Irish Eurovision contestant Bambie Thug reportedly cried after learning Israel had made the finals of the song contest. Thug, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, made the admission in a backstage interview in Malmo, Sweden on Friday night, per The Independent. A snippet of the interview was shared to X, showing Thug wearing a … Read more
This is not your grandmother’s bingo. Bongo Bingo — a game night that features rave music, dance-offs, confetti and wacky prizes — is one of the city’s most winning new parties. “It’s just so random and weird and fun,” said Dara Pollak, 39, a content creator who attended the most recent Bongo Bingo, held Thursday … Read more
Kylie Kelce told her husband, former Eagles center Jason Kelce, to “sleep with one eye open” after he was responsible for the now-viral video that showed her Irish step dancing at a bar in Philadelphia over St. Patrick’s Day weekend this month. In the third edition of her new TikTok series, “Places Kylie has no … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick’s Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New York. The holiday commemorates Ireland’s patron saint and was … Read more
If you’ve ever dreamed that you’re an aristocrat languishing in your silk stockings, enjoying the ennui in your country pile, you’ve dreamed of Ashford Castle, an 800-year-old manor in County Mayo. It sits grandly on 350 vivid green acres, overlooking Lough Corrib, which empties into Galway Bay in the west of Ireland. Its turrets date … Read more
“Irish Wish,” Lindsay Lohan’s latest romantic comedy for Netflix, is a four-leaf clunker. movie review IRISH WISH Running time: 93 minutes. Rated: G. On Netflix. While the film is a modicum better than the actress’ “Falling For Christmas” last year — such a punishing world, this is — the improvement is also a knock against … Read more
Sabrina Carpenter may already be dating an Irish hunk: The actress and singer attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party with the Irish actor Barry Keoghan last Sunday, adding fuel to rumors of their romantic involvement. But any feelings Ms. Carpenter may have for Mr. Keoghan did not stop her from saying she had eyes for … Read more
But the Library of Congress is the keeper of American memory. Its immense collection contains more than 178 million books, manuscripts, recordings, maps, photographs and moving images — including a two-minute trace of “The Callahans and the Murphys.” Would I like to see it? So deeper I fell, until finally bottoming out in the foothills … Read more
Lindsay Lohan’s well-loved early comedies involve her playing characters pretending to be someone else: think of the chaotic swaps of “The Parent Trap” and “Freaky Friday,” or the social climbing of “Mean Girls.” In “Irish Wish,” Lohan takes up another character who’s role-playing in her own life: Maddie, a diligent book editor who suddenly finds … Read more
He turned back the clock on inflight entertainment. A Ryanair flight resembled a folk concert at 30,000 feet after an Irish musician whipped out his fiddle and started playing to the delight of fellow passengers as seen in a viral video. “I think it really shortened the flight for us all,” said cameraman Danny Walters … Read more
He’s getting another shot. An Irish pub has officially lifted its quarter-century ban on Oscar-nominated actor Colin Farrell — just in time for next month’s awards show. He was barred from MacCarthy’s Bar in Cork in 1997 for his “outrageous” antics when he was just entering his 20s. Adrienne MacCarthy revealed she threw the actor, … Read more
Hay Fellas! The 2023 edition of the Irish Farmer calendar has been unveiled as have lots of bare chests across the Emerald Isle, including Gaelic hunks from Offaly, Mayo, Dublin, Wicklow, and Kilkenny. Labeled “Agri porn” by Irish television’s Ryan Tubridy, the calendar isn’t just a monthly parade of chiseled abs and cheekbones. “They are … Read more