Researchers say the new flu strain is similar to the swine flu that caused a pandemic in 2009 A new strain of swine flu which has the potential to spread to humans and cause another pandemic has been identified in China. The flu strain was was identified by researchers in China, according to a study in […]

6 years ago

It has been operating a skeleton schedule due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ryanair has announced it will resume 40% of its normal flight schedule beginning on 1 July. The airline said this is dependent on restrictions on intra-EU flights being lifted, and effective public health measures being put in place at airports. Ryanair said it will […]

6 years ago

The artwork will be auctioned off at a later date A new Banksy artwork paying tribute to NHS workers has appeared at Southampton General Hospital in the UK. The piece is called Game Changer and was left with a note for the hospital’s workers, which read: “Thanks for all you’re doing. I hope this brightens the place […]

6 years ago

I’m seeing double, five chasers ITV is launching a new show called Beat the Chasers, a brand new prime time spin on the beloved quiz show The Chase, challenging contestants to take on two, three, four or all five chasers at once. The show will be hosted by Bradley Walsh and will include chasers Mark […]

6 years ago

The move would be a far-reaching use of executive power from the president American president Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the United States because of the COVID-19 outbreak. On Twitter, Trump called the virus the “invisible enemy” and said he would be using his executive […]

6 years ago

No, you won’t be able. Another week, another fiendishly difficult geography quiz to try and get your brain motoring again. There are 10 countries in the world* with just four letters in their name, can you name them all. You have four minutes and if the quiz isn’t displaying properly, you can play it here. […]

7 years ago

Symbolic An oak tree ceremoniously planted in the lawns of the White House by French president Emmanuel Macron and US president Donald Trump last year has died. The tree had been intended to symbolise the friendship between the two nations and was dug into the lawn by the two leaders during a state visit by Macron in April […]

7 years ago

Hint: You can’t… Capital cities, we’ve probably all had a test on these at some stage during our years in school. But how many of them do you remember? This quiz is simple, there are 28 countries in the European Union, can you name all their capital cities? You have five minutes once the timer […]

7 years ago

“I like Nigel a lot. He has a lot to offer” Donald Trump has once again given his thoughts on the UK and Brexit, just a day after giving his backing to Boris Johnson. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Trump advised the UK to send Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to negotiate a […]

7 years ago

Anthony Joshua attempted to go toe-to-toe with the Drake Curse and there was only ever going to be one winner A quick background to the Drake Curse, it’s a phenomenon whereby any team or athlete the Canadian rapper supports ends up losing a big event. Drake has been a long supporter of the Toronto Raptors who […]

7 years ago

Pour one out for our boy, iTunes Apple is going to pull the plug on iTunes, nearly two decades after launching the application. According to Bloomberg, the company plans to retire the product at next week’s WWDC event. It’s expected that Apple will be replacing it in the next major version of macOS. 9to5Mac‘s Guilherme […]

7 years ago

Have you watched it? HBO and Sky Atlantic’s new show Chernobyl has only aired for three weeks in the UK so far, with the mini-series having a total of only five episodes. But it certainly seems to have struck a chord with fans, since it has managed to secure a higher rating on IMDb than […]

7 years ago

Oh dear Children were left in tears at a cinema in Canada after the horror film The Curse Of La Llorona was played instead of Detective Pikachu. The movie opens with a scene showing a mother drowning her child and centres around the story of a social worker who is trying to protect her children […]

7 years ago

“They’re a scourge. They are a scourge” Lyra McKee’s partner has said that those responsible for the murder of the woman she was going to marry are “no better than paedophiles”. In an interview with Channel 4 News, Sara Canning said that the groups drew parallels with paedophile gangs in terms of their violence and methods. […]

7 years ago

Episode three was really, really dark and it stopped some people from being able to see what happened in key scenes, here’s how to get around it

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Thoughts? Winter has come to the Dublin Waxworks Museum in the Irish capital and it’s arrived just in time for the final season of Game of Thrones. We’re all really looking forward to episode three next week so be sure to check out some things you may have missed from the trailer here. To celebrate the […]

7 years ago

Very sad news A large flightless bird has attacked and killed its owner in Florida after he fell over, according to local authorities in the state. The fire rescue department in Alachua county told the Gainesville Sun newspaper the cassowary killed the man on Friday on his property near Gainesville, in the north of the […]

7 years ago

Reports of issues emerged on Sunday morning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all experiencing issues this morning for users worldwide. While they’re working for some users, others are reporting that Facebook and Instagram are both inaccessible. News feeds are not updating and the main domain facebook.com experiencing issues. Some WhatsApp users are unable to send […]

7 years ago

Be careful who you piss off For a charge of $0.99 per episode, Spoiled.io will automatically and anonymously send out a text to a phone number of your choice that ruins the newest episode of the hit HBO fantasy series. The messages will be sent after each episode airs, which means it will catch anyone […]

7 years ago

He stayed just one day

7 years ago

A lot of people are about to get very upset A new study undertaken by researchers at the University of Western Australia and the University of Zurich suggests males with ‘showy’ masculine attributes, such as beards, may have smaller testicles than other males. The findings were published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, […]

7 years ago

What a night for Becky Lynch… Becky Lynch made history in the WWE in the early hours of Monday morning, not only did the Limerick native headline the main event at Wrestlemania, the first time for a woman, but she also took home the title. In doing so, she won the WWE Raw Women’s Championship and […]

7 years ago

It went down well A Scottish National Party MEP on Wednesday asked the European Parliament to “leave the light on” for Scotland in what he said could be his last speech in the EU before Brexit. Alyn Smith encouraged lawmakers in Strasbourg to support a separate Scottish state insisting that Scotland was a “European nation” and […]

7 years ago

Well, this is a tricky proposition We’re still not sure what’s going to happen with the whole Brexit debacle, but what we do know is that we’ve got a quiz to get you through the rest of the weekend. At this moment there are 28 countries in the European Union, including the United Kingdom. 19 […]

7 years ago

Scary scenes Rescuers are working to rescue 1,300 people stranded on a cruise ship off the west coast of Norway. The Viking Sky suffered engine failure on Saturday and sent out a distress signal after it began drifting towards land in bad weather. Three of the four engines on the ship have restarted, but rescue […]

7 years ago

The Viking Sky suffered engine failure on Saturday and sent out a distress signal after it began drifting towards land in bad weather

7 years ago

Barbra Streisand has apologised after she was criticised for sympathising with Michael Jackson over child abuse accusations against him.

7 years ago

For Bradley Walsh this is Fanny Chmelar all over again… Friday’s episode of The Chase was a hysterical affair with presenter Bradley Walsh struggling once again to read out a rather cheeky question. Walsh however just about managed to get through it and asked contestant Roger: “Nineteenth century composer William Crotch was also famous as […]

7 years ago

One fairly important thing held him back Just think, Colin Farrell’s career could have been a lot different and it’s all because of Louis Walsh. Farrell was a guest on Ireland’s Late Late Show on Friday night and revealed that he came very close to joining Boyzone when the band was being formed. “I’m not […]

7 years ago

Police said Hackney withheld food and water, restricted bathroom access, and beat and pepper-sprayed the children Machelle Hackney, creator of YouTube’s hit series Fantastic Adventures, has been arrested and charged with abuse, neglect and unlawful imprisonment of her seven adopted children. The popular YouTube channel featured Hackney’s children in superhero-like themes and had more than 700,000 […]

7 years ago

Despite the police urging media not to broadcast footage of the attacks that claimed 40 lives, some outlets in Australia have shown video of the attack

7 years ago

“Our views and preferences are not reflected in the programme” In 2017, details began to emerge of a new Netflix-produced documentary focusing on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The eight-part docuseries will explore the story of the missing three-year-old and interview key investigators from the case in the run-up to the 12th anniversary of the […]

7 years ago

Such bad luck The Chase is pre-recorded and can often be broadcast weeks or months after the episode is initially filmed, meaning that it’s surely difficult to keep track of what questions are asked. In a highly unfortunate turn of events, the episode of The Chase aired on Monday featured a question about The Prodigy, […]

7 years ago

He has now been in remission for 18 months A man in Britain has become the second known adult to be cleared of HIV after he received a bone marrow transplant from a virus-resistant donor. The London patient, who was being treated for cancer, has now been in remission for 18 months and is no […]

7 years ago

‘I deeply regret my careless remarks’

7 years ago

Shaun of the Dead? More like Shaun of the SHRED Simon Pegg has undergone a dramatic physical transformation for his role in the upcoming movie, Inheritance. The film explores what happens when the patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that could […]

7 years ago

Some claimed the caricature used racist and sexist stereotypes An Australian newspaper cartoon that depicted Serena Williams jumping in the air and spitting out a dummy after losing the US Open final to Naomi Osaka was not racist, the country’s press watchdog has said. The controversial cartoon, which appeared in The Herald Sun, was labelled […]

7 years ago

Under current arrangements, UK licence holders who reside in Ireland are entitled to exchange their UK licence for an Irish licence Holders of UK driving licences living Ireland are being urged to trade them in for an Irish equivalent as they will not be valid in Ireland if there’s a no-deal Brexit. “In the event […]

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The policy was introduced in November Ryanair has been fined €3 million (£2.6m) by the Italian competition authority over its cabin baggage policy introduced late last year. Since November 2018, Ryanair has charged passengers to bring small suitcases (up to a maximum of 10kg) onto their planes, while small bags are only allowed on for free […]

7 years ago

He put on a lively performance It’s been a big week for Post Malone in Ireland as he played a sold-out gig in Dublin on Thursday night while also announcing a massive gig at the RDS Arena on Thursday, 22 August. Eyes were on the 3Arena as the American rapper and singer took to the stage […]

7 years ago

Not on A BBC cameraman was attacked by a man at Donald Trump’s rally in El Paso, Texas on Monday. Washington correspondent Gary O’Donoghue, said his colleague Ron Skeans had been filming the rally when he was pushed to the ground by a Trump supporter. “It was an incredibly violent attack. Fortunately our cameraman is […]

7 years ago

Boris Johnson made loads of money by delivering speech in Dublin Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson was paid £51,250 for his speech last month at the Pendulum business empowerment conference in Dublin, it has been revealed The latest register of MPs’ financial interests showed that Johnson received the enormous sum from the Irish firm Pendulum Events for […]

7 years ago

Right… Jeremy Clarkson has ‘apologised’ to Will Young after the singer accused Clarkson and his fellow Grand Tour presenters of making homophobic remarks on their Amazon Prime show. Young hit out at 58-year-old Clarkson for a segment on The Grand Tour which featured a Wrangler Jeep with a pink roof and the Weather Girls song It’s Raining Men playing. No word […]

7 years ago

Wait, what? Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has denied he was in a racist photo that appeared in his 1984 student yearbook page even though he initially apologised for the photo. The picture showed a man in blackface and another man in Ku Klux Klan robes. Ralph Northam initially apologised for appearing in a photograph. In […]

7 years ago

Big news. Barclays has been approved to move £166bn (€190bn) worth of assets to Ireland amid the continuing uncertainty of a no-deal Brexit. The High Court ruling allows them to move a sizeable chunk (around 15%) of their £1.3 trillion in assets to Ireland and involves 5,000 clients. The plans will be in place by […]

7 years ago

The former UKIP leader also claimed the European Union will not stand the test of time Nigel Farage appeared on Irish TV show Claire Byrne Live on Monday night where he expressed his belief that Ireland will leave the European Union. The former leader of UKIP and a key member of the 2016 Leave campaign appeared via video […]

7 years ago

Not going to work Theresa May will try to convince Tory Brexiteers and DUP MPs to back her withdrawal deal by attempting to resolve their Irish backstop concerns. How she will do this is unclear but The Telegraph reported on Sunday night that Theresa May was looking into amending the Good Friday Agreement in an […]

7 years ago

Oh dear. There’s no doubting the enduring popularity of The Chase with viewers, and it has become a staple of daytime television. Bradley Walsh has earned a soft spot in many people’s hearts, mostly for his inability to take some questions seriously. It’s a high pressure situation on the show when the questions are being […]

7 years ago

Glorious Namibian artist Max Siedentopf has set up a sound installation in the coastal Namib Desert to play one song, and one song only… ‘Africa’ by Toto. He has chosen an undisclosed spot in the desert to set up solar-powered speakers and an MP3 player with the single track on it. The whole art installation […]

7 years ago

Port Augusta reached 48.9C Australians are sweating in temperatures as much as 12C above average after another extreme heatwave swept across the country Monday and Tuesday, for the second time in less than a month. Port Augusta in South Australia reached 48.9C on Tuesday as a heatwave continues across much of Australia threatening more record hot […]

7 years ago