If you’ve got a fear of heights, the words ‘rope bridge’ are probably enough to make you break out in a cold sweat. You can’t help but think of how these structures are always been portrayed in movies: rickety, flimsy, swinging and liable to fall apart at any moment. Not exactly the happy place for […]

8 years ago

Ireland may have a rep for being awfully friendly, but we also have our fair share of ignorant feckers. Take, for example, bartenders in a small country pub. Sometimes, just sometimes, they’re not exactly the most obliging of folks towards their customers. In fact, they can downright rude. Of course we’re used to that craic […]

8 years ago

In the age of Netflix and ad blockers, it seems we just don’t appreciate a good ad like we used to. Irish television has gifted us with some gems over the years, advertisements we looked forward to seeing again and enjoying with friends and family. The best ads really stick in your memory, with their […]

8 years ago

You stand there in the middle of a dingy public bathroom, having just answered nature’s call. This place wouldn’t exactly be your first choice of restroom, but then beggars can’t be choosers. You’re pretty confident the soap dispensers here haven’t contained anything since they were first installed. This is kinda bathroom whose stall door locks […]

8 years ago

The wait for the final season of Game Of Thrones is tough. While the conclusion promises to be full of epic battles, plot twists and big ol’ dragons all set against a fantasy backdrop, it’s aaages away from being released. While the world of Westeros seems out of this world, the actual landscapes involved are […]

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This little island of ours has no shortage of breathtaking sights, but you probably think you’ve seen them all at this point. However, you might have never made the journey to The Gobbins in Islandmagee, Co. Antrim. The brainchild of railway engineer Berkley Dean Wise, The Gobbins was opened way back in 1902 in an […]

8 years ago

Sundays aren’t meant for staying cooped up indoors, eating junk food and binging on Netflix… that’s what weekdays are for! On your precious days of freedom from work, you should be taking every opportunity to get out there and enjoy some of the many natural wonders that we in Ireland are so lucky to have […]

8 years ago

Remember how good kids TV used to be? Those were the days. We’ve done a little research into the programming from that bygone era and there are some absolute gems that we’d completely forgotten about. Prepare for a few blasts from the past… 1. Bananas In Pyjamas Anthropomorphic, onesie-wearing fruit in near constant pursuit of […]

8 years ago

Since it first hit our television screens back in 1995, Father Ted has occupied a very special place in Irish people’s hearts. Two of the comedians who made the show so beloved to legions of fans were Dermot Morgan (Father Ted himself) and Frank Kelly (Father Jack), who both passed away on February 28, Morgan […]

8 years ago

Is there a moment in your week that you dedicate entirely to having some peace and quiet? The world today is a noisy place and we’re constantly connected to it, overloading our brains with information. Sometimes you just need to make a conscious effort to unplug and reclaim some mental space for yourself. Since Cadbury […]

8 years ago

Your daily commute often feels like an extension of your workday. The morning journey might be a stressful one with the prospect of a hectic day ahead and the journey home can be miserable as you process the events of the day — which isn’t a great state of mind to be in, I think […]

8 years ago

Your brain gets weird in the shower. We’re not quite sure why it happens, but as soon as the water starts to flow your mind starts to wonder, old songs pop into your head, you have imaginary arguments and the most bizarre stuff questions start occurring to you. Since Cadbury Twirl is bringing its Take […]

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At this point in history, life moves at a faster pace than ever before. These days many of us face pressure to always be ‘on’, to be contactable by our workplace at all times, to always be logged into multiple social media channels and to constantly stimulate ourselves with an endless stream of on demand […]

8 years ago

Stick the kettle on. Break out the biscuits. Put the feet up. Get cosy now, cos Sunday is movie night and Netflix has got some pretty decent offerings for you to enjoy before you hit the hay tonight. Simply pick one of the following and get watching. Alice Through The Looking Glass In this sequel […]

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Being chosen as a bridesmaid is huge honour — but it comes with an equally huge price tag. Research carried out THEVOW.ie recently founded that majority of bridemaids in Ireland, that’s 24% of them, spent between €500-€800 on the wedding celebrations. It’s important to note that this figure doesn’t include the expenses which are often […]

8 years ago

Were you paying attention to your teacher during your school days, or where you just too busy with your Pokémon cards and your Bebos and whatnot? Those of you who were diligent students will find today’s quiz an absolute doddle, but if you were always a bit of a dosser then you needn’t even bother… […]

8 years ago

Harry Potter fans have been suffering withdrawal symptoms since the franchise ended back in 2011. Sure, we had Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them a few years back, but it just wasn’t the same. There was no England, no Dumbledore and, most importantly, no Hogwarts. Thankfully, the newly released trailer promises that the sequel […]

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Tell me this and tell me no more: could you identify your home county if you could see nothing more than its outline on a map? If you just mentally snorted and thought “obviously“, then you really are secure in your geographical knowledge, aren’t you? Since you’re that confident, surely you wouldn’t mind putting yourself […]

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When you live in a country all your life, it’s easy to take your home for granted, but thankfully we have foreign celebrities to remind us what we’ve got. We’ve eaten up praise in recent times from the likes of Star Wars’s Mark Hamill and The Punisher’s Jon Bernthal, but we have to say that […]

8 years ago

When we first learned that Toblerones were changing to a much smaller size, we were livid. To take a chocolate treat with a perfect level of thickness and just ruin it seemed like sacrilege to all us connoisseurs of sweeties. Then when we saw its absurdly spaced out new look, equally ridiculous new applications of […]

8 years ago

It’s been brought to our attention that many of our readers seem to enjoy an occasional pink beverage — and if you’re one of those readers, you really need to know what’s happening in Galway this month. Gordon’s Premium Pink Distilled Gin and Lovin have teamed up to bring a brand new experience to the […]

8 years ago

If you’ve never encountered the comedy of Foil Arms and Hog, we pity you. With more than half a million followers on Facebook alone, the trio of jokesters prove with their weekly video uploads that they really know how to tickle the nation’s funny bone. Their videos range from educational guides on how not to […]

8 years ago

If you’re a fan of whiskey, you won’t want to miss the event currently happening in Irish airports. The List is an in-store event which is celebrating all things whiskey at The Loop in Cork and Dublin Airport. The Loop Whiskey Ambassadors are now offering their expertise and knowledge to help you find the right […]

8 years ago

We Irish people love other Irish people — and we especially love Irish people who aren’t even real. Since every native of this country seems capable of reciting whole episodes of Father Ted and tunes into The Snapper whenever it’s aired on TV3, we’re suuurely all exceptionally learned on the names of Ireland’s most iconic […]

8 years ago

Modern life is full of its little stresses, so it’s important to learn how to manage it – this song can definitely help in that department. Dr David Lewis-Hodgson of Mindlab International conducted research to find the one song that produces the greatest sense of relaxation on the world. He found that a song called […]

8 years ago

So you think you can answer these 20 questions about Ireland without making a single mistake, eh? I mean, you don’t go clicking on quizzes unless you’re pretty damn sure that you’ve got the goods in the general knowledge department. Oh the hubris. This quiz has got it all: geography, music, sports, TV, movies, politics, […]

8 years ago

The weather in Ireland has gone a bit mental in recent years, hasn’t it? These days we’re getting hurricanes, freak snow storms, historic heatwaves and now it seems we add freakin’ whirlwinds into the mix. Lovely. Johnny Connolly, a Kildare farmer, managed to catch the moment where a big ol’ wind vortex spun through a […]

8 years ago

Irish people feckin’ love hot weather, because we get it so rarely. But because we get it so rarely, we’re not able to handle real extremes… which is why the prospect of temperatures breaking 30 degrees next week might make some folks a bit nervous. Met Éireann had already informed the public that this heatwave […]

8 years ago

We all know someone who moans about being shite at maths and if you don’t, then you probably are that person. While the multiplication tables were drilled into our brains back in primary school, the fact that our phones have allowed us to take a calculator with us everywhere has meant that all our mathematical […]

8 years ago

When you’re in high pressure scenario like say, I don’t know, a historic rugby match, emotions tend to run a little high — as was the case with Johnny Sexton today. After Peter O’Mahony sustained an injury during the match that would be Ireland’s third test series win over the Wallabies, Sexton approached French referee […]

8 years ago

If you’re flying out of Ireland this weekend your flight may have been cancelled down to an air traffic controllers strike that’s currently taking place. Yesterday we told you about potential disturbances caused by the industrial action taking place in France, which started at 5.30am this morning and is set to continue until 5.30am on […]

8 years ago

Have you got a ‘thing’ for pastel colours, rainbows and… giant unicorns? If you’ve just said yes to this question, then you HAVE to visit this dreamy unicorn-themed inflatable waterpark. It’s a thing of beauty. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Home of Unicorn Island (@inflatableisland) on May 13, 2018 at 11:43pm […]

8 years ago

In the immortal words of Johnny Nash, it’s gonna be a bright, briiight, bright sunshiny day. Met Éireann has told us we can expect temperatures as high as 23° today, making us hotter than many a summer holiday destination around the world — which means this weekend is one that is not meant to be […]

8 years ago

What is the most relaxing type of setting in which to take a long walk: on grassy country paths or along the coast? Answer: somewhere that has both — like the Ballycotton Cliff Walk. Less than 60 minutes driving from Cork’s city centre, this is an easy walk on level ground which begins in Ballycotton […]

8 years ago

Nothing beats a good burger and when it comes to high-quality meaty treats, Ireland is completely spoiled for choice. With so much to choose from how will we ever know where to find the best of the best? That’s where the folks over at NationalBurgerDay.ie come in. They wanted to find out where oh where […]

8 years ago

The current size and popularity of Pride festivals around Ireland is testament to the fact that Ireland is now an accepting place of diverse sexualities and genders… but it that hasn’t always been the case. Equality for the LGBTQ+ community has been a struggle in this country and the current state of Ireland has been […]

8 years ago

RTÉ reporters really do have a hard time of it. Whenever they live in a public place, there’s always that chance that a member of the public is gonna dive into the shot and do something outrageous. We Irish are great for pulling shite like that. We’ve assembled a short list of times where passers-by […]

8 years ago

It’s human nature to like freebies, especially when those freebies are food, so we’re pretty confident that many of our carnivorous readers in Limerick will positively love this little nugget of news. Lovin has teamed up with a mystery sponsor hosting a special night in four different restaurants around the country on Thursday June 28, […]

8 years ago

We at Lovin are in a generous mood right now. Like really generous. We’re feeling so generous, in fact, that we’re giving away free burgers in four different cities around the country next week! Not that we’re doing it alone — not by a long shot. Our companions in generosity are an oh-so-mysterious sponsor (all […]

8 years ago

Dublin Pride is back once again and what a week it promises to be. Running from June 21-30, the city’s biggest festival is simply bursting with activities, from film screenings and photography exhibitions to live drawing and brunches, so there really is something for everyone to enjoy. Because, at its heart, Pride is all about […]

8 years ago

Now maaaybe we’re just dirty-minded, but we’re sensing something majorly off about this puzzle aimed at children. Redditor IRELANDNO1 was in a Killarney shop when they stumbled upon this pure smut in toy form… Big Penis, on a kids jigsaw found in Killarney shop. from ireland Now we’re no experts on bovine anatomy, but we’re […]

8 years ago

In Ireland, Pride isn’t something you only get one chance in the entire year to enjoy — not by a long shot. Since the festival’s rainbow flag rolls out across the country gradually, taking place in one city at a time, you can plan it so that you start celebrating Pride in June and finish […]

8 years ago

People who love burgers tend to really love burgers. It’s a passion. Allow us to paint a picture for all you meatheads. Imagine being served up a big, juicy patty of Irish ground beef, sandwiched between two fresh buns, with a combination of melted cheese, ketchup and assorted fillings simply oozing from its sides. It’s […]

8 years ago

On Saturday June 30, our city streets will be awash in all the colours of the rainbow for Dublin Pride 2018… but what about your kitchen? Taking part in the biggest spectacle of the year requires a lot of energy, so be sure you’re well fuelled up for the festivities with food that’s just right […]

8 years ago

Dublin Pride isn’t just one of the city’s biggest and most spectacular celebrations, it’s also a powerful symbol of a changing, more inclusive Ireland for everyone. We spoke to Cormac Cashman, an event manager and club promoter of Mother, Sweatbox and Prhomo, as well as a member of the board of Dublin Pride. The Dubliner […]

8 years ago

When you think of Africa, visions of the world’s most exotic animals are one of the first images to float into your mind’s eye, made all the more exotic because of their sheer distance from everyone here in Ireland… but now it seems that Africa has just come to us. In a manner of speaking. […]

8 years ago

Do you ever wish you could stop having to be such an adult just for one day, so you can go and embrace the simple pleasures of childhood? If so, the Super Milk Wild Air Run might be just the thing for you. This summer you can expect 5km of fun across this inflatable course, […]

8 years ago

We asked our readers to provide their best Irish Rail stories, for a chance to win a €500 voucher for train journeys around Ireland. Vote for your favourite at the bottom of this article! Here’s story #1 from Anne… “This is really my mum’s story. “It happened during a bus strike in Dublin during […]

8 years ago

We asked our readers to provide their best Irish Rail stories, for a chance to win a €500 voucher for train journeys around Ireland. Vote for your favourite at the bottom of this article! Here’s story #1 from Holly… “I was travelling down to Limerick to go to college, as I’d just missed the bus, […]

8 years ago

Here at Lovin, we’re all about asking the hard questions. In the past we’ve pondered important mysteries like what’s the soundest county in Ireland and where are the best spots for a first date in every county, but today we posing perhaps the most profound question of all time… where can you find the best […]

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