This weekend just gone, I spent one of the comfiest weekends of my young life in the warm and cosy surroundings of The Kingsley, County Cork.  A ten-minute taxi from the train station, this place is perfectly designed for those of you who want to sack the car, see a new city and get away […]

9 years ago

With the cold frosty weather setting in, a lot of motorists need to allow for some time to let their cars defrost in the morning before making any trips. Now Gardaí are advising motorists to be careful and not to leave their cars unattended while their windscreen defrost. They issued the warning on their Twitter account […]

9 years ago

A Flybe plane has crash landed at George Best Belfast City Airport after suffering technical issues after take-off. The passenger plane was forced to make the crash landing after the nose gear broke shortly after taking off at the airport. The flight to Inverness was carrying 52 passengers including one infant when the pilots noticed […]

9 years ago

We can all feel the cold weather creeping in, and most of us have out with the ice scrapers first thing already.  Well it looks like it’s only going to get colder as this weekend temperatures are set to drop as low as -3 degrees in parts of the country. Met Éireann forecasted that from today the temperatures […]

9 years ago

Solo travel has its perks.  It allows you to create your own schedule and itinerary. It forces you to form opinions of new sites for yourself. It encourages you to meet people that you may not have otherwise met. Plus, there’s something about overcoming travel challenges on your own that leaves you with a ton of […]

9 years ago

Bet you wish you dressed as a bin bag now… Thousands of trick-or-treaters will take to the streets of Ireland tonight and Met Éireann has issued a rather sensible warning ahead of all the fun. Taking to Twitter, the forecaster warned that wet gear will be necessary, writing: ‘Mild, cloudy & mostly dry this evening. […]

9 years ago

The weather is getting chillier by the day, and what with the evenings being pitch black by the time you get home from work, the only thing you feel like doing is a big binge session on Netflix. No shame in that, sure.  There’s five new things that have just hit Irish screens, and we […]

9 years ago

With the country just getting over Ex-Hurricane Ophelia and Storm Brian, it is now being reported that a record 11 more storms could be hitting Ireland and UK coasts this autumn and winter period. According to the Times, AccuWeather is forecasting another 11 storms (which is twice as many as last year) with gusts of 120mph expected […]

9 years ago

Changing your profile photo is a big commitment. You’ve probably picked it hours, maybe even days in advance and you’ve waited for that peak time to push it out on social media so you can rake in those likes. Don’t lie, we all do it.  Of course putting out a picture like that is bound […]

9 years ago

It’s been a pretty hectic week, but the weekend is finally here.  Although the weather is looking grim, these tweets on the Irish Twitter-verse this week are bound to brighten up your weekend. They just keep getting better – here are some of our favourites: 1. Oh, Brian… ‘Brian’ isn’t a good name for a […]

9 years ago

Ibrahim Halawa is expected to return to Ireland on Sunday or Monday following his release from prison in Egypt.  The 21-year-old was released at 11pm last night having spent four years in prison for his part in a mass protest in Cairo in 2013.  Speaking to RTÉ’s ‘Morning Ireland’, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney […]

9 years ago

Just as the country is coming to terms with Hurricane Ophelia and the devastation that has followed, it appears that another storm is set to hit the country this weekend. It’s reported that Storm Brian will pass through Ireland later this week, bringing strong winds and rain nationwide. A Met Éireann spokesperson, John Eagleton, told The Independent that […]

9 years ago