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Tadgh Beirne and Aoife Dalton have been announced as the Rugby Players of Ireland (RPI)’s Players’ Players of the Year. Tadgh, who was unable to make the ceremony as he’s training for the URC quarter final in South Africa, said it was an honour to be named among his peers, and beating out province teammate Tom Farrell, as well as Caelan Doris and Jamison Gibson-Park. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW ‘I’m honoured to be named.

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Tom Cruise stepped out with his leading ladies as the latest Mission: Impossible film premiered at Cannes. Tom will be reprising his role as Ethan Hunt one last time, with The Final Reckoning also showcasing the incredible stunts that Tom did himself — including jumping out of planes and climbing into a biplane’s cockpit.

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Looking like something out of a period drama, 2 Harcourt Terrace in Dublin City is one of the most spectacular properties in the capital, and indeed in the country. With a price tag to match — coming in at a massive €4million — the Regency home was completely renovated in 1995, before being extended and refurbed once again in 2017, with the neighbourhood having previous residents including writers, poets and former directors of the National Library of Ireland.

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Just two months after Donal Skehan was on a judging panel to help Ireland select our Eurovision song, he’s revealed who he thinks will win… and it’s not Ireland. Donal joined last year’s Irish representative Bambie Thug, 2FM’s Laura Fox, and Arthur Gourounlian on the Eurosong judging panel; something that garnered controversy with hopeful Samantha Mumba, who told Donal, Laura and Arthur to eat a bag of appendage-shaped vegetables.

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A new Pope is set to be elected in the coming days following the passing of Pope Francis. The conclave — which was excellently depicted in the 2024 film named after the process — will see the 135 Cardinals who are eligible to vote for the new pope do so until one of them receives two-thirds of the vote, a supermajority. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW But while we all know the start of the announcement when smoke pours from the chimney in the Sistine Chapel, there’s a lot more to it.