WHAT'S HOT
Feel the burn World's hottest chilli goes on sale in Ireland, coming in at 400 times the punch of a jalapeño
The iPhone Love it or loathe it, Apple announced this week it has sold one billion of its touchscreen handsets
Michelle Obama Hillary Clinton may have smashed the glass ceiling at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this week but Michelle's speech cracked it open for her
Harry Potter Fans around the world will be queuing (or Kindleing) at midnight tonight for the release of the new Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script
Surface tension Terrifying wave-surfing doc Beneath the Surface now on Red Bull TV featuring Andrew Cotton tackling 100ft monsters off the west coast of Ireland
Beach parties Beatyard in Dún Laoghaire this weekend. Lumo in a secret waterside location today. Sessions on a bit of shoreline are the best
WHAT'S NOT
Train trouble Bored teens trying to impress each other by jumping across train and Dart tracks
Weever fish Warnings of an influx of these tiny critters onto Irish shorelines this weekend. Be careful, they sting
Turkish fright Crackdown this week saw arrest of 30 journalists and closure of 18 TV channels, 3 news wires, 23 radio channels, 45 newspapers and 15 news magazines in one day
Naked Attraction Reality TV dating shows are really scraping the (naked) bottom of the barrel
VCR The last producer of the video players is to end production this month
Desk jobs New study suggests sitting for eight hours a day can increase likelihood of premature death by 60 per cent. (An hour of exercise wipes out the bad effects though)
