The Cabinet may announce the ban on household visits from midnight tonight. The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) have formally requested that the Irish government consider delaying the return to school date to at least Monday, January 11. This is in light of the drastic increase in positive Covid cases in the country, reaching over […]

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Unsure what day it is? Us too. Welcome to that weird in-between part of Christmas where the only thing to do is watch TV and continue eating leftovers… may as well lean into it. Here’s what movies are on TV today should you already have exhausted Netflix/Amazon Prime/Disney+ and what have you. Matilda – Channel […]

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One of Dingle’s most beloved residents, Fungie’s disappearance has proven to be of great concern to the Irish public (and wider world). First making headlines back in mid-October this year, the public is still coming to terms with news that one of The Kingdom’s most famous residents has gone missing. Usually found swimming along the […]

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Today, there have been 744 more confirmed COVID cases and there have been 4 more deaths. The two previous days were above 1,000 cases daily but Dr Tony Holohan believes there are more in the community than whats’ reported. He believes the lower number is due to the lack of tests done over Christmas and […]

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We are officially sitting in the ‘in-betweeny’ days. We don’t really know what’s going on until we see the 31st pop-up. So what I suggest is a brisk walk to grab some fresh air, maybe a swim if you’re that way inclined, but ultimately end up back on your sofa. Back milling Christmas sambos with […]

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It’s St Stephen’s Day which is made for sport, movies, and leftover Christmas dinner. I’m already dreaming of the massive Christmas sambo I’m going to make, all I need to do now is pick a few movies to sit back and chill to. If you have a day planned as I do, let’s take a […]

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Ireland about to receive the first batch of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as almost 10,000 doses will arrive in Ireland today. It comes after the cases in Ireland are on the rise again with 1,025 new cases confirmed yesterday. Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid took to Twitter early this morning saying that it […]

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Christmas is the most wonderful time of year, especially in the TV department. Ever since we were tykes, the festive season was synonymous with a savage TV line-up, you had The Den, great ads, The Late Late Toy Show – even the news got interesting, for feck’s sake. While things are very different this year, […]

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While Christmas is pretty much the same all over the world – presents, Santa and heaps of bubbles – there’s a few traditions that are unique to Ireland. Even though this year feels more than a little different, it’s nice to reminisce on what makes an Irish Christmas. Some of these traditions will be no […]

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Met Éireann has issued a weather warning to 10 counties as Ireland prepares for the arrival of Storm Bella on St. Stephen’s Day. Storm Bella was named by the UK Met Office earlier today and it’s set to bring ‘strong, damaging gusts and heavy rain’ on St. Stephen’s Day. Met Éireann has now issued a […]

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Storm Bella has been named by the UK Met Office and it’s set to bring ‘heavy rain and damaging gusts’ to Ireland on St. Stephen’s Day. The Met Office has issued status yellow weather warnings for parts of Britain and weather expert Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather expects Storm Bella to cause disruption here in […]

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If you’re yet to do the Christmas Eve food run then it might be worth noting the closing times for stores such as Tesco, SuperValu, Aldi and more. The clock is ticking down towards the big day and if you need to do some last minute Christmas Eve shopping, you’ll find the closing times for […]

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