THE excitement for Pope Francis’ Popefest 2k18 tour to Ireland is hotting up, with millions of screaming Catholics crashing the Ticketmaster website just seconds after tickets for His Holiness’s Phoenix Park date went online. While there’s no doubt that the Pontiff will put on an incredible show for the million-or-so expected spectators, organisers have started to… Read more »
IRELAND’S national broadcaster RTE has announced some major changes to the popular soap opera Fair City today, following news that the production was to be relocated as part of its decision to sell 8.64 acres of land for €107.5m to Cairn Homes. A total of 220 people who currently work on the program were offered a significant… Read more »
IT’S almost upon us – the superhero movie to end all superhero movies, the culmination of over a decade of universe building… Marvel Studio’s Avengers: Infinity War, the third chapter in the long-running team-up saga that has changed the face of blockbuster cinema as we know it. But who all is togging out for the… Read more »
FOR a second consecutive week a local Waterford couple have against all odds found themselves sitting through an entire episode of Dancing With The Stars, WWN has learned. Heather Baffin and Peter Gilly, both 32, have previously expressed their outright dislike of entertainment programmes featuring dancing and celebrities, however, despite this fact and the ready… Read more »
U2 REARMAN Larry Mullen has kicked off legal proceedings against a number of construction firms regarding a development beside his north county Dublin home, in what is expected to be a steady, driving lawsuit which will fail to excite but serve its purpose perfectly well. Mullen, 56, clicked his drumstick together four times before hitting… Read more »
THERE was a time when kids wanted to grow up to be movie stars and pop singers… but not anymore. After a generation switched their dreams of Hollywood fame for the more achievable heights of reality TV, we move now into the landscape of online ‘clout’, specifically, YouTube stardom. And hey, who are we to… Read more »
DESPITE usually knowing better than to fall for such things, the Irish public has fallen into RTÉ’s tried and trusted ‘controversial guest’ trap by becoming engaged and enraged by the news that former White House press secretary Sean Spicer will appear on the station’s Late Late Show this Friday. The collective blood pressure of a… Read more »
THE news that British broadcaster Channel 5 has started its broadcast of an all-female Celebrity Big Brother was greeted with intrigue by the television viewing public, hoping against hope that the seemingly feminist slant on the reality TV heavyweight might at least contain within it one or two sexy women worth a go in the… Read more »
POKEMON trading cards have hit a record high of €15,000 following a lengthy Christmas rally, proving the sceptics of the children currency wrong. The laminated pieces of cardboard, depicting a various array of characters, surged past rival currency Bitcoin this morning, taking the top spot for the world’s most expensive currency, making millions of children… Read more »
