Tis the season to be jolly for a lucky married couple from Dublin who were full of the festive spirit as they collected a whopping €1 million Lotto Plus 1 top prize with a ticket they bought online. The winning couple revealed that they plan to keep their win private for the time being and […]

7 years ago

Michael D Higgins is a man of the people. It’s never a surprise to bump into him on the college campus in NUIG or to wait next in line to him at the deli counter. He goes about his jobs like a normal human being and that includes going to the ATM to take out […]

7 years ago

Would it be Christmas in an Irish household if there wasn’t an edition of the RTÉ Guide hanging around the place? Sure, we have digital television now which tells us what’s on the box a week in advance. And, we can always check the listings on our phone without even going near a television. But, […]

7 years ago

When the bar is like a jungle and it’s your round, don’t panic. There’s plenty of ways of getting served quickly, apparently and according to this bar person who has worked in “one of the busiest pubs” in the world, following these 12 tips will help you get served quickly first time around and possible […]

7 years ago

There has been various rumours about Meghan Markle’s relationship and behaviour around other Royals but now it seems that her attitude towards staff isn’t that great either. Her and husband, Prince Harry, have been nicknamed by those working for the Royal Family after a famous television couple. An insider told The Sun that the couple […]

7 years ago

I just want to start off by saying that I’ve never had a drink in this Irish hotel and we know that people are entitled to an off-day. But this is not acceptable no matter what. This punter was in The Connemara Coast Hotel in Galway over the weekend and opted for a pint of […]

7 years ago

Would you believe it if we said that no fresh snow has fallen on Irish ground on the 25th of December since 2004. That’s over a decade of waking up, opening your presents and either seeing that it’s lashing rain or it’s as dry as a Summer’s Day. You can try making Christmas angels in […]

7 years ago

Anyone who’s ever had these shorts on in Croke Park has always had that slight advantage over their opponent. So you wouldn’t begrudge sports stars from outside of Ireland from throwing a pair on and trying to get a brush of that good luck. That’s exactly what Dominick Cruz did in a recent sparring session. […]

7 years ago

On Thursday evening, the Seanad passed a bill which now means that Abortion will be legally available in Ireland from the start of next year. The bill was supported by the Dáil at the start of December and was passed on Thursday by 27 votes to 5. A vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment was […]

7 years ago

Would you believe that with all the scandals and celebrity hackings in the world, people still go around with these type of passwords for their various devices. A report by Splash Data Inc has revealed the 25 most common passwords for 2018 and it just confirms how lazy people actually are. At the top of […]

7 years ago

As the Christmas season comes upon us, a lot of people will be using the strategy of the ‘Irish Goodbye’. This strategy is as old as time itself. And for those of you who don’t know what it means, boy are you missing out. The Irish goodbye allows you to disappear and before anyone has […]

7 years ago

For years, going out with someone who wasn’t from the same stock as yourself was a big no-no. As someone from Mayo going out with a person from Galway, all was well and good until it came to Connacht Championship GAA time when tensions were risen within the relationship and by people from outside and […]

7 years ago

Okay, so we’ve thought about it long and hard and as much as we love our jobs here at Lovin, we’re putting all our focus for the next ten months into writing a killer Christmas song for next year followed by an early and successful retirement. If you’ve ever watched ‘About A Boy’, then you’ll […]

7 years ago

I’m not afraid to admit it. I’ve been beyond lazy the last couple of years. I used to be skinny once upon a time. That was, until, I found the glory of Guinness. And, the Guinness isn’t to blame solely on its own. When I moved to Dublin, I spent a good three months living […]

7 years ago

There’s a few things I want to clarify before I go into detail about why I don’t listen to The Pogues’ version of the Christmas classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ (FTONY) anymore. Last year I composed a piece called 10 reasons why FTONY is the best Christmas song of all time. I still stand by […]

7 years ago

For the 657th time in its history, your old primary school is probably recreating ‘The Nativity’. I was in our Nativity twice, once as a wiseman and the last time was as a narrator, thank Christ. You can tell how well liked you were by your teacher by what part you played in the Nativity. […]

7 years ago

It’s almost three decades old but the minute the calendar flicks over to December, shortly after playing ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, the next thing on your mind is when you’re going to fit in the first Home Alone. Watching Home Alone 1 and 2 is a given during the festive period – […]

7 years ago

Christmas Eve runs like clockwork in our house. For me, I normally stupidly go out the night before and wake up Christmas Eve with seven heads on me. My sister is normally travelling down from the capital good and early and when we all touch base, we head into town to do the final few […]

7 years ago

We’re a strange bunch down in Mayo. The thought of 12 pubs would be enough for anyone but no, we had to go and take it one step further. Only the bravest of soldiers would try out the county’s finest 12-pub-Christmas-crawl, and not many would survive until the end. When I first heard about ’12 […]

7 years ago

There’s nothing more fearful than sitting in your bed at 1am, scrolling frantically through your phone because you know if you go to sleep, tomorrow will be Monday. There’s a few ways of easing ‘The Fear’ on a Sunday. Some people organise their emails for work for Monday, others binge on television for the day […]

7 years ago

Newstalk’s new Breakfast presenter, Kieran Cuddihy has come under scrutiny following comments about a ‘United Ireland’ on the morning show on Monday. In a statement on Twitter, Cuddihy said that: “I would like to issue a profound apology. This morning on @BreakfastNT I expressed an opinion about a United Ireland that some people disagree with. […]

7 years ago

Following the likes of Storm Emma, Beast From The East, Storm Diana and all the heatwaves this summer, we’ve experienced lots of different, varying weather over the past few months. After the antics of last March, we feel like we’ve become well equipped with handling serious snow and frost. But after seeing this weather forecast, […]

7 years ago

This is one of the most beautiful places to visit in all of Ireland. When visiting the west of Ireland, most people like to head to Westport to head on a weekend sesh. Others opt to go to its neighbouring town, Louisburgh, which is one of the greatest small towns in all of Ireland. But […]

7 years ago

This latest report has shone a very bad light on Ireland. It has been revealed that Ireland’s performance on climate action in order to tackle global warming has not been going as well as we had hoped for. Our country has been officially ranked as the worst in the EU and among the worst in […]

7 years ago

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that 13 Closure Orders and 1 Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during the month of November for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010. The Enforcement Orders were issued by environmental […]

7 years ago

Our heart is actually pouring out for Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly. She asked her 9-year-old what they wanted from the big man for Christmas and the response is most certainly ever parent’s worst nightmare. Letter, meet fire… Me: What u want for Christmas?9yo: I’ve written my letter to Santa already!Me: Cool! Where is it?9yo: I burnt […]

7 years ago

Founder and CEO of HotPod Yoga Julie Burke has revealed her 7 top tips to stay strong and healthy through the winter months as she works with Bio-Kult on their Winter Health campaign. Bio-Kult has launched its Winter Health campaign to educate consumers on how to stay strong and healthy over the next few weeks […]

7 years ago

Met Eireann has issued a status yellow warning for these counties and some bad weather can be expected. A Status Yellow Wind warning has been issued for Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Kerry. They say that: “A further spell of strong winds will occur later today and tonight. Westerly winds with mean winds […]

7 years ago

Ah hello, look outside. Would you be bothered stepping your shoe outside the front door in that weather. Will you get into the house now, stick on the kettle and have a snuggle date with these babies. Here’s what’s new to Netflix for the weekend. NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dogs of Berlin (7/12/2018) Bad Blood (7/12/2018) […]

7 years ago

Once it goes anywhere close to the beginning of December, it’s not strange to hear those piano chords chiming and Shane MacGowan talking about “Christmas Eve, babe.” Fairytale of New York has caused much controversy in recent years, however, because of one word. It’s a six letter word and it follows after the line, “you […]

7 years ago

Apparently, you are not entirely unlikely to end up on a date with a psychopath according to Calli Tzani Pepelasi. Around 1 in every 100 people are psychopaths, which is similar to the amount of how many teachers there are in Ireland. They are not what we think they should be and most so called […]

7 years ago

We complain about bingeing on Turkey and getting fat at Christmas each year, even though we’re consuming possibly the leanest meat known to man. The preparation that goes into a Christmas dinner is phenomenal. It’s blood, sweat and tears and the dinner that should bring everyone together, is normally the reason that everybody falls out. […]

7 years ago

Only yesterday, we told you about Saoirse Ronan’s cover of The Pogues Classic, Fairytale of New York where she supped Guinness and talked about Galway Bay on American TV, could you get anything more Irish? Some might say, it’s better to leave this masterpiece alone but there’s been quite a few famous covers. Christy Moore, […]

7 years ago

They say that you should put a star at the top of your Christmas tree, others opt for an angel. But RTÉ has definitely gone with the star option this year, that’s for sure. RTE Sports Broadcaster, Damien O’Meara tweeted out this photo of the RTÉ Christmas tree which has a picture of Michael Lyster […]

7 years ago

Met Eireann has issued updated weather warnings for various counties in Ireland and has also issued an orange weather warning for two counties. The Status Orange Wind Warning is for just Donegal and Mayo and is in place from 1am Friday morning until 8am Friday morning. They say that: “This warning pertains to coastal regions […]

7 years ago

This is it people. Enjoy this Friday because from here on in for the next three, if not four weeks, it’s going to be absolute carnage at the end of the week. The Late Late Show is pulling out all the stops for its show on Friday night and has drawn in some big names. […]

7 years ago

Mummypages has released a list of names that are going to be massive in Ireland in 2019. Not like your usual, ‘baby name list’, there are some seriously Irish baby names here. No offence to anyone but the likes of Cormac, Áine or even sadly Darragh are never going to grip the likes of America. […]

7 years ago

On Thursday, YouTube released their top ten videos in Ireland for 2018 and the top two videos show that we watch some amount of muck. Coming in at number 1 is the yodelling Walmart Kid. The kid is talented and because of singing, he’s bagged a college scholarship courtesy of the Ellen show but how […]

7 years ago

Former Ulster and Ireland fly-half Paddy Jackson’s new team travel to Galway this weekend. The Challenge Cup Match between Perpignan and Connacht at The Sportsground in Galway will not feature Jackson, however. Jackson will not start for his team and won’t even feature in the squad as he has been left out of the team […]

7 years ago

It’s a good thing it’s only once a year… Whoever came up with 12 pubs of Christmas must have a liver made from absolute steel. It drains every inch of energy out of your body for a while. You can cancel any special family Christmas plans you made for the next day because before you’ve […]

7 years ago

I look forward to Christmas dinner so much, even more so than the presents and the nights out. Why? Because I don’t get to see my family feck all. When I lived down west, I saw my parents a good bit but not my sister and now that I live a stone’s throw away from […]

7 years ago

These two puppies in Longford had a very lucky escape after being found by a member of the public on the streets. The puppies were found underneath a pile of rubbish and were found when one of the puppies started crying uncontrollably. They were discovered by a member of the public in Ballymahon, near the […]

7 years ago

We’re surely going to run out of names for all these ‘storms’ that have been coming our way Met Eireann has announced that 10 counties have been issued with a weather warning on Wednesday. The Status Yellow, Wind Warning is for all of Connacht, Cavan, Donegal, Clare, Kerry and Limerick. They say that: “Southwest winds […]

7 years ago

The Irish Independent put together a list of the best secondary schools in Ireland on Wednesday 3rd December. The list shows the best feeder schools in Ireland which shows the schools that are the most successful at getting their students into third-level education. The following feeder schools are the best in the country and have […]

7 years ago

There’s a lot of people in Ireland, especially in Dublin, who would be absolutely lost if this was chopped off most Irish restaurant lists. Michelin Star chef JP McMahon has told The Irish Independent that if there’s one thing that shouldn’t be used in Irish restaurants, it’s avocado. He said that most restaurants should at […]

7 years ago

This time of the year always highlights the issue of money. But in fairness, no matter what time of year it is, we’re always looking for ways to save up even a couple of euro here and there. So you can imagine how proud/peeeeeeed off we were to find that this girl had saved thousands […]

7 years ago

This is some achievement for this western county and now, they can expect even more tourists after this award. The National Geographic has announced that Galway is among the world’s best in 2019 for Culture. This award comes as Galway head closer to marking their terms as The European Capital of Culture in 2020. “Throughout […]

7 years ago

In 2018, people on Twitter connected, campaigned, learned, laughed, debated, and had conversations. As the year draws to a close, Twitter has reflecting on the year that was: from breaking news, entertainment, sports and conversations and has released the top hashtags for 2018. When it comes to Irish News, there was only ever going to […]

7 years ago

RTÉ announced its Christmas television line-up this morning promising to keep viewers close to home through this festive season. The Young Offenders Christmas Special is set to steal the season on RTÉ. Filmed in Cork, the show will star Alex Murphy, Chris Walley and Hilary Rose, with Robert Sheehan guest starring. Mrs Brown’s Boys is […]

7 years ago

Ryan Tubridy has faced some difficult people in his time. Only last week we told you about Tubs’ two least favourite guest, but this caller is probably in the top five after this awkward encounter. Dubliner Thomas, was on the M50 when he took the call from RTÉ to answer five question in order to […]

7 years ago