When you live in a city, it’s very easy to accidentally overlook the natural beauty of the place. Day to day, you miss the things that make the city so magical. The same can happen as a tourist – you get whisked around the usual sights without ever really getting under the skin of the city. It […]
9 years ago
The vast majority of us are so quick to give out about restaurants, chefs and the waiting staff that serve us on our numerous nights out. We do so thinking that we are all fucking perfect ourselves as customers. I’ve experienced both sides of the coin having worked as a chef and I can tell […]
9 years ago
An Irish conman, using the alias Wesley O’Brien, tricked a Dublin woman, who understandably wishes to remain anonymous out of €1,500 this weekend – by pretending he was Conor McGregor’s childhood friend and claiming to be the nephew of Irish Billionaire Denis O’Brien. We have become aware of this story because of the Facebook status posted by the anonymous lady’s friend, Lauren Caffrey-Byrne. […]
9 years ago
Strolling through Marks and Sparks this morning this bag of potato-goodness caught my eye… That’s right, Bucks Fizz crisps! All my dreams came true at once. If there’s two things I love, it’s crisps and bucks fizz. “Bucks Fizz Hand Cooked Potato Crisps with edible gold shimmer and a touch of orange and fizz. Made […]
9 years ago
Big fan of wings? Of course you are. Who are you kidding. Well, thank your lucky stars – as a new wing joint has just graced Dublin city, and we’re pretty excited about it. The new endeavour is called Wishbone, and is located on Montague Street, in between Harcourt and Camden Street. And their grub […]
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Popular high street retailers River Island, have always been known for their meticulously styled mannequins and particularly eye-catching window displays. But, they’re usually eye-catching for their unattainably fabulous flair and minute thighs – not for totally representing your whole hungover life. Or, thereabouts. Just look at them. Photo cred: Twitter Photo cred: Twitter Photo cred: Twitter […]
9 years ago
We’ve featured plenty of photos and the overall good work of the Irish Air Corps here in the past but today they’ve gone and outdone themselves. Sgt Paul Maguire shared the following set of photos he took as they flew over Phoenix Park, up the Liffey and out into Dublin Bay sweeping around Howth and out […]
9 years ago
Ah Penneys, the go-to shop for EVERYTHING. From homeware to menswear, ladieswear to accessories and even gadgets – they can do no wrong. We scoured the store from top to bottom to find the best and cutest stuff that they had to offer. G’wan, have a gawk at what we found. 1. Metallic Jeans One word, GORGE, €23. 2. […]
9 years ago
Ah, breakfast foods. The healthiest of them all, by far, has to be porridge. Porridge has quite literally dozens of benefits – the major one being that it’s one of the only breakfasts that actually fills you up until lunch, while still tasting deadly. Also, the list of possibilities is totally and completely endless when it comes to tastes, toppings and flavours […]
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Who isn’t a fan of mulled wine? If there is someone who isn’t, we want to know how, why and could they pass on their share to us please. Until then, get stuck into the beautiful mulled wines of the city. One-by-one. Go onnnn. Treat yo’self. 1. Fallon & Byrne This food haven has it all. […]
9 years ago
Think you have serious notions? Think again. Because a gin hotel is actually opening in London. *squeals with glee* The Distillery Hotel will open on December 16 on Portobello Road in West London, with four entire floors dedicated to worshipping gin. With a 400-litre gin still in the basement, you’ll never be without a deoch. There’ll also be a ‘Ginstitute‘ (eh, the […]
9 years ago
Nightmare. The ever-controversial and terrifyingly-opinionated Katie Hopkins appeared on The Late Late Show last night. In the lead-up to her going on the show with Ryan Tubs, RTÉ received over 1,300 complaints against the English TV personality. The show went ahead… but people are not one bit happy about the shit she was stirring. If you didn’t […]
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