We could experience the first named storm of this winter season this weekend. Storm Ashley looks likely to edge close to Ireland on Sunday, with Met Eireann monitoring developments. Cork City Council has issued a warning that tidal flooding is possible on low lying quays until Sunday, but high tide passed in the city without flooding this morning.
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Louis Tomlinson has described his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne as a "positive, funny, and kind soul" who he wishes he'd had the chance to say goodbye to. The 31-year-old singer fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina on Wednesday.
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Rory Gallagher’s iconic Fender Strato-caster is coming home to this country. The Corkman's guitar has been bought by Live Nation Gaiety which plans to donate it to the National Museum of Ireland.
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A US tech mogul has replaced all the plasma in his body in a bid to stay young forever. Multimillionaire Bryan Johnson, who claims to spend 1 point 8 million euro a year trying to turn back his biological clock, has had a "total plasma exchange" in a bid to detoxify his body.
