The disappearance of Deirdre Jacob has been upgraded to a murder investigation by Gardaí. The 18-year-old was last seen near her home at Roseberry, Newbridge, Co Kildare on July 28 1998. Authorities have been investigating her disappearance for 20 years, but new information received recently by Gardaí has caused the case to be upgraded to a […]

8 years ago

Ugh. OK, maybe not the worst ever. It’s not going to be a blizzard or anything, but it is going to be humid as f*ck – and we just can’t be dealing with it, tbh. Walk approximately eight metres down the street in regular clothing and you will be struck with an intense wall of […]

8 years ago

Australia could become the first country in the world to eradicate cervical cancer. The country’s free HPV vaccine has caused a considerable decline in future cervical cancer rates, according to new research conducted by the International Papillomavirus Society. The Guardian reports that the study suggested that future cases could drop to “just a few” due to […]

8 years ago

Adele has shared a friend’s account of her experience with postpartum psychosis. The singer took to Instagram last night to link to her best friend Laura’s story of “the biggest challenge of her life” – becoming a mother. Adele wrote that Laura’s story was “intimate, witty, and heartbreaking” and urged new mothers to speak out […]

8 years ago

Ah, lads. When it comes to soaps, you can’t really get annoyed at characters for getting things a bit wrong the odd time. After all, writers have got about 27 episodes to write every week, they don’t have time for facts a lot of the time, to be honest. Still though, you’d think when there’s […]

8 years ago

Multiple people have been injured after a car crashed into Houses of Parliament in London. Police have arrested one man at the scene as emergency services tend to others. The incident occurred this morning just after 7.30am. BBC News reports that a car crashed into security barriers just outside Houses of Parliament near Parliament Square. […]

8 years ago

Can’t these guys catch a break? Coronation Street is full of death. It just is. It seems like every week, someone either passes away suddenly, is murdered by a serial killer, or drives their entire family into a canal. Richard Hillman, looking at you mate. The next person who looks set to be leaving the […]

8 years ago

Aw, shucks. If you’re deeply in love and planning to get married soon, good for you – we’re not jealous and bitter at all. Weddings can be really nice occasions defined by true love, good food, and some lad getting drunk and deciding to commandeer the stage to sing his own questionable rendition of INXS’s […]

8 years ago

Do you have a talented child in your life? Is this child between the ages of eight-years-old and 12-years-old? Do they love the spotlight and the chance to win a load of prizes? Of course they do – who doesn’t? And it’s their lucky day because a Dublin talent show is on the look out […]

8 years ago

A pregnant dog walked all the way to the hospital after being stabbed. The dog, named ‘Milagros’ (‘Miracle’) by doctors, walked into the Emiro Quintero Canizales hospital in Colombia after being stabbed in the back with a knife. The animal was bleeding profusely as she was transferred to a vet for surgery. Local media site Tubarco […]

8 years ago

A mum thinks that she has found the “meanest midwife in Australia.” Amby Cakes was heavily pregnant when she went for an eight-month scan ahead of her due date. However, she was left in not the greatest of moods when her midwife was “rude” and “mean” to her during the check up. Speaking on her […]

8 years ago

A woman was detained in Dubai for three days after drinking a glass of wine on a flight. Ellie Holman was travelling from London Gatwick to Dubai International Airport with her young daughter when she was pulled aside by an immigration official. Holman says she was told her visa was invalid and that she would have […]

8 years ago

Fancy giving birth to the next David Beckham? Well, just don’t call him David and you might be in with a chance. According to BBC Three, there’s a certain name that a lot of footballers tend to have, meaning that simply by naming your newborn this, they have a far better chance of them being […]

8 years ago

Lmao, OK. The royal family travel a lot – for various reasons. They go on state visits, they take holidays, and they probably even go some places for business trips and charity themed events like, who knows? The point is, they travel a lot which means they probably have a lot of luggage. And you’d […]

8 years ago

Congrats! Sophie Ellis Bextor is expecting her fifth child. The singer announced the happy news earlier today while speaking to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2. She was chatting about the forthcoming release of her new album, The Song Diaries, when she said: “The album will come out around the same time as my fifth infant […]

8 years ago

Delicious!

8 years ago

Same, yeah. You know that feelings towards the end of your summer holidays when you’re absolutely chilled out to the max, while also simultaneously being totally wrecked and kind of just ready to go home? You definitely do. Now take that feeling, multiply it by jet lag and you have the current situation of the […]

8 years ago

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the abduction and assault of a 14-year-old boy near Belfast. The teenager was approached by three men and bundled into a car while he was walking in Newtownabbey on Saturday evening, August 4. He was assault in the car while being driven a short distance from O’Neill Road to Camross Park. […]

8 years ago

Harry Kane is getting a lot of grief over the photo of his wife after she gave birth. The England footballer shared a photo of fiancée Kate yesterday after she had given birth to their second child, Vivienne Jane. While Kane received a lot of messages of congrats on the photo, some people were unhappy […]

8 years ago

It could honestly sleep about 10 people.

8 years ago

People adored Princess Diana. They just did – there’s no ifs or buts about it. She was the people’s princess, she was glorious, and everybody loved her. As it turns out though, there was at least one person who wasn’t all that happy with the level of adoration and fame that Diana received back in […]

8 years ago

The ISPCA recently rescued 86 dogs from an illegal breeder in Roscommon. The dogs, including 23 puppies, were found to be living in “poor conditions” with many suffering from health issues such as eye and ear infections. The ISPCA is seeking donations due to the large numbers of dogs that now need to be neutered, […]

8 years ago

A “live rat” and “many flies” are among the reasons for the 13 food business closure orders served last month. The businesses in Dublin, Clare, Cork, Meath, and Tipperary were issued the notices by the Food Safety Authority Ireland (FSAI) in July for being in breach of food safety regulations. Today, the FSAI released the […]

8 years ago

A petition has been launched to make it illegal to leave a dog in a car in hot weather. The petition, which concerns UK law, asks that it be made an offence to leave dogs, cats, or any animal trapped in a vehicle when it is warm out. It reads: “Make it a specific criminal […]

8 years ago

Congrats! Harry Kane and Kate Goodland have welcomed their second child. The footballer and his fiancée already have one daughter together – one-year-old Ivy Jane who was born last January. Today though they added another baby to the family in the form of Vivienne Jane who was born via water birth and, according to Kane’s […]

8 years ago

Earlier this week, Beyonce opened up about the traumatic birth of her twins Rumi and Sir Carter. The singer told Vogue this week that she was suffering from toxemia in the lead up to the birth, which caused her body to become swollen, and meant that her and her babies’ health were in danger. She […]

8 years ago

She looks great, to be honest. Hilary Duff has recently shared a photo of herself chilling out reading a book with both of her kids. One of them is sitting on a sun lounger beside her, and the other is nestled inside her womb. Both clearly very relaxed about the situation. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmEpKu_H_od/?hl=en&taken-by=hilaryduff There is one […]

8 years ago

Tom Daley is to star in a new documentary about surrogacy. The documentary, commissioned by the BBC, will follow Daley and partner Lance Black’s experience of surrogacy last year and the ever-growing-in-popularity process itself. The couple’s first child, a boy named Robbie Ray, was born a few months back. The documentary will explore how surrogacy […]

8 years ago

Emmerdale‘s Chas and Paddy pregnancy storyline is only set to get more upsetting. The couple discovered recently that their baby daughter was not going to survive outside of the room due to a rare fatal disorder called bilateral renal genesis. While Chas has decided to carry the baby to term despite this, the actor who […]

8 years ago

The HPV vaccine is to be given to boys from next year, says Leo Varadkar. The Taoiseach said that the government have plans to extend the programme to boys in 2019 due to the “considerable health benefits” associated with the vaccine. The HPV vaccine is currently given to all secondary school girls in their first […]

8 years ago

Deserved. David Platt finally got his revenge on rapist Josh Tucker. Last year, the mechanic drugged and attacked David, leaving him acting out, struggling to cope with romantic relationships, and traumatised. Eventually, David went to the police but nothing could be done about Josh’s assault due to a lack of evidence. The hairdresser had considered […]

8 years ago

Do we need a hack to spread peanut butter…?

8 years ago

Ah, god. Jame Oliver is a good cook. He’s got a few Italians about the place, he’s probably authored about one million recipes, he taught all those schoolchildren about eating healthy and cried when they ate a chicken nugget. He’s a good lad, alright? Jamie, like all of us, does have his faults though. And […]

8 years ago

She looks class. Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, could go out wearing a bin liner with a fascinator on her head and she’d still look better than you or I. Thankfully though, today she’s gone one up and decided to wear a navy pleated dress with lilac, pink, and green patches on the skirt and […]

8 years ago

God bless the Willoughby. Not a day goes by where we don’t have something complimentary to say about Holly Willoughby. No really, it doesn’t. She posts a lot of stuff on Instagram and it’s all good content alright, what are we supposed to do, ignore it? We could never. Anyway, Holly hasn’t been doing much […]

8 years ago

Or high-key obsessed. Whichever. It’s a been a humid AF few months here in Ireland and while we’re all obsessed with the sun and getting a tan and sweating to death out the back, the colder months are on their way and we’d be lying if we said we weren’t at least a bit excited. […]

8 years ago

Ouch.

8 years ago

They dress them this way on purpose, don’t they? Prince George has had a bit of a wild month, hasn’t he? He turned five. He wore some shorts. He was listed as one of the most stylish people in Britain. All in a day’s work, yeah. The Prince George news doesn’t stop there though because […]

8 years ago

Oh, good god. Not eating meat comes with its perks; you’ve more energy, you’re less likely to give yourself food poisoning when cooking, and you don’t contribute to the killing of animals. All positive things. However, not eating meat can also come with its downfalls… namely the fact that you can’t enjoy buffalo wings anymore. […]

8 years ago

Well at least someone’s enjoying themselves. Dogs are the best boys. They’re the best when they’re at home. They’re the best when they’re out and about. They’re the best at birthdays, Christmas, and other mildly relevant holidays. Weddings? Not so much. While some dogs have showing up at marriage ceremonies, being good, and even delivering […]

8 years ago

We would be, anyway… Being a member of the royal family comes with a lot of perks. You get to live in a fancy gaff. You get to eat nice food. You become seriously proficient in the art of waving. However, in some cases (a lot of cases, probably), being royal isn’t all it’s cracked […]

8 years ago

Ah, would ye looook. The heatwave seems to be dying down a bit here in Ireland, and thank god because there was a moment there where we never thought we’d see the rain again. For many countries though, the hot weather is still very much a thing, leaving grass yellow, skin burnt, and dogs unable […]

8 years ago

Some mothers have started sending their children to school with doorstops in their schoolbags. A selection of parents have decided to include the item in an attempt to protect against school shootings in the US. The theory is that the doorstop would slow down a shooter from entering a room, giving a child more time […]

8 years ago

Temperatures in Spain and Portugal could rise to the high 40s this weekend as Europe’s heatwave reaches “record breaking” proportions. The Spanish government has issued a warning about the “extreme risk” caused by the weather this weekend. The high temperatures are expected to be especially intense in the Extremadura and North Cacere regions. BBC reports […]

8 years ago

Unreal. If you’ve a few bits you need to pick up this weekend, have a bit of spare cash lying around, or just want to start your Christmas shopping early (please don’t do that), you’re in luck because Argos has just launched a massive 3-for-2 sale on toys across Ireland. The deal allows people to […]

8 years ago

Coronation Street has a lot of things going for it. It’s dramatic. It’s been around since the dawn of time. It’s got a team of writers that aren’t afraid to give Bethany Platt legit the worst time in the world. And as of recently, it’s also apparently going a banging special effects team. During one […]

8 years ago

The concept of empty nest syndrome is pretty well known. But what exactly does it mean for parents, and how are they supposed to cope with it if it strikes? So, what is empty nest syndrome?  Empty nest syndrome is the feeling of sadness, loneliness, loss, or worry when a child leaves the family home […]

8 years ago

Hardly surprising. If you have a baby you’ve probably given it a name. Or maybe you haven’t are simply waiting for your infant to grow older and older until inspiration strikes. Either way, babies tend to be named soon after they’re born and every year, these names are compiled onto a list to give us […]

8 years ago

Go on, this can be your good deed for the week. A couple soon-to-be-wed have a fairly interesting request for help during their wedding night. Having already secured a videographer for the wedding day itself, the pair are also in the market for somebody to document the intimate details of their wedding night too. The […]

8 years ago

Not Graham. Anyone but Graham. Look, theres been a load of things happening in Emmerdale as of late (kidnapping, abortions, the lot) – so much so that you’d be forgiven for forgetting that good old Graham Foster existed at all. He does though, and people really like him. He’s a sound enough lad, in fairness […]

8 years ago