You’ve probably heard the name Paul Stenson before.  The White Moose Cafe owner’s controversial social media tactics are followed worldwide and the cafe’s page now has almost 130,000 followers.  Paul is an avid Snapchatter and piss-taker – while some absolutely love him, others (mainly vegans) cannot stand him and find his carry-on insensitive and offensive, time […]

9 years ago

Missed mass this morning? Not to worry my friend – as the Sabbath ceremony is coming to you in the form of a decadent meal with thanks to the lovely lot at Eden, South William Street.  And we have been warned that while this is brunch, it’s not as we know it.  The (un)holy event […]

9 years ago

Life as a 20-something in Dublin seems to be getting increasingly more difficult. From sky-high rent to never actually being able to own a house (curse you, avocado toast), things just aren’t going our way. Luckily for us, someone has created just the thing that we need. Danielle on Twitter has imagined the perfect nightclub for us […]

9 years ago

Dublin might just have the best football fans in the whole of Ireland. But why do the Boys In Blue attract such dedicated supporters? What drives them? We spoke to Éanna Boland, vice-captain of the St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh senior hurlers on the Navan Road who’s got a real passion for football. Éanna told us what […]

9 years ago

The only thing we love more than wine is discounted wine. When it comes to wine, our attitude is sometimes along the lines of ‘the cheaper the better’, depending on how far away pay day is. Gotta be thrifty, yano? No judgement. Thankfully for us bargain-hunters, Aldi is having an enormous wine sale because they […]

9 years ago

Love Island fan? *nods furiously* Well, have we got news for you.  Turns out fan favourite, Chris Hughes, will be gracing Ireland will his *ahem* presence come September showing some love to all of the Irish fans who tuned in to the hit ITV show over the past few weeks.  Who’s watching tonight? #loveisland #toweltuesday […]

9 years ago

We’ve no doubt you’ve passed this place more times than you can count.  And maybe, if you’re super in-the-know, you’ve eaten here, or even discovered its cocktail bar.  But we like to think that Delahunt’s upstairs cocktail bar, The Sitting Room, is our lil secret… and until now we’ve slyly avoided ever writing about just […]

9 years ago

If you were planning to get out and about this weekend, we’ve got some bad news. The weather forecast for the weekend is in… and it’s not looking good. According to Met Eireann, we’re set for showers as the day goes on but temperatures are set to remain mild. “A mostly dry start across the […]

9 years ago

The threat of seagulls taking over the world continues, with the latest closure of popular Sandymount Strand blamed on the strangely large birds. The Irish Independent reports that Dublin City Council blames the water contamination that forced the beach to close on droppings from the huge number of seagulls in the area. The strand has […]

9 years ago

Would you like the good news or the bad news first? So – it’s gonna remain kind of warm this weekend, thankfully, with highest temperatures of 18º.  However, it’ll be mostly cloudy and breezy on Saturday.  It will turn cloudy and drizzly with occasional rain showers in the evening, so make sure you’re not planted […]

9 years ago

If you’ve no plans for the weekend, (actually even if you do, cancel ’em) then you’ve just got to check out the Vodafone Comedy Festival in the ultra pretty Iveagh Gardens. With this year’s festival set to be the biggest one yet with over one hundred acclaimed acts from Ireland and around the world set to […]

9 years ago

Every week, Lovin’s food writer Sarah Clayton-Lea scours the streets for the best eats in the whole of Dublin. From market stalls to six-course tasting menus, consider our review series, The Dish, your one-stop guide to all things tasty in the city. This week I indulged my addiction to pho and all things Vietnamese with a […]

9 years ago