# Harry Potter
This year
2023
# Adaptation
Harry Potter TV series announced with JK Rowling set to executive produce
Warner Bros Discovery said the series will be “a faithful adaptation” of the boy wizard’s stories.
Last year
2022
# Harry Potter
UK Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling
The author shared screenshots of a message from a user who had written ‘don’t worry you are next’ in response to her tweet about Salman Rushdie.
# Twitter threat
JK Rowling working with police after receiving threat following Rushdie tweet
The Harry Potter author shared screenshots of the potential threat to Twitter.
# Test Yourself
Quiz: How much do you know about the Harry Potter books?
You shouldn’t need a class in Hogwarts to get some of these right.
All time
# Magician
Premiership club Leicester Tigers have signed Harry Potter
Wallabies international lock Blake Enever will also join Geordan Murphy’s men.
# Gender Identity
JK Rowling publishes new blog post after controversial comments about transgender women
The Harry Potter author wrote about aspects of her troubled past in a blog post.
# Gender Identity
JK Rowling criticised for tweets about transgender people
On Twitter, Rowling mocked the use of the term ‘people who menstruate’.
# The Ickabog
JK Rowling announces new fairytale for children will be published free online
The Harry Potter author said she wrote The Ickabog 10 years ago.
# maya forstater
JK Rowling voices support for woman sacked after transgender tweets
Maya Forstater lost her job after tweeting that she opposed proposals to reform the UK Gender Recognition Act.
# You can't be Sirius
US Catholic school removes Harry Potter books from its library following consultation with exorcists
The school’s priest said the books could be used to ‘conjure evil spirits’.
# No Magic
EU expected 'Harry Potter tricks' but UK Brexit negotiators were 'running around like idiots'
Frans Timmermans doesn’t mince his words in an interview about the ongoing Brexit saga.
# Fire
Firefighters tackle blaze at Warner Bros studios in Hertfordshire
All eight Harry Potter films were shot at the studio in Hertfordshire.
Voices
The Irish For: There's a bit of alchemy involved in translating Harry Potter into Irish
Book series translated from one language to another can lead to complications as the plot thickens, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
# Harry Potter
'The equivalent of the Euros': Dublin quidditch team heading to Poland for international tournament
Players describe the sport as a ‘mix of rugby and dodgeball’ and involves the team members sitting on brooms.
# sacrilege
Catholic priests in Poland burn Harry Potter and Twilight books
Photos show priests carrying a basket of books and other items including an African-styled face mask.
# Let's Get Quizzical
Quiz: How well do you remember the Harry Potter series?
How much do you really know about the wizarding world?
# very sirius
JK Rowling sues her former personal assistant over alleged unauthorised shopping sprees
The former assistant has denied the claims made by Rowling.
# end this
OK I'll admit it, Boots' Harry Potter beauty range is actually kinda tolerable
Oh great, more Harry Potter stuff.
# tv picks
What to watch on TV tonight: Sunday
This is the TV everyone will be talking about tomorrow.
# gryffindork
Harry Potter's Tom Felton and Matthew Lewis had a cute reunion on Instagram which fans are loving
Once a Gryffindor, always a Gryffindor.
# fantastic beasts
Ian McKellan expressed his disappointment that Dumbledore won't be 'explicitly gay' in the new Fantastic Beasts movie
JK Rowling revealed that Dumbledore was gay in 2007.
# StupefyThe8th
Dumbledore’s Army Ireland is the new Instagram repeal account you should follow
Facts disarm myths – Expelliarmus!
# Baby Names
TV, sport and music had some amount of impact on Irish baby names through the years
Did you know that there were 39 Rihanna’s were registered in Ireland in 2009?
# don't tell the bride
Tonight's Harry Potter-themed wedding on Don't Tell the Bride looks like an absolute disaster
He isn’t having it at all.
# dumbledore
Fans are disappointed that J.K. Rowling isn't highlighting Dumbledore's sexuality in the new Fantastic Beasts movie
Director David Yates said that Dumbledore won’t be “explicitly” gay in the upcoming film.
# the crimes of grindelwald
JK Rowling has defended Johnny Depp's casting in the Fantastic Beast films
Fans are unhappy with Depp’s involvement due to the assault allegations made against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard.
# the crimes of grindelwald
JK Rowling has defended Johnny Depp's casting in the Fantastic Beast films
Fans are unhappy with Depp’s involvement due to the assault allegations made against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard.
# expecto patronum
What Would Your Patronus Be?
Who’d be helping you give those Dementors the old one-two?
# man's greatest treasure
Alex and Ani is bringing out a line of Harry Potter jewellery, and it's absolutely adorable
No Time Turner though. Can someone hurry up and invent that?
# lunch crunch
Poll: Have you read any of the Harry Potter books?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
# flog-warts
Two new Harry Potter books to be published this year
The books expand on the universe of the Harry Potter series.
# accio ring
Emma Watson has asked for the public's help in finding her mam's old ring
Start praying to St. Anthony
# brightest witch of her year
What Percent Hermione Granger Are You?
You’ve got dirt on your nose by the way. Did you know? Just there.
# the boy who lived with cheryl cole
Everyone on Twitter thinks Liam Payne looks like Harry Potter in his new glasses
You can’t help but feel that these people have never seen Harry Potter before.
# mischief managed
12 lovely memories you will have if you grew up with Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is 20 years old today. Can you believe it?
# Are you Sirius?
Poll: Have you read the Harry Potter series?
Still in love with the characters after 20 years or is it just a bit of a Dumblesnore?
# 4 privet drive
Harry Potter fans have gone stone mad for this (amazing) Hogwarts letter purse
Finally! Our owl has come!
# home burglary
A Harry Potter prequel handwritten by JK Rowling has been stolen
Author JK Rowling has appealed to Harry Potter fans and the public to help return it.
# hogwarts: a history
Can You Name These Minor Harry Potter Characters?
Who was in the background while Harry and friends got up to mischief?
