Christmas is everywhere. Whether you like it or not, there is no escape, so you might as well embrace it and make it fun. It’s the busiest time of the year for most people and there are lots of preparations to be done. Our Irish craft brewers have been very busy brewing Christmas specials and […]

10 years ago

I sold my home in Ranelagh during the summer. I did so for two reasons… Firstly, I thought it was a good time to sell and secondly, I’d grown tired of Ranelagh.  The first reason relates to the property market fluctuations and that can be argued until the cows come home but the second point is my own personal […]

10 years ago

Even before Halloween I spotted trucks delivering the Christmas lights to Grafton Street by night. And now they’ve been switched on by Elmo from Love/Hate (an amusingly odd–and dark–choice, in my opinion. Do children like Elmo from Love/Hate? Let’s assume they do…). They hang in glittering clusters above chuggers and the tourists pausing to take […]

10 years ago

I had a little tour around a project that has been a year in the making tonight. It is a building that has been boarded up on a very popular Dublin street and meticulously restored. It feels like an old pub but it is in fact a savage new restaurant opening at the end of […]

10 years ago

Christmas has quietly been sneaking up on us since August (no, seriously some shops have been flogging Christmas stuff since then) but as Brown Thomas launched their much anticipated Christmas window display last night, I think it’s fair to say the festive season has now officially begun! While the Christmas lights have yet to be turned on, it’s always […]

10 years ago

Just in time for the weekend news reaches us that there is an official winner for the best cocktail in Dublin. It was selected as part of the Dublin Cocktail week which took part last week around the city with some of the top venues taking part. I’d have presumed that 777, VCC or Kinara […]

10 years ago

Dublin Cocktail Fest has been running since Monday and will finish up Saturday night, that means you have two nights left to sample the especially created concoctions of over 25 participating bars. The public can buy a €5 wristband at any of the participating venues and use it to avail of a 30% discounted cocktail […]

10 years ago

We’re fond of a tipple or two and whiskey is one of our top drinks. This October bank holiday weekend, Whiskey Live comes to the Mansion House – a unique opportunity to sample whiskies from around the world, learn from the distillers and enjoy some amazing food. We’ve got 2 tickets to giveaway to this fantastic […]

10 years ago

You can’t beat a good night out with great people, chats and chilled out drinks in a cool venue sounds like the perfect night to us. If you and your mates are looking for the perfect relaxed but fun night out then we’ve got just the thing for you… We’ve teamed up with Jameson Ginger […]

10 years ago

People are just obsessed with new things. It’s why we spend the first years of our lives with a permanent look of wide-eyed wonder on our little faces, as we witness everything for the first time, then grow into adults who spend hundreds of thousands of hours per year watching videos of gadgets being unboxed […]

10 years ago

Our national holiday is just around the corner, but this year it has rather awkwardly fallen on a Tuesday. Now we obviously still want to celebrate Paddy’s Day but we also don’t want to be tumbling into work looking like we’ve been dragged through a bush backward on the Wednesday morning. With this in mind, […]

10 years ago

When it comes to food, trying new things can sometimes be risky business. And not because you might happen upon something that might make your taste buds recoil in horror, or may force you to spit your sample into a nearby napkin – we accept these things as occupational hazards here at Lovin Dublin, and […]

10 years ago