It could be you. One lucky Lotto player in Ireland has just won a life-changing sum of €6,756,855 on Saturday. Lotto bosses are urging players to check their tickets as the person is yet to come forward to claim the incredible prize. The Lotto player won the jackpot after matching six figures and the bonus […]
She was born in 1915. A woman thought to be Ireland’s oldest person has died aged 109. Phyllis Furness died in Galway on Monday evening, after celebrating her 109th birthday in May at Moycullen Nursing Home. Born Phyllis Olwyn Ryder, she was born in 1915 in Northampton, England alongside one brother, two sisters, and three […]
He passed away after a short illness. It has been announced that Irish musician Talos, has sadly died aged 37. The Cork man, whose real name is Eoin French, had released electronic music under the name Talos since 2013. A post on the musician’s Instagram page reads: “It is with great sadness that we let […]
It was built in 2009. Iarnród Éireann has confirmed that Kishoge train station is finally set to open 15 years after it was built. The long-awaited station sits on the Heuston Commuter line between Clondalkin and Adamstown and was intended to serve up to 15,000 homes at the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). Irish Rail […]
There have already been over a thousand donations. A fundraiser has been launched for a 1-year-old girl from Dublin after she received a heartbreaking stage-four cancer diagnosis, leading her to need treatment in the USA. Zoe Mills, from Donabate in north County Dublin, became ill at ten-months-old in July last year, with her health deteriorating […]
“We’ll be reunited soon.” Thousands of fans descended upon Dublin‘s O’Connell Street on Monday afternoon to welcome home Ireland’s Olympics team on their return from Paris. While most of Ireland’s athletes were in attendance, there were some notable absentees, the most outstanding being gold medalist Paul O’Donovan. The Skibbereen rowing champ raced to glory alongside […]
The IRFU and his former clubs have led tributes. Tributes have poured in for former Ireland Under-20 rugby player Rory Burke, who has died at the age of 30. The Cork native, who also played for Munster and Connacht, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 9. The tighthead prop was part of the Munster side […]
It also had a real-life impact following its release. The Olympics is coming to an end this evening and if you’re not looking to catch the closing ceremony, there are some great movies on TV this evening instead. Our pick of the bunch tonight is a highly-rated dark thriller that flew somewhat under the radar […]
It’s not looking good. Met Éireann have issued a Status Yellow rain warning for 18 Irish counties as the country is set to be hit by heavy and possibly thundery downpours. The counties affected are Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath as well as the whole of Connacht. […]
Better late than never. Despite a rainy bank holiday, Met Éireann is giving us some late summer hope by predicting that temperatures are set to rise for this upcoming weekend. The national forecaster has pinpointed that the country will see the mercury jump to 25 degrees on Sunday, August 11. In the run-up to then, […]
“I want the world to be kind to James” Colin Farrell has announced that he is setting up a foundation in honour of his son James, who suffers from a rare condition called Angelman syndrome. James, who turns 21 next month, is non-verbal and was diagnosed with the neurological disorder from a young age. In […]
She had praise for one young actor in particular, however. Jodie Foster has admitted that she finds Gen Z-ers “really annoying”, saying that their attitude towards work difficult to understand. In an interview with the Guardian, the 61-year-old joked that those commonly referred to as ‘Zoomers’ (born between 1997 and 2012) have a completely different attitude […]