This is only the second year of The Festival Curiosity, Dublin’s annual festival of science and culture, and after a sell out first festival in 2013 it looks like it will only continue to grow. The festival has a large number of family events at it’s core and aims to weed out peoples stigma attached to […]

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This week we’re casting our spotlight on Rathmines. While Rathmines was once a slightly gritty area with a main street dotted with dodgy chippers, it’s really had a revival over the last 5 years and there’s creative vibe breezing through the neighbourhood. Exciting new businesses have been opening up in Rathmines left, right and centre. […]

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We’ve rounded up the best events on in Dublin this weekend. So if you’re not sure what your plans are yet, you’ve loads to choose from! Happenings: Dirty Dancing on Merrion Square Happenings is screening Dirty Dancing this evening at 10pm in Merrion Square. The gates open at 8.30pm so get there on time to grab […]

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Clement and Pekoe has long been one of my favourite cafes in Dublin city centre as the teas are just incredible, they have the widest selection of beautiful loose leaf teas that you can imagine. I go there frequently enough to stock up on bags of organic sencha tea but I don’t really stop in […]

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Rathmines is having a bit of a moment. There’s lot of new places springing up and one that we’re really happy to see open up is Martcade. It’s an art food hall that holds events from music to comedy gigs. It’s run by the same people who set up The Mart further down the road in […]

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Shane Gillen moved to Dublin for college when he was 18 and got into magic when he was 19 when he got a job in San Francisco during his J1 in a magic shop. He now works full-time as a mentalist and illusionist. So how does one get into magic and is there an existing […]

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There’s always so much going on in Dublin city, it’s one of the many reasons why Dublin is such a fantastic place to live. Read on below for our top picks this weekend. Fantastic Mr.Fox Open Air Cinema The weather is cracking and we want to make the most of it by popping along to the […]

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As promised last week, this week I’ll report about our visit to the Lion’s Den. As part of the European Beer Bloggers Conference, we went on an exclusive tour of the brand new Guinness Brewhouse No. 4 and were treated to a beer and food pairing dinner in the Guinness Storehouse. Our craft beer scene […]

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With summer in full swing and the weather getting warmer sometimes we just crave something lighter and fresher, like a great salad. So many cafes and restaurants get this wrong with the usual boring caesar salad or soggy leaves with bland dressings being their safe but dull offerings. Eating well should be fun not a […]

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This week we’ve some cracking events on our radar that we’re determined to get to from banging DJ nights to Dublin Pride Run. If you don’t yet have any plans for the weekend, then look no further… Dublin Pride Run Dublin Pride Run is taking place in Pheonix Park this Friday evening and it’s sure to […]

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You’ve probably already heard of Soundwave, the music app set to explode and completely revolutionise the music industry as we currently know it. Would you believe the most exciting thing to happen to music internationally is being run by three Irish men based out of Rathmines? Soundwave is founded and run by Brendan O’Driscoll (CEO), […]

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When searching through the Lovin Dublin hashtag last week looking for new spots to check out in the city, one stood out straight away and I knew I had to try it out immediately. A Lovin Dubliner had posted a picture of an amazing looking piece of cake somewhere in the city and I immediately […]

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