Boom!
# boom - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Katherine Jenkins owns the Daily Mail after unkind marathon article
World says, ‘You go Glen Coco.’
# boom - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
420 apartments up for sale for €70 million in Dublin city
The apartments are up for sale after receivers were brought in.
# boom - Friday 5 April, 2013
Doug Anderson is very good at dunking a basketball
And that’s why he was crowned the college basketball slam Dunk champion on Thursday.
# boom - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Just a 360 degree dunk, no biggie
Tennessee’s Jordan McRae pulls off a spectacular dunk.
# boom - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
VIDEO: Check out this golazo from… Djimi Traoré?
Djimi’s winning matches.
# boom - Friday 15 February, 2013
Planning applications down 17 per cent as construction remains in doldrums
Donegal was the only county which saw an increase in planning applications in 2012.
# boom - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Being 5’5″ tall doesn’t stop Porter Maberry from making massive dunks
Billed as the shortest professional dunker in the world, Porter Mayberry defies gravity.
# boom - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Graphs: Here’s how car-crazy Ireland was in 2000
Figures compiled by the All-Ireland Research Observatory show just how much car sales in Ireland spiked (especially in 2000) – but how they fell sharply in the crash.
# boom - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Kablomow! Here’s an early contender for sports picture of 2013
Check out the violent hit that knocked a college player’s helmet off.
# boom - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
VIDEO: Victor Dukes’ incredible dunk
We’re convinced this high school basketball player has defied the laws of gravity.
# boom - Friday 14 December, 2012
Germany sees property boom as people seek security
House prices are booming as people seek stability as a consequence of the European debt crisis.
# boom - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Live grenade from the Civil War found at recycling centre in Clare
An Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the live grenade.
# boom - Monday 26 November, 2012
Residential property prices fell by 8.1% from January to October
The CSO’s Residential Property Price Index shows property prices fell nationally by 0.6 per cent in the month of October.
# boom - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
VIDEO: Jason Robinson scores an incredible 360 degree dunk
The Philadelphia 76er returned from injury in style against the Bucks.
# boom - Monday 12 November, 2012
VIDEO: Watch this crazy volleyball spike take out a player and drop a fan too
One ball. Two faceplants.
# boom - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
Property prices continue to rise in September
However CSO data shows house prices in the capital are 55 per cent lower than at the peak of the boom in 2007.
# boom - Monday 22 October, 2012
VIDEO: Ugly scenes as exploding flare is thrown at injured player in Cyprus
The club is using video footage to try and track down the fan that threw the object. Watch…
# boom - Sunday 30 September, 2012
At last: Long-awaited register of property prices in Ireland is here
Propertypriceregister.ie, which provides detailed information on residential property prices in Ireland, was launched this afternoon.
# boom - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Jones successfully defends title at UFC 152
Demetrious Johnson also crowned the UFC’s first flyweight champion on an action packed night.
# boom - Thursday 20 September, 2012
VIDEO: Someone in Iran threw a grenade on a football pitch JUST before it blew up
One player bent down to pick up the grenade and throw it off the field and it went off just seconds after he let go.
# boom - Sunday 16 September, 2012
VIDEO: Dean Greyling given two-week ban for flying forearm
The Springbok prop leapt over a ruck to smash the jaw of Richie McCaw.
# boom - Saturday 11 August, 2012
London 2012: Is this the quote of the Games?
We just love the honesty of USA’s 17-year-old boxing champion.
# boom - Monday 6 August, 2012
Boomtime: 9 Celtic Tiger ads you won’t see these days…
100 per cent mortgages, chandeliers for the utility room: the bubble-era ads that enticed us to buy, buy, buy (on the never-never).
# boom - Saturday 28 July, 2012
PHOTOS: Ireland’s unemployed construction workers
Photographer Stephen Doyle set out to capture the young men who worked during the boom, and are now struggling.
# boom - Thursday 31 May, 2012
VIDEO: Pitch invader gets laid out by Maryland’s finest
Remember your mother told you not to take off your trousers and run onto the pitch? This is why.
# boom - Sunday 27 May, 2012
# boom - Sunday 22 April, 2012
The Redzone: How the NFL Draft works
Steven O’Rourke guides us through the ins and outs of an American tradition.
# boom - Wednesday 18 April, 2012
NHL: Blackhawks have their wings clipped by Coyotes
Close encounters are the order of the day as round one of the playoffs draw to a close.
# boom - Monday 16 April, 2012
Ennis: “Some of the most senseless zoning excesses of Celtic Tiger”
Co Clare farmer sold 48 acres for €18.8m – but it was located on a flood plain. But Ennis wasn’t the only place where there were attempts to build on floodplains…
# boom - Saturday 7 April, 2012
Uncaged: Meet your local MMA fighter…
One of MMA’s brightest prospects lives just around the corner.
# boom - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Real sale prices of houses to be published – Shatter
The Minister for Justice has announced a new property regulatory body which will provide more transparency to the property market.
# boom - Saturday 24 March, 2012
Un-caged: Sweeping through the divisions
The UFC’s smaller men prove they’re just as heavy hitting as the big boys.
# boom - Friday 23 March, 2012
Gary Wilson said: Irish wicketkeeper upbeat ahead of qualification showdown
Ireland star speaks to TheScore.ie ahead of crucial Namibia clash tomorrow morning.
# boom - Monday 5 March, 2012
New Orleans Saints paid players bonuses to knock out opponents
Big-money bounty programme has been discovered by NFL investigators.
# boom - Sunday 4 March, 2012
So what exactly were Fianna Fáil apologising for?
Party leader Micheál Martin has given details – and said he didn’t meet Bertie Ahern at yesterday’s ard fheis.
# boom - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
WATCH: Sonny Bill wins with first round KO
After just five pro fights, the New Zealand heavyweight belt belongs to an All Black.
# boom - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
WATCH: Blake Griffin delivers an early dunk-of-the-year candidate
Ooof! You’ve got to feel sorry for the other guy, right?
# boom - Sunday 29 January, 2012
In pictures: Unlock NAMA occupation of building in Dublin city centre
The campaign yesterday took over a building in Dublin’s city centre which they said was owned by NAMA. Here’s the best photographs from what happened.
# boom - Saturday 28 January, 2012
Protesters take over NAMA-owned building and open it to the public
The Unlock NAMA group has taken over a building in Dublin’s city centre this morning – and plans to open more of NAMA’s buildings to the public.
# boom - Sunday 22 January, 2012
Heineken Cup: Irish derby tops quarter-final billing
One thing’s for sure: all three Irish sides won’t be progressing to the semi-finals.






















































