09-07-2025
Big Boy ice cream causes hilarity at Ireland AM
Ireland AM host Alan Hughes got frazzled live on air this morning with a story from about a giant ice cream cone that has gone viral around the world.
Yesterday we published the story about a shop in County Meath that has become famous because of their 99 ice cream cone, that is reportedly 9 inches tall, nicknamed the BIG BOY.
Currans Service Station on the N3 between Dublin and Navan is selling the giant creamy treat to hundreds of punters every day, and they say they are expecting to be even busier in the coming days with the promised heatwave arriving this week.
Poor Alan was put quite off his usual stride when trying to ask the live tv audience a simple question. View this post on Instagram
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How much is a 99 in your area, is what he SHOULD have said, but it came out as 'How much is a 69 in your area'?
Alans co-host Muireann O'Connell was doubled over with laughter as the host not only made the gaff once, but twice, when trying a second time to get it right. Pic: Kayleigh Payne
It's easy to understand how it happened to Alan though, when the size of the ice cream cone is enough to cause exclamations of 'OH MY GOD' for anyone who has tried to tackle the delicious 9 inch tall ice cream at the County Meath store.
What started off as a 'bit of craic' with the young staff in the shop, to see who could make the biggest cone, has now turned into a viral monster with over 500 of these tasty ice creams being sold every day, and demand is not showing any sign of slowing down either. The Big Boy Ice Cream cone – Pic: Fran Veale
Long may it last, retailing at four euro it's the best value ice cream we have seen in, oh maybe 99 days of summer.
