We love the *idea* of Winter. Cosy clothes, blazing fires and toasty drinks topped with a dollop of whipped cream that’s taller than your bobble hat. The reality, though, is not always so glam. Think waiting twenty minutes in the freeeeezing cold for a bus and watching it fly past you when you’re already […]

8 years ago

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: […]

8 years ago

It looks like we’re in for a freezing cold end to the bank holiday with temperatures predicted to drop as low as -4°C in parts of Ireland. Last night got as cold as -2°C and tonight is looking even frostier. Met Éireann said, “Tonight will be dry in most areas, with clear intervals, but cloud […]

8 years ago

It looks like we’re in for a white bank holiday weekend as Met Éireann confirms the first snow of the season is on the way. Earlier this week the forecaster revealed we were in for temperatures as low as -3°C, bringing fears of heavy snow with it. And now it looks like we can expect […]

8 years ago

You’ll be happy to know that last night’s debate on Virgin Media Television was the last before the Presidential Election takes place on Friday. Michael D Higgins was absent for Wednesday night’s debate but all other candidates were present and correct including Sean Gallagher. It was a re-run basically of what had been discussed on […]

8 years ago

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 […]

8 years ago

If you were scrolling through Instagram a couple of days ago, you’ll have noticed one of McGregor’s pictures practically poking at you from the screen. He posed for a picture in red Calvin Klein boxers and the man must have been awful excited to take the photo. It was noticed all over the world and […]

8 years ago

Attempts to preserve life is the top priority as emergency services respond to the blaze that has broken out in a building in front of the River Court hotel on John Street. According to the Kilkenny People, five units of Kilkenny’s fire service and gardaí are attending the scene at the historic Dr.Mitchell’s house (a […]

8 years ago

You know things are bad when a Met Éireann forecaster describes a weather front as a “ferocious beast”. That’s how forecaster Joanna Donnelly described the storm that’s due to make landfall at the end of the week while she was on the 9pm news on RTÉ last night. Winds of 150km/h and over 60mm of […]

8 years ago

“I’ve had my fun and that’s all that matters.” Just one of hundreds of Father Ted quotes which are repeated on a daily basis across Ireland and beyond. It was of course delivered by Father Fintan Stack, an absolutely dreadful human being who replaced Father Jack at Craggy Island Parochial House when Jack was sent […]

8 years ago

If you remember, and you really should remember, a certain Storm was a major talking point around this time last year too. Storm Ophelia put the whole country into shutdown as red warnings were issued for Ireland as 185km/h winds battered each corner of the island. Well, it looks like a Storm nearly as big […]

8 years ago

Oh winter is coming, baby. And you know how we know winter is coming? Because the two heavyweights of television are back on our screens. The Late Late Show first and there’s a few familiar guests on the couch tonight. Fresh from their gold medal winning victories at the World Rowing Championships, Paul and Gary […]

8 years ago