A lucky player won in Offaly A single Quick Pick ticket sold at Obama Plaza in Moneygall, Co Offaly, has scooped Saturday night’s €8.22 million Lotto jackpot, the National Lottery has confirmed. The winner has already come forward, and arrangements are being made for them to collect the life-changing prize. The win brings the number […]
This Bank Holiday looks like a wet one The August Bank Holiday weekend is set for a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers before turning increasingly unsettled, with Met Éireann warning the long weekend could end in a washout. Forecasters say the coming days will be cooler and fresher than the recent humid spell. […]
Holding a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the war film is unavailable to rent or stream, so now is the time to watch or record the movie. Gallipoli, the legendary 1981 war movie from the Oscar-nominated director Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Witness), is airing on TV today (Wednesday, 29 July). The […]
Harrington’s Irish connection will work in his favour Pádraig Harrington has been named a vice-captain of Europe’s 2027 Ryder Cup team, handing the Dubliner a homecoming role when golf’s biggest team event arrives at Adare Manor in Co Limerick next year. Captain Luke Donald confirmed the appointment on Wednesday, with the three-time major winner joining […]
The Love Island winners proved incredibly popular The Love Island winners took almost half of all the votes cast in the final, ITV has revealed, as fans who followed the summer’s biggest dating show crowned their champions. Julia Majchrzak, 26, and Lorenzo Alessi, 28, locked in 46.9% of the final vote to take the title […]
AI-powered scams have become the single biggest fraud threat facing Irish consumers in 2026, according to Irish financial organisations. Voice cloning, deepfake videos, and the use of fake identities are the top offenders for duping the public. AI technology has been used to impersonate banks, family members and even well-known public figures, raising concerns amongst […]
Shocking news. The Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard has died at the age of 56, after a motorcycle crash in Dublin this morning (Wednesday, 29 July). Mr Hansard was best known as the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames and for his roles in the Irish music-comedy-drama movies The Commitments and Once. Alongside […]
She is set to line up in the individual 400m as well as the relay Sharlene Mawdsley has been named in the Ireland squad for next month’s European Championships (August 10-16), though her participation will depend on reaching ‘full fitness’ after a recent injury. The 400m star was injured during the final of the women’s […]
I Will Find You has taken the streaming giant by storm Harlan Coben’s latest Netflix thriller I Will Find You has broken into the streaming giant’s all-time global Top 10, and Irish viewers can stream every episode on Netflix right now. According to Netflix, the miniseries has climbed to No. 10 on its list of […]
The future of Irish language interpreters is in doubt The future of Irish interpreters in the European Union is back in the spotlight after a viral clip of Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan drew fresh attention to how the language is treated in Brussels. Irish became a full working language of the EU in 2022, […]
