There was one big Irish winner in Friday night’s EuroMillions draw. No player across Europe had the good fortune to nab the €61,669,532 jackpot tonight (25 October), but one Irish player did manage to match the five winning numbers and one Lucky Star. Whoever that lucky duck is will kick off the weekend €400,907 richer. Friday […]
Make sure you don’t have these in the freezer. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has alerted consumers to a warning that ‘turkey dinosaurs’ purchased form supermarket Iceland might contain pieces of metal. Iceland is recalling batches of Bernard Matthews 9 Turkey Dinosaurs (pack size: 450g) because they may contain small pieces of metal. […]
A state of emergency is in place in the South American nation of Chile as over 1,400 protestors have been detained. According to Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick, 10,500 soldiers and police have been put on the streets in an attempt to control and curtail the protests. Five dead bodies were found in a “garment factory” […]
Get checking those tickets. Last week, a player in the United Kingdom scooped €190 million, the absolute maximum allowed by the game’s rules. Last night, the €26.3 jackpot has gone untouched. However, there was some sweet news for one Dublin player who will wake up this morning half a million smackers better off. The EuroMillions Plus […]
Limerick and Athlone, together at last. On Tuesday, Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology announced that they have taken the first steps to partner up and form a technological university (TU). A joint application for funding has been submitted, and a formal consortium has been formed, with a view to changing the […]
Terribly sad news. Multiple fatalities have been confirmed as a result of Typhoon Hagibis, which has ravaged Japan over the last several days. The typhoon has attracted global interest due to its impact on the Rugby World Cup, however, the storm has had much more severe and tragic implications for the people of Japan. According […]
Have you ever checked to see what your partner has been liking? Instagram are making it easier for users to hide their activity by getting rid of the “Following” tab in the app’s notifications section. Formerly, the “Following” tab would tell you who your friends were following and what they were Liking. The idea that […]
And it’s not just because Guinness is vegan. “Holiday specialists” Hayes & Jarvis analysed data from the 50 most-visited cities in the world and found that Dublin came out on top as the most vegan-friendly city of them all. While mining the data, Hayes & Jarvis found that more than one-in-five local restaurants in Dublin […]
Winter is coming and the days are getting colder. There are few things more satisfying than pulling on warm clothes on a cold winter morning. From this week onwards, Aldi is selling a heated clothes-rack that will be perfect for anybody who can’t handle the frosty weather. The “heated clothes airer” — which plugs into […]
Met Éireann has issued an update on Hurricane Lorenzo, the storm that is set to hit Ireland later this week. Current Meteostat satellite imaging suggests that the hurricane will transition into an extra-tropical depression between 12pm and midnight on Wednesday, before it hits Ireland. The update notes that Lorenzo is set to lose its hurricane status […]
Not ideal for weekend plans. Depending on your luck, there’s a good chance that you’ve been inadvertently soaked at some point in the last 24 hours. Unfortunately, the rain is only set to get worse in certain parts of Ireland, according to the latest update from Met Éireann. The forecaster has issued a status yellow […]
Do you Like this? For the last 10 years at least, the Like button has been pretty much synonymous with Facebook. Now, the social media giant is rolling out a trial of hiding the number of Likes beneath posts, starting tomorrow (27 September) in Australia. The number of Likes will still be visible to whomever […]