Derval O’Rourke makes history on Ireland’s Fittest Family

The Late Late Show is set to make history this St Patrick’s Day by hosting the programme on a Wednesday for the first time in its 60 year run.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A message in a bottle from a Dalbeattie schoolboy was answered – only days after being put in the sea at Dundrennan.Sonny Clive and mum Sara launched his note at Abbeyburnfoot hoping it would wash up on a distant shore.The recyclable plastic bottle bobbed across to Ireland and was picked up near Bangor just four days later.And last week a letter addressed to Sonny, six, dropped through his letterbox from the

The second round of the Ireland’s Fittest Family quarter-final had households all over the country tuning in to see who will power through to the semi-final.

The quarter-final of Ireland’s Fittest Family flew by and now two families out of four have progressed to the semi-final, but it wasn’t their heroic efforts that stole the show as an animated Davy Fitzgerald thoroughly amused viewers.

The words ‘needs must’ have taken on a new meaning for most in the last few months, especially when it comes to looking after our locks in lockdown.

“We are so sorry to be unable to find a workable solution.“The frustrating thing is that we are actually closer to Northern Ireland than we are to Glasgow or Edinburgh – people in Northern Ireland are more than our customers, they’re our neighbours.”

Ireland Fittest Family viewers were quick to point out a perceived ‘flaw’ on Sunday night’s episode.

Oscar winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley says he had a simple reason for wanting to turn his play, Outside Mullingar, into a movie: location, location, location.

Remaining civil for the sake of their one-year-old son, Austin Xavier, the pair – who tied the knot in 2015 – were seen taking a stroll in Sydney with their boy shortly after Daniel emerged from hotel quarantine after flying back home from Ireland.

Taylor Swift has been ratcheting out the hits lately with a surprise album being released just last month.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticSmall-time Irish crooks Peter and Michael Brooks (played by Matthias Schoenaerts and Joel Kinnaman, respectively) are not siblings but cousins, although there’s no shame in feeling confused amid the somewhat convoluted Philadelphia-set crime drama “Brothers by Blood.” Other characters make the mistake all the time, pulling Peter aside and implying that the brewing trouble between Michael’s gang and the more-established Italian mobsters in town would calm if he

Sorry Bono, it looks like Dalkey’s favourite celebrity might be moving here permanently.

A Miss Ireland winner has been left ‘heartbroken’ after a group of hackers cloned her Instagram account in a bid to scam her nearly 8,000 followers.

Liam Neeson might be making a foray into comedy before his retirement. 

Game of Thrones actor Hafthor Bjornsson made his boxing debut last week in Dubai.The actor, who played The Mountain in the HBO series and was crowned World’s Strongest Man in 2018, took on Irish boxer Steven Ward in an exhibition match.Yahoo! reports that the referee declared both Bjornsson and Ward winners at the end of the match.Describing his opponent, Belfast cruiserweight Ward said Bjornsson “shook me to my boots,” per The News.Bjornsson played Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane in Game of