Bill Maher has blasted 'poser' Hollywood celebrities for engaging in 'Golden Globes activism' after a stream of A-listers wore anti-ICE pins at the ceremony earlier this month. Yes, the same: ICE thugs, pins stupid.' He read out headlines that portrayed him as 'laughing at' or 'mocking' what the media called 'Golden Globes activism' by not wearing the emblem. I'm sorry, it clashed with my Keffiyeh,' he cracked, adding a photoshopped image of himself wearing the Palestinian scarf. Sykes told Variety she wore the pin 'for the mother who was murdered by an ICE agent' when a reporter asked her about the accessory.

'If you buy an old boat for €40,000 and think that you're going to get a permanent home... that's just not possible'While houseboat dwellers spend significantly less on monthly bills, upfront costs and regular maintenance have to be factored inJenny Wren pictured on her Collingwood barge. Photo: Tom HonanEmer Harrington Today at 06:30At a time of soaring rents, some people are taking to the waterways as an affordable alternative to a house or apartment. Living on a boat can come with simple pleasures, beautiful scenery and a supportive community – but how much does it really cost?

The elderly woman told the court that Dhumal told her his wife never had sex with him, and then grabbed her, assaulting her in the lounge room as she cried: 'You've got to be kidding'. A NSW District Court jury found Dhumal guilty of the woman's traumatising rape last September. But this week, Dhumal's wife, Gouri, was still angrily protesting her husband's innocence. Dhumal's wife was in court for her husband's sentencing, and although she didn't want to comment on the rape, she told the court: 'My husband is loving and respectful.' Judge Craig Everson SC sentenced Dhumal to five years in prisonOnly the woman's son knew about the sexual assault.

New Orleans lost 39,000 residents between 2020 and 2024, making it the fastest-shrinking metro area in the United States, according to US Census data. Giovanni Lincoln, a 44-year-old lifelong New Orleans resident, told the Daily Mail that New Orleans hasn't truly been the same since Hurricane Katrina in August 2025. Resident Giovanni Lincoln told Daily Mail that trash is not being collected regularly. Despite its shortcomings, Lincoln told the Daily Mail he loves New Orleans and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Since the hurricane hit the city has struggled to rebuild its populationNew Orleans elected a new mayor last October.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sent photographs of his daughters Eugenie and Beatrice to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein at Christmas as the princesses are dragged into the latest scandal to hit their disgraced parents. Princess Beatrice is pictured wearing a silver Christmas cracker hat and ear muffs, while Princess Eugenie is wrapped up in a fur hat and brown scarf. The second card, sent on December 20 2012, include pictures of the princesses on a charity bike ride and mountain climbing. I saw Prince Andrew and Donald Trump. [Epstein] wanted me to give Prince Andrew a massage, but I didn't feel good about that.

As we are still near the maximum of the Sun’s 11-year cycle of activity, we might reasonably anticipate further auroral activity throughout 2026. Currently it is not possible to predict when auroral activity that is bright enough to seen from Irish latitudes will take place — we get maybe 10 – 20 hours notice. The big space event in February is the potential launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission. NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen illuminated by lights at Launch Complex 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One might hope that Artemis II can bring something of that sense of 'oneness' to a world that now seems all too much about individuality.

St. Brigid’s GAA Club has confirmed that Anthony Cunningham has stepped down as manager of the club’s senior football team. The former Roscommon football and hurling manager was in charge of the Kiltoom-based side for two seasons, taking over from Jerome Stack in 2024 and leading Brigid’s to the 2025 Roscommon and Connacht titles, before falling agonisingly short against Dingle in a thrilling All-Ireland club football final in Croke Park earlier this month.

Jason Derulo has revealed he is retiring from his 'wild persona' and plans to do something 'completely different'. Jason, who is performing the London leg of his The Last Dance Tour on Saturday, said: 'It's my last bow. It slowly starts to morph into something different and I want to do something completely different', he told The Sun. Reflecting on the darkest time of his life, Jason told Jamie: 'My darkest time was definitely when I broke my neck, that was for sure the darkest.' Jason, who was 24 at the time, revealed his mother dropped him off at rehearsals and was waiting for him in the car.

Jaw-dropping CCTV footage of three drunken women trashing a hotel reception and spitting at staff members has been released. Larisa Sumovskaja, 19, Jasmine Orchard, 21, and Kera McKeown, 19, wreaked havoc at Bournemouth's Trouville Hotel shortly after 11am on April 19, 2025. Flanked by her two friends, McKeown then proceeds to trash the Trouville's reception area as bewildered guests watch on. The court heard two members of staff were behind the desk at reception when the three women came down from their rooms at 11.20am. The court heard Orchard is already subject to a 12-month community order for her previous offences with Sumovskaja.

Epstein confirms to Andrew that the woman has his email to which he responds‘That was quick! Good to be free?’Epstein says: ‘(redacted).. great to be free of many things.’The exchange ends with Andrew saying: ‘So many opportunities that I am frustratingly not allowed to participate in. In the exchange, Epstein tells Andrew he is in London, and Andrew replies ‘I am just departing Scotland should be down by 1800. Epstein had offered to set up a dinner for Andrew with a 'clever, beautiful and trustworthy' 26-year-old Russian woman, saying: 'She has your email.' A document in the files released yesterday also confirms that the US authorities formally requested an interview with the former Prince in 2020 in connection with their enquiries into the paedophile’s crimes.

Joe Macken: ‘Failure in Ireland is seen as cancer, but cancer that you’re giving someone – it's awful’When his restaurant group went into liquidation, the Crackbird owner left behind unpaid creditors and more than 100 staff out of a job. Photo: Frank McGrathKaty McGuinness Today at 06:30It surely wasn’t Samuel Beckett who first recognised the value of failure, but his “Ever tried. Fail better” quote – taken from his 1983 novella Worstward Ho – is the one trotted out most often. Elizabeth Day’s podcast, How To Fail, delves into the things that haven’t gone right with celebrity guests big enough to admit their mistakes. And in some countries, notably the US, failure in business is seen as an essential step on the road; there are few successful entrepreneurs who don’t have at least one failure on their record.

Littering at bottle and clothes banks in Mullingar a number of years ago. Concerns about regular overspill at clothes banks raised at Athlone council meetingThe issue of overspill at clothes banks right across the Athlone Moate Municipal District is "more likely to be related to abuse than any other factor" according to a written response provided to councillors at their January meeting last week. Cllr John Dolan said the community in Ballinahown had succeeded in having all clothes banks removed from the village. Last year alone, over 82 tonnes of textiles were collected and recycled through this network of clothes banks. "The contractor advises that overspill at the clothes banks is more likely to be related to abuse than any other factor," it concluded.

It is a sport she has loved from a very young age and with several members of her extended family having done likewise in the past, Rachel Dwyer is embracing life as a Gaelic footballer with Kerry. Additionally, another sister of Fitzgerald – Marie – was on the Kerry side that won the All-Ireland senior ladies football championship title in 1993 and also picked up an All Star award in the same year. It’s nice to have family like that, that have the love of the game as well. It’s great,” Dwyer remarked. It will be something we’ll have to work on for the next day as well,” Dwyer added.

The Oscar nominee, 35, wowed in a breathtaking couture gown by Schiaparelli, but it was Taylor's Taj Mahal diamond necklace, which is worth a reported $8 million, that truly stole the show. Taylor's necklace was a gift from her fifth husband Richard Burton 54 years ago on her 40th birthday and it is among the most recognizable pieces in the late Hollywood star's legendary jewellery collection. What happened to Elizabeth Taylor's $137 million jewellery collection? Certainly, the Taj Mahal necklace elevated Robbie's red carpet look this week. The Taj Mahal diamond got its name because it was believed it had belonged to Shah Jahan who commissioned the Taj Mahal monument in Agra in India.

Michael Carrick is reportedly eager to keep Marcus Rashford at Manchester United. But Carrick wants to keep him at Old Trafford, where he is contracted until 2028, if he gets the permanent job, according to The Telegraph. Rashford and Carrick were team-mates for United back in 2016, when Louis van Gaal handed the former his debut. He has spoken about his mentality being at the 'best level' and also said recently: 'Speed, finishing, control. While Ruben Amorim, who ostracised Rashford, has gone, United and Carrick may face an uphill battle in persuading Rashford to return.