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Body found in Dublin city
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One of Netflix’s biggest shows of 2025 gets shock cancellation after one season

The crime thriller series was released just a few weeks ago. Netflix has cancelled The Waterfront, its 2025 crime drama show from creator Kevin Williamson (Dawson’s Creek, Scream), after one season. Loosely inspired by Williamson’s own family, the series followed the Buckleys, a clan that has essentially run the seaside town of Havenport, North Carolina, […]

One of the best thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight
Entertainment

One of the best thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

Holding an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film is a deliriously fun modern classic that will be getting a sequel soon. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 21 August) is Ready or Not, the excellent 2019 horror thriller starring scream queen Samara Weaving (The Babysitter, Scream VI). In the film, Weaving plays Grace, a […]

One of the best Irish movies of recent years is finally available on streaming
Entertainment

One of the best Irish movies of recent years is finally available on streaming

The drama earned five nominations at the 2024 IFTAs, including in the Best Irish Film category. Verdigris, the acclaimed 2023 Irish drama film, is now available on streaming. The feature debut of writer-director Patricia Kelly, the movie stars Geraldine McAlinden (Aisha, The Last Rifleman) as Marian, a 65-year-old in a controlling marriage who is forced […]

Prime Video has just added one of 2025’s most talked-about thrillers
Entertainment

Prime Video has just added one of 2025’s most talked-about thrillers

The erotic thriller caused quite a stir when it landed in cinemas earlier this year. Prime Video has just added Babygirl to its service, one of the most talked-about movies of 2025 so far. The erotic thriller stars Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours) as Romy, a high-powered CEO who puts her career and marriage to […]

Nine counties in Ireland hit with thunderstorm warnings amid heatwave
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Nine counties in Ireland hit with thunderstorm warnings amid heatwave

‘Potential Impacts: Difficult travelling conditions, localised flooding, lightning damage.’ Nine counties in Ireland have been hit with two separate thunderstorm warnings. The first to take effect will be a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning from Met Éireann for Clare, Kerry and Limerick. Valid from 3pm to 9pm on Wednesday (13 August), it reads: “Thunderstorms possible in […]

Mindhunter
Entertainment

New crime drama series streaming now is perfect for Mindhunter fans

The show will be able to be binge-watched in its entirety from this weekend. If you loved Netflix’s Mindhunter and are still lamenting its surprise cancellation by Netflix, may we recommend another series that might help fill the void? This is Apple TV+’s Smoke, a new dark psychological drama show about criminal investigators. Created by […]

Drinking tea regularly may be linked to lower mortality risk, study finds
Health

Drinking tea regularly may be linked to lower mortality risk, study finds

The findings suggest that black tea, even at higher levels of intake, can be part of a healthy diet. Irish people are well-known for their love of a nice cupán tae. Thankfully, research has found that such pleasures may have health benefits. A study of nearly half a million tea drinkers in the UK showed […]

Brendan Gleeson’s documentary about legendary pub is airing on TV tonight
Entertainment

Brendan Gleeson’s documentary about legendary pub is airing on TV tonight

The beloved pub closed its doors in 2021. A documentary about a legendary pub produced by and starring Oscar-nominated Irish actor Brendan Gleeson is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 28 July). Titled Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, the film is about Hughes’s, the Irish bar that was located behind the Four Courts in Smithfield, Dublin. […]

One of the best Irish movies of the past 10 years is now streaming
Entertainment

One of the best Irish movies of the past 10 years is now streaming

The comedy-drama is beloved Handsome Devil, the brilliant 2016 Irish coming-of-age comedy drama, is now on streaming. Written and directed by John Butler (Your Bad Self), the film is set in an elite, rugby-obsessed, all-boys boarding school in Ireland. It centres around Ned (Fionn O’Shea, Normal People), one of the only students at the school […]

Broadcasting legend James Whale dies aged 74
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Weather warnings issued to all of Ireland over ‘high temperatures’

Met Éireann has listed the potential negative impacts of the high temperatures. The entire Republic of Ireland has been hit with Status Yellow high temperature warnings for this weekend. Two alerts have been issued by Met Éireann. The first is set to take effect from midday on Friday, July 11th, until 6 am on Saturday. […]

One of the best Irish TV shows ever is getting added to Netflix very soon
Entertainment

One of the best Irish TV shows ever is getting added to Netflix very soon

It’s a modern classic. Normal People, the Irish romantic drama series that gripped the world a few years ago (and caused a stir on Joe Duffy), is being added to Netflix early next month. Based on the acclaimed novel by Sally Rooney, the 12-part show charts the passionate, if turbulent, relationship between two young people […]