Pasta lovers – this one’s for you! Gnocchi is the decadent hybrid of pasta and potato, a match made in heaven if you ask me, and a recipe for carbicide. (Death by carbs, which we all want, obvs…) Gnocchi is a variety of pasta consisting of various thick, small and soft dough dumplings. Here are […]

6 years ago

Is there anything better than freshly baked goods? I’ve gotten into a bad habit of doing my grocery shop in one place. When I was younger I remember calling into one of the local bakeries, the butcher and the fishmonger to pick up bits for the weekly shop. Such practices have more than one benefit […]

6 years ago

Jim Gavin is no longer the Dublin football manager. In what comes as shocking news, Gavin has decided to step down after seven successful years with the county’s senior footballers. It has been less than three months since Gavin led the Dubs to their historic five-in-a-row win over Kerry in the All-Ireland final. On Saturday morning, […]

6 years ago

The 2019 Love Italian Life awards took place last night and I Monelli in Portobello came out on top in the category of Dublin’s Most Authentic Italian Restaurant. The glittering ceremony took place in Vision Creative Studios in Ballymount and saw restaurants from all over Europe take home prizes. Here in Dublin though it was […]

6 years ago

Dublin footballer John Small has appealed for help on Twitter after his car was broken into in Drumcondra last night. The incident comes after Small’s inter-county teammate Michael Darragh MacAuley’s Subaru Forrester was stolen a fortnight ago.  Thankfully for McAuley, his vehicle was retrieved with the midfielder posting ‘Thank you to the good people (and […]

6 years ago

Having gotten through yesterday, the Monday-est Monday ever might I add, I have my sights set on the rest of the week…more specifically, how to fill it chock-a-block with events. Luckily Dublin’s social calendar is overflowing with things to do and I’ve rounded up five of the coolest events happening this week below. ISLA (Irish […]

6 years ago

Dublin footballer Michael Darragh MacAuley has appealed for the public’s help after his car was stolen in Portobello over the weekend. The seven-time All-Ireland winner was playing for his club Ballyboden St Enda’s when the incident happened. Yesterday, the midfielder took to Twitter to ask for help in locating his vehicle, along with a picture […]

6 years ago

The ULTIMATE Dublin foodie bucket list is here… Writing a list like this is never going to be easy, not just for the sheer amount of time it took to put together (a very long time if you’re wondering) but because food is so subjective. I didn’t want somewhere like Patrick Guilbaud, the only restaurant […]

6 years ago

With more plant-based cafés and restaurants popping up all over the city all the time, it’s never been easier to eat vegan. Especially when it comes to takeaways – gone are the days where you had to settle for chips with a side of chips while your mates were living it up in pizza […]

7 years ago

A petition has been launched to save the David Attenborough mural in Portobello after Dublin City Council ordered its removal earlier this week. The piece is the latest creation by Subset and was put in place to mark the activist’s 93rd birthday. However, DCC has deemed it an ‘unauthorised development’, much like a previous work […]

7 years ago

First Stormzy, then the icnoic Horseboy and now the king of docs: David Attenborough – this is a joke. This morning, Dublin City Council ordered for the removal of the David Attenborough mural on Longwood Avenue just off Clanbrassil Street in Portobello. The mural was created by Dublin street art collective Subset earlier this year […]

7 years ago

Dublin 6 is the spot where everyone wants to be. From trendy cafés to deadly bars, yoga studios, scenic parks, loads of shops, great transport links and every kind of restaurant – it has everything you need. Dublin 6 is made up of Harold’s Cross, Milltown, Ranelagh, Rathgar, Rathmines and Terenure. I’ve decided to dissect […]

7 years ago