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If your relationship has reached its natural end but you can't bear the thought of seeing someone's face crumple as you tell them it's over, then we've found the app for you.

Rather than swiping right or left to choose your next hookup, Binder allows you to choose your next dumpee. Simply input your chosen victim's name and phone number and Binder will do the rest for you.

"The Internet has made it super easy to find the special someone," say the app's creators. "Binder makes it just as easy to get rid of them too. With one swipe we take out all the pain of chucking your other half."

The "rest", according to a few brave souls who have tested the app out, involves a text with the message "Sorry, you're binned" plus a VERY blunt phone call from a Scottish man who will sing a song about how it's all over. 

While the app is available for download on both iOS and Android in the UK, it has not hit Ireland yet so us poor souls will still have to carry out our break ups in a more traditional fashion for the next while.

Much as we would love to imagine that Binder will be a new revolutionary move in the world of online dating, the fact that it's sponsored by Scottish lager company Tennent's suggests it could all just be a bit of fun.

Check out the promo video for more information… and cross your fingers you're not next on someone's Binder list.

 

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If you haven’t heard, The Bachelorette is an American dating show which is hugely popular and on its 11th series.

It’s a spin off from the American series The Bachelor and its raking in some serious viewership figures in the US.  

This time around, the show revolves around single gal Kaitlyn and her 25 potential husbands-in-waiting.

There’s no word yet on what Tourism Ireland thinks of all this, but in Monday night’s episode, the cast were jetted off to Dublin. Indeed, Kaitlyn said she was seriously excited when she heard of their destination.

She wrote in her blog for People magazine: “I have always wanted to go there. I used to live in Newfoundland, Canada, and it was like a mini Ireland.”

They opened the episode saying that Ireland was the perfect place to fall in love (is that a thing people say?).

Kaitlyn goes on a series of dates in various locations around our capital city, including one in Christ Church cathedral where they were serenaded by The Cranberries!

“Once we got inside,” Kaitlyn wrote, “the '90s child in me was screaming. I LOVE The Cranberries and having Jared [one of the contestants] with me in that moment was so romantic!!!”

They did all things you would expect on a date in Dublin, took a stroll in Stephen’s Green, high-fived a leprechaun, and held a good old fashioned Irish wake for Kaitlyn – wait, what?

Yep the hopeful bachelorette lay in a coffin while all of her potential matches said a few words about her, and yes it was seriously weird.

But after that trauma of that the gang all headed off to the Guinness Storehouse and had a few drinks together, presumably happy in that Kaitlyn was in fact, very much alive.

Although this might sound like all fun and games, Kaitlyn admits that she is finding it quite difficult as she tells one hopeful contestants to go home each week.

“I used to think, OK, how hard could it really be to date a bunch of good-looking dudes and have all these feelings?! I'll admit, I didn't think it would be hard, but I'm here to tell you guys it's FREAKING hard.”

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Harry Potter fans rejoice! Our favourite author has once again given us further insight into the lives of our favourite characters.

This time round, JK Rowling offers an explanation into the deep-rooted resentment that the Dursley family feel towards Harry.

Ms Rowling has released her latest piece of Potter backstory on her website, Pottermore, which is used to interact with fans around the world.

In this post, the 49-year-old author explains how Vernon and Petunia Dursley treated Harry so wretchedly because of their longstanding animosity towards his parents, James and Lily Potter.

She describes the Dursleys as “reactionary, prejudiced, narrow-minded, ignorant and bigoted; most of my least favourite things.”

The author of The Casual Vacancy also explained how she came up with their dreary names. “’Vernon is simply a name I never much cared for. ‘Petunia’ is the name I always gave unpleasant female characters in games of make believe I played with my sister, Di, when we were very young.” She derived ‘Dursley’ from a village near her hometown of Gloucestershire.

Ms Rowling also explains her reasoning behind Petunia’s lacklustre final goodbye to Harry that left many fans feeling disappointed.

While Petunia looked as if she wanted to say something to Harry, she merely cocked her head and left without a word. “She gave him an odd, tremulous look and seemed to teeter on the edge of speech, but then, with a little jerk of her head, she bustled out of the room after her husband and son.”

Petunia’s creator explains that although Harry’s aunt does in fact have a buried love for her sister, her prejudices and jealousies don’t allow her to acknowledge it and “the realisation that she might never see Lily’s eyes again almost struggled out” of her, but she wasn’t able to admit it.

JK Rowling certainly is one author who takes the sting out of losing your favourite series. As well as frequently providing us avid readers with backstory updates, we can also look forward to the upcoming Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, featuring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander.

We can’t wait! 

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Another month goes by – and lo and behold there's another gorgeous, tall, slim and basically perfect model on the arm of Leonardo Dicaprio.

But it seems this one is a little different. In fact, waves of observers are calling Kelly Rohrbach The One.

They've already been on holidays together, and – gasp! – she's met his mammy too.

“When she came into the office, she floored us immediately,” recalls MJ Day, editor of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue of the first time her met Ms Rohrbach.

“She had that spark. She’s an incredible conversationalist. When she is around, you are sucked into her. She takes the room with her presence in the best possible way.”

Sounds like Oscar-nominated Leo has a keeper on his hands.

And 25-year-old Kelly, a former pro-golfer who has a keen eye on acting as well as modelling, has certainly seen her profile sky-rocketed since hooking up with the Hollywood playboy. 

Indeed, it seems The Wolf Of Wall Street star is adept at catapulting his love-interests into A-list circles.

Here, we round the beautiful ladies who have found themselves on his arm…

 

Bar Refaeli – seen with Leo from 2006 to 2009, and from 2010 to 2011

They met at a party thrown for U2 when Israeli model Bar was just 20 – and then soon starting cropping up just about everywhere. In 2009, she even nabbed a coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover, but since splitting from Mr Dicaprio permanently in 2011, Bar’s been decidedly more under the radar. Time to nab a new A-lister, perhaps?

 

Blake Lively – seen with Leo from May to October 2011

Apparently they met when she unsuccessfully auditioned for The Great Gatsby. Then 24-years-old and a former star of Gossip Girl, she already boasted a decent profile (though evidently she was deemed unsuitable for Gatsby – the role of Daisy instead went to Carey Mulligan). That year they were spotted canoodling in Cannes, but the romance fizzled out swiftly enough.

Blake arguably had the last laugh too: she’s now married to Ryan Reynolds (swoon), and her lifestyle site, Preserve, is a massive hit.

 

Toni Garrn – seen with Leo from May 2013 to December 2014

Aged just 20 when she first met the Hollywood playboy, the German model was regularly seen in sunny locations in a bikini alongside Leo. However, they split last December, and little has been seen or heard from her since. Indeed, the duo are said to actively avoid each other at celebrity events.

Still, she’s moved on all the same and now dates Dallas Mavericks hottie Chandler Parsons.

 

Kristen Zang – seen with Leo throughout 1995 to 1997

The actress, now 41 (aka surprisingly age-appropriate), was reportedly the only woman to come close to stealing Leo’s heat – and possibly nabbing a ring. After being set-up by his mother, they dated for close-to a year-and-a-half in the mid-Nineties as Titanic was being filmed.

Speaking of the relationship at the time, he rather un-Leonardo-like said: "I can’t wait to see her at the end of the day. She is the cuttest girl in the world!" The pair supposedly remain on good terms today and for years many of his friends reckoned a reunion was all but guaranteed when the time was right.

 

Emma Miller – seen with Leo in July 2009

A Made In Chelsea cast-member during series seven, which aired last year, Emma is also a model (but of course) and a fashion blogger.

Based sporadically in LA (she has also dated Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalf), she met up with Leo at a Hollywood party six years ago. They went on a couple of dates during a period when the actor was on a break from Bar, but nothing ever materialised from their hook-ups.

 

Erin Heatherton – seen with Leo from December 2011 to September 2012

She recently said that Leo is a “wonderful person and he's a friend of mine”, before adding: “I wish him all the best.” Although she wasn’t always so positive: indeed, Erin, 26, was said to be devastated in the aftermath of their split three years ago.

The Victoria’s Secret model and Leo seemingly got on exceptionally well during their ten-month relationship, but when he jetted off to Australia to film The Great Gatsby, it was decided that their union wouldn’t go the distance.

 

Gisele Bundchen – seen with Leo from 2000 to 2005

Now married to professional American football player Tom Brady, with whom she has two children, Gisele and Leonardo were the darlings of the red-carpet circuit for five years. For some time they were actually considered to be one of Hollywood’s more stable pairings, but towards the end of their relationship they went through several on-off periods, and eventually called it quits in 2005.

The supermodel, now 34, supposedly dumped Mr Dicaprio for good when he refused to pop the question… and waves of women have been waiting ever since. 

 

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After a long-haul flight from Los Angeles to France yesterday, plus a big dinner with celebrity friends last night, Kim Kardashian was no doubt looking forward to getting some well-earned rest. Her hotel guests didn't seem to have the same idea though, as the reality star revealed via Twitter this morning that she had barely slept at all.

"Thanks to the drunk naked woman banging on my door I have been up since 4 am!" Kim wrote. "I'm so sleepy now but have to work! It's gonna be a long day!"

Given that she is currently expecting her second child, the 34-year-old is probably already finding it difficult enough to get some shut-eye without unwanted 4am visitors, but she seemed fairly good-natured about the incident.

"I took a fun video of her as a reminder of why I never tolerated drinking 2 much! Slob kabob! I won't post it but it's funny!" she continued. "She thought her Amex was my room key lol."

If we were staying in the same hotel as the Kardashians we'd probably do some middle-of-the-night spying ourselves, but Kim was confident that the incident was an innocent mistake, writing, "I think she's staying at my hotel she just had the wrong room # I hope I run into her today."

There's no time to stop and rest for Kim today, with a packed schedule including a sit-down chat today around the theme of digital storytelling as part of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

 

KimKardashian #cannes #canneslions #travel #croisette #digital #storytelling

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The reality star is visiting Cannes for the week with her husband Kanye, mum Kris Jenner and half-sister Kylie. Also joining them are Kylie's boyfriend Tyga and family friend Lewis Hamilton, who is rumoured to be dating Kim's other half-sister Kendall.

We hope poor Kim gets a better sleep tonight!

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The newlywed Wright couple obviously aren’t keen on sitting back and relaxing any longer.

Since their recent wedding one half of the pair has been experiencing something of a career boom.

Between her new gig as a blogger for Hello!, her successful Lipsy fashion line and her new gig with BBC series Our Girl, Michelle Keegan seems to be seriously going places.

But what about her husband, you ask?

Mark Wright, former Towie star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant seems to be taking a bit of a backseat career-wise – save for furiously keeping his social media accounts regularly updated.

 

Ohhhhh yessss

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However, in between gushing over his lovely new wife, and photographing his over-the-top McDonalds order, Mark has managed to squeeze in his latest venture: just this week he launched his new fragrance range.

Mark has admitted previously that he has taken to stealing his former Coronation Street star wife’s beauty products. And apparently her moisturiser is one of his favourites.

No surprise then that Mark has also noted that Michelle weighed in on his final selections for his own fragrances. Speaking to Mail Online Mark said; “I trusted her judgement and choice of scent and I went with what she loved.”

We would trust her judgement too seeing as the one-time soap star seems to be on a winning streak since the pair married last month.

Mark has been collecting after shaves for years and the famously well-groomed reality TV star said he thinks that a man’s scent is most important.

Although, he has said in the past that he only takes 20 minutes to get ready for his day.

'I get in the shower, do my hair, get ready, apply my Sisley moisturiser and a spray of my new fragrance and I’m out the door.' 

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It has happened us all. The heart-stopping, adrenaline-pinching terror that rises inside us after pushing the fateful ‘send’ button.

Whether it’s a wrong email to your mum, your boss, or the dreaded entire address book, the fear that envelopes us is like no other.

But now, our saviour is here!

The lovely folks over at Gmail have included a new ‘undo send’ function to our email settings.

The new fear-quenching feature can be activated from your ‘general settings’ tab and you can choose between giving yourself 5, 10, 20 or 30 seconds to realise your mistake and un-send the email.

After your email is sent, the ‘undo send’ button will appear at the top your screen, accompanied by the lapsing amount of time that you have given yourself to recall the email. While the feature has yet to be installed on the mobile app, according to reports this is the next step for the tech giants.

At least that’s our co-workers taken care of. Now all we need is an ‘un-text your ex’ feature… 

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The funeral is currently taking place in Foxrock of 21-year-old Olivia Burke.

The J1 visa holder died in Berkeley, California along with five others when a fourth-storey balcony they were standing on collapsed and fell more than 12metres to the ground.

Among the hundreds of mourners to turn out today is Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne, 25, better known to his millions of fans simply as Hozier.

 

 

Holding a guitar, he looked drawn and solemn as he arrived at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. He later played an acoustic version of The Work Song for those that had gathered to celebrate the young Foxrock woman's life.

Olivia’s parents, Paul and Paula, and her brother Gavin, were also in attendance. 

For the ceremony, a large collage of photographs of Olivia and her friends and family was placed beside the altar. 

Father Frank Herron told the congregation: "The thought of six young people dying so far away in such circumstances and the thought of their parents and siblings having to make the long journey to bring them back home has pained us all.

 

 

He added: "This week our community of Foxrock has reached out to each other probably as never before. In this building we looked for God and for each other."

Symbols of Olivia’s life were earlier brought to the mass.

These included a Loreto College journal to symbolise her secondary school education; a photo of Olivia and her King Charles Spaniel, Skipper; a Ted Baker bag to symbolise her love of fashion, and a novelty hat which was given to Olivia for her 21st birthday.

 

 

After sitting her Leaving Cert in 2012, Olivia had gone on to attend IADT Dun Laoghaire. There, she was studying for a degree in business, entrepreneurship and management, and had just finished her third year exams.

As part of her course, she had also recently completed a five-month work-experience stint with East Coast FM.

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Her rapper superstar husband is due to take to the main stage at Glastonbury this Saturday, but Kim Kardashian has jetted into Europe via Cannes.

Joining her is mother and momager, Kris Jenner, as well as her 17-year-old sister Kylie, who travelled to the French Riviera yesterday with her boyfriend, Tyga, 25.

 

My view

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This morning, Kim, 34, took to Instagram to post a snap from her hotel balcony. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, it shows that the south of France is currently being drenched in gorgeous sunshine.

Kris was also eager to share her incredible morning-time vista: she showed a tree-lined avenue leading down to the harbour.

In her accompanying caption, the 59-year-old said she felt "blessed" and "grateful" to be there.

 

Good Morning!!!! #gorgeous #blessed #grateful

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Last night, Ms Kardashian posted an image from dinner depicting what she has now dubbed the 'Cannes clique'. In the photograph she can be seen wearing a Torn by Ronny Kobo dress in burgundy, with her hair slicked back.

She is surrounded by her family.

Furthermore visible in the same photo is Kris's boyfriend Corey Gamble, E! presenter Ryan Seacrest, as well as US TV host Steve Harvey and his wife Marjorie and stepdaughter Lori. Significantly, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton evidently also popped along.

 

Cannes Clique

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In the aftermath of his split from his long-term on-off girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, it was last month rumoured that Kris had been eager for her catwalk model daughter, Kendall, 19, and Monaco-resident Lewis to begin dating. 

Kris, Kim, and Kylie will all attend a number of premieres, exclusive events, and yacht parties this week. Kim will then fly on to Glastonbury to see her husband perform there.

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It is always a tough, emotional and worrying experience when a friend moves away.

You worry about what you are going to do without them and what they are going to do without you. You worry that they won’t make any friends and that they will be lonely. You worry (perhaps the biggest worry of all) about what will happen if they meet someone else and all of a sudden… there is a NEW best friend on the scene?

Well, this one Irish man has found a way to tackle all these issues by making sure that his migrating best friend will have a new friend for the year but, also, that he will be promptly returned to his rightful owner.

That’s right, he has decided to rent out his BFF.

Yep, up on Done Deal you can find an advertisement for one best friend. But the seller also warns that potential renters must not get too attached, as he will be taking his best friend back at the end of the year.

“For rent. Best friend.

Term of lease is one year. Conor is moving to the people’s Republic of Cork for one year with his company. Very reluctant to rent him out but these things happens.”

Conor’s attributes include being “a good laugh” and it is said he is “the perfect Guinness drinking accomplice.”

The advertisement continues, “He is a terrible dancer but brave. Conor is an excellent wing man.”

Does Conor sound like the perfect BFF for you? If you like “Guinness, hurling, joe.ie, Roy Keane, Daniel O’Donnell, Chuck Norris facts,” then this could be your ideal match. 

For €4.45 per month, this sounds like the deal of a lifetime (or a year) to us! 

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Thankfully it’s not yet time to pack our bikinis away, but it never hurts to be thinking ahead. With July soon closing in, it won’t be long before we will need to get our heads around what styles are in this coming autumn.

S! TV’s Rebecca went to the launch of the Arnotts' autumn ranger and found out exactly what you need to have in your wardrobe next season.

With a huge emphasis on autumnal colours and plenty of faux fur, this new collection will take the sting out of leaving the sun behind.  

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This sounds just too sore!

In an interview with Howard Stern this week, Channing Tatum discussed an accident that happened on set while he was filming The Eagle in Scotland in 2011.

The Magic Mike XXL star explained how his penis was left “shrivelled” and “burnt” after a crew member had given him a bottle of boiling water to pour down his pants… excuse us, what?

Well, it makes more sense when you realise that the 35-year-old was filming a period piece in the freezing weather.

Channing explained, “So this poor guy, I gotta be honest… He had been, for 13 hours, running up a hill to boil a huge bottle of water fill it half-full with like actual kettle water, run back down the hill and then like put the river water and then come over to me just to keep me warm all day.”

Unfortunately, one of the times that the father of one was pouring the warm water down his pants, the runner had forgotten to put the cold water in too.

“I started hyperventilating and screaming and jumping back into the river, because it was a hypothermic river and we had wet suits on, which was the worst part about it,” he explained.

The Foxcatcher star described how he was put in an ambulance and how the medic made him feel better by saying, “I know this is no consolation now mate but it’s a good thing it hurts otherwise you’ve got nerve damage.”

After the incident Mr Tatum explained how he had to have his manhood wrapped in bandages for days.

But thankfully for all us Magic Mike fans, and of course for Channing himself, there was no permanent damage and he was able to resume his busy grinding and thrusting schedule in no time. 

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