Santa has barely even put his feet up after his 2016 exploits but Ireland’s favourite festive radio station Christmas FM is already recruiting volunteers for this year.  The charity station raised more than €360,000 with their last edition and will be hoping to beat that incredible record next time around.  They have now announced their training course for […]

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Think you’ve seen the most romantic way to ask someone to be your forever lobster? Think again. Ashley Farrell, a farmer based in Fivemiletown, Co Tyrone, made sure that his girlfriend’s Christmas Eve was one to remember with an udder-ly (we’re sorry) amazing surprise. Ashley began by leading his girlfriend, Anna Martin the cow shed to receive her […]

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How’s this for a happy ending? Last April, former Irish rugby international Peter Clohessy and his family appealed for help after their two beloved rottweilers were stolen from their Murroe, Co. Limerick home.  This led to nine months of painstaking searching and social media appeals to anyone who had any information about the whereabouts of […]

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Got some serious #wanderlust? Then you’re in for a real treat.  Let 2017 be the year you follow your dreams and travel around the world with the help of Emirates! Their global sale runs online until January 23, with offers on flights from March. Check out some of these insane deals on return flights to and from the […]

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Hear ye, hear ye.  We have found yet another use for the 12 years you spent learning the ins and outs of the Tuiseal Ginideach. Irish cursing.  New TG4 archive series ‘Ar an Aer’ on TG4 tomorrow night, 8pm Wednesday, January 11, includes this hilarious clip of legendary broadcaster Gay Byrne being taught how to curse by ‘An Cailín Gaelach’ […]

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Ireland’s favourite yuletide-themed radio station, Christmas FM, has announced that it has exceeded all previous fundraising targets by more than €360,000 for Focus Ireland this year. What a fantastic achievement! The enormous sum of money raised by the charity station will be given directly to support over 300 families who find themselves needing help this year. Adding this figure to the previous fundraising […]

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Hope you all got good coats for Christmas, as windy weather is coming our way. While this week has been relatively mild after a few cold days last week, we should prepare ourselves for heavy winds with pretty strong gusts coming for us this week.  According to Met Éireann:  Today (January 10) will be mostly cloudy, with […]

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Donating blood and platelets can be one of the most worthwhile and valuable deeds a person ever does in their life.  And this heart-warming message from the parent of a sick child to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service confirms just how important it is… “To the person out there who took time out of their day to donate […]

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2017 is set to be an exciting year for many of Ireland’s movers ‘n’ shakers, who are establishing themselves both here and abroad.  Last year saw new sounds from exciting musicians such as All Tvvins and our very own red carpet star Saoirse Ronan impress audiences across the world with her performance in Brooklyn. Activism played an important role in our lives with […]

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Consider this your warning… Gleeden, a dating site for people looking to cheat (yes, we know) revealed its website is the busiest on the second Monday after Christmas. Yep, you guess it. This Monday coming, January 9 is the day your partner is most likely to stray. According to The Sun, the findings were mirrored in a survey […]

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Bloody hell, we’ve outdone ourselves this time.  Check out this pub, located in McNamee’s Mullagh, County Cavan, who went all out on Christmas Eve, and played Midnight Mass on the big screen, ensuring its customers didn’t have to move.  Mass in the pub #onlyinireland ???? pic.twitter.com/b0PCFE8RpI — Margaret Griffin (@foodborn) December 24, 2016 Now that’s service. […]

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We’ve been dreaming of this day for a while now… Ever since the bookies told us that a white Christmas was unlikely, we’ve been dyyyying for the white stuff to fall from the sky and keep us from going to work.   And now, it has! Check out Carrauntoohill in County Kerry yesterday evening – the […]

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