Irish nightclubs to close next week, music venue capacities lowered to 50 per cent

High street giant Next has announced some devastating news for shoppers about its Boxing Day sale.

Jake Carroll reckons Motherwell are getting a gem in fellow Dubliner Ross Tierney - and insists more clubs should be plundering the Emerald Isle for talent.

Kerry Katona has revealed her daughter Molly McFadden has tested positive for coronavirus, shortly before she was due to fly from Ireland to England for Christmas. Kerry's daughter Molly lives in Ireland with her grandparents, but was due to fly to the UK to spend the festive period with Kerry and the rest of the family.

Adele’s Easy On Me holds at Number 1 for an eighth total week as it leads a very festive Top 50.

30 by Adele claims another big week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart, as Juice Wrld earns the highest new entry with his posthumous album Fighting Demons.

When Ciarán Hinds accepted the role of ‘Pa’ in Kenneth Branagh’s fictionalized memoir Belfast, he felt honored to step into the writer-director’s personal story, and to be cast opposite Judi Dench. Belfast centers around Buddy—played by breakout Jude Hill—a character based upon Branagh’s young self, growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s new single Merry Christmas claims the highest new entry on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart, debuting at Number 3.

Back in the summer of 1985 a couple of rambunctious Irish lads—one 10, the other 13—were out and about in their Dublin neighborhood, up to their usual tricks. No worries there—they had promised their mums they’d return for supper. 

Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon was pleased that sectarianism issues didn't dog his second spell as Hoops boss - as he looks abroad for his next gig.

Adele’s Easy On Me glides into a sixth week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart, but a rising star is chasing at her heels.

Adele’s 30 scores a second week at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart, denying Westlife the top spot.

Beloved for her role in Starz television series Outlander, Caitriona Balfe is not a total stranger to the big screen. Her turn opposite Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari was certainly noticed, but it’s only now, with Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, that she’s been given the chance to really show off her big screen chops alongside Dame Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds and Jamie Dornan.

“Shelter” — or “Foscadh” in the Irish language — is based on Donal Ryan’s novel “The December” and stars Dónall Ó Héalai as John Cunliffe, a recluse who has spent all 28 years of his life being sheltered by his overprotective parents. But now his parents have passed on, and John gets thrown into a real world that he is unprepared for in the most unexpected way possible when he learns that he inherited land that is on a site for a potential wind farm.

Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews have given a glimpse inside the stunning Christmas decorations at their £847k Irish home. The stunning Irish model, 36, who is expecting her third child with the former Made in Chelsea star, 33, described how she 'could not wait' to spend Christmas in their gorgeous mansion in the picturesque fishing village of Howth.

Irish crime gangs are alleged to be fuelling the spike in poorly puppies being sold to unsuspecting owners in Scotland, amid a nearly 40 per cent increase in welfare calls.

Naman Ramachandran As two cases of the new Omricon variant of the COVID-19 virus have been detected in the U.K., the country has mandated a return to mask wearing and PCR tests.Addressing a nationally televised press conference on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport across England. The devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow suit.

The UK Government has confirmed that State Pension and benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) including Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) will increase by 3.1 per cent next year.