It’s very tough. Another week, another fiendishly difficult geography quiz to try and get your brain motoring again. There are nine countries in the world* with just four letters in their name, can you name them all. You have four minutes and if the quiz isn’t displaying properly, you can play it here. *We’re using […]
Very sad news. A man in his 30s has died after he was swept out to sea while walking along the Clare shoreline on Sunday afternoon. It’s understood a major search and rescue operation was launched after the alarm was raised after 2pm on Sunday. The Kilkee unit of the Irish Coast Guard, the Shannon-based […]
Pascal Donohoe said it was “reasonable to expect” Ireland would exit restrictions more quickly than expected. News emerged on Thursday night that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has recommended a major easing of Covid-19 restrictions to government. The public health team had met earlier on Thursday to discuss the epidemiological situation in Ireland, […]
It was a big one. It had to be won. It just had to be. No, this isn’t wishful thinking. The National Lottery changed the rules so the jackpot had to be won on Saturday. And won it was by a lucky player in Castlebar in Mayo, although the winner of the €19.06 million jackpot […]
About time. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the government is looking at plans for two new Bank Holidays in Ireland next year. Speaking on RTÉ News at One on Tuesday, Varadkar said a double Bank Holiday is being considered around St Patrick’s Day in 2023 on the 17 and 18 of March. He also said […]
Very sad news. Former RTÉ presenter and commentator Jim Sherwin has died aged 81. He died at home with his family following a short illness. Sherwin was synonymous with RTÉ’s sporting coverage and worked commentating on eight Olympic Games from Munich to Athens. He also worked on rugby analysis across radio and TV from 1970 […]
Very sad news. A man in his 80s has been killed following a road traffic collision in Dublin on Monday (27 December). The collision occurred between a car and a cyclist shortly before 1pm on the Killeen Road in Ballyfermot. The cyclist, a man in his 80s, was later pronounced dead at the scene. His […]
Anyone with information on the incident is urged to come forward. A man in his 30s has died following a road traffic collision in Mayo on Monday evening (27 December). Two cars collided on the N60 at Breaffy in Castlebar around 5.40pm. The passenger of one of the cars received fatal injuries and later passed away. […]
The changes came into effect at midnight last night. New restrictions came into effect in Ireland on Monday in a bid to slow the speed of the Omicron Covid-19 variant. The restrictions were announced on Friday by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and came into effect at midnight last night and will last until 30 January. As […]
“Someone is responsible… I know it’s not me.” Alec Baldwin has said he does not feel guilt over the fatal film-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and questioned where the live round came from that ended up in the prop gun. Baldwin said he did not pull the trigger on the gun and instead cocked […]
What do you think of this? The Government is considering announcing a double Bank Holiday around St Patrick’s Day for 2022. The news comes as the Government was expected to announce a new Bank Holiday for St Brigid’s Day on 31 January or on 5 February next year. However, speaking on Today with Claire Byrne […]
The two youths are due to appear before Dublin Children’s Court on Tuesday. Two juveniles have been charged in relation to an incident that occurred at Howth Junction DART station on 1 April this year. The incident resulted in a girl falling onto train tracks underneath a stationary train. In CCTV footage of the incident […]