IE Quiz 19/06/21

First Dates Ireland has recently seen Carla and Shez, one of its telly date-night couples, get engaged. But whereabouts does mental health nurse Carla hail from?

Which of the three bodies that made up the 'Troika' of international organisations, that bailed out Irish banks to the tune of billions at unprecedented cost to the Irish people, this week warned against a two-tier post-Covid recovery in Ireland?

Rupert Murdoch's new GB News channel has gone out of its way to court controversy, and advertisers have done the same to remove their wares from its commercial breaks. Which of these three companies hasn't pulled the plug (yet)?

US president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin have met up to assume talks with the aim of 'stabilising relations' between their nations. What country has their summit taken place in?

Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the network of pages and files we now call the internet has decided to put his original files up for sale as a NFT, which stands for...

Which major park in Cork city centre is playing host Indiependence Festival's new series of PáircLife gigs, according to this week's funding announcements?

Roaringwater Bay in West Cork is home to which of these animal-monikered islands?

Which of these toe-covering summer shoes has a high-ankle strap for security?

A Ghost in the Throat, written by Cork-based author Doireann Ní Ghríofa, is being brought to the stage at this year's Cork Midsummer Festival. Which legendary Irish poem does its troubled protagonist become immersed in?

Adam King is blasting into space with his own animated series, 'Adam ❤ Adventure!', making him the first Irish cartoon protagonist to use a wheelchair. But what is the name of his two-wheeled friend in the show, announced this week?