IE Quiz 9/10

Ireland will launch its first-ever satellite (pictured above) into space next year, working with the European Space Agency. What's it called?

Tech billionaire Elon Musk again stands poised to purchase which social media platform, after months of desperately trying to back out of an agreed deal?

Which Fine Gael minister has been recently rumoured to be considering a jump to Brussels for the role of managing director of the European Stability Mechanism?

Soccer phenomenon Erling Haaland is in the money at present, rumoured to be earning well over £850k per week before bonuses, etc - for which English team?

Two women this week claimed to have seen Catholic saint Padre Pio (pictured in effigy above) at a church in which Irish city?

Nintendo's videogame series Super Mario Bros is set for another trip to the big screen in 2023 - but which actor donned the dungarees in an infamous 1995 action movie that also featured the moustachio'd icon?

The island of Inishdegil More lies in the mouth of Killary Harbour, one of Ireland's only three fjords, on the coast of which county?

Dublin sports journalist Kevin Patrick Egan joined American pro-wrestling juggernaut WWE last year. As of next week, he is the voice of which long-running weekly broadcast?

Late Cork singer and songwriter Cathal Coughlan's final work, Telefís a Dó, was released posthumously on Friday. Which Irish producer did he collaborate with for the project?

US President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of which recreational drug?