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IRISH author Marian Keyes is “overjoyed” that Netflix will adapt her hit book Grown Ups for the small screen. The online streaming service has announced the title among the “stellar new series” it will be launching this year. “Based on three couples - Nell and Liam, Cara and Ed, Jessie and Rory, like most families, the Caseys are a complicated bunch,” Netflix … [Read more...] about Marian Keyes calls for ‘no bad Irish accents’ as Netflix announces television adaption of hit novel

A NEW law comes into effect this weekend which requires all drivers who have been involved in serious crashes on Irish roads to be drugs tested. Jack Chambers, Ireland’s Minister of State for Transport, signed the amendment to the Road Traffic Act 2024 into law today and it will become effective from midnight on May 31, 2024. “The signing of the ‘mandatory drug testing’ … [Read more...] about Drivers involved in serious collisions will face mandatory drugs tests

AN investigation has been launched by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) into alleged data breaches by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The inquiry concerns the “storage and retention of personal data contained in paper records held by the HSE via its use of external storage facilities and breaches of security which were notified to the DPC by the HSE” the DPC said … [Read more...] about Investigation into two alleged data breaches by Ireland’s Health Service Executive

POLICE have launched an investigation after a driver had a knife held to their throat while being robbed in their car. The incident happened in Larne, Co, Antrim on the evening of May 26. Two men forced their way into the car before holding a knife to the driver’s throat and demanding money. They then made off with a purse containing cash. Detectives investigating the incident … [Read more...] about ‘Frightening experience’: Two men held knife to driver’s throat while robbing them in their car

FUNDRAISERS have completed a poignant pilgrimage between Ireland and Britain which saw them trace the steps of hundreds of people forced to leave their homeland due to the Famine. Three Liverpool-based walkers took on the Walk of the Bronze Shoes, where they transported a pair of bronze shoes from Strokestown in Co. Roscommon to Liverpool. There are bronze shoes found along the … [Read more...] about Fundraisers complete poignant Famine walk from Ireland to England