THERE’S been a major shift in RTE’s schedule this week as Ear To The Ground has been moved for a brand new documentary.
The national broadcaster has moved the show, now in its 32nd season, from its normal time slot on Thursday to make way for a documentary on a “once-in-a-century event”.
Powerless: The Storm That Shook Ireland is a new documentary reporting the impact of Storm Eowyn is set to air on RTE One and RTE Player.
This new new 30-minute documentary from the RTE Documentary Unit will tell of the storm’s catastrophic impact on communities and the resilience of the Irish people who faced it, less than two weeks after it made landfall.
With human interest stories and personal contributions from right across the country, the documentary will give voice to people suffering in the dark.
It will also reveal the storm’s devastating consequences and the lessons it holds for a changing world.
At the centre of this programme are personal stories and the lingering questions and concerns about the most significant weather event in living memory.
Viewers will hear from Angela Ducey and her family in North Cork who narrowly escaped tragedy when a 60ft tree crashed through their home.
As well as Rebecca and Andrew Corbett’s family in Bailieborough, Cavan who have endured over a week without power; Moyne Villa Football Club – the Galway Hub, which has become a crucial lifeline, providing warmth, food, and essential facilities to those affected by ongoing power outages, and Debbie Conroy from Balla, Co Mayo, who describes the emotional toll of life without power, as her family struggles to cope in the cold and darkness.
The show will air this Thursday at 7pm, taking up Ear to the Ground’s usual time slot.
Instead it will be moved by thirty minutes for this week only to 7.30pm.
In this week’s episode of Ear to the Ground, Stephen Rob will be in Co Down exploring a new way of managing the environmental impact of slurry.
Animal slurry is a valuable natural fertiliser for farmers, but the nutrients it contains—especially phosphorus—can cause significant environmental damage if not handled properly.
While Ella McSweeney will meet Tom, farmer from Limerick, who has a passion for rare breeds.
Tom and Ella will explore how being part of the National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme contributes to preserving and promoting biodiversity on his farm.
And Darragh McCullough is also in Limerick, meeting some very special horses that are doing some very special work.
On a small farm, viewers will meet Eadaoin O’Connell, who always understood the benefit of working outdoors alongside her beloved horses.
Now she uses that insight, and just two acres of the 30-acre family farm, to provide those same experiences to people with social, learning or physical challenges.
THE man dubbed the world’s most elusive billionaire, Karim Aga Khan IV, has died aged 88.
Khan, known best as a spiritual leader, passed away surrounded by his family earlier today as tributes pour in for the beloved racing mogul.
The Aga Khan Development Network announced his death online.
They said he passed away peacefully in Lisbon on February, 4, surrounded by his family.
The company also left a tribute saying: “Leaders and staff of the Aga Khan Development Network offer our condolences to the family of His Highness and to the Ismaili community worldwide.
“As we honour the legacy of our founder, Prince Karim Aga Khan, we continue to work with our partners to improve the quality of life for individuals and communities across the world, as he wished, irrespective of their religious affiliations or origins.”
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump has given his team strict instructions to completely obliterate Iran if they ever assassinate him.
The Republican, who has already survived several attempts on his life, decisively told reporters of the plan as he signed an executive order calling for his government to impose serious pressure on Tehran.
Trump, 78, responded to a question over what protocols would instantly be triggered should he be killed by an Iranian plot by saying there is already a plan set.
He said: “I’ve left instructions if they do it, they get obliterated, there wont be anything left.”
Federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other US administration officials for years.
It was revealed in November, an Iranian agent had been charged with plotting to kill Trump in an assassination that would have shaken the world.
US prosecutors say the rogue state told ex-con Farhad Shakeri — said to be hiding in Tehran — to devise a seven-day plan to spy on and murder him.
Afghan national Shakeri came to the US as a child and served 14 years for a robbery before he was deported in 2008.
The US government said Shakeri is believed to be in Tehran, though he has spoken five times to the FBI over the phone.
In a complaint filed in New York – days after Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris — prosecutors said an official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard told Shakeri to devise a plan to eliminate the President elect.
They claim the planned hit was an attempt to take vengeance for a US drone strike ordered by Trump that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, then said to be the world’s No1 terrorist, in 2020.
Prosecutors said Shakeri was originally told to carry out killings against Iranian targets in the US, before focusing on Trump alone.
He claims on October 7 — the anniversary of the terror attack in Israel by Iran-backed Hamas — he was told to focus just on Trump.
He was asked to come up with a plan to kill him in seven days, the indictment alleges.
According to prosecutors, Mr Shakeri told law enforcement that he did not intend to propose a scheme within the seven days, so the IRGC officials paused the plan.
Shakeri said the Iranian government told him it would be easier to try to kill Trump after the US elections because they believed he would lose, prosecutors said.
LOVE Island fans have gone wild as one All Star after he admitted they are IN LOVE.
Making a bombshell confession, one of the hunky All Stars revealed that he is “IN LOVE” after falling for a girl in the hit ITV2 series.
Samie Elishi – the all new bombshell – entered the Love Island: All Stars villa during tonight’s episode, with the stunning brunette beauty having a chat with all of the boys as soon as she arrived.
Sitting down with the hunky lads, London-based Samie was quick to quiz the guys on their relationship statuses.
Sitting around the fire pit, Samie went along the line of guys and asked each of them if they were closed off or open to getting to know someone new.
When Samie got to Ronnie Vint, he was quick to boast over how he was “in love” – implying that he was totally closed off with Harriett.
Reacting to Ronnie’s confession, one person said: “Sorry, can we just backtrack to Ronnie immediately saying he’s in love… I thought that was quite sweet of him tbh.”
Another added: “Ronnie making it clear that he’s not an option and he’s in love, I love down bad men.”
“Ronnie is really pushing this ‘in love’ thing out of nowhere. And this is why Harriet has a small ick,” penned a third.
A fourth then said: “A new bombshell comes in and ronnie immediately tells her hes in love??? this is a changed man fr.”
While a fifth added: “Atleast Ronnie said he’s in love so she can leave him alone.”
And a sixth swooned over how “Ronnie is smitten”.
Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
CASH-STRAPPED Barcelona reportedly lost out on MILLIONS from Nico Gonzalez’s £50million Manchester City switch due to a contract blunder.
The Spanish midfielder, 23, completed a stunning deadline day move to the Etihad from Porto.
Before joining the Portuguese side in 2023, Gonzalez came through the ranks at Barcelona’s La Masia academy.
He made 37 appearances before being sold for £7million to Porto as Barca looked to combat their dire financial situation.
However, the Catalans made sure to include a clause that entitled them to 40 per cent of his next fee.
Despite that, ESPN claims Barcelona will now receive just 20 per cent of Gonzalez’s £50m.
That’s because before selling him to City, Porto snapped up half of Barcelona’s clause for only £2.5m.
It means instead of receiving £20m as part of Gonzalez’s move to City, Barca have banked just £10m.
Including Porto’s cheeky clause cash-in, it makes for a grand total of £12.5m — £7.5m less than the Spaniards were expecting to rake in.
Club chiefs are sure to be even more furious as their lack of money saw them potentially miss out on an even greater figure.
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Barcelona made sure to also include a buy-back clause, worth £25m, in Gonzalez’s Porto move 18 months ago.
They could have — in theory — re-signed him for that figure before flogging him to City for £50m — making for a cool £25m profit.
But Porto’s earlier decision to pay £2.5m for Gonzalez’s sell-on clause saw that option also become invalid.
After joining City, the playmaker said: “This is the perfect opportunity for me at this stage of my career. I am 23 and I want to test myself in England. There’s no better club than Manchester City for me to do that.
“Look at the squad they have here … it’s unbelievable, full of world‑class players. There isn’t a footballer in the world who would not want to be part of this setup.
“I know the reputation Pep has and I cannot wait to work with him. In fact, I am honoured he wants me to play in his team. I am truly excited. I just want to meet my teammates, and the staff here and then I want to play in front of the City fans.”
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