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Welsh singer Duffy to recount kidnapping and sexual assault in new documentary
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (380+ words) WELSH SINGER DUFFY will feature in a new documentary recounting her rise to fame and subsequent kidnapping and sexual assault for the first time. The 41-year-old, known for the songs Mercy and Warwick Avenue, will open up about her life…...
Married At First Sight's Mel Schilling dies aged 54 ‘surrounded by love’
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (799+ words) MARRIED AT FIRST Sight relationship coach Mel Schilling has died aged 54, weeks after announcing that doctors could no longer treat her cancer. Schilling " known for offering relationship advice on the hit Channel 4 reality dating show " died today "surrounded by love,…...
Debunked: A Kneecap gig in Havana did not cause an energy blackout and deaths in Cuba
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1321+ words) VIDEOS OF THE Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap performing in Havana have been spread online along with suggestions that their performance at a concert was responsible for an energy blackout that, supposedly, left patients in hospital to die. There is…...
'Inspirational': People with Down Syndrome star in Cork-made music video
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (345+ words) SATURDAY MARKED WORLD Down Syndrome Day, and in Ireland, Derry-based songwriter Colm Warren helped mark the occasion with the release of a new single and music video. Warren's song, "Without You', was written to celebrate his sister Emma's relationship with…...
Graham Norton and Philippa Dunne lead Irish nominees for Bafta TV awards
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (660+ words) GRAHAM NORTON AND Philippa Dunne are among the Irish nominees at this year's Bafta television awards." The chat show host is nominated in the Entertainment category for his eponymous Graham Norton Show, which will see its 34th series air this year....
The internet has come for St Patrick’s Day and turned it into a global culture war about Ireland
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (943+ words) TEN YEARS AGO, Irish social media users were locked in a holy alliance in an annual show of unity against the use of the term St Patty's Day. The phrase " an Americanised shorthand for St Patrick's Day " was a spectre…...
Sitdown Sunday: A proper lunch with 'Brexit guy' Nigel Farage
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (772+ words) IT'S A DAY of rest, and you may be in the mood for a quiet corner and a comfy chair. We've hand-picked some of the week's best reads for you to savour. Miche'l Martin meets President Donald Trump on St…...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor Nicholas Brendon dies aged 54
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (220+ words) NICHOLAS BRENDON, THE actor who played Xander in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died at the age of 54." A post on the actors Instagram page on Friday said that he died in his sleep of natural causes....
Saoirse Ronan granted planning permission to demolish and rebuild home in west Cork
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (729+ words) IRISH ACTRESS SAOIRSE Ronan has secured planning permission " at her second attempt " for "a long-term home for a young and growing family" near the village of Ballydehob in west Cork. It follows Cork County Council granting planning permission to Ronan's…...