The trendy, low-lit, hornier-than-Tinder gym I’m currently a “member” of has a very clever policy. If you want to quit, you need to come down and break up with them, face-to-face. Otherwise you’re a member for life. This is cunning for two reasons: firstly, they want me to haul my fat arse down there so […]
Uh oh. Ireland’s largest ice cream producer has launched a cream liqueur, which means this weekend’s cheat day just got a whole lot more interesting. The delicious-sounding Cremōr (seriously; doesn’t that just roll off the tongue?) is produced in Fermoy, Co. Cork by the Avondhu Liqueur Company, a sister company to the family-owned ice cream […]
Look; we’re reasonable people. Nobody was under the illusion that there was zero wee in the swimming pool. However, the latest study shows that there is significantly more urine splashing about in there than we ever imagined possible. Want to know exactly how much? Even if it means you never set foot in your local […]
Oh, Brad. In news that inspires a little more schadenfreude in us than we care to admit, an insider has revealed that Brad Pitt has been texting his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. According to US Weekly, it all started when the newly separated Mr Pitt got his hands on Aniston’s phone number and got in touch […]
It’s not every day somebody challenges the breeding of a reigning monarch, but an American gentleman appears to have done just that; taking out a large ad in The Times for his purpose. Mr Allan V. Evans of Colorado, who claims to be a direct descendant of the last King of Wales, took out the […]
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The hot cross bun is as much as part of spring as yellow chicks and Easter eggs, but one supermarket is breaking from tradition this year by introducing a fancy new concept. Marks & Spencer has launched the first savoury hot cross bun. It looks like a hot cross bun, with the same traditional cross […]
An online game that encourages players to follow a sinister set of instructions over 50 days has been linked with more than 130 suicides in Russia in the last six months. The game, known as the ‘blue whale’, hit the headlines once again after two teenage girls plunged to their deaths from a 14 storey […]
An issue with processing payments left many Bank of Ireland customers fuming this morning, with many furious workers unable to access their wages. The end of the month is a financially tricky time for most, but some customers faced extra difficulties because their mortgage and rent payments were scheduled to leave their bank account today […]
It’ll always have its place (make-up removal, hangovers) but as far as fashion statements go, the top knot is over with a capital O. Once the preserve of every blogger and bearded barista, the humble knot has dropped from the crowns of the most stylish, with savvy trendsters opting for a low key but chic […]
It’s usually the gorgeous bridesmaid or the screaming child who does the upstaging at a wedding, but one bride found herself eclipsed by an uninvited intruder of a different kind this week. Guests at an aquarium wedding at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut found themselves completely swept away by a blushing beluga whale, bobbing about […]
A man has been shot after he ploughed through pedestrians in the German university town of Heidelberg. Three people have reportedly been injured in the incident, which took place outside a bakery in Bismarckplatz. One victim is said to be a serious condition. The driver, who witnesses say was carrying a knife, left the scene […]