This footage from 1965 brings you on a guided tour of our city as it was then and it’s fascinating to watch. Uploaded by LIFFEYBANX, the video brings us through Christchurch, College Green and O’Connell Street, while the camera takes in all the slow moving cars of the era and pedestrians go about their business. […]
9 years ago
We all know weddings are great craic. They’ve got all the best things about life packed into one day: food, drink, dancing, nice shoes… love. But let’s face it – while country estates are all very lovely, it’s a bit of a pain in the hoop to have to drive three hours to get there. […]
9 years ago
Have a hankering for some Mexican, and a burrito just won’t cut it? Make a holiday of it, and visit these hotspots for authentic Mexican cuisine and see some sights along the way. San Antonio What we mostly know as Mexican food is really Tex-Mex, the burritos and tacos inspired by Northern Mexican flour tortillas […]
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Gone are the days when the only places to get hitched were draughty churches, impersonal registry offices, or worse –grim hotel rooms smelling of the feet of a thousand insurance conference delegates. No, ’tis a different time altogther, and our beaut of a city has AMAZING alternatives for a new generation of lovebirds who want […]
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The news that it may not be possible to exhume William Butler Yeats from a grave in Drumcliffe has inspired a fantastic response from this gentleman. It’s been recently reported that Yeats, who was buried in France in 1939 and disinterred in 1946, had had his remains accidentally scattered among those of many other deceased […]
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Focus Ireland is calling for business leaders to combat homelessness by sleeping out for one night at this year’s Shine A Light Night. Having started in 2012, Shine A Light Night is Focus Ireland’s flagship event, with over 200 business leaders taking part since its inception helping to raise over one million euros for the […]
9 years ago
If you check out Twitter right now you’ll be able to find #growingupcatholic trending and it’s brilliant. Considering Ireland is still a pretty Catholic country, I’m sure a lot of us can relate to these tweets. Check them out below. Counting down the advent candles being lit each week because it took us closer to […]
9 years ago
Think you know Dublin? Try these secrets for size. Travel writer Pól Ó Conghaile spent a year pounding the pavements of the city, on a personal mission to get off the tourist grid for his book, Secret Dublin: An Unusual Guide. When it was published last year, we asked him to pick out seven secret […]
9 years ago
The Irish fast food experience has just been taken to the next level. First there was the 3-in-1 (which some hated and others adored). Then there were spice bags. Now, there’s a whole new paradigm shift in eating shit: the ‘munchy box’. The munchy box (or ‘mega spice box’ as it’s also known) originated in […]
9 years ago
Homelessness rates in Ireland are higher than ever, and charities such as Focus Ireland are struggling to fundraise with over 1,500 children and their families are living in B&B’s and hotels. So when we heard about Focus Ireland’s brilliant campaign we had to get involved… Their #InTheShadows campaign is asking the public to do the […]
9 years ago
Ah, Autumn. Not quite cans by the canal weather, not quite the time for Uniflu to listen to Aunt Nora’s opinions on the new roundabout by the church whilst contemplating another leftover turkey sandwich. A perplexing season; no-man’s land, perhaps. The safest bet for a sound passage through it all is simply to have riotous […]
9 years ago
Brendan Behan once famously said of Canada that it would be a great place when it was finished. But even if he were alive today, he’d surely hope that none of his audience travelled to Dublin – because Canadian visitors here would surely say the same about the capital, even in its present state. Dubliners […]
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