place next month, will see Barry Keoghan, Cillian Murphy, and Andrew Scott all go head-to-head in the same category. Keoghan is nominated for his […]
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