In the run up to the Four Characters exhibition taking place on the 12th March which celebrates four of Dublin’s most well known and loved characters via prints, poetry, installations, drawings and etchings, we have decided to share exhibition organiser James Kavanagh’s stories of each of these characters that “soulfully represent the rare auld times […]

10 years ago

The beauty of living in a city as vibrant as Dublin is that you never know what surprise lies around the next corner. There’s always cool new restaurants and pubs popping up, and slick things to do. Occasionally however, we can get stuck in a rut of work and rest, staying within our comfort zone, […]

10 years ago

How is it that St Patrick’s day is celebrated all over the world? Why do we all love the Irish so much that their national day brings New York to a standstill and millions of people across America go out to party? Well, one of the main reasons is that the USA has a huge […]

10 years ago

I’ll start by saying that this is by no means a comprehensive list. Know why? If I were to attempt to write a complete list of the truly astounding things that Cork has to offer I would quickly wear out the keyboard of my Macbook Pro, and have to phone Apple customer support… or just […]

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Humans of Dublin is teaming up with the Dublin2020 campaign to showcase 50 individual human stories, accompanied by portraits, around the streets of the city. The portraits were posted yesterday, under direction of Humans of Dublin’s Peter Varga, the personal stories are now in cafés, on walls, in windows and at different sites around the […]

10 years ago

Black Friday has been one of the biggest shopping days in America for years, but the retail bonanza has begun to make its way over here in the last couple of years. However, with so many unbelievable deals online, why would you bother leaving your laptop to go to a real shop – do the […]

10 years ago

With Christmas fast approaching we thought we’d put together a list with some great presents for those special foodies in your lives… We have something to suit every budget here – but the only thing we need to figure out is how we can afford them all ourselves. 1. Brunch Cookery Course Head to the […]

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It’s all well and good to talk about the best places to get the ride in Dublin – but where do you go and do the deed itself? So today we wanted to help the frisky couples amongst you who either don’t have somewhere quiet to enjoy an intimate moment, or just like seizing any lustful opportunity. […]

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It feels like Ireland has been getting battered by storms for the last month – and it was certainly a wet and windy Christmas that won’t be fondly remembered. But #StormFrank is taking the damage across the country to a new level, with the south and the west bearing the real brunt of the damage. The River […]

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January Sales are not really January sales anymore – and as we saw this morning, a vast section of the public seem to be perfectly okay with this. And while queueing at dawn the day after Christmas may not be for everyone, there’s still plenty of time to lash into some amazing bargains out there […]

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Brides and grooms-to be, could there possibly be a city more perfect, more glorious than Dublin for a Christmas wedding? Yep, we’re coming over all soppy, but how can we help it? It’s pure Christmassy magic. The feel in the air, the lights on streets Grafton, Henry, South William and George – it just can’t […]

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Directed by Ben O’Connor and written by Aoife Noonan, A Terrible Hullabaloo tells the true story of Vinny Byrne. A 14-year-old member of Michael Collins’ assassination unit, Byrne was one of the youngest fighters to take part in the Easter Rising of 1916, where he fought alongside rebel leader Thomas MacDonagh at the Jacob’s biscuit factory. The film was made using actual recordings […]

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