News report on 'cosmic event' turns out to be hole dug by kids shovel

Irish rugby player and reality star Greg O'Shea tackled the “biggest challenge” over the weekend involving a 3.8km sea swim, a 180km bike ride, and a 42km run. Greg, who scooped up first place with Amber Gill on Love Island in 2019, took part in the Ironman Barcelona on October 1 and was supported from the sidelines by his South African model girlfriend Jeanni Mulder, who he has been dating since earlier this year. Before taking on the huge challenge, the model shared some sweet words of support for her beau as she wrote: “Tomorrow is one of your biggest challenges yet and I've been lucky enough to see the hard work you have put in and it's safe to say I have never believed in someone the way I believe in you.

The Murder Capital have shared a new single called ‘Heart In The Hole’ – you can listen to it below.The song marks the first release from the Irish five-piece since their acclaimed second album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, which came out back in January.Produced by Ali Chant, the track is described as “a minimalist folk vignette that unfurls into a widescreen, dynamic rock song”. It is accompanied by with a vintage-looking official video directed by Charlie Joe Doherty.“Dublin is the backdrop, we were the always-changing cast of characters, ‘Heart In The Hole’ is an injection of humanity into the void that’s created in excess,” The Murder Capital said in a statement.“Reminding ourselves to laugh at the mania, question the motives and, maybe most importantly, stick around to see what happens next.”Tune in here:‘Heart In The Hole’ arrives as the band prepare to head out on a European and UK/Ireland headline tour next week.

Take That fans were given their first opportunity to secure tickets to the band’s eagerly-awaited 2024 tour as part of a presale this morning - but it didn’t go to plan for everybody.

Boygenius brought out Hozier as a surprise guest to sing ‘Salt In The Wound’ at their Boston gig this week – check out footage below.The indie supergroup – comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus – performed at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway on Monday and Tuesday (September 25, 26).On night one they closed out their encore with ‘Salt In The Wound’ from their 2018 self-titled debut EP, for which they brought out surprise guest Hozier.Watch footage of their performance below.The band finished up their explosive finale by gesturing a worshipping motion to the Irish singer-songwriter – as they often do to their fellow band members – which he returned with hugs for the group before standing alongside them for the final bow.This week also saw Boygenius give their currently unreleased new track ‘Black Hole’ its live debut, which is set to appear on their their upcoming EP, ‘The Rest’.‘The Rest’ is due for release on Friday, October 13. The three remaining songs on the upcoming project have yet to be revealed.

The Woman in the Wall, a BBC program about abuse in the Catholic churches of Ireland, will close out with unreleased Sinéad O'Connor, The Guardian reports. "The Magdalene Song" was given to the showrunners by the late singer.

VAR had no choice but to rule out Jonny Evans' goal for Manchester United against Burnley due to Rasmus Hojlund's interference with James Trafford, according to ex-Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher.

Simone Biles is speaking out over an awful incident that happened a gymnastics competition.

Vogue Williams made a surprising admission about her children's faith on Friday - explaining that she had two of them christened as Protestants, and one as Catholic. Speaking on Ireland's Late Late Show, the Dublin-born TV star explained that a simple error was behind the difference, which was not deliberate. “Two of my kids are Protestant and one is Catholic, which I actually didn’t know,” she revealed, to the sound of bemused laughter from the audience.

Keith Duffy made an appearance with his rarely-seen lookalike son Jay on Friday, as the Boyzone star hosted his charity golf event in Dublin. Dad-of-two Keith, 48, organises the gold tournament with his charity, The Keith Duffy Foundation, in order to raise funds for children and young adults affected by autism.

My Mum, Your Dad stars Paul and his daughter Mazey appeared to accidentally reveal that the 'kids' on Davina McCall's ITV reality dating show may have been flirting and even dating in secret. Appearing on today's This Morning, Tuesday 19 September, 47 year old Paul and Mazey, 21, were joined by newcomer Tolullah, 50, and her daughter Georgia-Blu, 28, to chat all about the partnerships and life in the Retreat, which recently saw a hilarious intimacy workshop between the parents, on the sofa. Irish presenter Craig Doyle, 52, wasted no time in quizzing the group on the other potential partnerships, as he asked: "Chat in the office has been how long before the kids start getting together?" "I keep on seeing it," Mazey replied with a laugh, but when Holly Willoughby, 42, pressed further, the group descended into giggles.

Model turned presenter, Vogue Williams is embracing the paranormal – after a psychic correctly predicted her pregnancy with daughter Gigi. In this brand new series, she teams up with US medium Chris Fleming to investigate reports of supernatural incidents across Ireland. “I’ve always been obsessed with the supernatural,” says Vogue, who is married to former Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews.

Phoebe Bridgers has spoken about her unease at standing for abortion rights, a cause that she herself says she has easy access to.The soloist and Boygenius bandmember reflected in a new interview on her abortion a couple of years ago, saying that she understands that making that decision was easier for her as a “rich lady” who can travel to anywhere to seek the help she needs.“I got an abortion in 2021,” Bridgers told The Irish Times. “And I played a lot of places in 2022 where that’s illegal.

Angela Scanlon is set to compete in this year's Strictly Come Dancing alongside the likes of Bobby Brazier and Zara McDermott.The Your Garden Made Perfect and The One Show presenter, 39, is a familiar face on our screens after starting her successful career as a stylist and a journalist, before moving into television. But when she's not on our screens, the Irish presenter can be found at home with her beautiful family. Here we take a look at Angela's family life as she takes to the Strictly dancefloor...

interview with Radio and Television of Andorra earlier this week.The announcement makes the 43-year-old the first openly LGBTQ premier of the small country of about 79,000 citizens.He is one of five sitting heads of state or government who identify as LGBTQ. The other out world leaders are Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, reports People magazine.

Travis Barker has returned to touring and is back behind his drum kit after an "urgent family matter." Blink-182 – the band which Travis is a member of – resumed their shows on Friday for the first time since Travis left the UK leg of their tour last week.The 47-year-old dropped everything and rushed to be by the side of his wife Kourtney Kardashian as she underwent emergency surgery. Kourtney, 44, needed to get "urgent foetal surgery" which lead to Travis postponing three shows in Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin so that he could fly home and support her back in America.Travis confirmed that he would return to the tour ahead of his appearance last night.

Travis Barker returned to Blink-182‘s European tour last night (September 8) after he was forced to fly home from the band’s UK and Ireland tour.The drummer returned for the band’s first show back in Antwerp in Belgium days after his wife Kourtney Kardashian underwent “life-threatening emergency surgery” for their unborn baby.Ahead of the show, Barker took to Instagram to post a video of himself, captioned: “1st day of tour,” which showed him walking to greet fans with a pair of drumsticks.He then handed his sticks to a delighted fan. You can view footage below.A post shared by travisbarker (@travisbarker)Barker also posted a host of pictures of the city and himself to his Instagram Story, which included a selfie of him before he headed to the stage.Footage of the drummer performing was also posted by fans from the gig to social media as the band performed tracks from their back catalogue.At one point, Barker performed on a raised platform while he played drums on ‘Bored To Death’.

Chris O’Dowd is penning a Sky comedy-drama starringChristina Hendricks andPaddy Considine about a Hollywood production that disturbs the peace in a fictional town in Ireland.

Alec Baldwin is sharing a rare photo with all seven of his and wife Hilaria Baldwin‘s kids!

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin smiled for a rare family photograph with their seven children.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker‘s wife Kourtney Kardashian is reportedly “feeling better” after the sticksman rushed home from his tour due to a family emergency.The band announced on Friday (September 1) that they were cancelling a number of their upcoming shows due to “an urgent family matter” that meant Barker had to return home to the United States.Blink were due to perform in Glasgow that day, but that show was postponed along with their Belfast and Dublin shows.Now, according to People, Kourtney who is pregnant with her and Barker’s first child together, had to go to the hospital for an undisclosed emergency.The couple were seen leaving the hospital on Saturday (Sept 2) in photos obtained by MailOnline. The pictures show the pair as they are ushered into a black SUV.A source went on to tell People that Kardashian is “back home now with her kids,” adding: “She is feeling better.