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‘DON’T UTTER MY F***ING NAME’: McGregor swigs stout, puts his feet up and launches X-rated 16-minute Glasgow rant – so is Conor OK?HIJACKED: Hackers can seize your electric car and tamper with pacemakers – and Ireland is under attack ‘almost daily’STRIKE OFF: 3.30am deal hands over 400,000 public servants a 10.75% pay rise – here’s when the money could landACCIO SEASON 2! Harry Potter fans could be back at Hogwarts by JUNE 2027 as HBO set to announce date, source claimsPOST EARLY: An Post reveals last posting dates for Christmas 2026 – and the US deadline is just weeks awayBLACKOUT WARNINGS: What an EirGrid alert really means this winter – and exactly what to do if your power goesSCHOOL BOMB THREATS: Hundreds of Irish schools hit by hoax emails – what gardaí advise and what parents should doTWO MINUTES’ SILENCE FOR CARRICK: Man United ready to sack boss as club makes BIG push for PochettinoWILL SANTA COME DOWN A DARK CHIMNEY? What a Christmas power cut would mean for your home – and how to keep the lights onCLAUDE vs CHATGPT: Both cost $20 a month – but one gives you far more for your money‘DON’T UTTER MY F***ING NAME’: McGregor swigs stout, puts his feet up and launches X-rated 16-minute Glasgow rant – so is Conor OK?HIJACKED: Hackers can seize your electric car and tamper with pacemakers – and Ireland is under attack ‘almost daily’STRIKE OFF: 3.30am deal hands over 400,000 public servants a 10.75% pay rise – here’s when the money could landACCIO SEASON 2! Harry Potter fans could be back at Hogwarts by JUNE 2027 as HBO set to announce date, source claimsPOST EARLY: An Post reveals last posting dates for Christmas 2026 – and the US deadline is just weeks awayBLACKOUT WARNINGS: What an EirGrid alert really means this winter – and exactly what to do if your power goesSCHOOL BOMB THREATS: Hundreds of Irish schools hit by hoax emails – what gardaí advise and what parents should doTWO MINUTES’ SILENCE FOR CARRICK: Man United ready to sack boss as club makes BIG push for PochettinoWILL SANTA COME DOWN A DARK CHIMNEY? What a Christmas power cut would mean for your home – and how to keep the lights onCLAUDE vs CHATGPT: Both cost $20 a month – but one gives you far more for your money
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HIJACKED: Hackers can seize your electric car and tamper with pacemakers – and Ireland is under attack ‘almost daily’
Hackers have remotely steered a Nissan Leaf, unlocked Kias with a number plate and forced fixes to 465,000 pacemakers. With Ireland hit by near-daily cyber attacks, here's what's possible and how to protect yourself.
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TWO MINUTES’ SILENCE FOR CARRICK: Man United ready to sack boss as club makes BIG push for Pochettino
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ARE DORITOS MAKING YOU DUMBER? Scientists link one packet of crisps a day to a drop in focus – and here’s what’s really in the bag
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HIJACKED: Hackers can seize your electric car and tamper with pacemakers – and Ireland is under attack ‘almost daily’
Hackers have remotely steered a Nissan Leaf, unlocked Kias with a number plate and forced fixes to 465,000 pacemakers. With Ireland hit by near-daily cyber attacks, here's what's possible and how to protect yourself.
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BREAKING: Little Britain star David Walliams accused of preying on girls as young as 15 – as BBC pulls show and he insists ‘I am not a sexual predator’
A Guardian and ITV News investigation accuses Little Britain star David Walliams of pursuing teenage girls and young women for sex. He denies any wrongdoing.
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‘DON’T UTTER MY F***ING NAME’: McGregor swigs stout, puts his feet up and launches X-rated 16-minute Glasgow rant – so is Conor OK?
Conor McGregor drank his own stout and ranted for 16 minutes at BKFC's Glasgow press conference, demanding a Holloway trilogy. After a brutal 2026, is Conor OK?
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ACCIO SEASON 2! Harry Potter fans could be back at Hogwarts by JUNE 2027 as HBO set to announce date, source claims
HBO is set to announce a June 2027 release for season 2 of its Harry Potter series, a source has told Connemara Journal. HBO has not confirmed a date.
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More Your Money →WILL SANTA COME DOWN A DARK CHIMNEY? What a Christmas power cut would mean for your home – and how to keep the lights on
Storm Éowyn left 768,000 Irish homes, farms and businesses in the dark. Here's what a Christmas power cut would mean, and how renters, apartments and caravans can keep the lights on.
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SCHOOL BOMB THREATS: Hundreds of Irish schools hit by hoax emails – what gardaí advise and what parents should do
Hundreds of Irish schools got a hoax bomb threat email on 11 November. What gardaí advise, how schools respond, and how to talk to kids about it.
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FACTORY BOOM: Irish manufacturers hire at fastest pace in three months, but rising energy and fuel bills are being passed on
The AIB manufacturing PMI dipped slightly to 55.2 in October but new orders surged, while input cost inflation hit its highest level since June.
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More Tech →CLAUDE vs CHATGPT: Both cost $20 a month – but one gives you far more for your money
Claude and ChatGPT both charge $20 a month for their main plan. We compare prices, free plans and features to find which gives you more for your money.
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More Health →ARE DORITOS MAKING YOU DUMBER? Scientists link one packet of crisps a day to a drop in focus – and here’s what’s really in the bag
A 2026 study linked the equivalent of one extra packet of crisps a day to worse focus and higher dementia risk. What the science says, and what's in Doritos.
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BEE THE CHANGE: Galway students want YOU to help save Ireland’s native bees – with honey tasting and a smart TV up for grabs
ATU Galway MSc students host free 'Bee the Change' event on 27 November at the Dublin Road campus Open Day, with honey tasting and a wildflower game.
