All this week we’re bringing the 1916 Rising to life as it happened with historical reports from the fateful week, day by day and hour by hour. For more reports, see 1916 Live. 11.35am, Easter Monday, 1916 The TRAM drivers may be on strike but it looks like Easter Monday in Dublin is going to be a […]
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All this week we’re bringing the 1916 Rising to life as it happened with historical reports from the fateful week, day by day and hour by hour. For more reports, see 1916 Live. 11am, Easter Monday If you were thinking of heading in to the city centre for a Bank Holiday stroll you might want to give […]
9 years ago
An army officer went viral yesterday after he appeared on RTÉ chatting on his mobile in the middle of the 1916 centenary ceremony. While it appeared at first that this press officer had made a huge mistake, it has since been revealed by the defence forces that the soldier was simply doing his job at the time, as he […]
9 years ago
Dear oh dear. If you tuned into RTÉ this afternoon to watch the 1916 centenary celebrations broadcast live, you’ll have seen the streets lined with highly disciplined soldiers and reserve defence forces, moving with precision and strict discipline. They’ve been training for this, a momentous day when the whole nation would be watching them. In the middle […]
9 years ago
Up to half a million people hit Dublin today to celebrate the Rising’s centenary celebrations and there have been all sorts of parades on the ground. However the real action is up in the air, as you can see from these photos and videos that people have been sharing. The Garda Twitter account (one of our favourites in […]
9 years ago
With the Easter Rising centenary celebrations taking place, we’re all feeling the urge to do something touristy and historical this weekend. You might just be convinced to go on the 1916 Tour Bus after watching this video. In the latest upload from Clisare, while working her way through her Irish bucket list, the intrepid vlogger went on the tour and recorded […]
9 years ago
Think Ireland’s own Tayto are the greatest crisp on God’s green Earth? Well since there’s no better weekend to be patriotic, you might want to vote for them in the World Cup Of Crisps. That’s right, over on Twitter at this very moment the votes are stacking up on one particularly divisive poll by Richard Osman, the brainy TV presenter […]
9 years ago
Reading tweets about The Late Late Show is a serviceable substitute to actually watching it. With so many staying in last night thanks to Good Friday, you’d think RTÉ’s flagship show would’ve put together a really stellar line-up. Here’s what viewers had to say about last night’s show… No expense spared tonight’s #LateLateShow, with guests […]
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With every pub around the country closed for Good Friday, many of us will be enduring a government-mandated night on the couch tonight. And while we may have great intentions to hit the cinema, find a covert house party or watch some groundbreaking documentary on Netflix, chances are that by 10pm we’ll be on the couch with a cuppa (or a glass of wine, if […]
9 years ago
If you’ve ever watched the show Drunk History, you know lessons about the past are best told inebriated. In the latest video from Facts., two Irish lads try to teach the internet about the pivotal events of the Easter Rising, using cardboard cut outs and Lego, while under the influence. Weirdly, it still manages to be rather […]
9 years ago
100 years on from the Rising, and people in Dublin are still fighting for their lives every night on the cold streets of our capital. It’s a bit mind-boggling, really. And this ad by Dublin Simon, which is going to be running on our TV screens for the next fortnight alongside the hashtag #itmustend, really hammers home […]
9 years ago
Fact of life: everything looks better from the sky. I mean, just check out this collection of shots of the Wild Atlantic Way – or these pics of Dublin as posted by the Irish Air Corps this morning. If you like them, then we have good news: they’ve just posted even more breathtaking pics of our […]
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