The day after Stephen’s Day – AKA the day you actually get to sit down and have a good root through your pressies.  The visits are over, there’s plenty of leftovers in the fridge, and you haven’t a BAR of heading out.  Well one lad who was getting acquainted with his brand new Amazon tablet spotted […]

9 years ago

Consider your January TV plans sorted: Netflix is bringing out a heap of new stuff with one documentary, Rotten, already getting a lot of attention.  “The truth is hard to swallow” The six-part series will be out on 5th January and takes a long hard look at the global food industry and is brought to us by the team […]

9 years ago

Christmas is a time of too much food, too much alcohol and sometimes, a bit too many opinions are shouted out across the living room.  Granny is on a mad one about the Pope, your mam is stressing over the turkey and dad has just drank his last beer and is moaning about the lack […]

9 years ago

Stay strong little soldier – you’ve almost made it through the day. Hell hath no fury like the hangover you get after going on the sesh on St. Stephen’s day. All those mince pies and roast meats combined with prosecco, wine, gin AND beer? It’s a recipe for disaster. The good news is that you’re […]

9 years ago

We’ve probably all been there. Whether you’ve experienced first-hand what it’s like to be in a toxic relationship, or whether you’ve had to give advice to a friend in the position, it’s never a fun situation.  But, according to Women’s Health, there’s a perfectly logical reason for staying in a bad relationship. It all comes […]

9 years ago

Attention WhatsAppers! From January 2018 onwards, the app will no longer work on certain phones. In a blog post, the company said anyone currently using one of the following phones would no longer be able to operate the app in the new year.  From New Years Day onward, WhatsApp will no longer work on BlackBerry […]

9 years ago

We may not have had a white Christmas, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see snow before the year is out. Met Éireann issued a weather update earlier this morning predicting snowfall in parts of the country tomorrow. There’s a “Snow-ice Warning” for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, […]

9 years ago

Okay, it’s official: Ireland has the most amazing postal service in the world.  They’ve delivered beer mats and all sorts of bizarrely addressed letters, but one special delivery to Limerick has sealed the deal.  Blindboy Boatclub from The Rubberbandits shared on Twitter that An Post managed to deliver a letter to him – pretty amazing […]

9 years ago

Tributes are being paid to two young men who lost their lives in Mayo in the early hours of Christmas morning.  Declan Davitt and Martin Needham, both aged in their late 20s, lost their lives when their SUV was swept down river near Louisburgh, Co Mayo.  THe alarm was raised by a third man, aged […]

9 years ago

We’ve seen beard baubles, christmas boobs and even christmas tree eyebrows – but there’s one part of your body that may have been feeling a little left out from all the festive cheer. Yes, your poor nether regions are often forgotten about when you’re adorning yourself with all the sequins and glitter that are essential […]

9 years ago

A day late, but it’s here nonetheless.  Looks like Met Éireann were right when they predicted ‘Wintry Showers’, sending the nation into a tizzy.  While it didn’t come on Christmas Day as first anticipated, Stephen’s Day has brought freezing temperatures and, yes, the elusive snowfall – captured here in Cork by Twitter user Sean Lucey.  […]

9 years ago

Alright, Christmas is over.  The real tree/fake tree debate just got a whole lot more heated, after a lad posted a GROSS warning about real trees to Facebook.  Daniel Reed shared an image of a walnut-like cluster that he found on his Christmas tree, warning that these clusters actually contain 100-200 praying mantis eggs.  One […]

9 years ago