I’ve been predicting that 2015 will be the year of the Drones for the last couple of months and we are seeing plenty of brands jump on the trend from a marketing perspective. The latest is restaurant chain TGI Fridays who will be flying them around their restaurants in the UK and USA this December […]

10 years ago

It was only announced last week that after 15 years of broadcasting on Today FM Ray Darcy was leaving to head back to RTE. Well Today FM haven’t wasted much time in getting a job description together and advertising the “hottest seat in Ireland”. In truth this is a super piece of marketing that will […]

10 years ago

Apple have just announced their app of the year and the prize has gone to the brain training app Elevate. It is a huge prize that in the past has been won by Instagram and Flipboard. 5 million people have downloaded the app and Apple said they won because of their stunning design and deep […]

10 years ago

We’ve been playing around with this site for the last 3 months. Testing out content and seeing if there was an audience for what we wanted to do and the good news is we’ve seen enough to turn this into a full time part of the business. Trends is a natural progression of Lovin Dublin […]

10 years ago

Selling a house is one of the biggest things people will do in their lives. Making a good first impression for people viewing is one of the key things you’ll need to master with age old tricks like baking fresh bread used to entice people to part with their cash. One man in Holland has […]

10 years ago

Facebook have been making a big push into video recently. You probably noticed it during the ice bucket challenge or by the fact that most times when you log into Facebook on desktop or mobile the first thing you’ll generally see these days is a video. I first experienced the magic of Youtube when I […]

10 years ago

We’ve all been on a steep hill riding a bike losing the will to live an eventually having to get off and push the bike. Well one small town in Norway have just launched the world’s first bicycle escalator. It has already carried 200,000 people and it is free to use and isn’t dangerous as […]

10 years ago

The new crossrail project in London is said to be one of the most expensive construction projects to have ever been attempted in the UK. With an incredible 10,000 people working on the project across 40 sites and the project reaching 60% completion Crossrail have decided to release 10 photos of the work in progress […]

10 years ago

Podcasts have been around for so long now that they can sometimes be a forgotten medium. The simple fact is that there is so much great information out there being shared that you would be a fool not to subscribe to some of them and tune in. Some of these will help you big time […]

10 years ago

When Apple bought Beats from Dr Dre and Jimmy Lovine earlier in the year many pundits raised their eyebrows wondering what the logic was- common sense says it has more to do with music streaming and the connections the two have within the music industry but you also have to remember that Beats have one […]

10 years ago

Berlin is a city full of passion, great art and wonderful people with thousands of attractions to explore, but it can be hard to find somewhere quirky and fun to stay. I remember when I visited the city for the first time I ended up in a shitty IBIS because I didn’t know any better, […]

10 years ago

There can be little doubt about it: brunch is hands-down the best meal of the week. Not only is it enjoyed mostly at the weekends – meaning we associate it with good, relaxed, carefree times – but it also features ridiculously large portions and makes it socially acceptable to drink alcohol in the mornings. Add […]

10 years ago

One of the most important pieces of information to find out about a city when you get there or even while living there is where serves the best steaks. Dubai has so many options but we’ve decided to do the hard work for you and pick the 10 best. All you need to do now […]

10 years ago

Let’s forget about being on a diet or worrying about eating healthy and just have a little dream about some of the very best food there is out there to eat in Belfast. With an exploding food scene, amazing bars and market stalls popping up there really is no shortage of great food to eat. […]

10 years ago

Many of us choose to work remotely these days with ties to the physical office not as important as they once were. You might need to check your emails between meetings, tie up a few loose ends online at the end of a day or simple want a change of scenery but finding the perfect […]

10 years ago

Believe it or not, it has been a year since our last burger list and it is now time to update and refresh the best burgers in the capital. We’ve been tasting buns, measuring denseness and generally licking our lips while ranking the city’s best burgers for the last month. Some of last year’s burgers […]

10 years ago

One of the most important pieces of information to find out about a city when you get there or even while living there is where serves the best steaks. London has so many options but we’ve decided to do the hard work for you and pick the 10 best in the capital. All you need […]

10 years ago

They serve burgers all over the world and even though it is typically just a simple bap with some meat and a couple of toppings in the middle, they can vary massively in quality. Dubai has it’s own range of cracking burgers and we thought we’d put them in order and sort the very best […]

10 years ago

One of the most iconic cities in the world situated right in the very heart of America, Chicago is one of the coolest places in the world. From the people to the food and the amazing things you can do in your spare time it really is a remarkable city. Just to give you a […]

10 years ago

We all know that the weather in Australia along with the gorgeous scenery makes it one of the best places to live in the world but we wanted to take a look at Melbourne and explain why it is one of the greatest cities on the planet. It’s not just us either, as Melbourne is […]

10 years ago

Chicken wings have been popping up on menus all across Chicago for the last couple of years and are very much on-trend but if ever there was a subject to split opinion it is the place serving the very best in town. Everybody is going to have their own point of view (and feel free […]

10 years ago

Chicken wings have been popping up on menus all across New York for the last couple of years and are very much on-trend in the capital – but if ever there was a subject to split opinion it is the place serving the very best in town. Everybody is going to have their own opinion […]

10 years ago

They serve burgers all over the world and even though it is typically just a simple bap with some meat and a couple of toppings in the middle, they can vary massively in quality. Copenhagen has it’s own range of cracking burgers and we thought we’d put them in order and sort the very best […]

10 years ago

They serve burgers all over the world and even though it is typically just a simple bap with some meat and a couple of toppings in the middle, they can vary massively in quality. Amsterdam has it’s own range of cracking burgers and we thought we’d put them in order and sort the very best […]

10 years ago

It is that time of year where cities all over the world stop what they are doing and celebrate St Patrick’s day with parades, parties, receptions and in most cases a nice creamy pint of Guinness. London is no different and this year there are some awesome events planned across the city. We decided to […]

10 years ago

Dubai is one of the most spectacular countries in the world that has literally risen out of the dessert and it was the scene this weekend of an incredible world record. It featured an eagle flying from the world’s highest building, the Burj Khalifa. The eagle was called Darshan and the record was for a […]

10 years ago

They serve burgers all over the world and even though it is typically just a simple bap with some meat and a couple of toppings in the middle, they can vary massively in quality. London has it’s own range of cracking burgers and we thought we’d put them in order and sort the very best […]

10 years ago

They serve burgers all over the world and even though it is typically just a simple bap with some meat and a couple of toppings in the middle, they can vary massively in quality. Manchester has it’s own range of cracking burgers and we thought we’d put them in order and sort the very best […]

10 years ago

Scotland is a wonderful little country that attracts people from all over the world to marvel at the incredible untainted beauty and rugged countryside. What we find, though, is that when you live somewhere you often don’t make as much of an effort to see the sights in your own country as tourists with a […]

10 years ago

Do you love city life but get the feeling you should be living somewhere else in the world right now? I think we all get that feeling on a daily basis so with that in mind we decided to create a quiz that tells you a city that matches you perfectly. More than a city […]

10 years ago

Sometimes you can take Holland for granted and only think about the big cities but we wanted to put together a list of photos to show people around the world what a wonderful place it is. Holland might be a small country but it always punches way above it’s weight and as these 33 pictures […]

10 years ago

Chicken wings have been popping up on menus all across London for the last couple of years and are very much on-trend in the capital – but if ever there was a subject to split opinion it is the place serving the very best in town. Everybody is going to have their own opinion (and […]

10 years ago

It’s at the very centre of Europe and the home of the European Union but there’s much more to the capital of Belgium than that. From their beer, chocolate and wonderful architecture Brussels is a city that doesn’t often come to mind when thinking of the biggest tourist destinations in the EU but these 27 […]

10 years ago

People love looking at the big tech CEOs these days like they are rock stars and thinking that they could run the business for them. To put everybody to the test we thought we’d design a quiz that would sort the bluffers from the real high level CEOs. Have a look through these simple questions […]

10 years ago

London is a city that is defined by it’s bridges with 200 of them in total including the world famous tower bridge. In a bid to make sure the newest bridge is iconic the London Borough of Wandsworth have launched a competition which has been narrowed down to 78 entrants. As you can see from […]

10 years ago

We love brands that come out of Ireland which is why we’ve shared amazing facts about Ryanair and Penneys in the past and today is the turn of the tastiest crisp brand in the world… Tayto. The branding might have changed slightly over the years and we are sure that the packets keep getting smaller […]

10 years ago

Banksy is never one to shy away from media coverage for his work and he has taken things to another level by sneaking into Gaza and filming a 2 minute video about the art work he did while there. The video is a mock travel advert that begins with “banksy” sneaking into the country through […]

10 years ago

Google are running out of space in their Mountain View campus and they’ve come up with radical new designs to revamp the entire space for the thousands of employees. The company are of course known all over the world for their bright office spaces that provide food and a whole range of other perks to […]

10 years ago

With the Apple watch fast approaching next month we are starting to see the more traditional watch brands respond. You wouldn’t expect the Swiss, who dominate the industry, to ignore the move to wearable tech and indeed Mondaine are the first Swiss company to reveal their smart watch today. Although they won’t be showing it […]

10 years ago

Etsy is a wonderful site for finding unusual gifts and one user has created an epic present that you can get all your friends with babies. In a world that is obsessed with Mexican food nothing could make more sense than snugly wrapping your baby up in this blanket to look like a giant burrito! […]

10 years ago

While the whole world seems obsessed with Llamas and #thedress this week but one of the other big stories making waves is about the huge cold front hanging over America. You’ve probably all seen the snow in Boston, the water around Manhattan freezing and now you can add the incredible sight of waves turning to […]

10 years ago

I don’t know about you but when it comes to digital and social media in general I tend to hear the same things over and over again when I go to conferences. This video on the other hand from passionate trademark analyst Scott Galloway is refreshing because it sums up exactly where we are in […]

10 years ago

It is the great argument that none of us saw coming in 2015… what colour is THAT dress? While countless media outlets have argued over it and even explained in great detail what is happening to make us all see it differently we prefer to look at it in the only logical way possible… through […]

10 years ago

We all know about the big trends over the last few years where people take pictures of pretty much everything they eat and drink and pop it up on Instagram. It still baffles us as to why people need to share a picture of their cappuccino but we are as guilty as the next person […]

10 years ago

Steve Jobs is sadly no longer with us in person but 100s of millions of us are still touched by his work in our daily lives. The computers we work on, the phones we talk into and the tablets we watch his movies on are all testament to the work he carried out. He would […]

10 years ago

There is something very magical about having an entire plane to yourself and sleeping in it for the night. We’ve covered the Airbnb campaign in the past as well as several planes that double as hotels. And now a new converted plane has just opened in the Netherlands which is 40m long, has it’s own […]

10 years ago

Sleep is one of the most important things we do on a daily basis but many of us across the world struggle to get the full 8 hours we are supposed to each night. Enter Luna, which claims to be the world’s first smart bed which is controlled using an app allowing you to track […]

10 years ago

We live on a small island and the biggest problem that many start up businesses have is that they only look for potential customers within Ireland itself. While you can certainly build an Irish business with Irish customers alone, the world is a big place and to truly scale you need to sell internationally. We’ve […]

10 years ago

Keeping up with all the latest trends in men’s fashion with gadgets and life in general is tough, which is why I decided to put together these 15 items that you absolutely need to own in 2015. Conversely, if you are looking for a gift for a man you know then you can’t go far […]

10 years ago

A new detailed survey about the role of digital in the world economy from the Harvard Business Review has shown that Ireland is doing very well for itself indeed. We are up there with the likes of Singapore, USA, Israel and Honk Kong as the most digitally progressive countries in the world. The report is […]

10 years ago