Bray’s famous eyesore 2 Main Street is set to get a makeover Wicklow County Council [WCC] has granted permission to turn the site of 2 Main Street into a guest house. The building has been vacant since a fire broke out on the premises in 2019. WCC has granted permission to revamp the three-storey building […]

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As anyone living here will attest, Dublin isn’t exactly a cheap city. Whether Dublin is your home or your holiday destination for the weekend, it’s always handy to have the insider scoop on the city’s best free activities. Pint prices are touching €10, coffees are venturing dangerously near the €5 mark and it sometimes feels […]

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Why move on somewhere new when you can get both in the one spot? I don’t know about you, but when I go out for a bop, I’m going to need some sustenance. You wouldn’t expect wedding guests to perform their best “Step Up” routine without their meat or fish first would you? Frankly, the […]

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“It has been a difficult and emotional decision for our family.” A historic pub in Wexford which first opened in the 1700s has closed its doors this week. The Thomas Moore Tavern in Cornmarket has closed after over a decade under its current owners, who said it had become “impossible to trade through the current […]

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We are very shocked lol Dublin has unsurprisingly made it into the top 50 most expensive cities in the world. Jumping ten places from last year in Mercer’s 2024 cost-of-living city ranking to 41st, it’s a wonder how it took this long to break the top 50. Including 226 locations across the world, the index […]

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The remains include an 800-year-old mummy known as ‘The Crusader’ and four others dating back 400 years. There has been outcry across the capital this morning as the mummified remains of five people were destroyed in a fire. The fire took place in the crypt of Michan’s Church of Ireland, on Church Street, a popular […]

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Say it with us now, one-two-three-four a one-two-three-four! Irish traditional music has never been better, making an evening spent belting out trad songs while an aul lad toots at a tin whistle a great way to spend an evening. Glasses are clinked, toes are tapped and if you’re lucky, someone will whip out a pair […]

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Plane spotters assemble Dublin Airport has announced that a planning application for a brand new plane spotting facility has been lodged. The facility is set to be constructed on the popular plane-spotting area known as “The Mound” on the Old Airport Road. For years, people have travelled up to The Mound from near and far […]

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For those of you who are a little last minute.com. If your dad is anything like ours, then no gift ever makes much of an impression. Whether you choose the expensive route, the thoughtful route, the homemade route — nothing truly makes an impact. As a result, it seems the best way to spend Father’s […]

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Marks and sparks wha UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced the three-year partnership with Ireland’s leading youth mental health charity, Jigsaw. Through a series of fundraising and awareness initiatives, the partnership aims to improve mental health services for young people across Ireland. M&S aims to raise €350,000 for Jigsaw over the next 3 […]

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There’s lots of moving and shaking in pub ownership these days Two of the city’s best-known pubs, Foley’s bar and McSorley’s are set to change hands, for €7m and €5.5m respectively. Foley’s bar According to The Irish Times, Merrion Row’s after-work institution Foley’s bar is being acquired from its current owner Seamus McEnaney by Emerald […]

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The openers are coming in hawt This week is practically brimming with hospitality news, some good, some bad, some mixed. With the Leaving Cert weather well and truly hitting our thermometers, while we feel sorry for the little LC-ers, we are content in the knowledge that those exams are behind us and we are free […]

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