One of the seven wonders of the world is under serious threat. The outlook for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage Site and one of the seven wonders of the world, has been downgraded from “poor” to “very poor” in a report by the Australian government. Every five years, the Great Barrier Reef Marine […]
This would certainly make a splash on the landscape of Ireland’s capital city. Dublin City Council has opened consultation on a proposed white-water rafting centre in Dublin’s city centre. Consultation on the proposed facility reopened earlier this month after an initial proposal in January of this year fell by the wayside a few months later, […]
And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for that pesky cough. In September 2001, Charles Ingram, a former British Army Major, won the maximum prize of £1 million on the wildly popular quiz show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, becoming only the third person in the history of the […]
The perfect Christmas present for the Picture This fan in your life. Having become the fastest act ever to sell out the INEC Killarney in 2017, Picture This have been confirmed as the first band to perform at the newly rebranded The Gleneagle INEC Arena days before Christmas. The Kildare natives will perform in the […]
In the event of a no-deal Brexit, UK driving licences will not be valid in Ireland after 31 October. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has confirmed that anyone living in Ireland who holds a UK (including Northern Ireland) driving licence must exchange it for an Irish driving licence, before 31 October 2019, in the […]
More than 50 clubs throughout Ireland are already on board. The family of the late Laura Brennan are asking sports clubs throughout Ireland to consider wearing a HPV vaccine logo on their jerseys or training gear in advance of all first-year boys and girls being offered the lifesaving HPV vaccine from September 2019. The jersey […]
The price changes come into effect immediately. Netflix has confirmed that it is implementing price changes in a number of European countries, including Ireland, from today, 20 June. In a statement, the company said that it is increasing the price of Standard and Premium plans to reflect the improvements it is continually making to the […]
Handsome by name, delicious by nature. Handsome Burger has fought off tasty competition from 500 burger outlets throughout the country to claim the title as the best burger in Ireland in 2019. Obviously motivated by a second-placed finish in last year’s edition of the competition, a sizzling performance from Handsome Burger saw it jump to […]
Hallelujah! With umbrellas a regular sight and temperatures rarely reaching above the mid-teens, the summer of 2019 has been a damp squib so far, but things appear to be finally looking up. Conditions in recent weeks have been so dull and miserable that a forecast of what would normally be considered no more than decent […]
Warning: The images contained in this article are graphic and may cause upset. A woman from Waterford was given a lifetime ban on owning any dogs and ordered to pay €1,665 in costs after admitting to causing unnecessary suffering and failing to provide sufficient quantity of wholesome and uncontaminated drinking water to a German shepherd […]
Familiar with any of these places? Seven Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation in May, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The affected businesses are located in Limerick, Meath, Cavan and Dublin. The food businesses were issued with closure orders for breaches of food safety […]
Until now, Vodafone Ireland customers had the option to avail of a cut-price subscription to Spotify Premium as part of their payment plan. Vodafone Ireland customers who had been availing of a subscription to Spotify Premium at a reduced cost will have to pay an increased price for the service if they wish to […]