Paddy McKenna

When Jon Hamm says doze tings. There’s no such thing as bad publicity, and there’s plenty of interest in the release of Wild Mountain Thyme that happened yesterday. It’s one of the most talked-about movies of the year (in Ireland, at least), thanks mostly to its hilariously twee trailer which brought out the best in […]

There have been no cases of flu in Ireland since October.

We’d have given it to Adam King ourselves but gwan TIME. US President-elect and Vice-President-elect, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named as TIME magazine’s ‘person of the year’. The shortlist for the prestigious prize also included the outgoing US president, Donald Trump, as well as frontline medical workers, and also a fourth nominee, […]

There’s just 5 more days to guarantee delivery from large-scale online retailers. An Post has advised large-scale Irish and international online retailers that due to record volumes of online shopping, it can only guarantee pre-Christmas delivery of e-commerce parcels received into its processing system by close of business on Monday next, 14 December. A spokesperson […]

Who knows for how much longer we can entertain guests at our homes. But if you are thinking of having the one other household over for a visit that Level 3 in Ireland permits, then receiving in the back/front garden could be the way to do it. “Will I bring my brolly/raincoat/waders?” your guests might […]

The Taoiseach has released a statement calling on the Irish people to work together to “protect lives and livelihoods, show that we can contain the virus and prevent its growth.” One of the most recent Covid-19 cases was revealed over the weekend as 1012 new cases, but in his rallying call, Michéal Martin has said […]

Filming on the third season of the hit TV show was scheduled to be wrapped by now. But Lisa McGee, writer and creator of Derry Girls, has said that they had to pause the filming due to the impact of Covid-19. “We kind of made the decision to push things back, we’re trying to figure […]