And mornings, too. It’s January. That time of year. Where it’s after Christmas, the days are slowly but surely getting longer, and you’re all but ready to throw on a light jumper and welcome spring in all its glory. Except we live in Ireland and we can’t do that because it’s still bitterly cold and […]

7 years ago

“We used to have one of those.” Look lads, the AA is iconic for a lot of reasons. They’ve been around for a long time. Everybody knows who they are and what they do. They’ll make sure you’re only waiting at the side of the road for a few hours before they show up and […]

7 years ago

Fair. A few years ago, when somebody said they were pregnant, they received a brief congratulations and then everybody got on with their lives. Nowadays, when somebody says they’re pregnant, they have to do a gender reveal, they have to post bump progress pictures, they have to film themselves pushing the child out of their […]

7 years ago

Unreal. If you’ve been at all up-to-date with what’s been going on during awards season, you’ll probably be fairly familiar with Killing Eve. The BBC America show has been picking up awards left, right, and centre thanks to Sandra Oh’s versatility, Jodie Comer’s stunning accent and birdlike face, and Fiona Shaw frightening authority. It’s a […]

7 years ago

Conspiracy theories. There are a load of them. Bush being responsible for 9/11 is one. The earth being flat is another. The government controlling us via chemtrails is another that people enjoy to speculate about from time to time. None of the above, however, are quite as tumultuous and shocking as the recent conspiracy involving […]

7 years ago

Fair enough. Apparently, it’s been looking fairly likely that Kate Middleton is going to have another baby in 2020. The Duchess of Cambridge is already mother to Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, but if her desire to expand her family (and the law of averages) is anything to go by, she’ll probably be […]

7 years ago

Yes, you did read that correctly. A Grey’s Anatomy actor is joining the cast of Coronation Street in what has to be the most stunning career move of the 21st century. Luca Malacrino is set to join the ITV soap early next month as a “fiery” hairdresser who shows up and desperately tries to secure […]

7 years ago

How much crime TV is too much crime TV? The answer is none, because people are chronically obsessed with the genre and will continue to be so until bad things stop happening to good people. So, never, essentially. Between American Crime Story, The Ted Bundy Tapes, You, and the 194 hours of The Staircase that […]

7 years ago

Y E S. Cardi B has been announced as the final headliner for this year’s Longitude festival and despite it only being January, our bodies are severely ready for cans in hot weather, luke warm naggins, and wandering around Marlay Park for approximately three days. The rapper was confirmed as the festival’s latest headliner today. […]

7 years ago

Twins born to a gay couple have two different biological dads after both men were able to successfully fertilise an embryo. Simon and Graeme Berney Edwards travelled to Canada from London to avail of an advanced IVF treatment that allowed them to fertilise an embryo each. These embryos were then implanted in surrogate Meg Stone’s […]

7 years ago

Ah, Steve. He’s a good lad at heart, but sometimes he just gets a little carried away, a little angry, a little bit unable to control his emotions when confronted with difficult scenarios that may or may not involve him. One such scenario came last week when he and Tracy decide to reveal to daughter […]

7 years ago

If there’s one thing that’s not great about being in relationships, it’s jealousy. You spend all that time getting someone else to like you, hanging out with their friends, and having a generally decent time together only to get irrationally angry by the mere sight of their ex walking down the street. It may just […]

7 years ago

“I’m female and just turned 43. I am single and for the first time ever I am suffering anxiety about my alone status. “Most of my friends are married so I don’t get out that often. I tried online dating for 2 years and it’s been an awful experience.  The majority of guys I’ve met […]

7 years ago

Coronation Street’s Daniel Brocklebank has split from his boyfriend of two years. The actor and former Mr Gay UK Stuart Hatton split up just before Christmas, seemingly after realising that they simply “don’t have time” for their relationship. Upsetting. The Sun reports that Brocklebank, who plays Billy Mayhew in the ITV soap, still cares very […]

7 years ago

Last week, CervicalCheck campaigner Orla Church passed away. One of the many women caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy, Church was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2015 after being admitted to hospital due to pelvic pain. She had received two false negative results from smear tests she had undergone in previous years. Both of the […]

7 years ago

An interesting development. Most vegetarians aren’t in it for the weight loss – the health benefits, the care for animals, and the boasting rights, sure, but if you’re hellbent on losing a bit of weight, people don’t immediately jump to a veggie diet. Some, if any, will instead opt for the Mediterranean diet if they’re keen […]

7 years ago

Stop it. Everybody’s been hopping on the meat-free, veggie, and vegan trains these days. And with good reason too. Meat-free and plant based diets are better for your body, better for your health, better for the environment, and better for animals. Essentially, they’re pretty good and fair play if you’ve managed to reduce your meat […]

7 years ago

An 81-year-old Dublin woman has located her birth mother alive after searching for 61 years. Eileen Macken said that she began looking for her mother when she was just 19-year-old, having grown up in Kirwan House orphanage on the North Circular Road. Macken said that she was “the happiest person alive” to discover that her […]

7 years ago

Police have launched an investigation after a customer found part of a human bone in a pair of socks from Primark. Essex authorities said that the bone, discovered last month, did “… not appear be a result of recent trauma and had no skin or other particles surrounding it.” It was discovered in a sock […]

7 years ago

Vannnnjie. Vannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnjie.  A true icon, a wonder, a star that never received the love and appreciation she deserved. Miss Vanjie. Always in our hearts, rarely on our TV screens. However, that’s all about to change because Miss Vanjie is returning for season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and our bodies – they are ready. The […]

7 years ago

Penn Badgley has completely nailed why You’s Joe Goldberg keeps getting away with murder. The actor has spent a lot of time recently trying to convince audiences that Joe is a bad guy, that you are not supposed to support his endeavors, and that stalking is not cute.  For the most part, he’s done pretty […]

7 years ago

He’s not upset, he’s disappointed.  Earlier this week, EastEnders announced that they had recast Ben Mitchell for the sixth (yeah, sixth) time. No longer would Harry Reid be playing the iconic, murdering, bizarre, terrifying, and a bit gas character – this time around it would be Max Bowden, and he’s obviously pretty delighted with the […]

7 years ago

Ireland’s first course for Irish Sign Language users to become primary school teachers has been introduced. Dublin City University launched the course today, allowing people who are deaf and hard of hearing access to training to become a teacher in the deaf education sector. Students who use Irish Sign Language (ISL) are now able to […]

7 years ago

The police were involved and everything. Zara McDermott has blasted Ferne McCann after she allegedly threw a cup of liquid at her boyfriend, Adam Collard. The incident occurred following Tuesday night’s NTAs when the Love Island stars received word that McCann was telling other attendees to steer clear of the couple. Adam attempted to address […]

7 years ago

A woman who named her baby ‘Atom Bomb’ has been arrested for transporting methamphetamine. Jessica Killian gave birth to her son on New Year’s Day in the front seat of a car when she was travelling to the hospital. The Cleveland mother decided to call her son ‘Atom Bomb’ because when he was being delivered, […]

7 years ago

Warning: these images may cause some readers to become upset. PETA have received some intense and warranted backlash due to their latest “Go vegan!’ stunt which saw them pretend to barbecue a dog in the streets of Sydney. The protest saw the animal activists prepare a prop dog that looked like it had been cooked […]

7 years ago

6,000 women will be asked to have a repeat smear test due to a confusion between CervicalCheck and laboratories. Many of the samples were rendered invalid because they had not been tested by laboratories within a 30 day time period. Peter McKenna, acting clinical director of the HSE’s cervical screening programme, has said that the patients who […]

7 years ago

Nothing f*cks with my baby. … Except me when I cancel on them because Hozier’s going to be on the Late Late Show this Friday evening. The Bray lad will be joining Ryan Tubridy on the Donnybrook sofa this week to discuss his upcoming album, the aptly named, Wasteland, Baby!, as well as his recent […]

7 years ago

Some smear tests taken last year will need to be repeated due to expiration. Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today that some women will need to undergo repeat tests as their smears had been rendered invalid after they expired. Women across the country were offered free smear tests last year following the CervicalCheck scandal which […]

7 years ago

No matter what they tell us… we will be consuming this food. Boyzone are class. They are iconic, they are talented, and they are absolute gold when on The Late Late Show. … For various reasons (Shane Lynch, we are looking at you).  And while other bands might be doing all they can to effectively […]

7 years ago

“Then I don’t want to wear your f*cking dresses.” Bebe Rexha has said that designers don’t want to dress her for Grammys because she’s “too big.” The singer and songwriter took to Instagram Stories to call out the labels that are taking issue with her size ahead of the 2019 awards. Rexha is a size […]

7 years ago

Chris Brown has been detained in France on suspicion of rape. The singer, and two other people, are reportedly under investigation by authorities in Paris. Brown was taken into custody following allegations made by a 24-year-old woman. French tabloid Closer reports that the woman alleged that she was raped at the US singer’s hotel suite on January […]

7 years ago

You could cut the tension with a skate.  The other night, Gemma and Collins and Jason Gardiner had a bit of a scrap on Dancing On Ice. Following the TOWIE star’s rendition of ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’, the judge said that Gemma was “more Anna Nicole Smith than Marilyn Monroe.” He also called […]

7 years ago

Gotta get that good press, Ja. Ja Rule has apologised to the Bahamian caterer who lost $50,000 of her life savings due to the tragic, disastrous debacle that was Fyre Festival. The 2017 festival was supposed to see A-list influencers, super models, and a load of people who have copious amounts of cash party for […]

7 years ago

Ah, god. Look, we all like a good serial killer wandering about our midst. They’re interesting, they’re dramatic, and sometimes, they’re even a bit fun. For a while. Lately, however, there have been so many serial killers roaming about the soaps that we literally can’t keep up. Like, come on, there literally cannot be that […]

7 years ago

Obligatory you need slappin’ down intro. Ben Mitchell is a cultural icon. This is a known fact, it does not need to be disputed. And today, the Ben Mitchell mythology expanded just a little more as EastEnders confirmed that Ben would be returning to our screens played by a new actor – for the sixth […]

7 years ago

A baby has died from his injuries one week after his mother was killed crossing the road. Luciano Newman passed away yesterday having suffered critical injuries when a car hit his pram on January 13. The eight-month-old and his mother, Nicole Newman, were crossing a road in south London when the incident occurred. Ms Newman was […]

7 years ago

Harrowing news today. Boo, the world’s cutest dog, has tragically passed away. The 12-year-old Pomeranian lost his best friend, Buddy, a year ago and since then, his owners noticed that he was beginning to experience health related issues. Boo died on January 19, from what his owners suspect was a “broken heart.” They broke the news […]

7 years ago

Hugh Jackman has said he wouldn’t mind doing a sequel to The Greatest Showman and yeah, tbh we’d be alright with that too. The Australian actor said that he’d “get the top hat out” again no bother if an actual opportunity for a second instalment of the musical came along. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 […]

7 years ago

Debris from Prince Philip’s car crash site is now for sale on eBay for over €70,000. The parts, pictured as some smashed windscreen (not included) and an assortment of unknown car fixtures, come from the road near the Queen’s Sandringham estate where the Duke’s car collided with another vehicle and overturned last week. The prince […]

7 years ago

Sure, Ja. Ja Rule has claimed that he was also scammed by the organisers of Fyre festival. The event, which was ‘run’ by the rapper and business partner Billy McFarland in 2017, has received even more flack this week than it did when it originally happened as new details about the chaotic festival emerge. Two […]

7 years ago

Finally, someone with some authority on the matter. RuPaul has advised Meghan Markle to “pay them bitches no mind” ahead of the birth of her first child. The Duchess of Sussex has been the centre of a supposed ‘feud’ with fellow royal Kate Middleton, which has escalated to the point where Meghan not wanting to […]

7 years ago

Prince Philip was spotted driving without a seatbelt just two days after his involvement in a car accident that hospitalised two women. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Land Rover collided with another vehicle and overturned last week near the Queen’s Sandringham estate. Two women in the other car were hospitalised following the incident. A baby had also […]

7 years ago

You need slappin’ down… for the sheer number of actors you have had play this poor guy. Look lads, Ben Mitchell in an icon. He has been ever since he danced to Girls Aloud, caused an obscene amount of grief for Phil, and threatened someone with a wrench. He’s an absolute mad lad and we […]

7 years ago

Lisa Armstrong’s response to Ant McPartlin’s recent interview suggests that the makeup artist is not entirely delighted that her ex husband has been so forthcoming about his new relationship. Liking a series of tweets sent by supporters, Lisa alluded to the fact that she too was “disgusted” by the interview and believed that Ant should […]

7 years ago

God bless. Female firefighters from around the world have come together to show a four-year-old girl that women can tackle blazes just as well as men can. Or potentially even better. Journalist and mother Hannah Summers said that her four-year-0ld daughter Esme had told her she “wished she was a boy so she could be […]

7 years ago

A man has been rescued and taken to hospital after his car drove off Howth pier. The incident occurred this morning just after 10.30am when the car the man was in drove from the pier into the water. The man was rescued and taken to Beaumont Hospital. He was the sole occupant of the car. […]

7 years ago

A newborn “miracle” baby who needed a new heart has passed away. Carter John Cookson was born prematurely to parents Sarah and Chris in North East England on St Stephen’s Day. The infant was in desperate need of a heart transplant and suffered three heart attacks during the three short weeks following his birth. Carter’s […]

7 years ago

Lol same bro, just dropped a cool two mil into the bank there. What were you doing when you were 19? Were you struggling to afford a mere trip on the Dart because you’d spent your last fiver on a naggin? Or maybe you were eating plain rice for five days straight because you couldn’t […]

7 years ago

There is only one Good Boy in this story and it is not the boss, OK? Well, actually, the dog is a girl but whatever – still a solid animal who should very much be rewarded for her behaviour. The very large Cane Corso was hanging around the house of her owner while the unnamed […]

7 years ago