Some culinary geniuses have just created an ice-cream cone made from an oversized cookie and it’s a revelation. Created by the guys at Dude Foods, the chocolate chip cookie cone is ultimate dessert hybrid. Gaze upon its beauty To make this yourself, you need to bake a large cookie and roll it into cone shape […]

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It’s just been announced that Dublin is getting a massive Christmas tree this year, just like the one in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza. The 50-foot tall tree will be the centrepiece of the capital’s very first food, drink, craft and horticulture Christmas festival, dubbed ‘I Believe’, which has been launched by Lord Mayor Críona Ní […]

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We know that life in Dublin can be overwhelming at times, so we’re helping you to keep that stress in check. This week we’re looking at group events organised by the website Meet-Up, specifically ones designed to help you relax, so you can avoid all the myriad problems that arise from the pressures of city […]

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New legislation has been proposed that would see all Irish motorists forced to carry an emergency pack in their cars, with non-compliance resulting in a €50 on-the-spot fine. The pack would be comprised of a torch, a high visibility vest, a warning triangle, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher. Drivers who fail to carry […]

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The Rubberbandits prove once again that they’re more than just a couple of jokers with their latest Facebook post commenting on David Cameron’s ‘Piggate’ scandal. If you haven’t heard about these accusations, a newly published book claimed that, during his university years, Britain’s prime minister placed his knob in a pig’s mouth while smoking a […]

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There’s a reason Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins is so damn loveable – it’s because he reminds us of a character from one of our favourite childhood TV shows. Take a look at the picture below and you’ll realise just how similar our avuncular head of state looks to Reverend Timms from Postman Pat. We […]

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If you didn’t stop by the capital’s most infamous nightclub last night, you’re about to feel gutted. Celebrating a fantastic win by Dublin in yesterday’s All Ireland Final, Mr Tayto himself decided to hit up Copper’s for a few celebratory pints. Take a look below. Coppppeerrrrssss! Wore my best jacket & I’m still in the […]

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Sir, take a bow. H/T Ian Collins. READ NEXT: This Hilarious Picture Perfectly Sums Up What It Was Like To Grow Up In The ’90s

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Step 1: Watch. Step 2: Bounce up and down on your seat in excitement. There is no step 3.

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Watch as one member of the Eurovision duo ‘Donna & Joe’ showed up to perform on last night’s The X Factor. Joseph McCaul, who found fame in 2005 along with his sister Donna on the RTÉ’s Eurovision show ‘You’re A Star’, appeared on the UK song contest last night. Joe did a rendition of ‘A […]

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GAA fans have been invited to attend the massive outdoor screening of the All-Ireland Minor and Senior Football Finals at Smithfield Plaza today. The Lord Mayor (or Ardmhéara, as she prefers) has given the go ahead for the screening, and a similar event happened just two years ago when Dublin defeated Mayo. In 2013, thousands […]

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There’s a lot of choice when it comes to brunch in Dublin, so we’re going to make it simple for you: you’re going to SLICE today. Now let us convince you. The D7 café has of the best daily brunch menus in the city, plus plenty of sweet treats. Among all that deliciousness is their […]

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Speaks for itself. H/T John Cleary. READ NEXT: 17 Things You’ll Recognise When You’re An Irish Person Living Abroad

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Watch these Irish fans absolutely lose their shit over Japan’s win today. Irish supporters at the fanzone in Cardiff certainly weren’t shy about showing their support for the Japanese rugby team today after their monumental 34-32 win against South Africa. In the rugby fan village at Cardiff Arms Park. A Japanese man just did a […]

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It’s Saturday and you still haven’t made plans for the evening, it’s not that there’s nothing to do but there’s too much you could do. We’re going to make things a little easier for you by telling you how you should spend your night: go to Oktoberfest. Now let us convince you. The German festival […]

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In a stunt typical of the bookmakers, who recently set up a cousin-shifting booth for country folk outside Copper’s, Paddy Power are now trying to piss off the English. They’ve placed a poster in Cardiff today, where thousands of Irish fans are present for Ireland’s World Cup opener against Canada. The poster is entitled ‘The […]

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A dating app launched this week that matches couple based on their shared love of bacon. Like other dating apps, Sizzl matches you with people nearby based on your preferences. Adjust your settings for age and distance and if you match with someone a chat opens, allowing you to exchange messages for up to seven […]

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A raft race in being held in Dublin this morning to raise money to fight homelessness. Organised by Depaul Ireland, the Second Annual Raft Race Against Homelessness is being held in the Grand Canal Dock. The rafts are provided by the charity, all participants need to do if show up and register (and they’re advised […]

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There’s a lot of choice when it comes to brunch in Dublin, and all those options can be dizzying. So we’ve made it a little easier for you by making an executive decision: you’re going to The White Moose Café today. Here’s why you should. The recently opened café has a host of drool-inducing […]

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You may have already seen our six highlights of the Culture Night earlier today, but for those of you who still find six options just too damn many, here’s our top pick for tonight: RTÉ on Meeting House Square. RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena once again presents an outdoor broadcast from the Ark stage, with a […]

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In case you missed it, In-N-Out Burger came to Dublin today and pretty much everybody lost their shit about it. Why did everyone go especially crazy for a burger that pales in comparison to the best in this city? Probably because the cult sensation burger joint only appeared here as a one-day-only pop-up. While In-N-Out […]

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It’s that time of the year again when Culture Night takes Ireland by storm. The event is 10 years old this year and the list of events happening in Dublin alone is phenomenal. Problem is, there’s too much great stuff on. So we’ve taken to liberty of compiling a short list of things to check […]

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At long last, the amazing burger joint In-N-Out Burger has come to Dublin all the way from the States. Slight problem though, it’s only here for the day. In-N-Out has become a cult sensation in the US, and it’s decided to grace our fair city with its drool-inducing burgers for today alone in one big […]

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It’s just been revealed that Conor McGregor may have his chance to fight in Croke Park next year. UFC President Dana White revealed that Gregor will be allowed to fight in front of 80,000 people at Croke Park next year if he manages to beat Jose Aldo in this December’s fight in Las Vegas. White […]

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So cannabis-infused salmon is now a thing and we’re pretty intrigued by it. Made by Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessen in Denver, the salmon may look like standard gravlax you’d find in a bagel with some cream cheese, but the difference is this stuff will get you stoned. Cured in salt, dill, lemon, sugar and a […]

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Take a look at the video above, where Kodaline proved that they’re a sound bunch of lads by giving a surprise performance on an Aer Lingus flight yesterday. Posted by Barb Rossiter on her Facebook page, the American woman wrote, Very last vacation post- on the flight home (Aer Lingus) we were treated to a […]

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Dublin commuters are stuck in a traffic nightmare due to fire which broke out in Dublin’s Port Tunnel this morning. At least 10 units of the fire brigade arrived at the scene to deal with the blaze, which began around 7am this morning when a truck caught fire, and it is now extinguished. However, northside […]

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Recent figures indicate that the cost breakfast is the lowest it’s been in five year. Financial Times took a weighted average of the breakfast commodities wheat, milk, coffee, orange juice, sugar and lean hogs and found that they were at their cheapest levels internationally since 2010. Price reductions seen in these commodities were 28% for […]

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Irish third level institutions have just taken a dip, as Trinity College and UCD have plummeted in the latest rankings of international universities. Compiled by Topuniversities.com, the World University Rankings 2015/2016 saw Trinity College Dublin descend from 71st to 78th place, while UCD fell from 139th to 154th. John J Boland, dean and vice-president for […]

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College life in Ireland ain’t what it used to be. A few months back it was announced Trinity and UCD had dropped in the international university rankings, which made us stop and consider just how good we had it back in the day. So take a step back in time, folks… and remember all the […]

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These €35,000 prefabs are Dublin City Council’s latest solution to the homeless crisis. Local authorities are hoping that ‘modular housing’ will be a cost effective short term solution to the homeless crisis currently facing Dublin, with the council having spent €4.5 million in the first six months of this year in hotel costs alone. There […]

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Plans will be proposed today to construct Dublin’s tallest office building. ‘The Exo’ building would be located at the Point Village, by the northside entrance to the Docklands, one of the few locations in Dublin that allow for high-rise structures. The €80 million project funded by Nama, which would accommodate 2,000 workers, will have a […]

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No one asked for it but we got it anyway: Google Street View for cats is now a thing. These ‘cat’s-eye view’ street maps were designed by Hiroshima prefecture for tourists who might want to see their city from a different angle. Because who doesn’t want to see the world from a cat’s point of […]

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This brilliant new Fourpaws app is like Tinder for rescue dogs and you can download it now. The Irish application allows users to find and adopt a furry friend in a need of a home. Much like Tinder, the app allows you to like or dislike your way through Irish dogs available for adoption, and […]

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This guy complained to Aldi about a chocolate digestive biscuit and got an amazing response from the Aldi team. Englishman Darryl Reilly posted on the Aldi UK Facebook page to inform them of his shock and dismay at having discovered something very wrong with a chocolate digestive biscuit he bought at their shop. See his […]

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The Bring In Your Parents Day initiative will take place in workplaces around the world on Thursday, November 5. Organised by the professional networking site LinkedIn, the initiative started in 2013 after research revealed that more than one in three parents had no idea what their child did for a living. Before it took off […]

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An incredible one million people worldwide have signed up to learn Irish with Duolingo. Duolingo is the free online language education platform, which was selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Year 2013 and by Google as Best of the Best for Android in 2013 and 2014, and its Irish course has now reached […]

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Some legend has just created a Reeling In The Years playlist on Spotify. UCD Computer Science student Lucy Byrne has created an epic playlist consisting of songs which have appeared on RTÉ’s greatest TV show. Dating from 1962 until 2009, the playlist consists of 441 tracks and includes gems like ‘Love Me Do’ by The […]

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Some dick stole a Syrian charity box from Little Ass Burrito Bar this weekend. Lovin Dublin teamed up with various restaurants, bars and businesses across the city in the past few day for our #DublinForSyria campaign in order to raise much needed funds for Unicef’s Children Refugee Crisis Fund. The response to the campaign was […]

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Watch the video above to see what every Irish guy is like at weddings. Posted on the Facebook page Rory’s Stories, a page where Rory O’Connor acts out funny sketches which mainly concern GAA, but he occasionally records videos related to Irish life in general. Check out the video and see if anything looks familiar.

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After a hugely successful first year, music company Ensemble are starting a record label, and they’re going to celebrate their first birthday with a gig on September 26. Having been launched in September of last year by Rob Farhat and Rob Kearns, Ensemble now work with over 20 exceptional artists, including Conor Walsh, Ensemble Ériu, […]

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It seems Dublin isn’t the only place in Ireland with horrendous weather at the moment, just take a look at this Kerry GAA pitch’s crossbars, which are nearly submerged due to flooding. As you can see in the video below, Templenoe GAA club experienced some ridiculous weather yesterday, which caused their training pitch to be […]

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Watch the video above to see Dublin duo ‘Rock & Rose’ receive a standing ovation on last night’s The X Factor. The pair got off to a rough start with the vocalist’s nervous responses to Cheryl’s questions, but as soon as the music started the crowd got behind best friends Becky Rose Joyce (24) and […]

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These two Irish guys went to the debs and somehow ended up in Paris afterwards. Leon Breen and Luke Doherty, who went to Lucan Community College in Dublin, had their debs on Friday night. After the celebrations were finished, the pair decided they didn’t want the fun to stop there… so obviously they caught a […]

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This gigantic fruit has been hailed as a miracle crop and it may be a solution to world hunger. The ‘jackfruit’ is the largest tree-grown fruit in the world and it is said to smell like rotting onions, but tastes like pulled pork. Just one fruit contains hundreds of seeds and can weigh between 10 […]

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The Dublin Coffee and Tea Festival this weekend was host to a number of National Competitions, including the Avonmore Irish Latte Art Competition. With the seriously enviable prize of a La Marzocco coffee machine going to the winner, baristas from all over the country were competing to show off their finest rosettes and ferns. […]

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Nestled along the left hand wall of the Dublin Coffee and Tea Festival at the RDS this weekend is the SCAE Brew School: a long bar covered in equipment that looks like it belongs more in a mad chemists lab, a phalanx of baristas and volunteers, and an amazing smell of coffee. The baristas are […]

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Not sure if you should head out later? Well we’re making an executive decision for you (we’re full of these today): you are going out tonight. So to help you get in the mood, we’ve put together a list of tunes from the Universal’s ‘This Is Ireland’ playlist on Spotify. The weekly updated playlist features […]

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Watch these Irish people make an heroic attempt to explain emojis. Uploaded by the good folks at Facts., the video looks at the most perplexing of the emoticons, such as the praying hands, the smiley-face with a cheeky grin, and that one with the monkey covering its mouth. Important viewing.

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A new book has claimed that redheads are naturally stronger than the rest of us. ‘Red: A Natural History of the Redhead’ by Jacky Colliss Harvey, explores the mythology of red hair throughout the ages in history, art, literature, fashion, feminism, and genetics. Her research lead all the way back to the ginger gene’s origin […]

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