29 memories of primary school that every Irish person has

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Jul 14, 2014

1. “An Bhfuil Cead Agam Dul Go Dtí An Leithreas?”
Most important phrase of your childhood.

2. “Téigh A Choladh”
And this was the extent of your knowledge of the Irish language by the time you left primary school.

3. Calling Your Teacher Mammy/Daddy
The single most embarrassing thing that could happen to you at this age.

4. Nearly Dislocating Your Arm Trying To Get Picked
And making yourself as small as possible when you didn’t.

5. Fingers On Lips
Your teacher usually blackmailed the class into being quiet by threatening to cancel P.E. or something similar if you weren’t quiet.

6. Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh Cards
Two of the biggest crazes that people born in the 90s lived through.

7. Terrible School Tours
Usually to some really boring local information centre or museum.

8. And Then The One Good One At The End Of The Year
Wooooo!

9. Forcing Your Parents To Sit Through Terrible Christmas Plays
You spent months preparing for these plays, memorising lines and preparing costumes. But if you think back to them, just imagine how bad they must’ve looked.

10. Getting To Wear Your Own Clothes On The Last Day Before Christmas
Obviously this only applies to schools that had a uniform.

11. Elastic Ties
Again only for those with uniforms, Mammies everywhere would be horrified when you broke it using it as a missile.

12. Everyone Getting A Selection Box For Secret Santa
Boring and all as it was to give as a present, it was exactly what we wanted every year.

13. And The Teacher Having Back-Ups For The Kids Who Inevitably Forgot To Bring Theirs In
Teachers were effectively just our parents from 9 to 3, so this is no surprise.

14. Spelling Tests
Those were the days, when all that was required to pass a test was to know how to spell 20 words, and make sure all of the letters you wrote were facing the right way.

15. Insisting That Your Artwork Be Put On The Fridge At Home
A litre of PVA glue went into making that masterpiece, there’s no way you’re letting that go to waste.

16. Not Being Allowed To Swap Food At Lunch
Because who knows what any student was allergic to. Or maybe it was something to do with hygiene.

17. The Foot And Mouth Scare
Memories of dipping your shoes into buckets…

18. Gold Stars EVERYWHERE
Get 10/10 in your spelling test? Gold star. Answer a question right? Gold star. Téigh a choladh the fastest? You guessed it, gold star. Teachers spent and continue to spend thousands of euro every year on gold stars.

19. Sports Day
More competitive than the Olympics.

20. The Kid With The Smelly Lunch
Very very smelly. You always empathized with the person sitting next to them.

21. Tara & Ben/Alive-O/Letter Land
Some of the great books that were part of the primary school experience for most people.

22. Injections
The only benefit to getting injections was that you got some sort of chocolate bar or sweets to keep you quiet.

23. Practising To Receive Your First Holy Communion With Chocolate Buttons
Or practising with wafers, if your school was mean.

24. Getting Ridiculously Excited When You Got Picked To Bring Something To The Office
Most of the arm dislocations happened when the teacher asked for a ‘helper,’ which could be to do anything from cleaning the blackboard to bringing something to another classroom, or the office, as outlined above.

25. When The TV Trolley Was Wheeled Into Class
With projectors in every classroom and broadband internet, primary school children of today will never experience this excitement.

26. Being Really Embarrassed At Sex Ed
The uncontrollable laughter made it impossible for the teacher to do much work. Not that it mattered, most people had the gist of how things worked down there by this stage.

27. Circle Time!
Moving the desks against the walls, rearranging the chairs, someone usually started messing during all of this activity and ended up not being allowed to take part.

28. No Homework On Fridays
The single biggest shock when you entered secondary school is that you had to do work over the weekend.

29. No Homework On Birthdays
And it was so annoying when your birthday fell on the weekend, or during the summer. Especially considering no one had any sympathy for you.

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This hilarious photo of Jared Leto has gone viral

Celebrity

Jul 14, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Oh, this is too funny.

What happens when you are famous and upload a really funny photo of yourself on to the internet?

It turns into a meme, of course!

That is exactly what happened to Jared Leto when he uploaded a photo of himself hugging a tree to his Instagram account earlier this month.

Since then, the photo has been around the world – literally!

Jared can now be seen, thanks to photoshop, clinging onto Angelina Jolie’s famous leg, Barack Obama’s face and the Empire State Building.

The actor clearly loves the meme as he has posted three of the photoshopped images to his Instagram account.

10 fictional schools we all wish we could have attended

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Jul 14, 2014

by Amber Saunders

It’s not just Hogwart’s that gives you a pang of jealousy when you remember your own secondary school, but many others too! Though mostly Hogwart’s…

Here are some other fictional schools we would love to have gone to!

1. St. Trinian’s

This is the ultimate school for bad girls; whether you watched one of the original five, the two reboots or read the original books, you’d know that this isn’t the usual English boarding school. The girls smoked, drank and gambled, while the principal bitched at them. Yeah, sounds about right!

2. Sunnydale High School

Sure, the place was rife with vampires and other demonic hellspawn, but Buffy was there and you could watch her kick ass like nobody’s business. You could go to school with Willow and Xander, and maybe just join their clique. Plus, Giles was just the best mentor ever.

3. Bayside High School

Saved By The Bell was a staple of nineties’ teen comedies, and why did you want to go there? Depending on your sexual preference, it was Zach Morris or Kelly Kapowski. Swoon. But now Screech is creepy as hell and the original series has been off the air for 21 years.

4. Rydell High

With fabulous hair, spontaneous outbursts of song and enviable wardrobe choices, Grease made us want to have sex on a beach, without us really knowing what it meant. Sure, it didn’t harm us, did it? Did it?

5. Horace Green Prep School

Sure, the actual school from School of Rock had pretension down to a fine art but, as usual, Jack Black came to save the day with his usual brand of rock-based shenanigans. In his class, everyone had a place and they were all great in their roles. Inclusiveness ftw.

6. Shermer High School

The Breakfast Club was the quintessential high school movie of the eighties and is still considered one of the best.

7. North Shore High School

Oh, Mean Girls. The film that spawned a million memes, and saw Lindsay Lohan in her last big role, is still as popular as ever. In this school, Tina Fey would be your teacher, you’d get involved in huge physical fights with the others in your class, and you’d realise that butter is a carb. What’s not to love? So fetch.

8. William McKinley High

There have been a few fictitious high schools of this particular name, but if you are at all adept with Netflix, you have checked out the glory of Freaks and Geeks. It pretty much kick-started the careers of many of today’s comedic talents, including Jason Segel and Seth Rogen, and it’s still probably the best work most of them have produced. So, big question, are you a freak or a geek?

9. Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters

Okay, really, who didn’t want to be a part of the X-Men, to be nurtured by Professor X and remain on the side of good; depending, of course, on your own personal affiliations? Sure, if you’re going to be a weirdo, you may as well get a power out of it, right?

10. Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry

The be all and end all of fictional schools, it’s on perhaps every list of fictional schools we want(-ed) to attend, even if you don’t like Harry Potter. The nerdier among you may even know the house into which you would be sorted. Potions class would’ve been a hell of a lot more fun than Chemistry or whatever else they tried to throw at us.

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S! TV VIRAL: Adorable puppy bites his owners nose

Jul 13, 2014

by Amber Saunders

This puppy is far too cute, but is it all an act?

S! TV VIRAL: Adorable puppy comforts an older dog having a nightmare

Jul 12, 2014

by Amber Saunders

This video has gained a lot of attention over the last 24 hours, and it is not hard to see why!

Watch as this adorable Golden Retriever puppy comforts an older dog who appears to be having a nightmare.

Seriously, does life get any sweeter than this? Amazing!

We could do with a cuddle from this puppy right about now.

Feeling down? You won’t after you see these 19 happy things!

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Jul 11, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Sometimes, life can be hard. Here are some things that will definitely cheer up your Friday!

1. Get someone to do this to you

2. Imagine you’re holding this litter of loveliness (also known as a grumble)

3. Watch babies eating lemons. Do you know a baby? Even better, you get to see it in person

4. Just imagine having a pet baby meerkat, look how CUTE it is

5. Plan a trip to a bunny show jumping event, yes, they actually exist

6. Japanese square watermelon anyone?

7. Ring Russia, its country code is actually 007-AMAZING.

8. Laugh like a baby, apparently they laugh around 300 times a day, 240 times more than an adult.

9. Know that a group of flamingos are called a flamboyance and smile.

10. Having an ugly day? Be grateful you’re not a blobfish…

11. Think of sloths. Just sloths in general

12. Eat your dinner like this

13. Hug someone hot. Doesn’t matter who. Just make sure they’re hot

14. Indulge in some chocolatey goodness, hell, why not go all out and book a trip to Cadbury World.

15. Steal a siblings treats and act innocent

16. Look at old couples in love and feel inspired

17. Stick on some fluffy socks, they make everything better

18. Have a bubble bath, like this spiky little divil

19. Get some kip, if a cat can sleep for up to 18 hours a day, we should most definitely follow their lead

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S! TV VIRAL: Guy’s amazing impersonation of a girl

Jul 11, 2014

by Amber Saunders

This has got to be one of the best girl impression’s we have ever seen. If you closed your eyes you would honestly think it was a girl.

15 lies everyone in their 20’s tells their parents

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Jul 11, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Parents sometimes give us the need to lie. Nothing major, just itty, bitty white lies. Here are the most common lies our long-suffering parents are used to hearing:

1. “No, I’ve been up for ages.”

Thanks for waking me up.

2. “No I’m not hungover.”

Ughhh why did we do shots of tequila at 3am?!

3. “I only had three drinks last night.”

Feeling fragile.

4. “I must have had a bad pint.”

Oh, the pain.

5. “I’m not texting anyone.”

We're listening to every word, honest!

6. “No, I didn’t get your friend request.”

Nope, never going to happen.

7. “Yeah, I know her alright.”

Nope, no idea.

8. “I just stayed in and studied all weekend.”

The weekend mainly consisted of alcohol, television, hangover food and cups of tea.

9. “No, I don’t have a special friend.”

Nobody at all, we swear, Ma!

10. “Nah, I’m not that poor.”

I’ve got twenty euro to last me for the rest of the week. Which is better than most weeks so yay!

11. “I’m a bit poor but I’ll be fine.”

We’ve got €5.50 in my back account and pay day isn’t for another three days. Can you somehow take pity and make an anonymous donation?

12. “Sorry, I meant to ring yesterday but I had study to do.”

Sorry, I meant to ring yesterday but I had four episodes of “Orange Is The New Black” to catch up on and having to listen to a phone lecture at the same time, would really have killed my buzz.

13. “Yes I’m eating properly.”

Yesterday for example, I had Special K Red Berries for dinner, that must surely count as one of my five a day?

14. “Sorry I missed your call, I was just out for a run.”

Ha!

15. “Yeah, we keep the house pretty clean.”

Yeah, I mean, if you consider sticky floors, three weeks worth of rubbish and mouldy walls to be clean, then we’re spotless.

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Chelsea Handler shares a beautiful (and terrifying) photo of Dublin

Celebrity

Jul 11, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Chelsea Handler has made it to Dublin! Stopping off first in the UK to promote her book, Uganda Be Kidding Me, and play a date in London, she is finally here!

The comedian, who will step down from her hit show, Chelsea Lately, in the autumn, shared a very pretty photo of Dublin on her Instagram account, writing: “Beauty of Dublin, I must be Irish.”

The photo is slightly terrifying as Chelsea can be seen hanging over the edge of a building ledge – eek!

Chelsea will perform tonight in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.

If Orange Is the New Black was a Disney movie

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Jul 9, 2014

by Amber Saunders

We LOVE this!

Watch as OITNB becomes a Disney movie, starring Elsa as Piper Chapman!

All our favourite characters are here from Aurora to Snow White and everyone in-between.

Merida is by far our favourite – what about you?!

Millie Mackintosh shares hilarious throwback snap

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Jul 9, 2014

by Amber Saunders

You could be forgiven for thinking that Millie was born with perfection she shows in every Instagram snap, but it seems that isn’t true.

According to her that is!

The reality TV star and model shared a throwback photo of her and co-star, Caggie Dunlop, captioned: “when we had very questionable hair and make up!”

The girls look very youthful but every bit as stunning as they do today as far as we are concerned! Though darker hair certainly seems to suit Millie a lot more!

What do you think?

14 thoughts every girl has on a first date

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Jul 9, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Dates are one of the scariest things in the world. Here are some thoughts that every girl has on a date:

1. “Am I too early? Does that seem too eager?”

There’s nothing worse than accidentally arriving fifteen minutes early to a date, especially when he’s running behind on time. You’re left standing there having a premature panic attack, going through every possible scenario, all the whilst appearing to have been stood up. Do yourself a favour and arrive a couple of minutes late.

2. “What if I don’t recognise him?”

Since most romances nowadays begin among the dry smoke machines of pubs and nightclubs, you’d be forgiven for being a little tipsy and therefore forgetful, when it comes to meeting them for the first time sober. This is why Facebook creeping is handy.

3. “Oh good, he looks better than I remembered.”

There’s always that nice moment of surprise when he’s easier on the eyes than you remembered. Considering your only memory of his face is a tad blurry, you’ve set yourself up for the fall, the fall being his face. So when he turns up and doesn’t resemble the state you’d imagined, you can only thank your lucky stars.

4. “Oh Christ, what if he thinks I’m worse than he remembered?”

So you’ve come up trumps in terms of bagging yourself a date with a decent man, now you begin to worry that he won’t feel the same. Just because we’re plastered in make up and are wiggling our arses to beat the band, does not mean that we’re feeling oh so fab, I assure you. If you’d like to compliment her, it’ll go a long way.

5. “Does this dress make me look fat?”

Wearing a tight dress seemed like the best idea ever at the time, you’ll feel sexy, confident, up for anything. Then ten minutes in, you begin to realise that you can’t breathe out without looking pregnant. Crap!

6. “We’re going WHERE?”

All that women ask, is that you don’t make us eat in front of you sober until at least the sixth date. There is nothing more cringe worthy and awkward than trying to remain alluring, whilst trying to chew on an overcooked piece of asparagus and of course there’s that paralysing fear that we’ll end up with bits of broccoli in our teeth. We don’t even like broccoli…

7. “Oh god, what do I say next?”

Conversation with someone you don’t know is similar to a game of tennis. A constant back and forth of strenuous effort is required and sometimes all you want to do is omit a loud, exasperated, whale-like, sound. Don’t do it. That’ll be really awkward.

8. “What if the whole evening goes like this and I’m constantly worrying about what to say next?”

Just because the first few minutes are painful, does not mean that you’ll spend the whole evening in agony. If all else fails then fall back on the following topics: the weather, drink, the church, embarrassing stories, ‘people passing by’ commentary, the weather. Yes, you should be grateful to us.

9. “I’m sweating. What if I have sweat patches?”

Phew.

10. “Where’s the nearest bar?”

Alcohol makes these situations far more bearable. It shouldn’t, but it does. It seems to push the awkward, small talking worries to the back of your now fuzzy mind and brings the walking, talking, hilarious you, to the forefront of everyone’s attention.

11. “Oh great, here comes the awkward paying moment.”

This is the worst part of all. Trying to split the bill with a virtual stranger never gets any easier. “I’ll get this, no I’ll get this, no…” EVERYONE JUST STOP BEING SO AWKWARD.

12. “Alcohol makes everything so much less awkward.”

By now, you should have settled into a comfortable stage of being drunk and are rapidly becoming an expert at ranting on. You should be blabbering away to your hearts content, not a worry in the world, other than who’ll pay for the next drink.

13. “I wonder when he’ll go in for the shift?”

So you’re a tad drunk, a little merry and a lot in need of the shift? Well pouting at him with your drunk eyes is more than likely not going to work. You’re both grown, consenting adults here. Go for it.

14. “Would it be really bad if I went home with him?”

He seems normal enough?

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