A pretty miserable way to start the last week of the summer. A status yellow rainfall warning has been issued for all 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland ahead of what is set to be a very wet start to the week. A rainfall warning had been issued on Sunday for all five counties […]
The muggy conditions are set to continue for a few more days yet. You may have noticed that conditions in Ireland have been somewhat warm and humid of late. It hasn’t been sweltering or anything – and we don’t want to be that person who complains every time it gets ever-so-slightly warm – just a […]
Nurses, doctors, guards, others who have admirably served at the frontline in recent months, your five minutes of fame awaits… Gogglebox Ireland is returning to a TV screen near you this autumn and the team behind the show have a special request for the would-be stars of the new series. In the wake of the […]
“I’m fit, healthy and it’s absolutely floored me.” After a huge response to an RTE Investigates documentary on the battle against Covid-19 in one of Ireland’s biggest hospitals last month, a follow-up documentary from inside St. James’ Hospital will air on RTÉ One tonight (22 July). The programme will hear stark accounts from bone marrow […]
Very sad news. Grant Imahara, the former co-host of the popular Discovery Channel show Mythbusters and star of The White Rabbit Project on Netflix, has died at the age of 49. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Imahara died of a brain aneurysm. Imahara, an electrical engineer and roboticist, replaced original Mythbusters member Scottie Chapman in […]
Bad news: The next season of Ozark will be the last. Good news: The final season will have 14 episodes. Netflix has confirmed that Ozark, one of the most popular TV series on the streaming service in recent years, will return for a fourth and final season. A release date has yet to be announced, […]
Screen capacities will be reduced by over 70 percent initially when cinemas reopen from next Friday. In-cinema seat separation, pre-booking of tickets and reduced showtimes are amongst the safety measures that will be introduced by Omniplex Cinemas to facilitate to reopening of seven cinemas across Republic of Ireland from next week, with information on their […]
“At a time when people are looking to you as Taoiseach for leadership, do you really think it’s appropriate to be using a speech to quote teen movies, as an in-joke with an actor?” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended his use of a quote from the popular movie Mean Girls in an address to the […]
As well as that, the McMuffin will also be available in five restaurants in the Dublin area. McDonald’s has announced that 23 outlets on the island of Ireland will reopen for walk-in takeaway service from Wednesday morning (24 June). The restaurant chain has also revealed that, from 7am on Wednesday, five pilot restaurants in the […]
First Tayto Park and now this! Center Parcs Ireland has confirmed that Center Parcs Longford Forest will reopen on 13 July. The reopening date will be four months to the day (13 March) that the resort closed its doors in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the reopening and in line with government […]
Two women, who travelled to New Zealand from the UK via Australia, have tested positive for Covid-19. New Zealand has reported two new cases of Covid-19, the first cases in the country for 24 days. The New Zealand Health Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that two women from the same family, one in her 30s and […]
Joe Exotic is currently serving 22 years in prison for a plot to kill the CEO of Big Cat Rescue. Carole Baskin, the long-term rival of famous zoo operator Joe Exotic, has been handed control of Exotic’s zoo in Oklahoma after it was proven that the zoo properties were fraudulently transferred so Exotic could avoid […]