Only England could have produced Grayson Perry. He is a potter and Turner Prize winner who grew up in both financial and emotional poverty — he was not too fond of his mother — and was recently knighted. This is a long way of saying that Grayson Perry was made for television. e has a…
Katie Price has said there was “no excuse” for crashing her car in 2021 and she was “just thankful” that no-one was hurt in the incident. he former glamour model, 44, said she had hit “rock bottom” in the aftermath of the crash, but now has aspirations to come back “bigger and better”. In September…
Jack McCarron has been granted a transfer from his Monaghan club Currin to Scotstown by the county’s Competitions Controls Committee (CCC). urrin have received official notification of the decision in recent days, but are now planning to challenge it at a hearing. Monaghan CCC are understood to have granted the transfer on the basis of…
Residents living in East Wall are calling for an end to anti-refugee protests after another night of rush-hour disruption for motorists. crowd of protesters gathered outside the old ESB building in East Wall around 5pm yesterday, blocking the road and leading to the temporary closure of the Port Tunnel. Cars and buses stood at a standstill…
Paul Mescal has revealed his obsession with the chicken wings from Dublin restaurant Elephant and Castle, saying he would even consider naming his first born after them. he Oscar nominee and Normal People star spoke about his first visits to Dublin and enjoying “the perfect chicken wing”. Speaking to the Off Menu podcast, hosted by…
There are approximately 64,000 people with dementia in Ireland, around 2,100 of them in Wexford. The latest projections are that these figures will more than double in the next 20 years with an estimated 150,000 diagnoses nationwide by the year 2045. There is no known cause of the condition, no cure, and anyone can get…
A PANEL beater caught driving without insurance on three occasions had been afraid to come to court because he feared being jailed, a court has heard. andris Vevers (36) lived in his car for some time after he was made homeless, and he had no money to pay for insurance, his solicitor said. Defence solicitor…
ALMOST exactly 28 years ago, on February 15, Dublin native Gerard White, or Tony as he was known to those closest to him, was preparing for a night out with his family. hile waiting to finalise the purchase of a new family home in Crumlin, the 37 year-old had decided to take his wife Alice, their…
The number of new homes completed last year was just under 30,000 new figures from the central Statistics Office (CSO) show. The tally is up 45pc on the previous year and well up on the number of homes built before the pandemic. t includes a very big increase in the number of apartments completed – which…
Tottenham’s FA Cup-winning captain Gary Mabbutt believes Antonio Conte has set his sights on becoming the man to end the club’s trophy drought. abbutt captained Spurs to FA Cup success in 1991, the last time they won English’s football oldest cup competition. Tottenham have only won silverware twice during the past 30 years despite turning…