Ed Sheeran mania has well and truly gripped the land.  The singer is slap in the middle of his nine-day jaunt around the country, after three whopper sold out nights in Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh.  (Have a look at pics from the gigs here.) This weekend sees the red-head taking on Pearse Stadium in Galway, and […]

8 years ago

This is even more of a reason to keep your Leap Card topped up at all times. We can’t be dealing with exact change for the bus. If the far is €2.85, chances are we’ll just give in €3 and be done with.  Sure, 15c won’t put us up or down. Receipt? Probably balled up and […]

8 years ago

Dublin Bus has announced the winners of the 2017 Community Spirit Awards and these five local voluntary and community groups have each received the top award of €5,000 for their contribution to the capital. Having started back in 2004, this annual initiative acknowledges the achievements of local voluntary and community groups and provides them with […]

9 years ago

There are certain movies that need to be on everyone’s bucket list and Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, which is being shown in The Light House Cinema this month, is definitely one of them. The film is set in a dystopian vision of England where anti-social behaviour is rampant, and it tells the tale of troubled youth […]

9 years ago

There are certain Dublin-specific experiences that can momentarily make your heart stop beating. The reasons for this peculiar and worrying effect are varied: shock, awkwardness, or straight up horror. Have you had the misfortune of experiencing any of these moments? 1. When there are no Dublin Bikes left at the station Which comes with the sudden […]

9 years ago

Let me tell you, from personal traumatic experience, that there is nothing worse than being scammed while house-hunting.  You’re left broke af and utterly traumatised.  You’ll never trust another landlord or subletter for as long as you live but you’ll also develop a new level of street wisdom that’ll prevent ever getting f*cked over again.  […]

9 years ago

Finding a good Early Bird menu in Dublin can often be like trying to find a needle in a hay-stack. There are countless options available that you don’t even know where to begin, and, more importantly, if they’re any good. So what if I was to tell you of a three course Early Bird menu […]

9 years ago

Ah, Jaysus.  A pint to an Irish person is way more than just a tasty beverage.  It’s a matter of pride. It’s a barometer of currency exchange and it’s an end-of-week treat that shouldn’t put a massive dint in your wages Well, unless ‘the one’ turns into ‘the twenty-five’… Sent into us by Lovin Dublin […]

9 years ago

Dublin Gardai have warned taxi customers to be aware of the estimated cost of their journey after seven taxis were caught using deceitful methods. Gardai conducted a checkpoint on the Malahide road yesterday, where five taxis were detected for the offence of not using the shortest route. This offence results in a prosecution via summons and […]

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 […]

9 years ago

You don’t have to be long in the rat race before you realise that your wage – you know, that lovely number you see at the top of your contract that makes you think, “I am gonna be so fucking rich” – actually has no bearing whatsoever on the amount of money you end up with.  […]

9 years ago

Dubliners are a sensitive bunch. Lovin.ie recently looked at how to piss off every county in Ireland and that got us thinking about the good people of Dublin — and how we could really wind ’em up. All in the name of good fun, of course.  Now we’re not saying you should go around pissing […]

9 years ago