A RENOWNED Waterford self-defence tutor has advised against utilising moves seen in professional wrestling as part of an attempt to ward off muggers, even those that are categorically declared to be ‘the most electrifying move in sports entertainment’. “It’s very rare that you will incapacitate an assailant for long enough to kick his arm over… Read more »
PIPPING Coronation Street to the title of ‘Longest Running TV Show In The World’ by a full six months, The Angelus celebrates its 60th birthday this June; but just how much do you know about Ireland’s favourite bell-based piece of micro-content? “When RTÉ was launched, they knew they needed a flagship show that people were… Read more »
AS SOCIETY better learns how to confront and wrestle with exclusionary and insensitive content from a by-gone era as well as acknowledge the apathetic attitudes that allow for negative practices within powerful institutions to remain in place, the makers of cuddly cartoon Paw Patrol are also taking action. Taking their lead from the cancellation of… Read more »
IRELAND is playing host to a growing community of couples who consent to watching episodes of TV as they air terrestrially as opposed to just ploughing through them over a single weekend, WWN has learned. Couples such as Jim Harkin and his girlfriend Helen Burke from Waterford have just completed the third season of Killing… Read more »
CONTROVERSY was sparked among the significant portion of humanity who care about the ongoing drama centred around the Kardashian/Jenner clan, after fans were outraged by the jarring replacement of Khloe Kardashian with a completely new actress. While this isn’t the first time the relatable audience favourite has been replaced, fans of the Kardashians complained about… Read more »
AHEAD of Normal People actor Paul Mescal’s induction into the Irish Rides Hall of Fame scheduled for later this week, it may be the perfect time to finally come to terms with the fact your boyfriend isn’t Connell from the lauded book and critically acclaimed TV series. Okay, so when your boyfriend does his inarticulate… Read more »
IT PROVED to be a sex scene too far for the Sexual Repression Enforcement Unit of the Concerned Catholic Parents of Ireland, and so they were left with no choice but to call in the big guns. A penis – an Irish penis no less – had graced the screens of the National Pornography Broadcaster,… Read more »
AS its critical and commercial success continues, audiences across the world continue to be delighted with the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel ‘Normal People’, with the exception of some hardcore fans of the novel who have expressed disappointment at scenes that have not made the leap from page to screen. Producers have admitted… Read more »
THE search for missing Waterford girl Ursula Whelan continues into a second week after the 19-year-old vanished without a trace shortly after watching critically-acclaimed drama Normal People with parents Alice and Derek during ‘one of the ridier bits’. Speculation in the southeast has been rampant since the teenager’s disappearance and has ranged from the standard… Read more »
IN HIS first foray into the hugely competitive field of original erotic fiction, there’s some good stuff coming out of Dermot Bannon’s mighty pen but there’s definitely ‘room to improve’. Envisioned by Bannon as the first instalment in his ’50 Shades of Natural Light’ trilogy, ‘Decorate My Back Passage’ tells the tale of a charismatic… Read more »