Have you got little ones to entertain during the mid-term break? There might be some bad news. There’s a chance that Ireland will be rocked by Storm Deirdre, or even ex-hurricane Oscar with strong winds and low temperatures putting a dampener on the week. Cathal Nolan of Midland Weather Channel said in a Facebook post: […]
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Ireland AM weatherman Deric Hartigan is no stranger to the odd bit of madness on Virgin Media Television, formerly known as TV3. In the summer of 2017, he was blown away by a gust of wind that left him and his orange umbrella in a tizzy and left his fellow hosts of the show in […]
7 years ago
What do you think of when you hear the words ‘Irish tourist destination?’ For us, it’s usually the Wild Atlantic Way. But there’s a new scenic hotspot on the island, and it’s planning to change all that. The Munster Vales sits between four of Irelands six cities: Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Kilkenny, with gateway towns […]
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Tropical Storm Leslie which was expected to bring gale force winds and heavy rain to the country has been upgraded to a hurricane today. It is gathering strength off the coast of Bermuda with Carlow Weather saying the long-range forecasts show it will hit the west of the country next Thursday, but not to “be […]
7 years ago
Great news for anyone who missed out on Ryanair’s seat sale last week because the airline has just announced another huge autumn sale. The weather outside has been grim to say the least, so what better excuse to get booking your next city break? There’s flights to plenty of UK cities including Liverpool and Newcastle […]
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Storm Ali has landed in Ireland, bringing with it levels of destruction we haven’t seen since… well, Ophelia last October. At least that’s what a lot of people online are saying. A popular opinion seems to be that Ali is in fact stronger than Ophelia, a storm during which we were all advised to stay […]
7 years ago
What is it about something as serious as the RTÉ News bulletin that produces moments of sheer awkwardness. We’ve came across our fair share of RTÉ Bloopers – the latest one from last week is probably up there with one of the worst of all time, someone definitely got in trouble for this – but […]
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It was announced by Met Éireann on Friday morning that ‘Storm Helene’ will approach Ireland next week. Met Éireann have now issued a briefing regarding Storm Helene which was issued at midday on Friday. They said on their website that: “At this time of year the Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing. The official […]
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Things got very heated this morning. A woman who messingly put in a presidential bid said she did so in order to make her point. Speaking on the Today with Sean O’Rourke show, the radio presenter Norma Burke – or Bunty Twuntingdown McFluff as her alter-ego presidential wannabe is called – said she was protesting […]
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Met Éireann has confirmed that ‘Storm Helene’ “will approach Ireland” as early as next week. They warned yesterday that “very disturbed weather” was on its way to Ireland as the hurricane headed across the atlantic. But now they have confirmed that they are expecting the ex-tropical storm to heavily influence Ireland’s weather early next week. […]
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Podge and Rodge are looking “scuttering gobsheens” to join their studio audience for the new season starting from next month. The two lads are opening the doors to Ballydung Manor once again and are giving a limited number of lucky people the chance to see it all go down first hand. They said, “Expect roasting […]
7 years ago
Americans are currently facing one of the worst hurricanes they’ve ever witnessed. However, RTÉ Presenter, Ray Kennedy made a slight mistake about the “monster” hurricane Florence that is headed in their path. Kennedy accidentally said that the hurricane would last for two years in his bulletin. The hurricane is set to hit the US on […]
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