It won’t come as a shock to most of us but it looks like Christmas pints are off the table this year. Unless, that is, you’re willing to sit outside as temperatures drop in December. Leo Varadkar has poured cold water on the idea of Christmas pints or ’12 pubs’ style nights out by telling […]

6 years ago

Wanting to give back in some small way, popular Limerick café Hook & Ladder will be handing out complimentary teas and coffees to frontline retail staff today. Tuesday morning and I think it’s safe to say that this week has already been tougher than most. An exceptionally difficult time, people all across the country are […]

6 years ago

Halloween FM is Christmas FM’s festive autumn cousin. Today is one of the Mondayest Mondays I’ve had in a long time – things seemed to have piled up over the weekend and today is the day that something as minor as a badly-made cup of tea could push me over the edge. Knowing that I’m […]

6 years ago

The Government is considering allowing people to travel 10km from their homes under new restrictions that are set to be announced tonight. After receiving advice from NPHET to move Ireland to risk level 5 of Covid-19 restrictions, it appears that the Government will opt for ‘a version’ of level 4 restrictions instead. This would mean […]

6 years ago

One of tonight’s movies is the first Christmas movie of the year. It was bound to happen eventually, but we just didn’t expect it to happen this side of Halloween. Maybe the programmers knew that we all needed some cheer in our lives, especially with the nationwide weather warnings tonight. Either way, we’re not complaining. […]

6 years ago

Today sees yet another major Government announcement about Covid-19 restrictions but this time at least, we’ve had the whole weekend to get used to the idea. A Cabinet Sub-Committee met on Saturday to discuss NPHET’s recommendation to move Ireland into risk level 5 of Covid-19 restrictions and yesterday, Simon Harris confirmed that more restrictions are […]

6 years ago

Ray, Zig, Zag, and Dustin all put out the call for guests in the returning show’s new trailer. It has barely been a few days since we announced that The Den will be returning to our screens, and now here we are with even more great news about the return of one of our favourite […]

6 years ago

Gogglebox Ireland has issued a callout to Irish people living abroad for a special Christmas edition of the popular Virgin Media show. Coronavirus restrictions mean that many Irish citizens won’t be able to return to our shores this Christmas but we’ll still be able to come together online like we have done all year. Gogglebox […]

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32 years later, the sequel to the hit comedy is finally about to arrive. Quickly following in the similar footsteps of Pixar’s Soul and the remake of The Witches, it has been announced that Coming 2 America, the sequel to the hit 1988 comedy, will be skipping cinemas entirely and going straight to home streaming. […]

6 years ago

320,000 jobs are expected to have been lost due to Covid by the end of 2020. Today’s “unprecedented” €17 billion spending budget for 2021 is based on three assumptions that could change in the next few weeks or months: There won’t be a Covid-19 vaccine available next year There won’t be a Brexit trade deal […]

6 years ago

Selection box + Milk Tray = Christmas is saved! It is entirely understandable that a lot of people are already looking forward to Christmas. It means big warm cosy jumpers and staying in and watching lots of our favourite movies and TV shows, and eating until we think we’re too full to move, but then… […]

6 years ago

‘It could be game over for 50% of restaurant businesses around the country.’ Following the news of a record-high number of Covid cases in Ireland over the weekend, conversations have been turning to the potential need for the country, or parts of it, to ramp up the restrictions to Level 4 or 5. Leo Varadkar […]

6 years ago