Wicklow town’s Sailfest has been a roaring success this year – and one of the highlights was this stunning firework display on Friday night. The team at Skycam Ireland captured it all in this stunning drone footage, and it’s an absolute beaut. Check them out on Facebook here.

9 years ago

Well this is just lovely. People find all sorts of strange and wonderful places to pop the question – but few enough are brave enough to do it on a plane, thousands of feet in the air over the Atlantic Ocean. Thank goodness it was a ‘Yes’, eh? The happy couple smiled for the cameras, and let […]

9 years ago

Well this is disgraceful. Amid all the talk of heightened security at Euro 2016, Croatia fans were able to smuggle a number of fireworks into the stadium for their match against the Czech Republic at St Etienne. Worse still, they threw them on to the pitch – while their team led 2-1 – and one exploded, knocking a […]

9 years ago

First, it was Le Monde. And last night it was Channel 4. Sure wouldn’t it only make ya BEAM? READ: You’ll Never Beat The Irish Fans – And These Are Our Absolute Favourite Moments So Far

9 years ago

Well, this just keeps getting better and better. Sure, there are begrudgers who say that we’ve been slapping ourselves on the back too much – but we don’t care. Seeing Irish fans out there do the Green Army proud is something we’re just not tiring of. So here are some of our absolute favourite moments from over […]

9 years ago

We’ve had draws in the past that felt like shimmering victories. England, 1990. Germany, 2002. Italy, 2009. Germany, again, in 2014. Just to name a few. But this was not one of those occasions; this was one of those times that felt like we had something taken away from us It started with the normal cautious […]

9 years ago

This might just be the best one yet. The videos coming out of Paris over the past few days have been absolutely phenomenal – and this one just takes it to a whole new level. For a tournament that’s supposed to be a coming-together of cultures, things don’t always quite pan out quite so peacefully as […]

9 years ago

We’re charging full steam ahead into festival season right now – and naturally, one of the things we’re most excited about here in Lovin HQ is not the music, but the food. So we loved this infographic from JustEat, which they released today to plug their new Waiter service – where staff members will be roaming the […]

9 years ago

Earlier on today, we shared this incredible footage of Irish fans serenading a tourbus in Paris. But – like with football itself – sometimes the reverse angle makes things look even better. This video, from the bus itself, was shared by Andrew Callaghan. And if it doesn’t get you stoked for 5pm this evening, then […]

9 years ago

You’ll never beat the Irish fans. And as the countdown continues to kick-off in our match against Sweden continues, our fans continue to bring the streets of Paris to life. Wonderfull stuff from Catherine Wylie.

9 years ago

It’s easy to forget that there’s so much more to Facebook than shitty minion memes, and long-forgotten friends reminding you on a daily basis that it’s ‘wine o clock lol’. So this morning, do your feed a favour – and follow these photography pages that will inject some beauty into your everyday life. 1. Philip Joyce Photography Though his […]

9 years ago

Well this should be fun. Donald Trump will be paying a visit to Ireland this month – and his visit is clashing with US Vice President Joe Biden. Having effectively secured the Republican nomination, The Donald seems to be taking a bit of a sos beag before launching himself into the General Election in November. And […]

9 years ago

Film director John Carney has been in a bit of hot water over the last week, after making some honest (if a bit tactless) comments about Keira Knightley in a newspaper interview. But today, he made a seriously admirable move to put things right, with an apology on Twitter that left no stone unturned – and, to […]

9 years ago

The entire country has been cloaked in sunshine over the past few days – and it’s been looking feckin’ amazing from east to west. But there’s always something extra-special about a sunny Galway; a city that absolutely comes to life when the clouds roll away. These pics were snapped and shared with us by the […]

9 years ago

Millennials have been affecting the world we live in for quite some time. But now, as the 20-35-year-olds of Ireland begin to rise up the ranks of their respective fields, they’re really starting to shape and define it. We’ve got our heads together in Lovin.ie to curate a selection them from the worlds of politics, sport, social media […]

9 years ago

This could have ended very badly. Cork Fire Brigade are currently tending to a scene on Morrison’s Quay in Cork City, where slabs of concrete fell from the front facade of the closed-down Moore’s Hotel on to the footpath below. Thankfully nobody was injured in the incident, but traffic has been closed off in the area, and diversions […]

9 years ago

This. Is. Brilliant. We won’t say too much – just click here and play the game. Ballsy feckers.

9 years ago

Well, we needed this. After the utter bullshit surrounding Michael Conlon’s ludicrous defeat this afternoon, a nation held its breath as we waited for Annalise Murphy to take to the waters – and after her horribly unlucky fourth-place finish in 2012, our nerves were all the more shot. But we needn’t have worried! After starting […]

9 years ago

You said it, Paddy. Can’t really add to that. Watch Michael Conlon’s furious reaction to the robbery here.

9 years ago

After being absolutely robbed in his quarter-final in Rio, it was hardly surprising that Michael Conlon would want to unload. And when he spoke to RTÉ, that’s exactly what he did – saying exactly what all of us were thinking. This is astonishing TV.

9 years ago

Just when you think Donald Trump can’t get any more fucking ludicrous, he comes out and ‘hints’ that his supporters should shoot his rival. In the bizarre remark, made within the last hour at a rally in Delaware, he says that the “Second Amendment people” – supporters of the right to bear arms, and the gun lobby […]

9 years ago

Ah, the age-old rush to assign blame to something completely arbitrary when something doesn’t go your way. We see it all the time – but for some reason, when things go slightly awry on a sporting stage, it rears its ugly head even more prominently. From out-of-position defenders to from off-the-pitch tabloid attention, there’s always something. […]

9 years ago

Paddy Barnes – one of Ireland’s great hopes for a medal in Rio – is out of the Olympics. He lost in an agonisingly close circumstances to Spain’s Samuel Carmona Heredia, by a split decision that has somewhat appropriately split pundits. It brings his Olympic campaign to a sadly premature end, and has dashed the hopes of Irish sports fans on Twitter. […]

9 years ago

Maybe it’s the proliferation of commentators talking about sports they’re not all that familiar with, maybe it’s the thrill of the big occasion – or maybe it’s just the Brazilian heat. Whatever it is, though, we quite love it. And this comment from Team GB’s Paul Drinkhall’s showdown with Gao Ning of Singapore in the […]

9 years ago

It’s far from the zenith of their satirical efforts, but this Simpsons clip certainly pulls no punches. And while it may tell us nothing that we don’t already know, it’s still good to see that one of our favourite families is coming down on the right side of this one…

9 years ago

Revenge is a dish best served… sweet. Sarah-Jane Moloney – who viewers will recognise as the presenter who signs the News for the Deaf on RTÉ – has made a running joke over the years of texting their friends a particular message on their birthday. “There’s 12 of us in the gang,” she told Lovin Dublin, “and whenever we […]

9 years ago

Luke Aikins, you’ve just made the rest of us look a hell of a lot more… boring. The veteran skydiver jumped out of a plane over the Simi Valley in California, and fell for about two minutes before guiding his body into a 100×100 foot net on the ground. And then he clambered out and […]

9 years ago

It was the worst-kept secret in television – but it’s finally out there. Game of Thrones will end after season 8, bringing to an end one of the most watched and acclaimed programmes of all time – and breaking the hearts of binge-watchers all over the world. The confirmation comes from HBO exec Casey Bloys, […]

9 years ago

The Hailo brand will soon be no more in Ireland, as the popular taxi app announced its takeover by German car giant Daimler. As part of the deal, Hailo will merge with mytaxi – a Hamburg-based app which is also owned by the same parent company – and operate under that brand. However the change […]

9 years ago

There are few things in Irish life that will transport you into the past quite like Callcards. Once an absolutely essential element of any well stocked wallet, they’ve now become retro-rich collectors’ items. And IrishCallcards.net – along with its must-follow Twitter account – documents them beautifully. Thanks to site owner Nick Rankin, we’ve pulled together this absolute FEAST […]

9 years ago

When it comes to sporting star power, it doesn’t get much bigger than this combo. Conor McGregor, the pride of Crumlin and perhaps the biggest Irish name on the planet right now, was visited in his Las Vegas gym over the weekend by none other than the world’s most famous tax-compliant footballer – Cristiano Ronaldo. The pair […]

9 years ago

Oh God. It’s really happening. A panel discussion today at Comic Con revealed earlier that filming is soon to finish on season four of BBC’s Sherlock – and moments later, this trailer was released. And look who’s back…

9 years ago

We know we’re supposed to listen to those pre-flight safety announcements every time before we take off… but it does get a bit tiresome sometimes. This video from Air New Zealand, however – which stars Rhys Darby and Anna Faris – might just get us to pay attention. Completely off the wall, of course… but […]

9 years ago

Yes, we know it’s silly. And yes, we know Pokémon Go is surely hitting its peak. But dammit, this is amusing… in a very ‘Thursday, 4pm’ sort of way.

9 years ago

No queues, 24/7 access and the ability to move money around in mere seconds – internet banking is bloody great. So it’s no wonder we’ve come to rely upon it so heavily – and it’s no wonder that, when things go wrong, we launch into an absolute PANIC. That’s been the case this morning, as […]

9 years ago

Our admiration for the ice cream men and women of the world knows no bounds. For not only do they provide us with sweet, flaky relief in those rare times when the sunshine gets a little bit overwhelming – but, as per the sacred ice cream code, they don’t desert their posts until every single 99 […]

9 years ago

What. The. Actual. Irish newspapers have always had a way of making us do a double-take at their sheer absurdity – and nowhere provides more of these WTF moments than the good people of The Kingdom. But this one, from today’s edition of The Kerryman, really takes the biscuit. Concerning a ‘holy well’ that was removed ‘without State […]

9 years ago

Evil witchcraft or positive progress? You decide! Either way, Leitrim is soon to lose its biggest claim to fame – as the only county on the island without traffic lights – as council engineers get ready to install a set in Leitrim village. According to Shannonside FM, they’ll be installed on the junction between Church View and […]

9 years ago

Look at this photo. It’s so perfect; so geometrically defined, so organised, so very right in so many ways. It’s also so, so very wrong… and yet we can’t look away. This photo of a box-shaped 3-in-1 was posted on Imgur today, and it really has left us asking so many questions… Why would something ‘edible’ look like […]

9 years ago

It takes a special kind of dick to do something like this. Like, a really special kind. So much so that you almost have to stand back and say: “Well done, Sir. You have achieved previously unmatched levels of dickishness, and for that, we must salute you.” What did he do, exactly? Well, as the Olympic […]

9 years ago

Channel 4, you’ve done it again. The broadcaster for the upcoming Rio Paralympics has outdone even their previous effort – style, panache, and sheer positivity.  Remarkable stuff.

9 years ago

In one of the most shocking and brutal terrorist attacks we’ve ever seen in Europe, 84 people have been killed and scores more injured after a terrorist drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice. The city, which just over a fortnight ago played host to a Euros last […]

9 years ago

Irish people of a certain vintage will remember Mosney holiday park quite well – even if only from the ads, or day trips in school. The former Butlins camp in Meath closed in 2001, and a large part of the park is now being used as a direct provision centre for refugees. This video, however – recorded […]

9 years ago

All in all, the split between Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift has been rather amicable – with the most noticeable effect being that it led to the gruesome Hiddleswift phenomenon. Until now, that is. After a spokesperson for Swift confirmed that she had written a part of Harris’s collaboration with Rihanna, ‘This Is What You Came […]

9 years ago

Well this is distressing. A truck on the M9, between Paulstown and Kilkenny, has shed its load – of a load of tiny, defenseless little baby chicks. Drivers in the area have been urged to be careful; a message we can only echo for the good of these adorable little sicíní. M9: Truck southbound on […]

9 years ago

Ah lads. Paddy Power are known for their approach of getting publicity at any cost – from winding up England fans with their TV ads, to ‘cutting down’ the Brazilian rainforests ahead of the last World Cup.  But on this particular occasion, you feel they’ll wish they stayed out of the spotlight. Either that, or they’ve just […]

9 years ago

Let’s be fair – heading up the Northern Ireland Tourist Board in 1974, as the Troubles moved towards their peak, was no plum gig. But if you’re being interviewed by the BBC, you could surely do a slightly better job than this. Surely.

9 years ago

It would be something of an understatement to say Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm. In less than a week since its release, it’s got almost as many daily active users as Twitter – and even though it’s not yet been released in Ireland,it’s already created an absolute sensation here. That’s largely down […]

9 years ago

We’ve not been short on moments from these Euros that would absolutely restore your faith in humanity – all the more impressive given how it kicked off, with feuding fans in Marseilles and a lingering fear of terrorist attacks. So it was only fitting that the final would throw us one to top them all. And […]

9 years ago

Love to get out and about… but not too much? Love the great outdoors… but feel that, on occasion, it looks better from behind a window? Then we’ve got some good news for you – we’ve found your dream job. Hillwalk Tours, a young and successful Galway-based tour company, are looking for a Product Manager – a […]

9 years ago