Amy Huberman returned to our screens last night in new RTÉ four-part drama Striking Out, which received a largely positive reception on its debut. The new show sees the actress star as Tara Rafferty, a lawyer who finds her fiancé sleeping with another woman just two weeks before their wedding. If you missed it, you can catch […]
9 years ago
By now you’ll be aware that we’re all about good food in Dublin. Places you’d be happy to venture whilst on a hot date, places that serve up seriously slick cocktails or just somewhere you can hang out with your mates whilst mulling over a plate of pulled pork or some other trendy shit. Well […]
9 years ago
I’ve been asked loads of times to put a list together for the 12 pubs of Dublin and I wanted to put a slightly different slant on it so here are 12 of the most hip pubs in the city. You are clearly going to be hammered along this little journey wearing your snazzy jumpers […]
9 years ago
Whats going on along Camden Street? Dublin’s dingiest street best known for groups of GAA fans queueing up outside Flannerys and 16 year olds baring all in their short skirts as they totter into the Palace with naggins hidden in their knickers. I lived there for couple of years and one particular highlight I’ll always […]
9 years ago
I lived on Camden Street for about 2 years. A place called Montague Lane just above a casino. It was a dump but it was close to work and I convinced myself it was “lively”. It was in fact a complete and utter shit hole of an area especially after 10 o’clock in the evening. […]
9 years ago
I travel a lot. Its a pain in the hole and never as glam as it sounds and if there is one thing that you can be nearly certain about when it comes to business travel it is that you’ll eat shit food to try and cheer yourself up a little. That and the fact […]
9 years ago
Dublin on screen is even better than in real life, the city translates so well into video and stills. So many people are taking it upon themselves to capture the city – Thomas Fitzgerald has been doing it for 5 years and this video embodies a sometimes rarely seen, chilled out, beautiful Dublin. The exact […]
9 years ago
I’m sure there will be uproar about the title but let me explain a little something to you… All those guys going into town with their grungy looks and the girls in their high heels and short skirts in the middle of winter…They aren’t heading into town to talk about the weather with their mates. […]
9 years ago
Another weekend fast approached and no plans? Tired of aimlessly bobbing into town for the day shopping or to the same boring local for a few on Saturday night? Well I’ve found a few random events on this weekend that look like an interesting way to inject a bit of culture into your weekend. Here’s […]
9 years ago
It’s that time of the month when half the population has already been paid and the other half are still eating beans on toast and counting the seconds to pay day. Good news: whether you’re looking to celebrate being loaded for a day or scraping those last coppers together trying to find the cheapest way […]
9 years ago
Tonight I am among vampires, drinking coffee in the dark. Ireland didn’t always have a twenty four hour Starbucks. Once, not very long ago, we didn’t have Starbucks at all. But now the future is here–how far we have come!–and I’m sitting in the former headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank at 3am on a Thursday, next […]
9 years ago
With Halloween creeping around the corner, it’s time to get cracking on your costume and, more importantly, where you’re going to flaunt it. Unfortunately, All Hallows Eve can be one of those nights which are excessively hyped, and thus results in disappointment (see also: NYE). Over-priced clubs are packed to the rafters with scantily-clad nurses/bunnies/whatever […]
9 years ago