1. Congratulations! You have a new match! 2. Right. Which one is it? Please be the one with the amusing bio about her dogs… 3. YES! It’s her. 4. AND we have a mutual friend! Excellent. Hellooooo, conversation-starter. 5. Okay it’s someone called Mike who I don’t actually recognise. Who the hell is Mike? 6. […]
9 years ago
Did you know that our current pope used to be a chemical technician and a bouncer for nightclubs in Buenos Aires before joining the priesthood? Don’t worry – neither did we! Tonight on Would You Believe they’ll be documenting the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio before he became the Pope of the Catholic Church. The […]
9 years ago
If you’re familiar with the name of this website, then you’re probably aware that we kinda have a thing for Dublin. So we’d like to take a moment and consider just what makes this city so damn great. Here are 49 things about this city that make us go YES! 1. When the weather is […]
9 years ago
Bray – the little coastal town that literally props up Dublin. That’s right: literally. Experts* agree that if Bray didn’t exist, Dublin would quite simply fall into the ocean – and then everyone would get soaked, and probably quite annoyed, and basically the whole weekend would be ruined. So in honour of the town that […]
9 years ago
‘Twas the night before the Leaving Cert, and all through the house not a creature was studying, not even a mouse… The sun has returned from its brief hiatus, and that can only mean one thing: the Irish State Examinations are kicking off in the morning. This got us reminiscing about when we did our […]
9 years ago
Forbidden Fruit being on this weekend means there’s an influx of outstanding international acts floating around Dublin for the next three days. With Monday being a bank holiday, we’ve got a bumper edition of a gig guide with three nights of quality DJ sets and club nights. Have a good one! Friday The Malibu Club […]
9 years ago
There’s nothing more alluring than a bag of crispy chips smothered with salt and battered cod drenched in vinegar – it’s happiness in a bag! Over the past few years Ireland has been exploring a plethora of other cuisines, but the good ol’ chipper remains number one for a lot of Dubliners. The love for […]
9 years ago
Ireland has been consumed by talk of the referendum for the past few months, and only now is it starting to die down, leading us to ask – what the bejaysus did we talk about before? Here are 36 suggested conversation topics which should come in handy if you find yourself lost for words when […]
9 years ago
On a day of high emotion, impassioned messages on social media and incredible tales of people travelling home to vote from all corners of the world, it was going to take something special to really make us say ‘wow’. But this story – which has had us glued all day to the Twitter account of […]
9 years ago
Here it is, people. The home straight. This time in 24 hours, the nation will be going to the polls on Marriage Equality – and while we’re excited, we’re also just a bit nervous. Why? Because the fight isn’t over just yet, and there are still far more hearts and minds to be won. We’re […]
9 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 […]
9 years ago
So this is what I got myself into when I moved to Dublin from the United States last year. Once you’ve lived in any place for a while, you begin to forget that its quirks are all that quirky at all – and Dubliners are certainly no exception. But to the uninitiated, pretty much nothing […]
9 years ago