The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech Covdi-19 vaccine for use in the European Union. The decision was announced by the EMA  at an online press conference held this afternoon and comes after clinical trials involving 40,000 participants. EMA Chief Emer Cooke told the conference that “today’s positive news is an important step […]

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Bono’s famed singing voice is about to reach a whole new audience after the U2 frontman was confirmed to be among the cast for Sing 2. Sing 2, a sequel to 2016 Universal and Illumination animated comedy Sing, is set for theatrical release in December 2021 and, according to Variety, Ireland’s very own Bono will […]

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Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said that a ‘variety of measures’ will be announced by Cabinet tomorrow. Current Level 3 measures had been expected to remain in place until January 6, however a recent spike in Covid-19 cases means that that date is likely to be brought forward. Last night, a 48-hour travel ban was […]

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Watch the adorable moment these dogs pick their own Christmas presents. It pretty much exactly what we all need right now. Some pawsitive news. Dogs Trust Ireland released a video earlier showing some dogs picking there our gifts this year. There’s so much beauty in the excitement of each of these good boys and girls. […]

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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan has asked people to consider changing their Christmas plans if they have been socialising in recent weeks. Speaking as 764 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Sunday evening, Dr. Holohan called on people who have been socialising recently to carefully consider any plans that might include meeting people […]

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Not one but TWO brilliantly funny Christmas movies on your TV tonight. Yep, we’re getting closer to Christmas Day, so more and more Christmas movies are featuring in your nightly Movies On TV line-ups. But for those not interesting in the festive films, you’ll be happy to hear there is plenty of action, rom-com, drama, […]

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We’ve picked the very best movie on each night from December 23rd right up to January 1st! Deciding which movies to watch over the Chrimbo Limbo (that lost time around Christmas and New Years when days stop meaning anything) can be very difficult, with the sheer wealth of options on show likely paralysing you with […]

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‘We continue to find premises in breach of regulations.’ In the past 24 hours, Gardaí across the country have discovered a number of breaches of Covid-19 regulations by licensed premises, including discoveries in counties Limerick, Cork, Carlow and Meath. In one of those cases in Meath, a search was implemented following suspicion of a shebeen […]

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All travel into and out of the region is effectively banned. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tighter restrictions for London, and the South East and the East of England. These regions, as well as all of Wales, have been put into Tier 4 restrictions. This prohibits movement into and out of those regions, and […]

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This particular event hasn’t been seen on Earth since 1623. Right now (provided it is night time when you’re reading this), even to the naked eye, Jupiter and Saturn are two visibly bright dots in the sky, getting incrementally closer to each other every night. However, before the end of the month, the two “stars” […]

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Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands have already banned all passenger flights from Britain. The Irish government is expected to announce stricter travel restrictions to and from Britain tonight (Sunday, December 20), in light of the discovery of a more contagious variation of the COVID-19 virus. The mutated version of the infection is reported to be […]

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Disney’s big movie is released on Christmas Day! Check out our review right here. In the 25 years since they released Toy Story, Pixar have never released a movie that we would describe as “not suitable for children”. They have toyed with some mature themes before, for sure – Cars was essentially about the fear […]

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