Category Current Affairs

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Arsenal, Chelsea & Leicester Deny Doping Claims

The Sunday Times published the article in which they claimed that London-based private doctor Mark Bonar prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs to over 150 British athletes including footballers.   Arsenal said they were “extremely disappointed” by the publication of the claims,…

Au Pair: the sequel!

Sign the petition to support Au Pairs in Ireland.   Do you remember the Spanish girl who sued her host family and obtained almost 10.000 euro back? Fine, from that moment the Au pair community has been talking about their…

Guns N’Roses Fire Again

Guns N’ Roses’ “classic” line-up played their first gig together in 23 years at LA’s Troubadour club on Friday night. It was the first time since july 1993 when the frontman Axl Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan have…

Good News

Regulator says strong growth in domestic demand will push GDP growth up to 5.1% this year.   The Central Bank has revised its growth forecast upwards for the Irish economy for 2016, and is now predicting growth of 5.1 per…

Big Problem

The research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and published in The Lancet, compared body mass index (BMI) among almost 20 million adult men and women from 1975 to 2014. It found obesity in men has tripled and more…

Conor McGregor gets welterweight rematch with Diaz

Flamboyant Irish featherweight Conor McGregor will get another chance to prove himself as a welterweight after being granted a rematch with Nate Diaz on the UFC 200 card in Las Vegas on July 9th. American Diaz (19-10) handed McGregor his…

Dublin Pride 2016

Organisers of this year’s LGBTQ Pride festival have announced the 2016 theme.   REBEL REBEL has been chosen as the 2016 theme which will see thousands of revellers flock to the capital to celebrate Dublin’s diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…

Who Works The Most ?

The answer is surprising and designed only for hard-working people that will read this whole whole article.   The economic crisis, highest perks for not doing anything. Laziest people and nice beaches ideal for rest. Although, you have to forget…