Pride is that special time of year when the whole country becomes a little more colourful, open and fun. It’s also the ideal time to host a little get together. If you’re throwing a Pride shindig this year, put some thought into it. Decorate your home according to the theme, make some creative dishes and […]

8 years ago

We featured Slieve League in a recent piece on Ireland’s natural wonders — and this video just proves we were right to do so. Aereaphotography.ie recently took a drone above the awe-inspiring Donegal cliffs — which are almost three times the height of the Cliffs of Moher — and the result was phenomenal. Looks like […]

8 years ago

If you’re hunting for your first house, you’ll know that the to-do list is a long one. Of course finding the house is a major part of it, but then there’s also a bunch of financial boxes that you still need to tick. Those of you currently on the market might then want to know […]

8 years ago

AVA Festival is returning to Belfast this summer and you can expect even more than entertainment in the form of the very latest in electronic music and digital arts — you can also expect a real effort to bring equality to the music industry. While there will be a number of stages at AVA 2018, as […]

8 years ago

Sometimes you just want to pack in the office job and move to the country, where you can live off your own bean, bee hives, and all that jazz. It’s a nice dream, and if you were ever going to go through with it you’d probably end up in a place like The Pilots Cottage. This cottage in Louth is very […]

8 years ago

Looking for a new festival experience this summer? This might be just the thing for you. A former B&Q warehouse has been transformed into a creative space where music and visual art come together into the mind-expanding collision that is AVA 2018. AVA (standing for Audio Visual Arts) is set to take place on Friday, June […]

8 years ago

There’s a reason people go glamping rather than taking the far more convenient route of staying in a city hotel: to experience the tranquility of the great outdoors. But in a way that’s comfortable. If you’re toying with the idea of doing some glamorous camping, then these eco glamping pods about 15km outside of Westport are […]

8 years ago

Not gonna lie, when my girlfriend first asked me to see a movie about Irish people taking piano lessons, I wasn’t particularly excited to see it. In fact, I’d even contemplated making excuses to get out of it. But a couple minutes into actually watching the documentary, all my misgivings went out the window. On paper, […]

8 years ago

Historically speaking, the Credit Union has never been known as a source of hilarity… but now that’s all changed. No longer is your local CU just a reliable place to store your savings or get small loans, it’s also a place you can get a few laughs. Handy! Just look at Westport Credit Union, for example. […]

8 years ago

We’re now in the home stretch, with the referendum to repeal the eighth amendment taking place this Friday, and both sides are making one last big push to make sure their voices are heard. In the last few days alone, Irish celebrities like Father Ted creator Graham Linehan and comedian David O’Doherty have taken to social media […]

8 years ago

As you’d probably expect, most politicians tend to be rather cautious when posting on social media. They address problems facing their constituency, draw attention to initiatives they support and, you know, various other political things. They don’t usually call out television presenters as a “shower of pricks” — but I guess Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan isn’t like most […]

8 years ago

Last night, David O’Doherty posted what he promised would be his first and only ever vlog. The Dublin comedian is best known for his whimsical musical comedy, but here O’Doherty told his followers that he intended to completely earnest for once, before going on to discuss his views on this Friday’s referendum to repeal the […]

8 years ago

After years and years of petitioning, the referendum on the eighth amendment is finally set to take place next Friday — but many Irish citizens have not yet decided how they will vote. In fact, some are not even sure if they will vote at all.   This issue is dividing the nation right now and […]

8 years ago

The sums have been added up and the world’s cheapest airlines by mile in 2018 have just been unveiled. According to the Global Flight Pricing report by travel planning website Rome2Rio, which analysed ticket sales in more than 200 airlines over the course of two months, these are the 25 cheapest airlines: AirAsia X Air India Express Indonesia AirAsia […]

8 years ago

Ireland may have been oppressed by the British for almost a millennium, but I think we can all agree that weddings are just fun.  With that in mind, RTÉ has (controversially) decided to broadcast The Royal Wedding today on television and on its online player. If you’ve been living under a rock, or simply have […]

8 years ago

Whether you love him or hate him, you gotta admit that Conor McGregor really commands the admiration of others — even other celebrities aren’t immune to his charms.  While McGregor’s recent behaviour disappointed a lot of his fans, it appears that the former frontman of Oasis, and current lead singer for Beady Eye, has just come […]

8 years ago

There’s just something about travelling by train that really sets it apart from other ways of getting around. There isn’t just one particular reason, per se, but a combination: it’s the fact that you can get up and move around with ease, that you can enjoy better views than on the road, that you can sit […]

9 years ago

Do you subscribe to the philosophy that less is more when it comes to interior decoration? I mean, we all want a home full of nice things, but there must be a fine line between perfect amount and overkill. Take this house that’s currently for sale in Salthill, for instance. On the market for €1.5 […]

9 years ago

If you’ve been unsuccessful in job interviews in the past, have you ever considered that your body might have lost you the job? Now before anyone takes that statement the wrong way, we’re talking specifically about your body language here. While your mouth was selling yourself, were your limbs reinforcing that message, or were they undermining it?  We […]

9 years ago

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia will return to screens on January 4, 2017 and this trailer is giving us a little taste of what to expect. If you’re familiar with The Gang, you know that they can be somewhat coarse, and this red band trailer perfectly illustrates that.  Expect death threats, indecent proposals, and light bazooka use. READ NEXT: WATCH: […]

9 years ago

You can do something right now that genuinely helps your fellow man — you won’t need to spend any money and you only require a tiny amount of time. Research has shown that volunteering has a variety of benefits for individuals, such as increasing social connectedness, stress reduction and even lengthening lifespans. It’s human nature to care about others, but in our […]

9 years ago

Summer in Ireland has to be our favourite day of the year. Filled with 99s, socks and sandals, and poorly organised BBQs, it’s always memorable. The 2 Johnnies capture it brilliantly in their latest video. READ NEXT: The Beer Garden Bucket List — 10 Outdoor Drinking Areas For Sunny Days In Ireland

9 years ago

We’re not gonna sugarcoat this – we don’t expect anyone to get 100% on this quiz. It’s damn difficult to determine the name of a county from just one picture and, unless you’re intimately familiar with every county in Ireland, you probably won’t be able to get full marks. That said, we’d be seriously impressed […]

9 years ago

Forget “to be or not to be”, the real question is this: should I stay or should I go?  If you’re approaching the end of your 20s and you’ve never been travelling, the chances are you’re feeling somewhat conflicted. You’re getting deeper into your career and you’re becoming so settled into life as a grown-up […]

9 years ago

That brief glimpse of summer that we’ve just had has put us in the mood to start replenishing that summer wardrobe and, once again, Penneys is here to help. Every bargain hunter’s favourite store has just revealed that they’ve just got in three new light, comfortable and positively beautiful pairs of pants that look simply perfect […]

9 years ago

An Irish priest did the country proud last night with a performance on Britain’s Got Talent that got the seal of approval from all four judges, the entire audience and viewers across Ireland and the UK. The mild-mannered 64-year-old priest took to the stage to perform a rendition of Everybody Hurts by REM that was so beautiful and […]

9 years ago

Before you go any further, be warned: you’re about to be hit with a serious dose of house envy. Today we’re giving you a glimpse of Brook House in Rathdrum, County Wicklow. Set amidst beautiful gardens through which the River Avonbeg flows, you reach the main house by driving up a long cobblestone driveway. While the exterior […]

9 years ago

The audience members of The Late Late Show are something else. They love having their bit of craic with the cameramen in the crowd — winking at ’em, arching an eyebrow, whatever — in an attempt to get just the slightest moment in the sun. I guess you could say the crowd are the real stars of The […]

9 years ago

If there’s one thing us Irish love it’s validation from foreign celebrities. Just makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The latest bit of praise one of countrymen has received is from Russell Crowe, who applauded Anton Savage argument against Irish Catholic columnist David Quinn on TV3’s The Tonight Show; Quinn was making the point […]

9 years ago

Sometimes you witness something and you just know, in your heart of hearts, that it’ll one day feature in an episode of Reeling In The Years. This is one such moment. Recently our former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sat down for an interview with Tim Sebastian of Crisis Zone, a political show on German TV channel Deutsche […]

9 years ago

If you like a good riddle, you’re gonna love these. Here we have nine logic puzzles that you can test your wits against to see how clever you really are. Be warned though, they’re a bit trickier than they appear… How did you do? Let us know in the comments. READ NEXT: QUIZ: Can You Identify These […]

9 years ago

Are you tired of visiting the same old obvious destinations on holidays? Then maybe you need to change things up a little. We’ve had a look to find a few spots around our continent that don’t get half the credit they deserve in terms of holibops potential. We think you’re gonna like the ones we’ve come […]

9 years ago

‘Tis the season to celebrate all things Irish! That’s right my friends, Paddy’s Day is upon us once again and that has to given us the opportunity to do what we do best: wax lyrical about this little green island of ours. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the folks at BIC®, who’ve just released […]

9 years ago

Have you got a plan to make the most of Easter this year? We love this particular holiday because it’s like Christmas but with better weather (we hope), so you can spend the break actually doing things outdoors with the people you care about. The problem is, however, that all that Easter dinner prep can be a […]

9 years ago

Many of us have four sweet days of freedom to enjoy this weekend — so much time that you have to do something special with it. It’d be a crying shame if you spent Easter following your same old weekend routine or, even worse, doing nothing at all. This is your chance to get some proper adventures in. With […]

9 years ago

Footage has just resurfaced of Dermot Bannon as a contestant on the ITV show Blind Date way back in 1994. Long before he was Ireland’s dad (as we like to think of him), Dermot was an architecture student in London on the hunt for some love, who managed to get roped into auditioning for the dating […]

9 years ago

Most of us like to consider ourselves good, law-abiding people, but Derren Brown: The Push really forces you question your deepest assumptions about who you really are. The premise of this Netflix special is simple: can you convince someone to commit murder through social pressure alone?  At the very beginning of the show renowned mentalist Derren Brown […]

9 years ago

It’s our humble opinion that every song in existence can be infinitely improved by being translated into the Irish language… with the possible exception of ‘Shakaron’ by El Mudo. To prove my point, let’s look at the as Gaeilge rendition of Zombie by the students of Laurel Hill Secondary School in Limerick. According to the Limerick Leader, […]

9 years ago

A good bartender can pour a flawless pint, has memorised a list of cocktails as long as their arm, and can patiently endure the conversation of the most boring of bar flies. But what makes for the best bartender in all the land? It’s a tough call, but that’s what the World Class Bartender of the Year […]

9 years ago

Being single in Belfast is tough, immersed in a sea of hallions and divas, loved-up couples and well… not much else. You’ve probably tried all the traditional ways of meeting people: the gym (sweaty mess — how would this even work?), friends of friends (um, if they were worth dating, wouldn’t your friends already be […]

9 years ago

The older you get, the less opportunities you have for travelling. Oh, if we could only have the summer holidays of secondary school back. If you don’t use your limited holiday time wisely and set out solid plans to tick dream destinations off your list, you may never get around to them. But we’re […]

9 years ago

If the ‘Beast From The East’ has taught us anything, it’s that pretty much everyone thinks they’re a photographer/cinematographer these days. If you’re one of those people, and we bet you are, then you’re probably gonna want to know about the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, which are being released in Ireland on March 16. Why […]

9 years ago

Dates can be entertaining, exciting, and bloody awkward. Recently we sat down Rob and Lorna, a gay guy and straight woman, to talk about their personal dating experiences. They revealed things like their best first date, as well their absolute worst. They offered tips on surviving a disastrous date and the merits of a boozy […]

9 years ago

People who are cold all the time can really wreck your head. You know the type we’re talking about here. They’re the kind of person who longs for woolly hats, oversized jumpers and the opportunity to curl up under the nearest blanket. They cringe away from doors left open and are constantly heard complaining about […]

9 years ago

The dating game has come an awful long way in the last half-century — as this grandmother and granddaughter so perfectly illustrate. Meath native Sarah Clayton-Lea and her granny Anne sat down recently to tell us about the differences between their first dates with their current other halves. Precisely how different were those experiences, you ask? Well, […]

9 years ago

After hearing one particular anecdote from Jimmy Kimmel Live, we have to say that Saoirse Ronan’s mother sounds like a proper Irish mammy. The 23-year-old appeared on the US talk show earlier this week to discuss her role in Lady Bird and her third Academy Award nomination. The conversation turned to Ronan’s previous experiences of the Oscars […]

9 years ago

How does your level of disposable income stack up against the average for your county? Last Friday the Central Statistics Office (CSO) released figures for county incomes and regional GDP, including stats on how the disposable income in each of the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland has fluctuated from 2007-2016. Donegal appeared to […]

9 years ago

We can all feel how feckin’ freezing is it at the moment, but I’m not sure everyone is grasping just how cold it is. Enter Joanna Donnelly, one of Ireland’s favourite weather forecasters, who once shared a meteorological chart of Ireland coloured red from a massive heatwave. Now she’s gone and done the exact opposite […]

9 years ago

We’re really starting to expect the worst about the next week. First Met Éireann issued a status yellow warning until next Friday where we can expect “exceptionally cold” weather, then we heard the Midland Weather Channel predict there could be as much as 40cm of snow coming our way, and now Joanna Donnelly is even telling […]

9 years ago

Before the high drama of the Ireland v Wales match commenced today, there was a little bit of comedy to loosen up the folks at home — at least for ITV viewers. Viewers at home were sent into fits of hysterical giggles when they were treated to a little pre-match analysis this afternoon from Martin Bayfield, Shane […]

9 years ago