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Irish Independent
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
‘My worst job? Being a barman in New York City on Paddy's Day with the mother of all hangovers'
Gabrielle Monaghan When he was 17, George Murphy shot to fame overnight by winning the 2003 series of the RTÉ talent show You're a Star. One of the judges, Phil Coulter, produced an album for him and it reached No 1 in Ireland. Murphy then went on to travel and record with The Dubliners and Aslan. After a spell out of the public eye, the singer-songwriter put in a stint with The High Kings before setting up his own group, The Rising Sons. The Dubliner also made his acting debut in 2019, performing in the Dermot Bolger play Last Orders at the Dockside at the Abbey Theatre, and he recently completed a run as the lead in the play Dockers at the Ambassador Theatre. Murphy and The Rising Sons will this month start another nationwide tour, which includes Dublin's Vicar Street on September 7. For more tour dates, visit
Irish Independent
13-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
‘How I used smart meter data to cut my electric bill by €500'
Accessing your smart meter data is tricky but can save you a fortune in electricity costs Gabrielle Monaghan The jury is still out on whether I'm a cheapskate or just 'frugal'. For instance, I took to the deposit return scheme for cans and plastic bottles with a little too much gusto; I can safely say I've gotten my 15c deposit back from every single can of Diet Coke I've bought since the scheme was introduced. The energy crisis was the perfect time to channel my inner child of the 1980s. Rather than spend more on heating during the winter, I'd put a draught excluder on the front door, wear an extra jumper or two, and go to bed with an 80s-style red hot water bottle.
Belfast Telegraph
19-05-2025
- Business
- Belfast Telegraph
Ryanair's new subscriber discount service costs £79 a year. But is it worth the money?
Gabrielle Monaghan takes a closer look at the budget airline's new Prime offer Consumers are in the throes of a subscription overload, as companies seeking steady, predictable income shift us away from one-time purchases to monthly or annual memberships. The result? Consumers are juggling payments for everything from Spotify, Disney+ and Audible, to cloud storage, monthly dog food deliveries, and that wellness app we signed up to in January out of post-Christmas guilt.
