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Concern has also been expressed over the prospect of installing CCTV cameras in childcare facilities. The aftermath from the documentary RTÉ Investigates: Crèches, Behind Closed Doors, dealing with the Hyde & Seek childcare scandal, continues to be felt. Early Childhood Ireland has called for action after Tusla’s Director of Quality Assurance Brian Lee told an Oireachtas […]
It follows Trump declaring a national emergency for the wall in order to bypass Congress. On Friday night it was announced that the US Supreme Court have supported President Donald Trump in using billions of dollars in Pentagon funds, and for that to be used in constructing the wall at the U.S./Mexico border. When an […]
Friendships have been ended over arguments about chicken wings. Wings Food Fest took place recently, a national celebration of all things chicken wings, and in amongst all of the happy festival goers who could eat all the chicken wings they could get their hands on (and that isn’t even including the actual chicken wing eating […]
Two fan favourites, gone for good. Wednesday night proved to be a bit of a killing field for TV shows, as Netflix announced they were cancelling two of their more high-profile shows. Netflix actually decided to save Designated Survivor themselves, when it was dropped by ABC after two seasons, but upon the end of their […]
We like to party. We like. We like to party! Running from Monday 19 to Sunday 25 August, the Big Top Live in Waterford is offering a pretty impressive list of talent over the course of the week, including the Happy Mondays, Finbar Furey, magician Keith Barry, and a huge Bingo Loco XXL experience. But […]
Met Éireann have also warned of a high UV count this weekend. What is the opposite of silver lining? When something arrives that seems almost entirely good, but comes with an edge of bad stuff, too? Is there a term for that? Sound off in the comments! Until we find out exactly what it is […]
“Stewart went to sleep peacefully in my arms”. Over the seasons of the show so far, Cheddar has proven to be a pretty fantastic non-verbal supporting character. The cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine have had to dog-sit her (and then lose her and go looking for), she was an integral part of one of the Halloween […]
The strike is said to not affect child or adolescent mental health services. Approximately 6,000 members of the Psychiatric Nurses’ Association will began their overtime ban from 7am today (Thursday 11 July) in an escalation of their dispute with the Health Service Executive. Their union stated that there had been a lack of progress with […]
The controversial documentary will air on BBC Two very soon. Back in 2006, Louis Theroux made his first visit to Kansas to spend time with the Westboro Baptist Church – a hugely controversial Christian ministry that for years has picketed at military funerals and other high-profile events with deliberately provocative and homophobic placards. Theroux had revisited […]
Nom nommy nom nom. Chicken wings are great. We’ll probably have that put on our tombstones. “Here lies JOE, lover of chicken wings, because chicken wings are great.” So the fact that there is a chicken wing festival makes perfect sense, because festivals are basically big celebrations, and chicken wings deserve to be celebrated. Running […]
It isn’t 100% good news, though… Remember Easter? Remember when we had long weekends and the temperatures got up as high as 23 degrees in some parts of the country, and we were talking about how it was hotter in Cork than it was in Athens or Barcelona? And remember how we thought that might […]
Sunday is movie day. The weather looks like it is about to turn on us at a moment’s notice, so anything that involves being outdoors for any prolonged amount of time is pretty much a no-go. Instead, we should all enjoy a good movie! There are three comedies that are perfect for Sunday evening viewing […]