While the heady days of summer are behind us and colder, darker days ahead it’s hard to imagine many things (Christmas excluded) that will bring as much joy and delight to your life. Then again, the Irish Farmers Calendar for 2019 has just been released so that helps. A Lot. For the low price of […]

8 years ago

Whether you’re like a child on Christmas Eve or you have no interest whatsoever in it, you’ll still know that Conor McGregor is returning to the octagon this weekend in UFC 229. A title is up for grabs and McGregor is bidding to hold on to what he believes his “rightfully his” despite being ‘stripped’ […]

8 years ago

It’s winter and that can only mean one thing: you’re bound to be hit with a massive case of the flu. From runny noses to aches and pains, there’s nothing worse than having a bad dose. You dose up on Lemsip, carry tissues with you everywhere and you just want to curl up in bed […]

8 years ago

If you’ve been thinking about booking a nice little getaway, here’s the perfect time to go and do it. Ryanair just announced another flash sale on flights between November and January and the prices are insanely good. They’ve got flights from Dublin to Glasgow and Newcastle for just €9.99, as well as ones to Barcelona […]

8 years ago

We knew that Macklemore loved Ireland from his song Irish Celebration and had a connection with our native land but we didn’t know his Irish was on point. He features in the intro for Eoghan McDermott’s Ceol alongside Saoirse Ronan and he is fluent as f*ck. Take a listen to this: Saoirse Ronan & @macklemore […]

8 years ago

The creator of Postman Pat and Rosie & Jim has died aged 85. John Cunliffe, also starred alongside the two ragdolls in the show and was affectionately known as ‘Fizgog’. An obituary in his local paper, the Ilkley Gazette, said the author “left his Ilkley home in a deluge of rain on the 20th of […]

8 years ago

We know it’s still far away yet but much like thinking about your Christmas party, you need to start thinking about the hols. You want to suck as much time out of the festive season as possible and 2018 is just the perfect year to do that. So, here’s the sitch. Christmas Eve is on […]

8 years ago

All of our Christmases have come at once today because the ledgebag that is Michael D Higgins is on Instagram. Now, it’s probably because he launched his Presidential campaign today, but we couldn’t give a flying fig because this is the best news ever. We wonder if he’ll feature Bród and Shadow on his feed […]

8 years ago

The Lord of the Rings was first published over 60 years ago, but it’s still as popular as ever. The news that Amazon is now turning the trilogy into a TV show reminded us of one of the quirkiest pubs in Ireland – The Shire in Killarney. The LOTR-themed venue opened its doors in 2014, […]

8 years ago

The Christmas bonus is reportedly being scrapped for social welfare and pension recipients this year. The Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has been severely criticised over her decision, saying there was “currently no provision for a Christmas bonus in the Department’s allocation for 2018”. It’s hoped she may reverse her decision eventually, which will […]

8 years ago

New research shows that house prices in Dublin and other Irish cities are “flatlining” with little to no increase in the last three months. According to data from Real Estate Alliance (REA) has found that semi-D house prices in Dublin postcoded areas have risen only 0.1% compared to 4.1% for the same period last year. […]

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It’s still September but some people are apparently already getting into the Christmas spirit because there’s now an entire TV channel dedicated to playing festive films around the clock. True Christmas launched today so you’ve got a full three months of watching Christmas films ahead of you to really get in the swing of things. […]

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