There’s something so tragic about the realisation when you’re a little tot that Santa just isn’t real. In retrospect it should have been obvious… It’s impossible to fly around the world in one night, obese men cannot squeeze down chimneys and if Santas could make dreams come true then maybe some people would be living […]

9 years ago

2014 has been a crazy year for Lovin Dublin, this site has evolved from Niall’s little food blog to an online publication with a team of 8 people working hard to bring you the best news, food reviews, events and social commentary in the country. We decided to pull together the 10 most popular posts […]

9 years ago

It’s a fact that no matter how broke you are, you’re never going to scrimp on a few nights out with family and friends over Christmas. With that in mind we decided that we needed to put together a list of the absolute top places to go for the most delicious cocktails in the city. […]

9 years ago

Something most of us can empathise with is the fact that people outside of Ireland, no matter how much they try, just can’t seem to pronounce our Irish names. My surname, Kenneally, causes mass confusion once outside of Ireland, and sometimes in Ireland too. This video made us laugh, especially with poor Bláithín mistakenly being […]

9 years ago

When we saw Doerthe’s (our resident craft beer reviewer) vine this morning of a house in Dublin that is blindingly bright and more colourful than Joseph’s technicolour dreamcoat, we were amazed. While some people think that this amount of Christmas lights is gaudy, we’re well impressed with the effort and enthusiasm that some people put […]

9 years ago

Last week we did a city spotlight on Phoenix Park, and so this week we decided the next natural location was Castleknock. A lot of Dubs are familiar with the country club as a nice spot to go for a round of golf, and many non locals will pop into the village for something to […]

9 years ago

Christmas is just days away! At this point you’ve probably just resigned to the fact that you’re going to be broke until February so you may as well just go with the flow and enjoy the rest of the fun and exciting events that Dublin has to offer in the run up until Christmas. Check […]

9 years ago

Love Christmas and all the decadent indulgence that goes with it? So do we, but when we think of indulgent Christmas food the dreaded Christmas cake covered in marzipan and rock hard icing doesn’t spring to mind.  We decided to come up with a definitive list of the most delicious, most decadent and most indulgent […]

9 years ago