Today, if you haven’t noticed yet, is the 4th July. While America’s Independence Day is a holiday celebrated in the US, more and more interest is growing here every year and many Irish people celebrate it. It’s probably partly to do with the fact many of us have spent summers working in America and have […]

10 years ago

Last week was a bit of a wake up call that I should probably stick to what I know best and write about food. Makes sense really given that I spent the vast majority of my working life as a chef. The reviews here have always come from a chef’s perspective and been honest and […]

10 years ago

The food in BEAR is absolutely outstanding and everything about it is flawless. I’m only fucking with you guys don’t worry as I can hear people screaming from the rooftops about conflicts of interest because Jamie Heaslip part owns BEAR and he is also involved here with Lovin Dublin. One of the hardest things to […]

10 years ago

As you all know, this is our fourth week partnering up with the DSPCA in a bid to help them find some loving homes for these animals! As always if you’re interested in any of these animals, or want to find out more about the DSPCA make sure to click the highlighted link above! 1. […]

10 years ago

The Lovin Dublin team are huge animal lovers, so after meeting the incredible team over in DSPCA we knew we wanted to work together to highlight the amazing animals up for adoption each week. The DSPCA work with animals who have suffered cruelty, neglect, injury or sickness. Their shelter in Rathfarnham offers shelter and care to a […]

10 years ago

One of the best parts of my new job as editor is interviewing people that are infinitely cooler than I am. Timi Ogunyemi is a guy who truly enjoys his city. As editor of Picture This Dublin, Timi’s aim is to connect Dubliners to their city and showcase the creativity that exists on every street corner, […]

10 years ago

I’m a bit of a weird creature in that I work very unusual hours and often only really get going in the evening when others have switched off for the day. Being in the tech and food space I don’t like to confine myself to one particular place and find the creative juices flow better […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Last I met up with India Power who is quickly gaining a name for herself as a healthy food blogger with a hugely popular blog Little Green Spoon that has fans from all over the world keen to find the tastiest but guilt-free recipes available. We met for lunch in Alchemy where we chowed down […]

10 years ago

The Sydney International food festival have come up with a brilliantly unique way of promoting themselves by sharing the following series of photos using food turned into flags. Not just any food either because every flag features one of the national foods of that country in some of the best creative work we’ve seen in […]

10 years ago

Tonight I am among vampires, drinking coffee in the dark. Ireland didn’t always have a twenty four hour Starbucks. Once, not very long ago, we didn’t have Starbucks at all. But now the future is here–how far we have come!–and I’m sitting in the former headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank at 3am on a Thursday, next […]

10 years ago

Bushy Park is one of the quieter parks where elderly people walk their dogs and early morning joggers do laps. It isn’t everyday that an international skate legend pops in to bust a few moves in the skate park. Well Tony hawk is up there right now skating with kids as you can see in […]

10 years ago