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Adele lifts two prizes – and her middle finger – at Brit Awards

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BBC presenter Paxman hits out at Tony Blair over potato famine ‘apology’

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Dublin’s Forbidden Fruit festival announces 2012 line-up

Today’s News

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Comedian Frank Carson passes away aged 85

20 minutes ago 343 Views 3 Comments

The Belfast-born comedian passed away at his home today surrounded by his family.

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Video: Finnish president’s husband caught checking out Danish princess’s cleavage

1 hour ago 2,793 Views 11 Comments

Busted.

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Caption Competition: Who is Enda talking to and what about?

4 hours ago 2,487 Views 79 Comments

“Hello, Angela? ‘Tis Enda here…”

The pint-size popstar at the CNN Heroes tribute in December. Child Star This post contains videos

X Factor’s Rachel Crow gets her own television show

5 hours ago 2,372 Views 4 Comments

We’re guessing her Mom is pretty happy about it.

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Bizarre publicity photo of the day

7 hours ago 6,857 Views 11 Comments

What’s going on here?

Orla Kiely's 'Birdie' dress sold out in minutes after Kate Middleton was spotted wearing it. Kate Middleton

Irish designer’s dress sells out, minutes after Kate Middleton is seen wearing it

9 hours ago 4,518 Views 27 Comments

The Duchess of Cambridge was spotted wearing a dress by Irish designer Orla Kiely – which sold out almost immediately.

Doodlers

Radio head: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz gets his own Google Doodle

11 hours ago 1,425 Views 2 Comments

Today marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of the German physicist whose discoveries paved the way for the invention of the wireless telegraph and the radio.

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Watch: Barack Obama sings blues classic with Mick Jagger and BB King

12 hours ago 2,414 Views 16 Comments

The US president belted out a few lines of a blues classic at a concert at the White House last night.

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Adele lifts two prizes – and her middle finger – at Brit Awards

13 hours ago 5,269 Views 20 Comments

Brit Awards organisers are forced to apologise after cutting off Adele in the middle of her acceptance speech last night.

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Poll: Do you subscribe to the idea of a Lenten sacrifice?

13 hours ago 4,986 Views 60 Comments

Do you plan to “give up” some indulgence for Lent, for religious purposes or other reason? We’d like to know…

Yesterday’s News

From TheJournal.ie Jeremy Paxman in 2009 The Famine This post contains videos

BBC presenter Paxman hits out at Tony Blair over potato famine ‘apology’

Yesterday, 9:15 PM 11,472 Views 44 Comments

The Newsnight presenter has criticised the former British Prime Minister for his supposed apology for the Irish potato famine.

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Nursing home finds gun in donated piano

Yesterday, 8:45 PM 4,819 Views 3 Comments

The gun was only discovered years after the piano had been donated.

From The Score Haye relaxes on board a flight to Nevada, seemingly. Vegas Baby

‘It’s party-time’ – here’s your obnoxious David Haye picture of the day

Yesterday, 6:00 PM 969 Views No Comments

The British brawler has skipped off to Las Vegas rather than face the music after his Munich dust-up

From TheJournal.ie An artist's conception of GJ1214b orbiting a red dwarf star. Waterworld

New ‘waterworld’ planet revealed by Hubble

Yesterday, 5:15 PM 4,496 Views 14 Comments

The watery planet is enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere and is being described by astronomers as a whole new type of planet.

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Celebrity floats join Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans

Yesterday, 3:05 PM 2,165 Views 1 Comment

Hillary Swank, Cyndi Lauper, Harry Connick Jr and others at Mardi Gras.

Music fest

Dublin’s Forbidden Fruit festival announces 2012 line-up

Yesterday, 1:30 PM 4,682 Views 21 Comments

Manchester icons New Order will headline the June event alongside Leftfield, Wilco and James Vincent McMorrow.

From The Score Blur's lead singer Damon Albarn and Alex James. London 2012

Parklife: Blur to headline Olympics closing gig

Yesterday, 12:29 PM 193 Views No Comments

The band have confirmed they will play at Hyde Park with support from The Specials and New Order on August 12.

From TheJournal.ie Jedward were highly fancied to win the Eurovision in 2011 - but only managed to come in 8th place. Your Say

Poll: Should Ireland bother entering the Eurovision any more?

Yesterday, 11:06 AM 6,622 Views 67 Comments

Ireland has the best record of any Eurovision entrant, but we haven’t won it since televoting was introduced. Should we still try?

The Eurovision: it's come a long way. Eurovision 2012 This post contains a pollThis post contains videos

VIDEOS: Which of these songs should be Ireland’s Eurovision entry?

Yesterday, 10:40 AM 3,151 Views 16 Comments

The Eurosong entrants have been released ‘early’ to help the public make their choice. Which of the five should we send?

If you're under 5'6 Dieting

Dieticians revise calorie calculations: it’s now twice as tough to lose weight

Yesterday, 9:53 AM 4,386 Views 15 Comments

US scientists say the previous formula – where cutting 500 calories a day meant losing 1lb a week – was too generous.

From TheJournal.ie Table Mountain turned green on St Patrick's Day 2011 in South Africa. Go Green

Going, going… green: World landmarks to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

Yesterday, 8:35 AM 3,500 Views 8 Comments

Niagara Falls will turn green for the first time to mark the Ireland’s National Day.

Pancake Tuesday This post contains videos

It’s Shrove Tuesday, so here’s 5 essential videos for making pancakes

Yesterday, 7:45 AM 3,123 Views 3 Comments

Things can only get batter…

Monday 20 February, 2012

Oscars, with a 'c'. Oskars

Oscars v Oskars: Polish artists defend folk art awards

Mon, 9:41 PM 2,093 Views 3 Comments

Association of Folk Artists says it’s coming under pressure from the Academy Awards organisers over the ‘Oskars’.

Al Pacino with Irish President Michael D Higgins and Anna Malmhake, chair and CEO of Irish Distillers ahead of this evening's screening at the Savoy Cinema. Al Pacino This post contains videosThis post contains images

In photos: Al Pacino arrives for JDIFF screening of Wilde Salome

Mon, 9:12 PM 5,600 Views 7 Comments

President Higgins paid tribute to Pacino in Dublin this evening, presenting him with the Volta Festival Tribute Award.

From TheJournal.ie Lansley arrives for the meeting at Downing Street after being heckled by protesters outside the gates leading to No 10. Heckled This post contains videos

Watch: British government minister heckled over reforms to health service

Mon, 3:24 PM 1,535 Views No Comments

One woman took Andrew Lansley to task over his proposals to reform Britain’s National Health Service.

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Awkward Date of the Day

Mon, 3:07 PM 6,036 Views 15 Comments

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From TheJournal.ie A dancer and floats during today's Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome. Carnival This post contains images

In pictures: Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival festival

Mon, 2:27 PM 3,200 Views 2 Comments

Check out the pagaentry of the world’s largest Carnival festival.

Not a test tube burger (File photo) Test tube burger This post contains a poll

‘Test tube’ hamburger could be served later this year

Mon, 1:57 PM 4,958 Views 37 Comments

At a cost of around €240,000…

Work Can Wait This post contains a poll

The burning question*: Self-service checkouts – evil or not?

Mon, 11:41 AM 6,616 Views 92 Comments

This and every Monday, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

A US research holds a vial with a fragment of rock from Apollo 11. Ireland's fragment of Apollo 11 rock has been missing since a fire in 1977. Astronomy

There’s a $5m lump of moon rock in a dump in Finglas

Mon, 9:59 AM 12,171 Views 28 Comments

An astronomer tells the BBC that a piece of rock collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts is sitting in a dump in North Dublin.

Sunday 19 February, 2012

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Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

Sun, 11:00 AM 6,613 Views 2 Comments

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

From TheJournal.ie Television

Third BBC drama to be filmed in Ireland

Sun, 9:15 AM 6,853 Views 15 Comments

UK television is to spend €13 million in Ireland in the first quarter of the year.

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Calm down, Serena! It’s the sporting tweets of the week

Sun, 9:00 AM 1,564 Views No Comments

This week, Serena Williams laughs a lot for no apparent reason, Andrew Trimble has a very important question he’d like someone to answer, and Iwan Thomas solves a mystery that has been baffling mankind for quite some time.

Saturday 18 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Reader Colum Lawlor sent in this snap from a little pond in Co Meath - we think it's an albino frog... Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

Sat, 7:46 PM 5,132 Views 5 Comments

Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

From TheJournal.ie In Numbers

Prime numbers: the week in stats

Sat, 6:59 PM 2,958 Views 3 Comments

Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…

Candles burn at a memorial at a memorial to Whitney Houston outside New Hope Baptist Church in Newark Whitney This post contains videos

LIVE STREAM: Family and friends gather for Whitney Houston funeral

Sat, 4:58 PM 3,672 Views 10 Comments

Attendance at the funeral of the 48-year-old is open only to family and friends – but the ceremony is being streamed online.

Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil plans one-time-only Oscars performance

Sat, 1:50 PM 2,339 Views 1 Comment

The three-minute performance will be a one-time-only performance, involving performers from 22 various worldwide shows.

From TheJournal.ie Penile cancer

Man suing NHS trust for ‘failure to diagnose penis cancer’

Sat, 1:43 PM 6,121 Views 17 Comments

A roofer says doctors should have diagnosed his condition while they were treating him for injuries received at work.

From The Score Extreme This post contains videos

WATCH: The world’s largest rope swing

Sat, 1:06 PM 1,004 Views 1 Comment

The ultimate adrenalin rush or a bladder-bothering exercise in pschological torture, depending on your persuasion.

From TheJournal.ie Week in Photos

The week in photos: Flash

Sat, 11:00 AM 4,062 Views No Comments

This is the week that was, in photos…

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  • File photo of the late comedian Frank Carson.
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