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 We all have a pal with notions – you know the one.

Whether they have a 'dietary requirement' that isn't quite legit, opt for yoga retreats as holidays, wear wide-brimmed, flappy, unnecessary hats that are totally ill-equip for the Irish weather, and drink their soy-coconut flat whites with their pinky in the air, their notions are part of who they are, and you love them for it. 

Even if you really think that their beetroot crisps are mank and you'd rather buy ten tops in Penneys over one 'staple piece' from Reformation. 

Here are a few (silk) stocking stuffers for your pal who thinks facials are better than an thick nightly coat of Sudacreme: 

 Glossier rose facial water €16.00

The Coveteur Book €29.00

Pippa Collection planner €45.00

O.P.I Nail Lacquer €8.10

 SkinnyDip London passport cover €7.00

Designist DIY Gin kit €30.00

Faux fur scarf €28.38

Charlotte Tillbury lipstick in Pillowtalk €32.00

Reggipetto Bralette €40.00

Glendalough Wild Winter Botanical Gin 700ml €47.50

Mario Badescu Cucumber Make Up Remover Cream €10.20

Cashmere beanie hat €49.00

Riedel Vinum Brandy Snifter €55.00

Heartbreaker beret €20.00

COS handbag €69.00

3fe Christmas Blend €10.00

River Island Multi Layer Puff Sleeve Shirt €51.35 

SkinnyDip London Hip Flask €11.76

& Other Stories Radiance Cream €23.00

Dollard & Co gift hamper – Price Varies

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While the rest of the Kardashian clan is surrounded by pregnancy rumours galore, Kim Kardashian West decided to give her fans a little Thanksgiving treat.

Yesterday the reality star shared an adorable video with her Twitter 57.2M Twitter followers, which shows five-year-old Kim in a Thanksgiving performance.

The clip may have only been 15 seconds long, but we we're loving the insight into the reality TV queen's childhood. 

'Kimberley, you did such a good job,' her late father, attorney Robert Kardashian, said in the clip.  

'You held a flag up there beautifully, didn’t you.'

This is making us pretty nostalgic for our own home videos. 

Kim is a big fan of throwback pictures.

She recently shared an adorable pic of her and sister Kourtney Kardashian from back in the day, joking, 'I was always her annoying younger sister who copied everything she did!'

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At least 184 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in the North Sinai province of Egypt.

A further 125 people have been reported injured. 

The casualties occurred in an explosion at an al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed. 

After the explosion went off, worshippers fled the building, only to be met by waiting gunmen who opening fire on the panicked crowds. 

Witnesses at the scene said that men in four off-road vehicles opened fire on worshipers during Friday prayers, according to AP.

It is not yet confirmed who was behind the attack. 

'They were shooting at people as they left the mosque,' a local told Reuters.

'They were shooting at the ambulances too.'

We will bring you more on this story as we have it. 

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If we weren't broke from Black Friday deals already, this is certainly going to get us there.

Zara is throwing a huge 50pc off sale in honour of the shopping mega-event, and we simply had to have a little browse through their virtual sale racks. 

Check out our top 20 picks:

 Mini dress €7.95

Leather boots €39.95

Draped blouse €9.95

Fur-pocketed coat €39.95

 Mesh insert jeans €19.95

Blue runners €12.95

Dress €19.95

Vinyl jacket €29.95

 High neck top €19.95

Grey dress €24.95

Denim jacket €34.95

Boots €19.95

 Grey blouse €24.95

Long-line coat €64.50

Boots €39.95

Dress €19.95

Navy dress €19.95

Faux shearling jacket €44.95

Blue shirt €19.95

Waterproof puffer coat €24.95

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Just days before facing allegations of sexual harassment, Al Porter spoke to Hot Press about his thoughts on the sexual assault accusations pouring out of Hollywood at an alarming rate. 

The comedian is facing claims of sexual harassment, groping and misconduct from four fellow comedians.

Speaking exclusively to Hot Press, Porter described the Weinstein scandal as being a 'watershed moment culturally where what is seen as decent and acceptable behaviour is going to change.'

 

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The comedian condemned the actions of abusers, and said that from this point onwards, many people would be drastically changing their behaviour. 

'I don’t care how provocatively a woman dresses, or how late at night she arranged to have a business meeting with you,' he said when asked about consent. 

'Or whether it was in your hotel room or not. If you’re grabbing her and she doesn’t want it, you’re in the wrong,' he told the music mag

Porter, who has been accused of groping a number of men, went on to say:

'I would hate to tar a comedian with that brush, but it is my experience that if you are in a gay bar, if I had a euro for every time I was grabbed or pulled or somebody laid a kiss on me and I wasn’t expecting it at all.'

'That kinda thing happens for right or wrong,' he told Hot Press.

Porter has apologised for his behaviour, and has resigned from his radio show on Today FM.

'While my conduct, which had been in keeping with my flamboyant and outrageous public persona may be regarded as offensive and unacceptable by many people, I at no time intended to upset anyone.'

'I sincerely apologise to anyone I may have genuinely offended.'

Porter has since been dropped from this year's pantomime, Polly and The Beanstalk. 

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Oscar Pistorius has had his prison sentence more than doubled by a South African appeals court.

The Paralympic athlete shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead on Valentines Day of 2013, and is currently serving six years for her murder. 

The court by a unanimous decision, found his original sentence to be 'inappropriate.' 

His prison term has been increased from six years to 13 years and five months.

The family of Reeva Steenkamp welcomed the court's decision.

'This is an emotional thing for them' Tania Koen, a spokeswoman for the Steenkamp family told The Guardian.

'They just feel that their trust in the justice system has been confirmed this morning.'

Pistorius maintains his claims that he believed Reeva Steenkamp was an intruder in his home when he shot her. 

Cape Town native Steenkamp was 29-years-old when she was killed. 

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Black Friday is officially upon us, and while we're dying to snap up every little bargain, what we really want to nab is an epic staple piece to see us through winter. 

Winter boots are one item we like to splurge on every year, so if we can get our wear-with-everything boots at a discount, that's what we'll be doing.

Herr are 10 pairs of boots to suit everyone's styles, all for a fraction of the price. 

Lost Ink Red Vinyl Ankle Boots €48.00 (20% off), PrettyLittleThing Biker Boots €16.84 (50% off), ASOS floral boots €45.40 (20% off)

PrettyLittleThing Silver boots €17.96 (50% off) ASOS Chunky booties €37.84

 River Island black boots €48.00(20% off) Missguided red circle buckle ankle boots €30.00 (50% off) River Island sock boots €78.00 (20% off)

Missguided black studded ankle boots €27.00 (50% off) KG By Kurt Geiger Ride Snake Print Ankle Boots €182.69 (20% off)

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She’s been busy hosting the MTV European Music Awards and focusing on her thriving pop career.

At the age of 26, Rita Ora isn’t planning on settling down anytime soon.

During an appearance on Australian show Sunrise, the 26-year-old revealed that she has made one very serious life decision.

The Anywhere singer shared that she has frozen her eggs.

Her doctors believed that it was the right thing to do as the former The Voice UK coach is healthier than ever before.

She revealed, 'He said you are healthy now and it would be great, why not put them away and then you never have to worry about it again.'

Rita admitted that she trusts his judgement as he has been her family doctor for a very long time.

 

From the sofa, to the car, to the @mtvema red carpet 

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The chart-topper has always wanted to have a big family, but she’s not ready for motherhood just yet.

She understands that she is quite young to freeze her eggs. The average age of women who freeze their eggs is 35.

'I’m 26. I know some people may be like, ‘that’s so young,’' said the America’s Next Top Model presenter.

Rita acknowledged the fact that people might think she’s over-reacting, but she believes that freezing her eggs was the best thing to do. She stated, 'I just wanted to be safe.'

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Jack Maynard has utilised his massive YouTube following to put out a new video addressing the offensive tweets which caused him to be booted off I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here earlier this week. 

His first upload since returning from the jungle, the 4-and-a-half minute long video is currently trending on YouTube, with almost 1 million views in 24 hours. 

The vlogger (and brother to singer Conor Maynard, don't you know) left the show and jetted out of Australia after facing criticism for a number of tweets he made previously. 

 

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The tweets were seen as racist and homophobic as they contained both the N-word and the word fa****.

'I've tweeted some bad things, some horrible things, some pretty disgusting things that I'm just ashamed of,' he said to his 1.2 million followers. 

'This is such a hard video, I've never wanted to have to make anything like this, I never wanted to feel like I've let you guys down so much, with something so careless and inconsiderate to other people.'

 

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Jack argued that his age and immaturity was the cause of the Tweets, and said that he is truly remorseful for the language he used at the time. 

'I was young I was careless, I just wasn't thinking, this was back when I had just left school and I didn't know what I was doing.'

'Like a lot of you growing up I was all over social media, my entire life is on social media, I've grown an amazing following,' he continued.

'Social media has led to be my entire job, my work is this online and everything that comes with it and I've messed up, I've been really stupid in the past.'

 

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'Growing up online is hard, all I can do is beg and encourage that you guys don't make the same mistake as well,' he concluded. 

'Don't put anything online you wouldn't say to your mum.'

The apology has been met with a mixed response from viewers, with some accepting the excuse of youth and naivety, while others feel the language was unacceptable regardless of age.

Check it out for yourslef:

 

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Miley Cyrus took to her Instagram last night to put to bed some rumours which have been plaguing her social media streams. 

The Malibu singer recently posted a snap of herself preparing for her birthday, in which she posed in front of some balloons donning an oversized t-shirt.

The snap sent fans into a frenzy as they speculated that the star was pregnant. 

 

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However, Miley took to her Instagram story to clarify a few things. 

Letting down the pregnancy hopefuls, she confirmed that the little tummy displayed in the picture was in fact a food baby. 

'Not pregnant, just eating a s*** ton of Tofurky… RUDE!!!' she said.

 

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Miley had even mentioned in the post caption that she had been partaking in some hearty healthy eating that day. 

Now, if only Kylie Jenner would answer her own pregnancy rumours so quickly…

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Taylor Swift fans, prepare to freak out.

The country-turned-pop starlet is taking her Reputation tour to the Emerald Isle.

Sure to be peppered with snake symbolism and narrative exclusion, Tay will be performing at Dublin's Croke Park.

Playing to a capacity of 73,500, the star will be here for one night only on June 15, 2018.

With absolute bangers like Look What You Made Me Do, Gorgeous, and Are You Ready For It? being hugely successful in the Irish charts, her Reputation tour is sure to sell out fast.

Tickets are on sale next Friday, December 1, at 9am.

 

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However, Subscribers of TaylorSwift.com will have access to tickets in advance from Wednesday November 29.

Happy ticket hunting.

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Merry Black Friday to all you gorgeous ladies! 

Today is THE day to get your pesky Christmas shopping done, if you feel like being really prepared. 

Anyway, without further adieu – here are all the amazing deals and codes you need for this special, special day. 

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Topshop: Up to 50% off selected items. 

ASOS: 20% off with code WIN20.

Zara: Up to 50% off.

Brown Thomas: 20% almost everything in store and online. 

AllSaints: 30% off everything. 

Debenhams: Up to 50% selected items. 

Missguided: 50% off everything with code CYBER50.

iClothing: Up to 70% off across the site.

Mango Outlet: 70% everything.

Argos: 25% off furniture with code FURN25.

Beauty Skincare – 10 per cent off with discount code: BLACKFRIDAY

River Island: up to 40% off a selected range

Inglot – Up to 20 per cent off selected sets in store and online Monday 20 – Sunday 26

Spotlight Whitening – 25 per cent off all products and a FREE gift when you spend over €50.

Beauty Features – 15 per cent off with discount code: BLACKFRIDAY.

Debenhams – 50 per cent off all Women's Mantaray Clothing

Debenhams – 50 per cent off selected women's boots

De Bláca jewllery – 40 per cent off entire orders using code: Blackfriday

Gym Coffee – Buy a hoodie, get a beanie free

Morrison Hotel – Special offers available Wednesday 22 – Monday 27 November

The Helix Pantomine – Tickets €14 with code: BLACKFRIDAY

Ryanair – Special offers all week.

The Beast Dublin – Buy two tickets get one free.

Beauty Bay: Up to 30% off

Cult Beauty: Free shipping on all orders over £15

Look Fantastic: 12% off on a selected range with code ZEIT

Amazon: up to 70% off site wide. 

UGG: 30% selected styles.

Boohoo: 30% off everything with code BOOM. 

New Look: 25% off everything. 

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