Although the blasphemous investigation arising from comments made by Stephen Fry on the RTÉ show Meaning of Life in 2015 has since been dropped, this Twitter thread is well worth a read. The investigation, in case you hadn’t heard, has come about after a member of the public reported Fry’s comments on the RTÉ show to Gardaí […]
The Duke of Edinburgh turns 96 next month. Buckingham Palace have confirmed that the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, will retire from his royal duties later this year. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news this morning after the royal household were summoned to an emergency meeting at the palace, a meeting which prompted much speculation on […]
That was a rough few hours. Instant messaging app WhatsApp have apologised after the entire planet pretty much lost its mind for a few hours while the app was inaccessible on Wednesday night. All over the world, people realised the ludicrous extent to which we are now reliant on the world’s most popular messaging service, […]
Slip of the finger or cry for help? Back when Donald Trump was officially inaugurated as president of the United States (seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it?), you may remember a rather frosty exchange between himself and his wife that spread like wildfire on social media. Footage of Melania Trump’s facial expression turning from […]
An all-inclusive holiday has many benefits but not this many. If you’ve ever been on an all-inclusive holiday abroad, you’ll be familiar with the perks that come with it. In most cases, having already paid a fixed sum of money, you’ll be entitled to eat and drink to your heart’s desire and in many cases, […]
Pointless and unnecessary it may be, but we can’t wait to try it out. It would be a stretch to say that the chips, or fries, served by McDonald’s are universally popular. They certainly have their admirers, but there are also chip lovers out there who prefer their chips to be more substantial; dare we […]
We don’t want to get your hopes up but… The mere sight of sunshine in the last couple of days has been enough to have Irish people falling over themselves with excitement, so we can only imagine the reaction to the prospect of the hottest month of May EVER recorded in the country occurring this […]
“The American people don’t know what’s best for them… I do.” If we’ve learned anything about Frank Underwood in the four seasons of House of Cards to date (and we’ve learned a hell of a lot), it’s that there are no lengths to which he won’t go to crush whomever or whatever gets in his […]
It is claimed that the man, known as Sodimedjo, was born in 1870. An Indonesian man who claimed to be the oldest human being ever to have lived has died at the age of 146 in Central Java in Indonesia. According to the BBC, Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (grandpa Ghoto), passed away at […]
Great news to hear on a Monday morning. Parts of Ireland are bathed in glorious sunshine on the May Bank Holiday Monday, and it looks like there will be plenty more of where that came from for the rest of the week. There will be scattered showers in parts of the country the longer the […]
Did your town make the cut? Much like the debate about where to find the best pint of Guinness, Irish people are often keen to vouch for their hometown as the most beautiful part of the land. There are, however, a number of towns that regularly pop up in discussions about the most attractive towns […]
Sorry, we mean “heavily distressed” jeans. “Heavily distressed” might be the term used by US department store, Nordstrom, for a recently released line of jeans, but one look at the accompanying pictures and most people would come up with more appropriate descriptions than that. The jeans have taken the internet by storm this week after […]