Olympic gold medallist Rhys McClenaghan to headline Dublin festival

OLYMPIC champion Rhys McClenaghan will be in Dublin this weekend to headline a festival dedicated to health and wellbeing. The Co. Down native, who took gold for Ireland on the pommel horse in Paris last year, will be the main attraction at Swellfest in Mountjoy Square Park this weekend. The athlete, who won Ireland’s Dancing with the Stars earlier this year, with his dance … [Read more...] about Olympic gold medallist Rhys McClenaghan to headline Dublin festival

DUBLIN airport’s operators have issued a public apology to car park customers who were overcharged due to a ‘pricing system error’. “We want to sincerely apologise to a number of our car park customers who were mistakenly overcharged earlier this year due to a pricing system error linked to a special offer,” Daa said in a statement issued this week. “As soon as we became aware … [Read more...] about Dublin Airport apologises to customers who were ‘overcharged’ for car parking

IRISH chef Anna Haugh has been announced as one of the new hosts of the next series of MasterChef. The Dubliner, who is the owner and chef patron of Myrtle restaurant in London’s Chelsa, is a familiar face on the show, having featured as a guest judge across a numer of series. She will co-host the upcoming 22nd amateur series of the cooking show with journalist and critic Grace … [Read more...] about Irish chef Anna Haugh and food critic Grace Dent announced as new MasterChef hosts

A MAN who defrauded a pensioner out of more than £430,000 has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. Terrance McGinley, 44, of Toms Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire told the vulnerable victim that he needed money to help sell a house in Ireland. Instead, he splashed the cash on living the high life, including buying designer clothes and holidays. "These were callous offences … [Read more...] about Man who defrauded vulnerable pensioner out of more than £430,000 is jailed for six-and-a-half years

POLICE have appealed for witnessed to come forward after two cars were attacked in what officers are treating as a racially motivated hate crime. PSNI officers were called to a large gathering at Factory Street in east Belfast at around 7.20pm on September 8. During the incident two cars were targeted, with the drivers confronted by members of the group. One of the cars was … [Read more...] about Cars attacked during ‘racially motivated hate crime’ in Belfast