Picture the scene: It’s a sunny weekend, you’ve promised yourself you’ll be on your very best behaviour with the other half and yet you find yourself getting a little antsy as they STILL cannot make up their mind where to go for brekkie. And you’re staaaaarving. Sound familiar? Maybe it’s just me but that seems to sum […]

8 years ago

A range of new homes are opening to the public this month which may be of interest to first time home buyers. Camden, the latest phase of Royal Canal Park, is a collection of ultra-modern, A-rated homes designed with exceptional levels of insulation and an air to water heat pump system which provides domestic hot […]

8 years ago

We’re a nation of tea guzzlers and coffee sippers and you know what, we’re fecking proud of it too.  So much tea and coffee has been consumed over the years that we’d hate to think how much money we’ve actually spent on it.  But what if there was a way of getting cheaper teas and […]

8 years ago

Have you ever been put off going out for dinner because you don’t want to have to get a taxi there? Sure shelling out for the meal is already a stretch in January.   Eden restaurant on South William Street, however, has a pretty genius ploy of encouraging more customers to come along to their restaurant for dinner.  […]

8 years ago

When it comes to “desirable” places to live in Dublin, Phibsborough probably doesn’t make the cut. In some ways I can see why – the streets are fairly tatty, the traffic is awful, and the eight-story office tower is often cited as one of the ugliest buildings in the capital.  But it’s hideous in an iconic […]

8 years ago

The Irish Times has released an extremely helpful list about the best ‘child-friendly’ restaurants in Ireland and Dublin has 14 establishments on it.  Róisín Ingle – with the help of Twitter – selected some great restaurants to go to in Dublin when the little ones need feeding. She joked about how her children have been […]

8 years ago

Dublin diners are moving away from the city centre and towards the water.  Grand Canal Dock has been the big player in the ‘Water Quarter’ up until recently, with spots like The Marker’s Brasserie and Charlotte Quay drawing visitors in their droves.  But there’s something stirring in George’s Dock of late. Ruby’s Bar & Grill recently […]

8 years ago

Dubliners have started an online petition to save Portobello Plaza from being replaced with a 178 bedroom hotel.  Planning Permission for development of a new hotel has been applied for by the developers, and it would see the current building and public plaza area become a six-storey hotel. The ‘Save Portobello Harbour’ petition has almost 3,600 […]

8 years ago

The temperature has dropped to that first winter chill in the air, to the point where you can see your breath as you walk to work. The winter jackets are out.  The leaves are turning deep oranges and browns and the first Christmas lights have started going up on Grafton Street.  I don’t know about […]

9 years ago

While perhaps best known for its iconic landmark the “Big Ball”, a sculpture whose real name is actually Perpetual Motion, there’s actually a lot more to the modest town of Naas. The original Irish name is Nás na Ríogh which means ‘Meeting Place of The Kings’, as pre-Norman kings of Leinster would assemble here. Throw in the […]

9 years ago

Not many comedy characters can stand the test of time as well as Norfolk’s favourite radio presenter Alan Partidge.  The appeal of the socially inept DJ and TV presenter has spanned the generations, so much so that the young folks of today are still cracking up at his infamous faux-pas.  This Thursday, Dublin fans of […]

9 years ago

Phoenix Park is full of wonderful deer that people come from all over the world to see. For the most part these animals are happy to stay up put, eating their grass and having their photos taken. Not today, however.  One of the deer has been spotted on the loose in the North Inner City… […]

9 years ago