FAI paid €5m by FIFA to stop legal action over Thierry Henry’s handball

The Irish Football Association, FAI, has announced a statement clarifying that it received €5m from FIFA to not take...

New species of lizard named after Harry Potter spell

‘Sectumsempra’, the popular spell from the Harry Potter series, has been chosen as the name of a newly discovered...

Eight of the best Parliamentary confrontations

The exchange between Alex Salmond and Anna Soubry provides a timely opportunity to take a look back on some...

Breastfeeding mothers cover faces in photos to protest restrictive sign

Pictures of mothers covering their faces while they breastfeed their children has been shared over 320, 000 times and...

Bold journalist confronts Mugabe about presidential longevity

Nigerian Journalist Adeola Fayhun interrogated President Robert Mugabe on his way back from visiting Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Mugabe...

Chinese shipping safety under scrutiny

Capsized ship the Eastern Star has been righted on the Yangtze River, as China faces it’s worst shipping disaster...

The good, the bad and the ugly of film music

Speaking to the Guardian recently, the italian maestro Ennio Morricone criticised the state of music in today’s cinema. He...

Racism storm over Miss Japan winner

An inevitable issue of racial discrimination has hit Japanese society as the first ever biracial Miss Japan was crowned...

Lambert euthanasia saga concludes as European Courts back removal of life support

The Vincent Lambert saga concluded this morning, as the European Court of Human Rights ruled that removing artificial life...

Exam question leaves GCSE students baffled

Exams are the do or die, the make or break, the go hard or go retake, of a student’s career. Some students love them, but most would much prefer a scrawled letter from home be sufficient excuse to drop them. If only a *cough cough* migraine was a decent enough reason to skive. Continue reading →