The Green Door Market A new market at, er, Newmarket, The Green Door has fantastic organic fruit and vegetables from suppliers, including Christy Stapleton in Wicklow, who sells fantastic wheatgrass. It ’s not very cheap but it is absolute top quality, and its range is expanding all the time. As well as the fruit and […]
9 years ago
If you weren’t one of the lucky people in 18 cinemas across the country last night, you fucking missed out. The Queen Of Ireland is an amazing documentary by Irish director, Conor Horgan, with some hailing it “the most important film ever to be made about Ireland”. I could genuinely have come up with over […]
9 years ago
We love our dogs more people, tbh, and we know that a lot of you people are just the same. The lucky thing for us Dubliners is that you don’t have to say goodbye to your bezzie mate when you go for coffee, food or pints. Here’s our pick of the 17 very best puppy […]
9 years ago
The definition of brunch is ambiguous at best… What time is officially ‘brunch time’? Is alcohol a mandatory component of brunch? Can brunch only be enjoyed at the weekend? Even members of our community can’t seem to agree… BLAZING ROW here in LD HQ. What’s the perfect time for brunch? @AidanCoughlan says 10.30am; @fiodhna_hm says […]
9 years ago
Welcome students. So, by now, you’ve just about settled in after the intensity of Fresher’s Month – and also realised that, right now, you’re the poorest you’re ever going to be. Alas, fear not, for while some don’t give a shit, we here at Lovin Dublin care about you – here are some of the […]
9 years ago
From a Dublin point of view, the best thing about Kerry is that they provide punchlines for Kerryman jokes. But hey. We’re all about encouraging differing opinions here at Lovin Dublin. So ahead of this Sunday’s All Ireland Final, we’ve handed the keys to the site over to Graham Clifford – a proud son of […]
9 years ago
Nestled along the left hand wall of the Dublin Coffee and Tea Festival at the RDS this weekend is the SCAE Brew School: a long bar covered in equipment that looks like it belongs more in a mad chemists lab, a phalanx of baristas and volunteers, and an amazing smell of coffee. The baristas are […]
9 years ago
Picture the scene. It’s a Saturday morning, you need coffee, but – because you’re a total yuccie – you ain’t got no cash to hand. In fact, you don’t even have a coin section in your wallet – this is the 21st Century, after all, and the whole idea of trading precious metals in exchange […]
9 years ago
Lots of modern couples are eschewing the traditional wedding reception hoo-ha these days. None of this massive ballroom and top table stuff for them, thanks very much – they simply want fantastic grub and a great choice of booze in an intimate, cool space. So, if you’re in that have you considered a restaurant? Some […]
9 years ago
Well, consider this one item ticked off your Christmas shopping list. Dublin: A View From Above is a collection of brand new images by Dennis Horgan, featuring 240 stunning pics of the city as you’ve never seen it before. And man oh man, are they bloody amazing. “Seen from the edge of an open aircraft […]
9 years ago
So, yet again, you’ve been rubbish this year and completely forgotten/not cared enough about/completely disregarded the fact that Halloween is upon us. But now you’ve come back around (they always come back around) and realise that you don’t want to be a ‘nudist on strike’ again this year for the third time in a row. […]
9 years ago
The lights are up, people are out getting their Christmas trees and the festive feeling is firmly in the air. The only thing you need to do now is find a Christmas market around the city and you’ll have fully embraced Christmas. As always we have done all the hard work for you and found […]
9 years ago