A lot of Mammies are at the absolute HEIGHT of Christmas stress right now, but there’s one Mammy in Waterford who is absolutely chuffed with herself.  It’s a strange truth in Ireland that most of the filthiest jokes we’ve ever been told have been sent to us via text by our parents.  This Mammy fooled […]

9 years ago

Christmas dinner can be a massively divisive subject. Cranberry sauce or apple sauce? Roasties or mash? In fact, the only thing we do all agree on is that brussels sprouts are STINK. (But we’ll still go mad if we don’t get them – they’re tradition.)  When it comes to serving the piece de resistance, the turkey, everyone’s […]

9 years ago

What a nice treat to get the Friday before Christmas… There was no big Irish winners in the main Euromillions draw but someone who bought their ticket in a Dublin and someone who bought their ticket in a mid-west shop have won the jackpot for the plus draw.  The numbers in the plus draw were: 4, […]

9 years ago

Remain calm…but Aer Lingus have just announced that they have launched a January seat sale with reductions of up to 50%. We repeat, 50% OFF PEOPLE. They have up to three million seats to European and North American destinations with flights to N.America reduced to €209 each way. There are also big offers on a […]

9 years ago

Oh yeah. Nobody was worried about net neutrality last week but the minute that the killing of free porn on the internet is mentioned, everyone’s interested.  On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided that it would kill net neutrality rules that provide for equal access online to all types of content. The decision is […]

9 years ago

We all want to re-live our childhoods a little at Christmas time and nothing conjures fond childhood festive memories in Ireland quite like a selection box. You’ll get plenty of 20-somethings receiving this chocolate laden pressies from their parents every year in an ironic-but-not-really sort of way, while others find themselves unaccountably cut off simply because “you’re not a fucking […]

9 years ago

Christmas is just a few short days away and Irish people all over the world are heading home to be with their families.  Sadly for flight attendant Molly Blennerhassett, that won’t be possible, so her mam did the sweetest thing ever.  She made her daughter an entire Christmas dinner to bring on her flight back […]

9 years ago

It’s hard to imagine going ‘out-out’ on Christmas Night/very early St. Stephen’s Day morning but it looks like the option do so could be a regular thing in the future. Geoghegans Nightclub in Tuam, Galway has announced on its Facebook page that it will be opening at a minute past 12am on the 26th of […]

9 years ago

Have you been ‘Marleyed’? Not sure? Well, see if this sounds familiar… You’ve broken up with your ex from your home town for AGES at this stage, and it’s been great. They haven’t tried to contact you all year and you’re pretty pleased at how well you’ve both moved on. How adult the whole thing is… When […]

9 years ago

The entire country is frantically trying to finish up early in work, presents still need to be bought and there’s more than a few boxes of biscuits waiting at home.  So the news that we all have a quality Christmas movie to look forward to on the telly tonight is a lovely little yuletide bonus.  […]

9 years ago

The HSE are urging the public to get vaccinated against influenza after it reported that the number of flu-like cases in Ireland has increased in the past week. The flu is now said to be “actively circulating” the country. The main strain of the virus putting people at risk is the A (H3N2), according to the […]

9 years ago

Half day in work today? Lucky you.  Unfortunately, some of us have to go the whole hog. But let’s be honest, there isn’t much work being done anywhere in the country unless you count staring out the window and stuffing your face with chocolate as work. Here are 13 tweets which prove that you aren’t […]

9 years ago