German photographer Birte Kaufmann was on her holliers in Ireland when she first encountered members of the Irish Travelling community, sparking a fascination that took her into a four-year project of photographing, and eventually living, among them. Interested in how they lived – having heard that theirs was a culture far removed from the settled […]

8 years ago

If ever there was a woman whose body screamed “I love butter” more than Chrissy Teigen’s, well, we’ve yet to meet her. Okay, okay: let’s be serious, guys – there is zero chance that Chrissy Teigen is as into warm, buttery toast as we are. But according to her Snapchat (@chrissyteigen bbz), she’s got a […]

10 years ago

This may sound old-fashioned, but we were, quite frankly, shocked when we discovered what Ariana Grande’s Side to Side was really about (a woman who’s walking funny after a day of lovin’). And we got to thinking – there are so many songs you can just never listen to in front of your parents, in case they look up […]

10 years ago

Last night marked the return of the Late Late – and the official end of summer – and it was a cracker, starring the O’Donovan brothers, Annalise Murphy, Michael Conlan and, much to the delight of a tonne of ladies in the audience, Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan. Well, sure you only have to mention Jamie’s […]

10 years ago

The Notorious McGregor has just taken to his social media channels to announce the news that he’s the first MMA fighter in history to be immortalised in a Call of Duty game. McGregor will have a character in the latest addition to the CoD arsenal, Infinite Warfare, released on November 4. Before you think he’s doing it for the honour […]

10 years ago

Every year, an index of the world’s most powerful passports (try saying that 10 times, fast) is compiled – ranked by just how many countries your passport grants you access to. At the top of the list? Those pesky, order-loving Germans, whose reisepass gives them a free pass (ish) to a whopping 177 countries. Next up, it’s the Swedes, […]

10 years ago

Fancy trying one of the most difficult sporting events in the world? The answer to this, if you’re sane, should surely be no – but triathlons and, the next step, Ironman triathlons, are experiencing a massive surge in popularity, and who are we to judge?  An Ironman is essentially a triathlon but longer: think a 3.9km […]

10 years ago

Remember Rebecca Black? Yes, that Rebecca Black, who thrilled us all with her debut single, Friday, which became a viral hit – thanks in no small part to the fact that it was so, so bad. To date, Friday has 93 million YouTube hits, and Rebecca herself has 1.3 million subscribers. Well, now she’s back with a new single, The Great Divide, which […]

10 years ago

Abbey Talks The Abbey Theatre hosts a series of talks in situ in its Abbey St residence – but if you don’t make it, fear not. The talks then go up online as podcasts. Technology is great, isn’t it?  Not Now, Cato This podcast, hosted by Adrian Carty, is essentially a whole load of interviews with […]

10 years ago

Starbucks has just sent out the most important news bulletin of the year – to let its Starbucks Rewards cards holders know that the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back.  Well, sort of; they’re not on the menu just yet, but if you ask your friendly Starbucks barista – and show your Rewards card – they’ll make […]

10 years ago

Girls stars Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke have starred in an empowering campaign for Lonely lingerie, a New Zealand based underwear label as part of The Lonely Girls Project. It’s a photography series designed to show ordinary, non-models in their sheer, lacy underwear – unretouched and un-“perfected”. The duo are pictured, as they are in Girls; entirely unselfconsciously chatting […]

10 years ago

1. The Happy Pear twins It’s just not natural for two grown men to be so very chirpy, about everything, and at all hours of the day – but these Greystones natives and healthy food enthusiasts make it all look soooo easy. (We hate them.) Mighty morning out there!! Wahoo! Sending lovely dawn run and swim […]

10 years ago

Towards the end of the month, when we find ourselves incredibly poor and scraping the proverbial barrel for any sign of life (or coppers), we get to thinking about how we can repurpose what we already have.  Think of these life hacks as the modern equivalent of making breadcrumbs out of, er, stale bread. Y’know: thrifty and useful! […]

10 years ago

Could there possibly be anything worse than driving for hours on a dull, dimly lit motorway, dreaming of the Supermac’s you’re going to have when you finally reach that garage that you just know is coming up, only to arrive and realise… it’s a McDonald’s? We’ve all been there – planning on snacking on a very specific, particular […]

10 years ago

What would you do if you left an item of property on an Aer Lingus plane? Would you go to the desk? Give them a call? Tweet them? Use their online contact form?  Well, what if all of the above failed? In the case of Ireland-based illustrator Alé Mercado, he took the obvious next step when his experience with […]

10 years ago

An Garda Síochána have taken to Facebook to offer some helpful advice to those GAA fans who’ll be heading in their hordes to Croke Park this weekend to watch Mayo take on Dublin in the replay of the All-Ireland football final. However, unlike their usual posts – which are written in fairly straightforward English, in regular […]

10 years ago

The owners of The Salt House in Galway have had enough of people graffitiing their toilet doors – and they’ve come up with a genius compromise that’ll let loo-goers unleash their artistic tendencies without vandalising any property. Seriously? We’re shocked no one’s thought of this before – and intrigued to see if it’ll work! We […]

10 years ago

One of our favourite 1990s sitcoms is back for a one-off election special, 10 years after its final episode was shown. And it’s a good ‘un – taking America to task for its current reality: that Donald Trump is a presidential candidate. Though Karen is firmly on Team Trump (“where do you think I got the […]

10 years ago