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‘The sacked presenter club’ – Ryan Tubridy meets with Piers Morgan in London
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‘The sacked presenter club’ – Ryan Tubridy meets with Piers Morgan in London

“The sacked presenter club” While speculation is rife around Ryan Tubridy’s next move after parting ways with RTÉ, controversial British presenter Piers Morgan has posted a picture of himself alongside the former Late Late Show host with a cryptic message. In the post, Morgan says: The sacked presenter club! Great to see Ireland’s biggest TV […]

New Irish hotel named one of the best in the entire world
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New Irish hotel named one of the best in the entire world

One to stick on the staycation list. An Irish hotel has made it into an esteemed list of the best new hotels in the world. The list, coordinated by Condé Nast Traveler is now in its 27th year and the publication certainly knows a thing or two about the best places to stay. Sprawling through […]

Average rent above €1,000 in 16 counties for new tenancies
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Average rent above €1,000 in 16 counties for new tenancies

New tenancies have also dropped significantly. A new report from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) shows an 8.9% rent increase for new tenancies in Ireland in the first quarter of 2023, with 16 counties now having an average of €1,000. The report, which focuses on rent prices from those taking up new tenancies and not […]

Gardaí issue warning ahead of clampdown on dodgy boxes
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Gardaí issue warning ahead of clampdown on dodgy boxes

Gardaí are set to crackdown on the sale of dodgy boxes in Ireland. Gardaí have launched a new crackdown on the sale of ‘dodgy box’ devices in seven counties around Ireland this week. The counties currently being targeted are Cork, Dublin, Galway, Laois, Louth, Mayo, and Monaghan, with the investigation being led by the Federation […]

Electric Picnic weather forecast will go down well with festival-goers
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Electric Picnic weather forecast will go down well with festival-goers

It looks like we might get lucky this weekend. As Electric Picnic is only a matter of days away, the weather forecast has become a lot clearer for what festival-goers can expect. Usually with festivals, when it rains it pours. However, it looks like crowds might get pretty lucky this year, with just a small […]

Enoch Burke reportedly returns to his former school in protest ahead of new term
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Enoch Burke reportedly returns to his former school in protest ahead of new term

Enoch Burke reportedly returned to Wilson’s Hospital School this morning. The former teacher is continuing his protest against his dismissal last year, according to reports. According to The Irish Independent and The Irish Times, Mr Burke arrived at Wilson’s Hospital School this morning and “took up position in a corridor” as his fine now exceeds €148,000. […]

Here are the best movies leaving Netflix in September
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Here are the best movies leaving Netflix in September

Get watching…. quick. This summer, with all the miserable weather we’ve been having, it’s probably been a little easier to catch up on Netflix films and shows you’ve been holding off for a… rainy day. But with the sheer volume of content plastered across the many streaming sites, it’s still pretty difficult to catch up. […]

Message in a bottle for ‘Aoife’ from Ireland washes up on US beach
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Message in a bottle for ‘Aoife’ from Ireland washes up on US beach

Somebody call Taylor Swift. All of us have probably once in our life have chucked a message in a bottle into the sea, expecting to probably never hear about it again. But once in a while, you’ll find a story like this of one actually reaching the shores of another country. The search is on […]

Ryan Tubridy’s exasperated five-word reply to RTÉ ending negotiations
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Ryan Tubridy’s exasperated five-word reply to RTÉ ending negotiations

The presenter was said to be “shocked and disappointed” by the decision. The RTÉ and Ryan Tubridy drama hit new heights late last week as the national broadcaster performed a spectacular U-turn on the decision to bring back the presenter to the airwaves after talks broke down. As it turned out, it was  Tubridy’s refusal […]