When it comes to marriage proposals, it’s all about location. Timing too, of course, and love and commitment and all that. But mainly about location. That’s why the excitement at Her HQ reached fever pitch when we discovered you can now get engaged on… wait for it… Diamond Hill. Right next door to Ballynahinch Castle […]
Ever feel like your womb is taking revenge on you for not procreating? Yeah, join the club, sista’. More than 50 per cent of women suffer menstrual cramps, for which they consume large amounts of painkillers. Now the inventors of a new device claim to have discovered the Holy Grail: a drug-free ‘off’ switch for period […]
It’s a Valentine’s Day miracle. An ambitious GoFundMe campaign to raise enough money to send Carlow 18-year-old Shauntelle ‘Shan’ Tynan to the USA for life saving cancer treatment has toppled its €500,000 target. Shan was diagnosed with multi-system Langheran’s cell histiocytosis in 2015 and travelled to Houston, Texas for specialist treatment at Texas Children’s Hospital. Because […]
First it was thigh gap laser treatment. Then anal bleaching re-emerged, zombie-like, from the medical nightmares of Eighties porn stars to haunt suggestible modern women once again. Now if you don’t have your toes liposuctioned then what are you even doing with an Instagram account? But if that little lot doesn’t make you want to […]
Move over Red Light district and dodgy cafés; there’s a new reason wanderlusters are flocking to Amsterdam: a new type of green is about to drop in town. Turning the party city into a Mecca for those concerned about their macros, The Avocado Show will only serve food containing (you guessed it!) avocado. Set to open […]
More than 180,000 residents in northern California have been ordered to evacuate their homes over fears that America’s tallest dam is about to collapse. Oroville Dam impounds Lake Oroville, the second largest man-made lake in the state, located in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. The problem began when a portion of […]
Anyone who indulges in a little Instagram stalking every now and again will be familiar with the deathly cold jolt of terror that grips your very soul when you accidentally like an image from your ex’s new girlfriend’s cousin’s J1 trip. The thought of that little red notification alerting the world to the fact that […]
It was the eye-popping lotto win that sent the country into a Euromillions frenzy on January 24, but now the syndicate with the lucky ticket have finally broken their silence and collected their €88.5m prize. The group, who purchased the winning ticket at a service station on the M1 in Lusk, Co. Dublin, travelled to […]
He might have an estimated net worth of $10 million, but our Niall Horan is a savvy spender when it comes to his holidays. The One Direction star has revealed that his latest getaway set him back just €23 per night. Determined to enjoy the experiences other young people take for granted while avoiding the […]
Gardaí are reviewing CCTV footage from businesses in Dublin’s Temple Bar area as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault on a vulnerable woman in Bedford Lane on Tuesday night. While no arrests have been made, a garda spokesperson told the Herald: “We are investigating an incident of sexual assault that occurred in […]
If you’re the eldest in your family, chances are you’ve known this all along. If you need some extra ammo for your argument however, the latest scientific study has laid it out in black and white: first-born children are more intelligent than their siblings. A team from the University of Edinburgh have determined that enjoying […]
There has been a large-scale explosion in the engine room of the Flamanville plant near Manche on the French side of the English Channel. Local reports suggest the blast occurred just before 10am this morning. According to Reuters, at least five people inhaled smoke during the incident. In a statement published by Reuters France, EDF […]