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*This is a breaking news story*

Local reports this evening state that a tragic incident has occurred in an upmarket Turkish nightclub, where a huge New Year's bash was marking the end of 2016.

It is believed that two men dressed in Santa outfits opened fire on revellers, killing and injuring dozens. The most recent information coming live from the scene reports that 35 people are dead. At least one of the dead is a police officer.

CNN Turk reports that at least one attacker is still at large outside the Istanbul venue. The BBC reports that after the shooting, the killer shouted the murder was in revenge for Russian involvement in the conflict in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Ambulances and police forces are there now in the popular Ortakoy district of the city. The attack happened at 00.30 local time (11.30 Irish time).

Up to 30 people have been wounded in the attack, NTV is reporting.

And close-to 700 people would have been at the club – one of the city's most high-profile spots – at the time.

In March also in Turkey, 37 people died in a bombing at a bus stop in Ankara. Meanwhile in June, a suicide bombing at Istanbul airport killed 45 people.  

The hashtag #PrayForIstanbul had in the aftermath of the killings begun trending on social media outlets.

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Breaking news reports this evening state that a man in his car has gone a pier in Co Galway.

The 67-year-old later died.

It is thought that emergency services rushed to the scene at Carrowmoreknock Ferry Pier, however, they were unable to save him.

Gardai believe that his vehicle slipped accidently into the water a little before 8.30pm.

The man's body has now been removed and transferred to University Hospital Galway.

IrishMirror.ie reports a garda spokesman as saying: "Shortly after 8.20pm on the 31st December 2016 Gardaí in Salthill received a cal that a car had gone into Lough Corrib at Knockferry."

They added: "Nothing suspicious, believed the car may have slipped into the water. Investigations ongoing."

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OK, so – being a bit of an all-round head-turner – we always knew that Aoife McGregor was going to be a mega-stunner on her wedding day. 

But, and as revealed by her famous MMA brother, Conor, the bride looked all sorts of out-of-this-world fabulous when she tied the knot earlier today.

Wearing her blonde hair in loose tumbling curls she completed her look with a jewel-heavy headband. Her lace- and tulle-heavy off-white also gown sported a deep plunge V-neck with a mesh insert. 

Her sporting star sibling has been sharing a few sneak-peaks of the nuptials on his Instagram account, a platform where he boasts some 9.5m followers.

He and he proud dad posed up for a snap – both McGregor men sporting dapper tuxedoes. 

"What a time to be alive," he said in an accompanying post. 

Conor also posted a snap of his mum, who looked beautiful in black and deep purple. 

Aoife herself had earlier today taken a photo of her and her new hubbie Mark's eye-catching rings. 

She had a total of four bridesmaids on the day – including Conor's pregnant long-term love, Dee.

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She's currently 29 weeks pregnant with her second child – but Rochelle Humes looks totally amazing, even on holidays in a tropical island location.

The Saturday's singer – married to JLS's 31-year-old star Marvin has just entered her third trimester. 

The celebrity couple already have a three-year-old daughter, Alaia-Mai.

They are all currently holidaying in the Maldives – a firm favourite location for the Humes family – and Rochelle looked stunning for her New Year's celebrations. 

Wearing a tight black dress, the 27-year-old was gorgeous, completing her look with a complementing black chocker. 

Her fans were quick to offer their own praise too.

"Awwww you beauty… Have an amazing night. Happy New Year," said one on Instagram.

"Beautiful," offered another mum-to-be. "Due around the same time as me 29weeks today."

Another simply suggested: "Beautiful photo of you and bump all the very best to you and your family for 2017."

Rochelle recently revealed that they have opted to keep the gender of their impending arrival a secret. However, Marvin believes it will be a boy. 

Ms Humes continued recently on ITV's Loose Women: 'I'm carrying differently this time. It's more up here."

The pop-star also continued by saying that her boobs had "changed".

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The late George Michael will have two major ceremonies in the New Year – poignant milestones which will allow his wide circle of friends and family to mark his passing with respect.

As previously revealed by his partner Fadi Fawez, the pop superstar, 53, was found dead at his home in Oxfordshire on the afternoon of Christmas Day.

Fadi said he found George lifeless and unresponsive.

An exact date for the funeral ceremonies has not yet been released.

However, it is believed that at least two high profile memorial events are currently in the pipeline and are at advanced levels of planning.

Both will be held in January.

At at least one of the tribute events it is expected that Elton John will play a poignant tribute to his late friend with a heartfelt rendition of their 1991 collaboration Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.

Elton dedicated an emotional version of their hit to Mr Michael during a gig in Las Vegas earlier this week.

He was seen breaking down shortly afterwards.

Mr John, of course, performed at Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997, moving an entire nation and fans around the world to tears with his revised version of Candle In The Wind.

"There will be so many mourners and friends. It will be the biggest funeral since George's mate Di’s," a source told the Daily Star.

"Elton will sing as he did for Diana's funeral as a final farewell."

It’s also believed that George will be buried next to his mother Lesley in Highgate Cemetery in London.

“George’s love for his mother remained as strong as it had always been, and he always said he hoped he would be able to be with her again,” a source told The Sun.

“It’s what he would have wanted.”

A post-mortem on George will be carried out "in due course".

It's thought that his death was due to heart failure, but this has yet to be confirmed by doctors. 

Furthermore, a huge tribute gig to honour George’s legacy is currently being planned.

The likes of Elton John, Bob Geldof, Andrew Ridgeley, Mariah Carey, and Aretha Franklin are all believed to have already committed to taking part. 

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2017 is providing us with a blank canvas, and it’s time to focus on creating new habits across our health, fitness and well-being.

Here to help is natural health therapist Fiona O’Farrell (The Gate Clinic), who has three life-changing tips to share.

 

There’s nothing like the clean slate of a brand new year to spark the motivation, huh? It goes a little like this:

January 1: Wake up feeling pretty toxic – that’s it! No more wine/beer/chocolate/bad food EVER…well, maybe after tonight’s take-away. But from TOMORROW, it’s a brand NEW YOU! 2017 is going to be your fittest year yet! (Spends day on couch googling fitness dvds and liking detox gurus on Facebook.)

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January 2: Hit the sales with one single mission: you NEED a complete new fitness wardrobe, right? Get home, google juice fasts

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January 3: OK, here we go; Day 1 of the NEW YOU – you’ve signed up for bootcamp, you skipped breakfast because, well, it’s calories – you are currently living on celery smoothies, and the lunchtime one has extra kale, yum!

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January 4: Feel very tired. Feel very grumpy. Feel very hungry; VERY hungry. And grumpy. Did I mention grumpy? I can’t remember, brain fog.

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January 5: Decide you are already a failure – what’s the point? May as well give up. Unlike Facebook gurus, they are just making you feel guilty…and probably Photoshopped, anyway. Find solace in some Doritos…

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I suggest we do things a little differently this year. Coaching and encouraging clients is part of my approach in practice. I provide the soil, you plant and nurture the seed. And a seed is never scolded, forced or guilted into flourishing. Nor are we.

We are going to select three small changes. These small changes are going to become new habits. Despite their seemingly miniscule appearance, these changes will be so powerful, you are going to find they start growing branches of wellbeing you had never imagined. These are the seeds to the life you are aspiring to. It’s going to take 21 days to create these new habits, but you will barely notice as you’ll be having such an enjoyable time. Ready?

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Task 1: Drink a pint glass of warm water with lemon juice and a pinch of sea salt every morning before breakfast

‘SIGH!’ I hear, ‘the water thing again!’ – but, bear with me. Hydration is the key of life! At the very least, your skin will look better and your eyes will be brighter. The lemon juice will start to help stimulate digestion, the warm water will gently boost Spleen Qi (the digestive energy in TCM), and the pinch of salt will provide vital nutrients (yes, you heard right – NUTRIENTS) including electrolytes and thyroid-loving iodine. Repeat three more times throughout the day for extra marks. Don’t forget to eat breakfast, too – you’ve got to fuel up that body after all, it can’t run on lemon-flavoured steam.

Results? After 21 days, you have become so used to drinking water that it is now #totesnorms. You notice that your energy is so much better, and you no longer seem to get that blood sugar crash at 11am (that’s the lemon juice helping to stabilise blood sugars). Also, your mood is better – as is your PMT/ headaches/ sinuses/ aches and pains.

 

Task 2: Get out! Just do it, get out! I mean it!

Life can be a pressure cooker, and we need to reconnect with our planet on a regular basis to ground our energy and move our bodies. We are animals, after all – we don’t do well in captivity. Every day, get out in the fresh air and MOVE! If it’s raining, throw on a raincoat (that’s why they were invented, y’all), head to your nearest forest and walk through the trees, listening to the raindrops hitting the leaves.

Get out and power-walk that body for a brisk 30 minutes, and see how many of your worries make it back to the house. If you are a walker, chance a quick jog while no one is looking – you never know, maybe you could run a 10K in 2017 after all. Even if it is just putting the bins out, take a few minutes to breathe the clean winter air deep into your lungs, stretch your arms up high, and open your chest wide.

Results? Mental peace and physical relaxation, guaranteed. Move that body; enjoy it, have fun, connect with nature, take the time to visit the natural wonders our island has. You’ll get fitter, and your soul will be happy.

 

Task 3: Talk to the hand!

OK, you can go shopping for this task. Woohoo! Find a nice bookshop that sells those lovely bound journals, and take your time selecting just the right one. This little book will sit beside your bed, and every night you’re going to DUMP ALL YOUR RUBBISH INTO IT! Well, not really…well, kinda. Daily journaling is a great way to clear the clutter from the mind before sleep, and refocus our mind’s eye on the magic of life (and if you believe that we attract what we focus on…well, you do the math). It takes a few minutes (no essays needed), and it isn’t intended to be read ever again, so don’t worry about making sense, neat hand-writing or even appropriately formed sentences.

They key is two-fold. Firstly, write about your day: just thoughts, feelings, whatever. It could be a few lines of ‘Billy forgot his lunch box today so I had to drop it in to school. After that I went to get petrol and then did the hoovering’. On other days it’ll be: ‘Billy forgot his lunch box today, I felt like such a failure going into the school, what a rubbish mum I must seem to them! Poor Billy, I hope he didn’t feel neglected. Petrol is so expensive! It’s so ANNOYING the way they oil companies run the world, it makes me SO ANGRY!’. Once it is on the page, it is out of your head. It’s amazing how thoughts that are heard trouble us less.

Secondly, write two more sentences: the first, listing something you are grateful for; and the second, something you love about yourself.

Results? Well, wait and see! This one is powerful and will open up a world of possibilities for the New Year, New You!

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Good luck, ladies!

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In a year which saw the criminal actions of a convicted rapist appear to pale in significance to his prowess on the university swim team, it's no real surprise that a sports bar in Perth deemed it appropriate to advertise a New Year's Eve frat night with banners advising the public 'You teach her morals, We teach her oral."

In a year when a presidential candidate can admit he grabs women 'by the p*ssy' and still secure himself a place in the White House, it's hardly shocking that a random bar thought it was OK to assure the public that while their couches may pull out, they sure as hell don't.

I mean, it's just how we roll these days, right?

In a move which many found abhorrent and countless others saw as nothing more than locker room banter, Perth's Brass Monkey Hotel considered the promotion of rape culture a fitting indication of what the final night of 2016 may bring their patrons should they decide to cross the treshold.

Hanging banners from the building's exterior, staff perfectly illustrated that no matter how many cases of rape culture are brought to the public's attention day in and day out, there will always – always – be another one waiting just around the corner.

While the hotel's banners have, indeed, made global headlines today and the establishment in question has issued an apology, how many of us can say we're truly shocked by their initial actions?

Yes, we're outraged that they considered it an accurate representation of the night to come, we're sickened that they were apparently unable to see the implications of their words, and we're utterly appalled that they could use sexual violence against women as a method to promote their business, but are we truly shocked that yet another rape culture case has emerged?

Unfortunately, not.

Earlier this year, three studies were conducted among men in an effort to see how many were able to differentiate between 'jokes' featured in so-called lad's mags, and remarks made by convicted rapists.

And the answer? Well, it's worrying… but is it surprising?

The findings, published in the Psychology of Men and Masculinity, established that hundreds of those surveyed were unable to decide whether remarks normalising – and indeed condoning – the rape and sexual assault of women were actual testimony or fodder found in magazines aimed at men.

When a young man's swimming times appear to take precedence over a young woman's right to bodily autonomy, is a banner outside some backward pub Down Under going to leave us reeling?

When the future President of the United States of America can admit to sexual assault and still get voted in, will the actions of a few hotel staff thousands of miles away really leave us shellshocked?

And when Facebook users applaud the actions of the Brass Monkey Hotel by writing "I saw the signs and I laughed my ass off', are we really going to be scandalised when a similar case emerges next week?

Regrettably, no.

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It's no secret that 2016 has been an absolute disaster of a year.

From Trump and Brexit to the passing of some of the world's best-known stars, 2016 was the year that just kept on giving… but not in a good way.

Drawing on everyone's mutual distaste for the last 12 months, Friend Dog Studios have created a movie trailer which accurately sums up the year that brought us endless upset.

And if possible, it's actually scarier than the year we've just lived through.

*Watches from behind couch* 

 

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Just one day after a collision involving a heavily pregnant woman on the N20 in Co Cork, AA Roadwatch have advised the public that a second serious collision has taken place in the county today.

According to emerging reports, the incident occurred when a jeep travelling the wrong way on the M8 near Rathcormac crashed into a van shortly after 11.30 this morning.

It has been established that the collision occurred near junction 16, approximately 20 km outside the city.

It has been reported that the incident has resulted in one fatality and critical injuries.

Emergency services are currently on the scene, and diversions are now in place.

 

 

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Congratulations are in order this morning after news broke that much-loved actress Ellen Pompeo has become a mother for the third time.

The Grey's Anatomy star took to Instagram last night to announce the arrival of her first son, and it looks like her fans and follwoers couldn't be happier for her.

Amassing more than a quarter of a million likes in just 15 hours, Ellen's upload which features her husband, Chris Ivery, and their newborn son has melted hearts online.

"Eli Christopher," 47-year-old Ellen wrote. "Chris Ivery just fell a notch. I've got a new guy."

 

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The actress, who is already mum to seven-year-old Stella Luna and two-year-old Sienna May, has been inundated with words of support and congratulation since sharing the tender snap last night.

"Congratulations! All the best to you and your family!" wrote one Instagram user while another added: "Oh, this picture is so cute! Congratulations!"

Ellen tied the knot with Chris in 2007 after meeting in a grocery store four years earlier.

 

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Life can be a real challenge sometimes.

And yet despite the countless inconveniences and numerous disruptions we're faced with on the daily, we're always advised to keep our cool and not let it get the better of us.

There are, however, some times when a full-on strop is justified… and genuinely therapeutic.

And here, friends, are just 13… although, frankly, we could rattle off 20 in under a minute.

1. When your ASOS order looks NOTHING like the item you clicked on and purchased with a heart full of hope just five days before.

"They sent me your ma's tablecloth, and I look like a potato in a curtain."

2. When you unearth a gift card which EXPIRED the previous month.

"I could have actually bought those shoes that time, and yet here I am with a useless piece of plastic and pumps that look like I found them in a dumpster."

3. When your lecturer gives the class an extension on a paper you spent all night finishing.

"Don't mind me – I'll just put this through the shredder, shall I?"

4. When a classmate or colleague takes credit for something you did, and you can't protest cos no one likes a moan, right?

"She'll get hers, I swear to God."

5. When you change your plans countless times to suit a flaky friend, and she calls you out on that one time you bailed.

"It's like that b*tch has been sent to test me."

6. When you're asked to help at home, and then suffer through an hour of criticism about your approach to the task.

"WHY DID YOU ASK ME? WHY DID YOU ASK ME? WHY DID YOU ASK ME?"

7. When you drag yourself home after a long day, and the house is cold, the fridge is empty, and there's no hot water,

"The hot, salty tears are coming, and I shall embrace them."

8. When you miscalculate the available funds in your current account for the 2,000th time, and realise you will never own your own home.

"I'm the person they're talking about on the news."

9.When you come across a spoiler for the season finale of your favourite show, and must accept the fact your evening is officially ruined.

"I gave ten weeks of my life to that show, and for what? Nothing."

10. When you ignore the ringing house phone for the guts of two minutes, make the decision to finally answer, and only pick it up as it stops.

"If I ever find out who that was… I swear to God."

11. When you Wi-Fi stops working, and you spend an hour pulling random wires out of the router.

"I literally can't see through my tears of frustration."

12. When you finally get your broken charger to work, and realise it stopped the minute you turned your back.

"I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS!"

13. When you give your hairdresser simple instructions, and still leave the salon looking like David Bowie in Labyrinth.

"I'm going to burn her house down."

 

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If your final month of primary school was spent gnawing your knuckles as your classmates gushed about their upcoming trip to France or family holiday to Florida, you're not alone.

Spending another rainy fortnight in the wilds of the west coast of Ireland was not something to boast about… especially when you knew your BFF was about to get a private audience with Minnie Mouse, right?

And while we now know that grown-up issues – like finances and our dad's fear of flying – generally dictated, back then we wondered why we'd be spending a fortnight in a caravan while our mates would be living it up on Space Mountain.

And here, ladies, are just 12 things you'll know if the Irish holiday was your ONLY holiday.

1. The 'summer clothes' going into the suitcase were nothing more than a morale booster because we all knew we'd be in an Aran jumper and windcheater for the next 14 days.

"Do you want to wear this lovely pair of cycling shorts… under your galoshes, pet?"

2. The five-hour car journey to the caravan park was a test of all your nerves as you and your siblings jostled for space in the backseat.

"Tell him to stop looking at me, mam!"

3. If you were coming from the east, you stopped in Moate for 99s, no ifs, ands or buts.

"Get out of the car and eat your ice cream, your dad is losing his reason."

4. You spent more time than appropriate in old man pubs while your dad caught up on the football.

"Wouldn't you think that Jaysusin' caravan park would have a TV somewhere? Drink up your Coke."

5. You were signed up for some type of sport/water camp every single year, and every single year you feigned an injury after the first day.

"I'm not going! I've got the black lung, pop.

6. You got used to wandering into random pubs unsupervised to grab a quick packet of peanuts.

"The usual there, Mick."

7. There would be ONE day of sunshine, and your mam would bate you out of your fold-out bed to make the most of it.

"The sun is splitting the rocks out there. Didn't I wake up and think the caravan was on fire?! Get out there now and enjoy it."

8. You got used to bringing a duvet and multiple layers to the beach because that's just what life was now.

"Maaaaaam! He won't let me under the blanket, and I have frostbite."

9. You always made friends with at least one weird kid, who always happened to have siblings the exact same age as yours.

"Even I know we're the losers of this campsite." 

10. You had one big day out over the course of a fortnight, and it usually involved another hour's drive and a water park.

"You have six hours here, you lot, and not a second more. Do your worst."

11. The car home always smelt like vomit because your sibling got over-excited and wanted one last bag of chips before leaving.

"Maaaaaaaam, make him get out and walk."

12. When your friends returned home with Mickie Mouse ears, you returned home with a Bertie's Bog Festival cap.

"Don't look at me, I didn't want to go."

 

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