Hello… is there anybody out there? That was one long, long weekend and if you’re reading this and went a bit too hectic over the last few days, you probably have the worst hangover of all time. Well, not to worry because The Irish Mirror has got you covered and has released numerous ways of […]

8 years ago

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) revealed this morning that six Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation for the month of March.  The businesses were located in Dublin (4) and Louth (2) and they were: Aladdins Cave, Montessori School and Creche, Stoney Lane, Ardee, Louth SM Cuisine Limited T/A Dera, 138 […]

8 years ago

First Good Friday that the pubs are open in 90 years, but you’re not really that bothered about heading out? You’re dead right and sure, with guests like this on RTÉ’s The Late Late Show on Friday night, you’d be absolutely mad to stir your socks outside the front door. We promised you that two […]

8 years ago

This is the last thing you want happening to you, especially in the run up to such a busy weekend.  Bank of Ireland has issued a serious warning to its customers after it was found that a new scam has been doing the rounds. Various customers had got in contact with the bank to say […]

8 years ago

On the same week that he was released and returned back to Ireland, Ibrahim Halawa confirmed that he would appear on ‘The Late Late Show’ the following Friday for his first TV interview since he arrived home.  He chatted to host Ryan Tubridy about his four year imprisonment in Egypt where he was arrested during mass […]

8 years ago

Tomorrow, 30th March marks the first Good Friday in 90 years where pubs and nightclubs have been allowed to open and serve drink.  The bill which was initially passed through in the Seanad was then voted in, in the Dáil on January 25th.  Many pubs are still undecided about whether or not to open their doors […]

8 years ago

Irish Soccer club Drogheda United and GAA county club, Laois have had to release statements on Wednesday night following comments that were made by individuals on the respective teams about the Belfast trial which concluded today. The two players in question have since deleted their tweets. Both clubs took to Twitter to apologise for the tweets […]

8 years ago

Bryan Cranston is a big, big name in the world of television and is currently focusing his attention on the big screen as he promotes his new film, Isle of Dogs.  In an interview with RTÉ Entertainment, Cranston was asked if he would like to work with Colin Farrell again?  His answer was one that […]

8 years ago

Do you like burgers? Do you like Guinness? Have you ever thought about mixing the two together. No we don’t mean a burger with a pint, we mean a pint within the burger itself.  The Front Door Pub, located in the heart of Galway city and also the home of Sonny Molloys and Tigh Nora, has […]

8 years ago

It’s a monumental day when you add your parents back on social media. It’s a landmark decision that means you trust them enough not to go snooping through your account and you’re sensible enough to not post anything that you don’t want them to know in the future. However, when you’re a figure in the […]

8 years ago

Heineken’s new 0.0% non-alcoholic lager has been launched for their Irish customers on Wednesday 28th March. The new drink doesn’t lose any of the classic Heineken taste but is being released as a response to Irish consumers’ needs and demands giving them more choice and variety for all occasions.   In 2018, the number one reason […]

8 years ago

Rumour has it that no matter where you position yourself in the world, you’re only a 200 metre radius away from someone from Mayo.  Don’t believe us? Stop what you’re doing right now and stay silent and you’ll be able to hear faint chants of ‘Mayo for Sam’ around you. There seems to be a […]

8 years ago

A video taken by The Irish Mirror shows the exact moment when a ‘Doomsday Cult’ took over Shannon Airport as part of an anti-terror exercise.  The practice drill took place so that elite gardai and military personnel could evaluate their readiness for an attack. There was 130 military and garda personnel involved who took on the “attackers” played […]

8 years ago

This is going to be one of those posts that will make you say, ‘that’s enough internet for the day.’ We love our 21st century trends as much as the next person but this one is probably the most bizarre one yet. People on Reddit have been talking frantically about the art of ‘slugging’ which […]

8 years ago

Every now and again, something comes along that – no matter what your mood – brightens up your day, maybe sometimes even your week. We live in a pretty shitty world at times and nuggets of good deeds like this are few and far between so when they do come along, they remain in your head […]

8 years ago

We have a feeling that Instagram’s newest feature will be a welcomed one among the social media community.  The photo-sharing service has created a new feature called ‘Regram’ which lets you share other people’s posts as part of your own story along with your own individual captions and commentary.  Tech Crunchhas said that this new […]

8 years ago

In footballing times like these, the world – especially Manchester United and Republic of Ireland fans – are crying out for a leader and midfielder with the same talent as Roy Keane. The Nottingham Forest, United And Celtic star is notorious for his one-liners off the pitch and for having one of the shortest tempers on […]

8 years ago

You want this sort of service from your airline and Ryanair’s gesture towards their Liverpool (and Manchester City fans, if there’s any in Ireland) customers is top class. The airline announced on Thursday that it would be putting on extra flights to accommodate Liverpool fans who are travelling over the pond to watch their team […]

8 years ago

The Irish Independent is reporting that Ireland’s longest-serving TV weather presenter will be leaving our television screens.  RTÉ’s Evelyn Cusack won’t be gracing our small screens as much as before after being promoted to a top gig at Met Éireann. She is going to take over the role of Head of Forecasting which was held up until […]

8 years ago

It’s the year 2050, Mayo still haven’t won the All-Ireland, we have flying cars that can bring us from one end of Ireland to the other in less than ten minutes and when we’re hungover, we still watch Friends re-runs.  That show will never grow old and it seems as though one member of the […]

8 years ago

Even the most fluent of Irish speakers will now need to brush up on their Irish after it was announced that a new queer dictionary for the Irish language has been launched.  ‘An Foclóir Aiteach’ (The Queer Dictionary) is brand new and translates phrases from English to Irish such as: transgender, bigender and genderqueer.  In total it has […]

8 years ago

A study by health and well-being brand Forza Supplements has found that the typical Irish man is overweight… As well as this, they have what they call a ‘dad bod’ and are the six fattest in the world according to researchers.  America come out on top as home to the world’s chubbiest men while British men […]

8 years ago

ESPN is reporting that a Las Vegas sportsbook has posted odds on a MMA bout between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. The Las Vegas Westgate Superbook early odds suggest that the bout will take place in the octagon with McGregor a 1/10 favourite and Mayweather an outsider at 13/2.  The fight must be MMA only according […]

8 years ago

The Irish Times is reporting that Gardaí in Tipperary had to bring a teenage ball to a close after almost double the amount of people that were meant to attend showed up.  It was shut down after a half an hour as 600 people – instead of 320 – turned up the day before St. Patrick’s […]

8 years ago

Former England Rugby player Jeremy Guscott has said that Ireland don’t have any world class players despite winning the Grand Slam after a victory against his home country in Twickenham.  His comments came two days after Ireland completed the clean sweep with a 24-15 win over the English on St. Patrick’s Day. Ireland’s dominance in […]

8 years ago

You’re either one of two people. You like funfair rides or the thought of them absolutely frightens the shit out of you and you won’t even look at one or else you’ll get sick.  We’re not sure which one Republic Of Ireland player, Megan Connolly, is because she’s gone on the ride but you can tell […]

8 years ago

Absolutely dead to the world following the antics of St. Patrick’s Day? Is the phone going ninety but you don’t want to move from the leaba mór? Well, Netflix have got you covered with their new additions for this weekend which will ensure that you won’t have FOMO if you don’t head out. NETFLIX ORIGINAL […]

8 years ago

Aldi Ireland has announced that they are recalling a mini fryer due to concern about the product overheating and is said to be a “safety risk”. The Ambiano Mini Fryer precautionary recall affects products with the Aldi code 95760 and with barcodes 20072452, 20072476 and 20072469. Aldi bosses have said that over 4,000 fryers have […]

8 years ago

A flight from Paris to Ireland isn’t the longest trip in the world but if something like this happened on every long-haul flight, you wouldn’t feel the time passing.  Lovin reader, Maria Ryan got in touch with us to tell us about how herself and her musical partner, Lucia Mac Partlin decided to break into a bit of […]

8 years ago

Right, so we’re heading in the car and heading south today to go in search of these two lucky winners because we say there going to be having some night out tonight. St. Patrick was smiling down on Cork yesterday as two lucky players from the county won almost half a million euro between them […]

8 years ago

Now, us Irish, we’re all for the craic. We’re the kings of craic some might say. We love poking fun at ourselves and majority of the time we won’t get offended. If it’s funny… This St. Patrick’s Day Saturday Night Live sketch about Ireland though, is actually down right shite. Where to begin with the […]

8 years ago

There was a team of heroes on that pitch on Saturday in Twickenham and while we never like to single out one individual especially after such a team performance was put on display against England, one man has to get an extra special mention. Peter O’Mahony broke away from the celebrations shortly after he had collected his […]

8 years ago

Could this long weekend turn into a long week? The people at Met Éireann were up bright and early on Sunday morning and issued not one but bloody two weather warnings about snow and ice in Ireland at 5am. The first, is a Status Orange snow-ice warning for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Waterford They […]

8 years ago

Champions baby. What a feeling and what a game, it felt like it lasted for 80 hours not 80 minutes but finally, the Grand Slam is ours. There was a few nervy bits towards the end when it looked like England were going to get over the line to bring the game back but thankfully, […]

8 years ago

This isn’t just any old float. A lot of work has gone into it and there’s even characters portraying the looters and Gardaí. Spiddal in Co. Galway probably wins the award for best float of Paddy’s Day in 2018 (the jury is still out, there’s plenty of time left in the day yet.) A mini […]

8 years ago

Green, white and orange, Leo. It’s always green, white and orange. As an Irish person, you have to get these things right, especially on Paddy’s Day. We’ve all nearly made this mistake. The Italy flag is the bop of the Irish one and the Ivory Coast flag is like looking at ours in a mirror.  […]

8 years ago

Don’t get us wrong, we’ll have a sup at anything that’s going at the best of times but we’re not so sure how we feel about this.  It looks nice but… how would it go down in the auld tum tum? The Skeff bar in Galway decided to make the most Irish cocktail of all […]

8 years ago

The thrill of beating England on their home turf would be absolutely something else and if you’re lucky enough to be heading over to London for the game… WE’RE SO FECKING JEALOUS. Aer Lingus had a little treat for everyone flying on their flight EI172 Dublin – London Heathrow. It was sprung upon people during the […]

8 years ago

Everyone remain calm, Paddy’s Day will remain grand, it might be a bit wet but that’s it, no snow. On Sunday however… We’ve heard so much talk about the son of the Beast from the East and it looks as though it’s going to do most of its damage on Sunday as Met Éireann issue […]

8 years ago

My eyesssss, it burnsssss. We’re actually speechless. If you’re going to attempt a Full Irish fry-up, at least give it a quick google first and see what it’s supposed to look like. OR AT LEAST WHAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE IN IT.  It’s not JedLeland’s fault. They were just simply passing on the message over Reddit about a […]

8 years ago

Hoax slayer have stated that a new WhatsApp scam that is circulating is catching out more people than ever because of its added appeal coming up to St. Patrick’s Day. The offer looks extremely real and is said to be in celebration of Heineken’s 140th anniversary but it’s a phishing scam where fraudsters hope to […]

8 years ago

President Trump has told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that he might visit Ireland before he runs again in the US Presidential Election next year. The Irish Independent reports that Trump said to the Taoiseach that he would “love it” if a trip was made possible. The comments came in the Oval office before the 40-minute meeting between […]

8 years ago

“Been away a while, did we change the flag?” That’s a very good question for someone who might have been away distant from Ireland and who came across this type of Irish flag in what looks to be like a polish book for someone who wants to learn English.  Reddit User cra-z-clown posted this photo on […]

8 years ago

Electric Picnic is the musical highlight of the year for many music fans all over Ireland. The minute they’re clearing up their stuff to head home on the Monday, the festival goers are already eyeing up the possibility of going the following year, checking when tickets go on sale and seeing if they will have enough […]

8 years ago

An article which has appeared in the Brisbane Times has disappointed a lot of Irish in Australia for its use of words.  The article which described a “foreign crime wave” in the city carried out by “brassy Irish scrubbers”, was said to be “in poor taste” and has caused “disappointment” among exiles leaving there.  Speaking to The Irish […]

8 years ago

The Beast From The East part 2 could cause mayhem on Paddy’s Day according to weather expert Alan O’Reilly of CarlowWeather.com. He told The Irish Sun that “It looks a little less severe [than Storm Emma] but it is hard to tell because the two weather models we would primarily look at are not in agreement. “Worst-case […]

8 years ago

If this doesn’t get the blood boiling for Saturday’s Grand Slam clash against the English, absolutely nothing will.  We all know the scenario at this stage, even if you don’t follow Rugby, beat the English on their home soil and we complete five wins in a row meaning the Grand Slam and Triple Crown is […]

8 years ago

With just a few days to go until Ireland’s Grand Slam winning game against England, a video has appeared on line where England coach Eddie Jones says that the Irish are “scummy” and that England will “get them back” for inflicting defeat on them in 2017, breaking their unbeaten run.  The video – which you can […]

8 years ago

The Irish Sun has revealed that Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee gets just over €20,000 travel allowance after a change of address. The Fianna Fáil representative used to claim a Travel and Accommodation Allowance of €5,250 when she was based just over 12km away from Leinster House meaning she fell under the Dublin travel Band.  She now lives […]

8 years ago

Christmas just gone, I remember standing at a bar in some pub in Castlebar with one of my good friends who was telling me he was going doing the ’12 parishes’ (a longer version of the 12 pubs wish brings you all around the green and red county) the next day and that this night […]

8 years ago