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Let's face it, one of the easiest ways to initiate a rip-roaring debate among your peers is to question the validity of the Irish language in modern society, and watch as normally mild-mannered people dig their heels in and argue the toss over the first official language of the Republic.

While a number of us admit we barely have cúpla focal after 12 years learning the language, others insist it's up to us to keep the Irish language alive – a difference of opinion which really came to the fore on social media over the past week.

With 62 Irish-language translator positions currently available with the EU, Publicjobs took to Facebook to remind potential candidates that the deadline for these 'well remunerated positions' was looming, and it's definitely rubbed a number of people up the wrong way.

Commenting on the position which boasts a salary of approximately €52,000 per year, one Facebook user wrote: "Waste of money that could be well spend somewhere else,"

"What's the point, we speak English in Ireland everywhere – schools, work, pubs, doctors, hospitals…unless everyone starts speaking Irish, it is a total waste of money on translations."

"The Irish language is an integral part of our heritage," argued another. "Although it is not as widely spoken as I would like it to be I hear the cúpla focal spoken almost every day at work. I think it's very important to do everything we can to keep it alive."

Cited as a 'great entry point into different careers within the European Union', social media users have taken umbrage with the suggestion that those fluent in the language will have better options in the future.

"Only problem is the people who get the jobs will be connected and have the pull. A lot of the best candidates won't be considered because of their background," argued another.

Insistent that the debate has more to do with the actual job and less to do with the language, another wrote; "It's not about reading and speaking Irish"

"It's about paying people to do a pointless job; no Irish MEP needs anything translated into Irish, since they all speak fluent English. That is a cynical abuse of EU taxpayer's money."

The post has been inundated with comments since it was published last week with debate continuing to rage on Facebook today.

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Ever wonder what it would be like to work for the Queen?  Well now you might actually have the chance to find out.

According to The Sun, the Queen is looking for a new Kitchen Porter to join her staff at Buckingham Palace.

As well as earning £16,755 a year (that’s almost €20,000), the successful applicant will have a pension scheme, 33 days’ holidays, have all their meals provided and will get to live in the staff quarters of one of the world's most iconic landmarks.

And – according to the Royal household’s website – the new KP will also experience “the feeling of satisfaction from helping to deliver a spotless service”.

No experience is necessary for the job as training will be provided to ensure you can polish cutlery that really is fit for a queen.

 

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Alexa Chung made our fashion dreams come true today, with the announcement that she will be launching her very own clothing line. 

The 32-year-old model and presenter will step into the role of creative director of Alexachung, which will be a contemporary-priced ready-to-wear line set to hit stores in May 2017.

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Alexa, who is a modern style icon, is no stranger to the design process, having previously collaborated on collections with AG Jeans, Marks & Spencer and Madewell.

alexa chung

In an interview with The Business of Fashion, Alexa cited her number of fashion collaborations as the reason for going out on her own. 

“I feel as though I’m kind of prepared to do it now. If it had been any time sooner than this, I either wouldn’t be responsible enough or have been able to take on this kind of feat,” she said. 

 

The cat's out of the bag.Read all abouuuuut it at @BOF @zackerymichael

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Alexa is eager to do things her her own way, telling BOF “I just wanted the freedom to sort of make my own world, without someone else’s brand’s brief to stick to."

Alexa's collection will be sold at selected retailers such as Selfridges, Galeries Lafayette and matchesfashion.com, as well as a dedicated e-commerce platform. 

 

Blue steel. Thanks @georgenorthwood @florriewhitemakeup  @britishvogue #voguefestival @gucci

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Hoping to make a brand that will be accessible and affordable, Alexa said "I want to make sure it's something that is speaking to just everyone on the street.”

We can't wait to see her collection! 

 

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Ever order fast food and sit there waiting for it to arrive thinking it just isn't fast enough?

Well it looks like that feeling could soon be a thing of the past as the world's first 3D pizza printer is on the way and it is set to change everything.

According to Fast Casual, the people who invented NASA's first 3D food printing robot Beehex have developed a pizza printing prototype which can create oven-ready pizzas in any shape imaginable in less than four minutes.

And as if that isn't enough, Beehex is also working on a 3D food printing kiosk which can create and bake one pizza pie ever 60 seconds – that's a lot of pizza.

These pizza gods have left chef Pasquale Cozzolino in charge of sourcing the right base, sauce and cheese for the printer and it seems he's going all out on finding the very best ingredients for the project by importing tomatoes from Mount Vesuvius and mozzarella from Italian cows.

Pasquale – who owns restaurants in New York and Atlanta – also intends to use 80-year-old yeast for the dough – fancy!

Because the pizzas will be ready within minutes and should be available to order by app, this new venture could change how we eat pizza forever.

Oh the possibilities…

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If your social media feeds have been awash with Pokémon Go memes and you have no idea why, you’re not alone.

While many of us assumed Pokémon was the reserve of our childhood and as likely as light-up runners and rip-off tracksuit bottoms to rear its head again, this past weekend has proven just how wrong we were.

So, what’s the 411 exactly?

Basically, Pokémon Go allows people to catch Pokémon in real life with the help of augmented reality, and has proven so popular after initially being rolled out in Australia and New Zealand, its UK and international release have been delayed due to technical issues.

The game, which is a free-to-play mobile game, allows players to capture, battle, train and trade virtual Pokémon who appear around the world, and has basically sent every die-hard Pokémon fan over the edge.

While the creators – Niantic Labs – had anticipated interest in Pokémon’s first foray into the mobile world, they weren’t expecting servers would crash as a result of the hype surrounding the game.

According to Forbes, despite the fact it has yet to be released world-wide, the newly-released game is set to surpass Twitter in daily active users on Android.

Figures indicate that within 48 hours of its release, Pokémon Go had been installed on 5.6 percent of all Android devices in the US – making it more popular than Tinder.

Now just imagine what will happen when it actually goes global…

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Ana Beatriz Barros has officially won wedding of the year, and did it in the most AMAZING gown we have ever seen. 

The world's most beautiful people gathered over the weekend in Mykonos, Greece, for the wedding of Sports Illustrated model Ana Beatriz Barros, 34, to businessman Karim El Chiaty. 

 

 @anabeatrizbarrosofficial #mykarana

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The bride, whose wedding snaps have been all over social media, was an absolute vision on the day in a custom-made Valentino gown

The dress featured stripes of lace, sheer tulle, three-quarter length sleeves, and a bardot neckline. Ana finished of the bridal look with a choker of pearls and a cathedral length veil.

The only thing more beautiful than the wedding dress? The bridal party! 

Assisting Ana up the aisle, was a parade of the bride's closest friends, who also happen to be some of the world's most successful models. 

Isabeli Fontana and Alessandra Ambrosio, who looked flawless in blush pink gowns, were among the beautiful bridesmaids. . 

As if the wedding wasn't gorgeous enough, the daughter of Victoria Secret Angel, Alessandra Ambrosio, was the flower girl for the chic ceremony. 

Cuteness overload! 

 

 A N G E L  #mykarana #AnjaLouise #wedding #magical #mykonos #love

A photo posted by Alessandra Ambrosio (@alessandraambrosio) on

After the nuptials, the bride squad went for a swim in the Mediterranean, and in classic super-model fashion, they were all donning matching one-pieces for the event. 

 

Melhor dia da minha vida  Best day of my life  #JustMarried #mykarana

A photo posted by Ana Beatriz Barros (@anabeatrizbarrosofficial) on

Many of Ana's instagram followers have been commenting on the pictures from the beach wedding, wishing her well and congratulating the couple. 

One fan wrote "Congratulations Ana. You look so beautiful," and we could not agree more. 

 

Irmãs! Parabéns Aninha! Obrigada @julianoezuel @printingoficial @silviafurmanovich e @indexassessoria #mykarana

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We wish these newlyweds a happy and beautiful life together!  

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When the chips are down, there's no one quite like our Irish mammies.

But while the rest of the world imagines we all live with an extra-friendly version of Mrs. Doyle, people who have been brought up by an Irish mammy know that you cross them at your peril.

They might turn a blind eye to the odd drunken misdemeanour or pretend to ignore the fact you've forgotten to turn off the immersion, but when it comes to their childrens' personal upkeep, there's no room for manoeuvre,

Going out with the hem of your jeans trailing behind you or forgetting to 'give your shoes a wipe' before a big occasion are cardinal sins in the eyes of any upstanding Irish mammy.

And while all us girls have had our mothers eyeball the fraying, greyish strap of our bra, we've yet to see them take a scissors to one, so our thoughts go out to Lee who had his jocks shredded by his mam who was mortified by the number of holes she found in them.

For anyone who's not sure what makes an Irish Mammy so unique, here's your answer.


 

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Turning 30 can be a stressful time.

Leaving your twenties behind and facing into a future which includes talk of mortgages and pensions would be enough to send anyone over the edge, but when you're best known for your wild child ways, the pressure can really get to you as Lindsay Lohan demonstrated this weekend.

Having jetted off to Mykonos to ring in her third decade, it looks like Lindsay didn't exactly have the idyllic loved-up trip she was anticipating and instead found herself embroiled in a heated row with her other half.

According to reports, the actress and Egor Tarabasov exchanged words on Rakkan beach after Lindsay came across a text on Egor's phone, and then, ladies, it all went to hell in a bucket.

 

Rushing around from work to lunch to work and fittings but still smiling!! #love #raybans saving the day

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After Lindsay flung her fiancé's phone into the sea – we know! – Egor retaliated by pouring a drink over Lindsay before security stepped in and attempted to defuse the situation.

Commenting on the scene, an onlooker told The Sun: "Everything was fine between them before something on Egor's phone upset Lindsay."

"They then started shouting and screaming at each other," they continued. "Lindsay threw his phone in the sea, she looked absolutely furious"

"The security at the beach club had to pull them apart and Lindsay left in her car while Egor went back to the party," they added.

The Mean Girls actress appeared to reference the incident on Instagram over the weekend, writing: "Falling in love in exhausting …Especially when you're the older woman and have already seen it all. #love is the most important thing at the end of the day #serenity"

While some onlookers admit they were stunned by the display, others argued that the incident wasn't as serious as it appeared.

We're not here to judge but if a phone ends up at the bottom of the ocean, there would want to be a pretty good reason.

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Miley Cyrus is certainly no stranger to tattoo tributes, with a number of dedications to her pets and various family members all over her body. 

This weekend, however, Miley had the internet going mad with her latest piece of permanent ink, which appears to be dedicated to Australian hunk, Liam Hemsworth. 

The We Can't Stop singer got a jar of Vegemite tattooed on her arm, which as we all know, is a famous Australian snack. 

 

@mileycyrus don't play when it comes to #vegemite #halfneedle

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Her ex-boyfriend/ current boyfriend (we're all still confused about those two), Liam Hemsworth, has previously talked about his love for Vegemite, telling Australia's Sunday Style that "After-school Milo and Vegemite on toast. I lived on it."

 The couple began dating in 2009, while filming The Last Song together, and became engaged in 2012.

The pair broke it off in September 2014, but Liam, 26, ensured the public that they would "always be best friends."

Miley and Liam started hanging out more in early 2016, having been photographed on a number of occasions in each other's company, sparking rumours of a reunion. 

The Hunger Games star has even hinted at a possible engagement, stating that "People will figure it out, they already have."

Miley celebrated the New Year in Australia with the Hemsworth clan, and it would appear as though the couple have been inseparable ever since. 

There has been no official statement that the young couple are back together, but if we were taking bets we would say a tattoo dedication is a pretty sure sign that love is in the air. 

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The Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom relationship saga continues, and this time Khloé means business. 

TMZ has reported that Khloé Kardashian has kicked the NBA player out of the home she was renting for him, that was setting her back a casual $25,000 a month. 

The reality star rented a mansion in Calabasas for Lamar last year, after his overdose, so that she could be near him throughout his recovery. 

Last month, family members found a crack pipe on the property, which has ultimately been the last straw for Khloé. 

The lease to this 6,400 square foot house is up at the end of July, and Khloé will not be renewing it.

Lamar Odom is apparently going from house to house, staying with various friends in California. 

Khloé Kardashian filed for divorce from Lamar (for the second time) in May 2016, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. 

 

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It sounds like Tom Hiddleston was pretty certain his uber-suave 'I heart TS' vest and super-adorbs transfer tat spoke volumes when it came to his burgeoning romance with Taylor Swift.

In fact, it seems the Thor actor might have thought the clamouring press would be content with some loved-up snaps and dodgy-looking tats, and ultimately ask nothing more of him, but it sounds like he was sorely mistaken.

Having arrived in Australia with his new bae on Thursday, Tom was accosted by a local reporter who – unsurprisingly – enquired after Taylor, and it seems Tom wasn't at all interested in giving the press a handy little soundbite about his new romance.

When asked by a 9News reporter if Taylor was enjoying her time on the Gold Coast, the British actor, whose new relationship has made headlines all over the world, said: "I'm not going to answer that, if it's all right."

According to the Irish Independent, the reporter clearly wasn't going to let 35-year-old Tom off the hook that easy and continued to press the issue, asking how the new couple intend to spend their time down under.

Refusing to reveal ANYTHING about his and the Shake It Off singer's Aussie plans, Tom dodged the question and simply said: "I don't know… It's just good to be back."

Jeez Tom, you'd swear you'd been keeping the romance under wraps or something…

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Love her or loathe her, there’s no denying that Stephanie Davis has had a fairly rough 2016.

After being publicly derided for cheating on her partner, Sam Reece, with Jeremy McConnell while in the Big Brother house, the former Hollyoaks star became public enemy number one at the beginning of the year.

However, things started to look up for the aspiring singer when her relationship with Dubliner Jeremy appeared to flourish outside the house, before it all went downhill in the glare of the media spotlight.

After more ups and downs than a seesaw, the couple finally called time on their relationship just a few weeks before Stephanie revealed she was pregnant with Jeremy’s child.

While the 23-year-old indeed used social media as a platform to give her side of the story, this decision left her vulnerable to online trolls who poured scorn on her posts and even questioned the validity of her pregnancy claims.

Speaking to OK! magazine, Stephanie confessed that her ex-boyfriend’s attitude in the aftermath of their split left her at her lowest ebb.

"I wouldn’t be alive now if it wasn’t for this baby,’ she revealed during the interview. "Not only was I heartbroken about our split but I was pregnant and all by myself.”

“Then he was throwing all sorts of accusations at me, both privately and on social media, and I couldn’t handle it,” she added.
 

 

Meal time mums 50th

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Exceptionally close to her family, Stephanie revealed that she confided in her parents, saying: ‘I told my parents that I didn’t want to be here anymore and they were so worried that I was going to do something stupid."

"It’s been the worst time of my life – I was suicidal but it gave me something to live for," she added.

Proving that she’s picked herself up after the public fall-out, Stephanie says she's now focused solely on her future, insisting: “I feel like a strong independent woman, I’m going to be the best mum ever.”
 

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