Happy’s reopened on Friday afternoon after closing on Thursday evening. Aston Quay restaurant and bar Happy’s are offering free meals for first responders this entire weekend to show their appreciation for what they faced amid the riots in Dublin on Thursday November 23. While many businesses in the affected areas have remained closed, some just […]

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As a major clean-up gets underway following last night’s destruction, many businesses in the city centre are making the decision to remain closed. Cafés and delis in the city centre have expressed concerns for their staff’s safety, and noted that workers are scared to travel into town following last nights riots. Following the attack outside […]

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“Today it’s coffee on us.” Following the riots last night in Dublin city centre, Ballymun café Treat Yo Self have taken to social media with the offer of free coffees for frontline workers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Treat Yo’self (@treatyoselfdub) They shared this message on their Instagram: “Our […]

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A new go-to coffee spot for anyone working or living in Cherrywood. Cherrywood has been up and coming, with apartments and a shopping centre well in the works, and several hospitality openers popping up in the area over the last few months, including Zambrero and Croí Coffee. A new business is about to be added […]

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December is coming in hot, and the calendar is filling up quicker than santy’s sack Scratching your head wondering what to do with yourself this month other than stuffing your gob full of turkey and celebrations? We gotchuu, here’s our top picks for December, yanno yourself the things you’d want to be booking right about […]

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Can you hear that? It’s the sound of the underground… Girls Aloud has announced they will reunite next year for a tour across the UK and Ireland. The four bandmates – Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts – will reunite in memory of their lost member, Sarah Harding, who tragically passed away from […]

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Four new food offerings are about to be available. District 11, which in this case is not a Hunger Games Panem location but a new food court, is set to launch at Charlestown Shopping Centre very soon. It will feature four new food offerings to join the existing businesses. The shopping centre is home to […]

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What are the chances of Timbaland coming out as a guest? 90s and noughties babies, 2024 is set to be our year, with nostalgia act after nostalgia act set to perform gigs in Dublin (Busted, S Club, a possible Girls Aloud reunion… need I go on). Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, […]

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These Christmas sandwiches would compete with the Moist Maker. If there’s one thing we have in common with Ross Geller, it’s a love of Christmas sandwiches. The passion he has for the Moist Maker in Season 5 Episode 9 of FRIENDS has struck a chord with a generation, and every November/December we tap into our […]

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From the lunch-time savour, the late-night standby to the day-off source of pure and unadulterated joy Despite an ever-growing of options for lunch in Dublin, many of us revert to type and head for the humble ol’ sandwich on our lunchtime break. Through the years, the things that have been placed between two slices of […]

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Great news for bookworms this side of Christmas. Chapters have come a long way in the last two years. The beloved bookstore went from closing down in January 2022, after almost 40 years in business, to reopening the Parnell Street premises just weeks later under new ownership. Since then they have welcomed a new addition, […]

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Normalise eating a full plate of arancini as a complete meal. Whether it’s financial constraints, or just a lack of Annual Leave, flying off to Sicily every month (or every year even) is likely not on your typical agenda. Luckily we have an authentic Sicilian restaurant right in Dublin city centre for when you’re craving […]

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