The phrase ‘broke the Internet’ became annoying a long time ago but it seems to have actually happened tonight. If you’ve been struggling with dodgy Internet this evening, then you’re certainly not the only one, with an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage causing havoc online. The AWS S3 storage service, used by hundreds of thousands […]

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It’s that special time of year, people. Time to spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about which of your many addictions you can gain some control over. That’s right, the most hopeful (yet disappointing) religious season of them all: Lent. Ah the Lenten period. Coming close enough to January that it feels like a sort of […]

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Hallelujah!

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Cue Lotto fever. Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you an awful lot of Freddo bars and luxury cars. Wednesday night’s Lotto jackpot is set to reach an eye-watering €13m, as people across the country collectively start daydreaming about the moment they can tell their boss to ‘shove it’. (Not us at HER, […]

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Really? Donald Trump has blamed the Best Picture mix-up at this year’s Oscars on politics. You probably saw at the Academy Awards, when the time came to announce the most prestigious award of the night, Best Picture, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read out La La Land as the winner when in fact it was […]

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Wrap up and stay safe… Storm Doris may have passed by leaving behind some lasting effects on rural Ireland and safe in the knowledge that she caused chaos during her time on our shores. While she has left us, that doesn’t mean the stormy weather is going away anytime soon. Met Eireann has issued another status […]

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It might be time to learn a whole new set of passwords. A few days ago, Cloudfare – an internet performance and security checking company – released a blog post declaring that they had accidentally been releasing private information on the internet. While fixing a bug in the system, the company discovered that they had […]

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Not a choice we expected…

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Mean Tweets bit is still as funny as it has ever been, and for the special Oscars Edition, he dug up some of the meanest tweets he could find. A host of winners and nominees including Natalie Portman, Sam Jackon, Whoopi Goldberg and Emma Stone were on the receiving end of some super […]

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The reason for the emergency landing is being reported as a maintenance issue. A United Airlines flight from Newark to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Shannon Airport at around 9:30 this morning. It was initially unclear why but United Airlines have since clarified the situation, replying to a query on Twitter […]

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Singer and mum-of-two Lily Allen has told fans that she is taking a break from Twitter after being subjected to a torrent of abuse about her stillborn baby and mental health. Trolls turned on Allen (31) after she tweeted about the prejudice faced by immigrants and Muslims. The abusive tweets led to the Smile singer revealing […]

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Three-year-old twin brothers have tragically died after falling into a washing machine at their home in Delhi, India. The incident was reported to emergency services at around 12.40pm on Saturday afternoon. The Times Of India reports that twin brothers, Laksh and Neeshu, were found head-down in the tumbler of a top-loading washing machine at their family home. […]

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Listen to a brand new business podcast, The Capital B, here. Fronted by Nick Webb, the new podcast which features Oscar-nominated film producer Ed Guiney, technology king Ray Nolan who started and sold Hostelworld.com, JOE founder Niall McGarry and Róisín Hogan of The Apprentice fame, has just arrived. After some noodle tasting, the panel ask […]

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Neil Fingleton, best known for his portrayal of “king of the giants” Mag the Might in HBO’s Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 36. Fingleton, who at 7’7″ was also the tallest man on record in Great Britain, passed away this weekend from heart failure, according to The Mirror. Fingleton originally made […]

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A survey published by insurance company AA has revealed that drivers in Cork and Dublin are more likely to speed than drivers elsewhere in the country. The survey, which also revealed that more than 20% of Irish motorists broke the speed limit in 2017, had over 7,000 participants. In both Cork and Dublin, only one […]

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Hollywood star Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61. The action movie star best known for the likes of Aliens, Twister, True Lies and Titanic has reportedly died due to complications during surgery. He had been filming on the TV version of the hit movie Training Day in the days leading up the […]

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Horrific storms are like buses…You wait ages for one and then two come along, one after another. We’ve just seen Storm Doris out the door but don’t un-batten the hatches just yet, because Storm Ewan has arrived. The storm will involve wind-speeds of 120km/h – equivalent to 75mph, and the worst-affected counties will be along the south coast, […]

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The placement of bank holiday days in 2017 means if you take these days off, you’re getting a very lengthy holiday

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The story of Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart’s ultimate friendship will be told for centuries to come, such is the level of their BFF-ness. Last night they were both on the Graham’s couch, joined by Hugh Jackman, to discuss the upcoming blockbuster Logan. But before McKellan joined them on stage, Stewart took a moment to […]

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We shouldn’t laugh, which makes this video from Denmark all the funnier. While we hate to move on from the gentleman who slipped on the ice on the RTÉ news back in 2010, we’ve found something that might be just as funny. This incident took place on a footpath in Denmark, with TV2 Ostjylland sharing […]

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Last night in Hollywood saw the 12th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards take place in California, an event known to most as ‘The Irish Oscars’. Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams hosts the event in his Bad Robot production company headquarters every year, with the awards set up to help celebrate the Irish contributions […]

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Hopefully you don’t plan on spending too much time outdoors in the next few days. The strong winds and driving rain brought on by Storm Doris earlier this week have eased since the chaos of Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but the weather in Ireland isn’t about to improve spectacularly anytime soon. According to Met […]

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Oh! The cringe… Another episode of First Dates Ireland is in the review mirror and once again, the levels of awkwardness and cringe has made us want to have a lie down. While there were some success stories on the show this week, there were a few let downs as well as the romance failed […]

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Do you shower in the morning, at night, or both? There are benefits to showering in the morning according to research, just as there are benefits to showering at night. A morning shower is said to boost your creativity and it also helps to shake off those morning cob webs as you contemplate packing in […]

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No one will poo-poo this idea.

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Now that’s good customer service in Glenamaddy… It may have slipped your mind but, Pancake Tuesday is coming up next week. Yes, we’re already planning the various syrup filled creations we can create when Tuesday comes around. But the day after is Ash Wednesday, and as such, many of you will be getting the signature […]

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Trinny Woodall’s odd behaviour has been receiving a lot of attention this week and now it looks like she may have outed Holly Willoughby’s pregnancy live on This Morning. Yesterday we reported that Trinny’s bizarre behaviour on ITV’s This Morning had prompted viewers to query if the fashionista was drunk. Now it appears that the What Not […]

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This celebrity baby name is, hands-down, no question, the most bonkers one we have heard yet. Actress and Two and a Half Men star Amber Rose Tamblyn gave birth to her first child on Tuesday and it’s safe to say her daughter’s name is…er… a little unusual. Tamblyn (33) and her comedian husband David Cross (52), who is best […]

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Damn nature, you scary! We had been given plenty of warning, but everyone was still taken a little off guard by the force of Storm Doris, which was has caused power outages, travel chaos and the cancellation of a number of flights between Ireland and the UK on Thursday. According to Met Éireann, the strong […]

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Speculation about Cheryl’s pregnancy has been building since last September but the star has now left little doubt that she’s a mama-to-be with these stunning photos. It looks like Cheryl and One Direction’s Liam Payne won’t have to wait too much longer to meet their baba judging by this photo shoot for The Prince’s Trust […]

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We’re looking forward to this already… Louis Theroux has revealed that the subject of his next documentary will be none other than US President Donald Trump. The British documentary maker wants to tackle the ‘post-Brexit wave of populism’ which has culminated in Trump becoming President of the US. The three part series will be shot […]

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It’s going to be a cracking weekend in Cork… The first acts for next year’s Indiependence music festival (4-6 August) in Mitchelstown, Cork were announced a couple of months ago, with Welsh band Manic Street Preachers, the Coronas and Sigma DJ set to make the trip to the south of Ireland. Deer Farm in Mitchelstown will be […]

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Brought to you by Microsoft Surface Pro 4. Do they sound familiar? College is one of the most exciting times in your life. It’s the first time you’ll get to live away from home and be able to completely do your own thing (including your own laundry). During your time in college you will undoubtedly […]

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It’s a timeline of sorts… Enda Kenny today addressed his colleagues at a Fine Gael parliamentary meeting and briefly discussed his role as leader of the party amid speculation he will step down from the role. At the meeting Kenny revealed that he would deal with his future effectively and conclusively after St Patrick’s Day. […]

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Reek and Ramsay. BFF’s

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What do you think of this? Primark has pulled a line of The Walking Dead t-shirts from its stores after they received complaints from some customers that the t-shirt was “racist”. The t-shirt in question was in reference to the character of Negan, from The Walking Dead, who uses the line ‘Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe,’ to […]

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What else were they supposed to do?

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Fantastic news. Ed Sheeran has confirmed that Irish singer Ryan McMullan will be one of the support acts on the UK and European legs of his world tour later this year. https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/834340435699044352 Sheeran confirmed that McMullan, from Portaferry in Down, will join him for a series of gigs starting in Turin in Italy on March […]

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What Not To Wear star Trinny Woodall’s odd behaviour this week is garnering a lot of attention. Trinny’s bizarre behaviour on ITV’s This Morning yesterday prompted many viewers to take to social media querying if the fashion aficionado was under the influence of alcohol. The 53-year-old star left the show’s presenters, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, at […]

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He knows what he’s talking about.

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Handy information for anyone planning their big day anytime soon. Ballinacurra House in Cork claimed the award for the best wedding venue in Ireland at the 2017 weddingsonline Awards in Clontarf Castle in Dublin on Monday night. The luxury private estate in Kinsale claimed awards for overall venue of the year and exclusive venue of […]

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Could you BE any more excited?!?!?

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Storm Doris is back with a vengeance. A status yellow weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann, with most of the country likely to be affected by severe winds, heavy rain and even snow in the later part of this week. The warning, issued at 10am on Tuesday morning, is valid from just after […]

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President Trump’s racist ban on Muslims will be revived this week. Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised immigration order banning people from seven countries from entering the country. As before, those countries are Libya, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Somalia, all predominantly Muslim countries. There are some minor alterations to the initial ban, […]

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A heterosexual couple in the UK have lost their legal battle to enter into a civil partnership instead of a marriage, because the country’s 2004 Civil Partnership Act states that only same-sex couples are eligible to do so. Academics Rebecca Steinfeld (35) and Charles Keidan, who have a 20-month-old daughter, have said that they object to […]

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The incident happened earlier today… Eight people have been rescued from the top floor of a building in Dublin after a fire broke. Eight fire engines from the Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene at Mountjoy Square and rescued eight people from the building, five of them were by turntable ladder. Mountjoy Square North remains […]

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A couple of nights to remember… Drake played the second of his sold out Dublin gigs on Monday night in the 3Arena in Dublin. His Boy Meets World tour went down a treat with fans at the venue with Drake putting on a show to remember, all while sporting a tricolour hanging from his pocket […]

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Dewy skin is just a few steps away.

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What do you think? WhatsApp have rolled out a new feature on their messaging that has made it very similar to other social media apps. While the convenience and simplicity of WhatsApp has always been one of the main selling points of the app for users, eight years on from their launch in 2009, they’re […]

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