We hope you didn’t bring a big heavy coat to the office today, because you’re 100% not gonna need it.  Thank christ. Met Eireann forecasters say that temperatures in the city will peak today at 23 degrees, with breaks developing in cloud and warm in any sunny breaks.Yep, they actually used the word warm. The […]

9 years ago

First we had hot yoga (because sweating profusely is trendy, right?), then there was laughing yoga, aerial yoga, and acrobatic partner yoga – made popular by the extremely photogenic cast of Made in Chelsea. But what if we told you that the latest yoga trend involves relaxing stretching movements with an ice cold beer in […]

9 years ago

Dublin City Council has taken High Court proceedings against the city’s latest hotspot, Roberta’s on Wellington Quay, with an aim to temporarily close it down. READ: Dublin’s Quays Have Bagged Themselves A Brand New Restaurant The Irish Times reports that the council says the first floor bar and restaurant does not comply with building regulations and fire […]

9 years ago

Have you been saying you’re gonna get fit and healthy and get that #beachbod for the last six months? Yep, us too.  Take this as a sign from the FitFam Gods that now is the time to finally kickstart your fitness regime for the summer: FREE combat workout classes in Herbert and Bushy Park. They’re being organised […]

9 years ago

There is travel disruption at Dublin Airport after multiple flights had to be diverted last night due to fog. Flights en route to Dublin were diverted after 10pm to Shannon and Belfast airports, with reports on social media of passengers waiting for more than five hours to be brought back to Dublin after landing in […]

9 years ago

If you’re anything like us you’ll find that you usually end up heading out for drinks in the same old places every single weekend. All well and good yeah, but it’s nice to change it up now and again. You’ll be intrigued then, by a slick night next Friday 7th July, which promises “colour, creativity and […]

9 years ago

Do you like cheap pitchers of cocktails and bargain pub snacks? Of course you do. You’ll be fairly pleased to hear the news then that J D Wetherspoons, the popular UK pub chain, has just gotten the green light for its plans to convert two vacant buildings on Lower Abbey Street into a new bar. They bought […]

9 years ago

We all know by now that traffic around Croke Park can be a bit hectic when there’s a match on, but one lady in particular was having a bit of a struggle on the roads. Never mind the GAA, mass is what you really need to be on time for. The Gardai tweeted a photo today of […]

9 years ago

Our student days were spent terrified to turn the heating on in a cramped flat about 35 minutes walk from college, with dingy carpets and old wooden furniture we’re not too sure wasn’t infested. But sure look, it’s the experience isn’t it? Not so for the lucky students who get to live in arguably Dublin’s lushest student […]

9 years ago

Dublin Fire Brigade have released warning images that all homeowners should take note of in regards to fire safety. A Dublin resident had a lucky escape after smelling smoke and getting help – it turned out it was a plug socked which was the source of the fire. Apparently cracks on the front plastic of […]

9 years ago

Is there anything worse than running like a mad person into the shop for just ONE MINUTE  – only to come out and find your precious car has just been clamped. It’s fairly devastating. Dublin City Council has received 63 complaints about clamping on its appeals system from May 2016 – May 2017, with people hoping […]

9 years ago

It may just have been payday (Hallelujah!), but that still doesn’t mean you have to splash your cash this weekend to have a bitta craic in the city. Dublin has a heap of surprisingly fun free things to do, from heritage sites and gardens to up-and-coming music gigs, all for freeeeee. <3 Here’s the best [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Ever get tempted to whizz through the Dublin Port Tunnel? So do a lot of other silly people. The new eight high-tech cameras installed in the tunnel in June have revealed that an average of fifty vehicles are caught speeding over the 80km/h limit, according to a new report by RTE. The report also showed [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Set in the industrial array of warehouses and venues within the RDS complex, Metropolis Festival offers a buzzing combo of music, art installations and performance, with last year’s event selling out quick. Organisers have just announced the first round of music acts, and we have to say they’re pretty slick. The iconic TLC will play [&hellip;]

9 years ago

The ‘Irish Centre for Bio-ethical Reform’, an American privately-funded organisation who has become increasingly involved with Irish women’s rights, or current lack thereof, to bodily autonomy, is organising a protest outside Dublin and Cork airport in July. The protests are planned to take place between Saturday July 29th – Sunday August 13th. In a press release* [&hellip;]

9 years ago

“You put the boom boom into my heart,You send my soul sky high when your lovin’ starts.Jitterbug into my brain,Goes bang bang bang till my feet do the same.” Does that tune fill your heart with pure, unbridled joy? We sincerely hope it does, because if you don’t like Wham! you’re a monster. If you do, then [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Residents of Ashington, Cabra, have been evacuated after reports that a ‘suspected pipe bomb’ was found in a local housing estate this morning. The Irish Independent reports that the alarm was raised just after 10am, with Gardai sealing off the area and people evacuated from their homes. A local creche has also been evacuated. The [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Does your mouth water at the very mention of mussels, crab and lobster rolls? We betcha it does. You’re going to love the latest news from banging Bray eatery Fish Bar then, who have made seafood lovers across the county fairly excira by starting up a Supper Club, with the first feast happening tomorrow night. The [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Your daily dose of cuteness has arrived my friends, and you’ve Dublin Zoo to thank for it. They welcomed the birth of two squishy little red ruffed lemur pups, a brother and sister born in April to proud parents Pierre and Fifi, joining the troop of seven red ruffed lemurs. To celebrate the new arrivals, Dublin Zoo are [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Irish film Cardboard Gangsters is set to become the biggest Irish movie of the year after a super strong box office opening. Its moved up into the cinema charts to third place, just behind Transformers and Wonder Woman after having the biggest opening of any Irish film so far in 2017. So far the movie has [&hellip;]

9 years ago

An Garda Siochana are appealing for information about an armed robbery which took place in the city centre over the weekend. Dublin Live reports that a man armed with a knife entered a shop on South Leinster Street, Dublin 2 at 12.15pm on Saturday, where he threatened staff and got away with an undisclosed sum of [&hellip;]

9 years ago

First of all, can we just say that if you haven’t seen Wicked the musical you have not LIVED. It’s genuinely that amazing. Like, amaaaazing. So surely we’re not the only ones absolutely buzzing with excitement that the award-winning West End show is coming to Dublin’s Bord Gais for a strictly limited seven week run from 17th [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Ever wondered what you’d look like if you lived in Dublin in the 1500’s? Okay sure, it might not be top of your thoughts allll the time, but you’re curious of course. Well, three years worth of research on human skeletons found at Trinity College in August 2014 has yielded a pretty cool facial reconstruction [&hellip;]

9 years ago

The sesh is the glorious beacon of light that keep us all going through a long week at work, so it makes sense that there’s a gas parody HONY page called Humans of the Sesh that you’ve defo seen on your newsfeed. The ode to the sesh and big bags of cans with the lads can’t [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Fresh, flavoursome, healthy and wholesome – no wonder people in Dublin are beginning to obsess over the incredible cuisine from the Middle East. ‘Middle-Eastern’ generally covers the fab foods from Turkey, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iranian and Israeli, with chickpeas, mint, olives, dates, lamb and parsley the main staples of any great dish. From falafel to hummus [&hellip;]

9 years ago

We could look at photos of cute dogs alllll day long (and we do), so when we heard there was a Best Dressed Dog competition at today’s Stoneybatter Festival, we knew the pics were gonna be absolutely delightful. And oh boy the peeps of the ‘batter did not disappoint. From hipster glasses to Spanish frills, [&hellip;]

9 years ago

A new segregated cycle track which was opened on Wellington Road in the Phoenix Park just two months ago has become overrun with vehicles parked along the cycle track and double yellow lines. A video posted by Dublin Cycling Campaign shows how bikes are forced onto the road in the park, potentially into oncoming traffic. Dublin [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Some over-enthusiastic Dublin secondary students celebrated the end of their exams in a sliiightly unusual way: by setting their school books on fire. We bet they didn’t think that a grass fire would break out, however, leading to Dublin Fire Brigade attending the scene yesterday at Bohernabreena, near Tallaght. We’ve dealt with a grass fire in [&hellip;]

9 years ago

It’s been over 30 years since The Goonies gang unearthed One-Eyed Willy’s lost treasure in what has got to be one of the best movies of the ’80s. And guess what? It’s being screened in new hot-spot Token in Smithfield tonight and we are exciiiiited. As part of the gaming bar’s community events, the flick will be [&hellip;]

9 years ago

A local ice cream van owner helped come to the rescue after a person injured their leg and needed medical assistance at Portmarnock beach on Monday Mark’s ice cream van transported the patient from the beach to a Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance, who said the van was used because it was lighter than their ambulances, which [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Unless you either A) were living under a rock, or B) have the words ‘Justin Bieber’ blocked from Google, you’ll have heard that the ultra-famous singer had a fairly random first day in Dublin yesterday. First the star ate some nachos in Maynooth, and then he went on to Bushy Park in Terenure to shoot [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Beliebers: get excited because not only has the main man himself landed in Dublin, we also have a prettttty good idea of where he will be celebrating after his concert at the 3Arena tomorrow night. Now, we all know that last year he showed up to Xico… Having a sneaky fanta in @XicoDublin and Justin [&hellip;]

9 years ago

What would you do if you were out for a sunny evening stroll in Phoenix Park and next thing the cutest little baby deer EVER comes running over to you? We think we’d be tempted to bring it straight home with us – but thankfully, that’s not what happened to this dote yesterday evening. Thomas [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Do you love burgers? Do you love eating burgers? We bet you do. You’ll be thrilled to hear then that the brilliant Box Burger in Bray are on the hunt for six people to be their burger tasters for new creations and combos. They said: “Back by popular demand – BURGER PANEL, Round 3. Ding Ding Ding! [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Can you imagine a more perfect day than one spent stuffing your face with homemade, authentic Italian grub and listening to deadly live music with your friends? Nah, us neither. That’s pretty much the dream right there. Which is why Italian Fusion Festival sounds so goddam right up our street – a festival aimed at promoting [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Following on from the gloriously sunny weekend we just had in Dublin were shocking photographs this morning that showed the absolute state of areas in town where people had been enjoying themselves – but never bothered to clean up behind them when they went on their merry way. Which made us think, should a bottle [&hellip;]

9 years ago

This scorching weather has us extreeemely thirsty, but we still need our caffeine fix every single day, all day (the sun doesn’t solve our never-ending sleepiness.) No one wants to drink a piping hot coffee in this gorge weather though, which is why we’re thanking our lucky stars that Love Supreme, who have stores in [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Have you ever noticed a crowd of people eating pizza and bopping to music on Grafton Street on a Sunday night? We bet you have. That would be Sunday Pizza Club, a group that aims to break down the barriers between people experiencing homelessness and other members of the public by providing free pizza, tunes and general [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Sometimes houses are just so spectacular and perfect that you can’t actually believe they’re real. Like, surely an actual earth human doesn’t get to live here? But they do. The lucky fuckers really do. We spotted probably the most incredibly located house in the entire country, and you’ll find this beaut right on the cliff in Howth, [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Father’s Day is rolling around yet again lads, and the 18th of June isn’t far off, so you better start planning something nice for the oul fella. Luckily, class shop Designist on Georges St has a hilarious (and sweet) range of cards designed by Irish illustrators and as per usual they blow all the boring Hallmark ones [&hellip;]

9 years ago

There’s just something about France that oozes sophistication and class, and coffee culture has been at the heart of the country’s social life for centuries. French cafés are the ideal rendezvous spot – the neighbourhood hub, the place to relax and refuel with a strong cup of petit noir (an espresso) and a freshly baked, warm and [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Shortly after the news came that Dublin cyclists may be forced off the roads onto solely cycle paths, our fair city has just been kicked off the Copenhagenize Index – a ranking of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities. Dublin entered the list in 2011 with an impressive ranking of 9th, dropped down to 11th in [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Brian Burns has officially withdrawn from consideration for US Ambassador to Ireland, which means the post is up for grabs, and some wild rumours are circulating over who is tipped to come to Dublin. Irish Central reports that insiders in the States have in fact favourited Sean Spicer, the current White House Press Secretary to [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Dublin Fire Brigade is the largest fire service in the country, serving 1.2 million people across the county with over 900 workers, so they know a thing or two about fire safety and statistics, that’s for sure. House fires are one the most common fire occurrences, and every week DFB issue a reminder on their [&hellip;]

9 years ago

A convicted armed robber escaped from his enclosed area in Mountjoy Prison yesterday afternoon and stripped completely naked on top of the roof. Sources told TheJournal.ie that the man (23) was looking for a package which had allegedly been thrown onto the roof, and when he couldn’t find it he stripped to the nip. Trained negotiators spoke [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Drivers are being warned to expect delays in traffic in the north Dublin region, particularly the Malahide area, due to Arcade Fire playing at Malahide Castle this evening. AA Roadwatch have issued notices asking fans to use public transport if at all possible, while the Gardai have stated that traffic restrictions will be in place [&hellip;]

9 years ago

How well do you know your scary movies?  Think you know your blobs from your black lagoons? Your Cronenberg from your Carpenter? Your ‘Jaws’ from your ‘Jeepers Creepers’?… You might wanna test both your nerves and your knowledge of horror movies at a Horror Movie Quiz Night in the city centre next month, where you [&hellip;]

9 years ago

Nothing can beat a weekend spent chilling in a gorge boutique hotel, with views of the clear blue sea and an afternoon spent in a rustic outdoor garden bar overlooking a harbour. It might sound like I’m talking about an exclusive hollier in the South of France, but you actually don’t have to travel far [&hellip;]

9 years ago

What’s your weekend plans hmm? Lounge around, maybe surface around lunchtime and spend the day wandering around town? Well you better cancel those exciting ideas because a frickin GIN CRUISE is gonna be sailing around Dublin Bay on Saturday and holy shit you can still buy tickets. The cruise will have a full Gin Workshop, [&hellip;]

9 years ago

It has been revealed that almost 11,500 people attended hospital for self-harm over a four period in the Dublin northeast area, The Irish Times reports. Figures released to Independent TD Tommy Broughan by the HSE showed that 2,991 people attended hospital emergency departments in 2012 for self-harming in seven hospitals in the region. 2,709 people presented in [&hellip;]

9 years ago