By the nature of our jobs here in Lovin Dublin, we spend an unnatural amount of time online, and as a result have a long list of pet peeves when it comes to some people’s bad social media habits. We’ve compiled a list of things that range for slightly irritating to blood boiling. #Blessed #NoFilter […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 450g ground pork shoulder 110g smoked pancetta 1 sachet of gelatine 250ml strong chicken stock 1 tbs dried sage 110g lard 250g plain flour Pie. Pork pie. Say that a few times and see how you feel… This is man food, bloke food, dude food – this is the type of thing you eat before […]

10 years ago

This weekend is a hell of a weekend to be in Dublin with everything from Culture Night to Octoberfest taking place. No matter what you’re into, there is something to tickle your fancy. Oktoberfest At this point I’m sure most of you are well familiar with Oktoberfest Dublin which takes place for two weeks on Georges […]

10 years ago

OK, so we know that Guinness are a big corporation and not really that Irish anymore and some of their marketing stunts like Arthur’s Day have been a disaster for the city but they are a part of our city. Tourists flock to the brewery and it is a symbol of Ireland all over the […]

10 years ago

There have been plenty of signs lately in Dublin that the property market is heating up including the people camping outside an estate in Swords to get their hands on a house and the overheating rental market with reports of bedsits going for over €1000 a month around the capital. A lot of the problems […]

10 years ago

After almost a month of publishing pieces on the hidden sugar in stuff like fizzy drinks, ice cream, fast food and so on I started thinking about how hard it would be to forgo the white stuff altogether. I’m a cake-loving, health-freak contradiction. Despite being health conscious most of the time I shudder at the thought of forgoing […]

10 years ago

The Irish Craft Beer and Cider Festival was a huge success. My fellow Beer Ladies and I had a fantastic weekend sampling hundreds of new beers, helping out at brewery stalls, and getting lots of new people to sign up to the Dublin Ladies Craft Beer Society, Beoir, and the National Homebrew Club. It was […]

10 years ago

One of my favourite things to do at the weekend is visit a farmers market, have a delicious lunch of whatever spicy sensation tickles my fancy, follow it with a sweet treat and stock up on a few fancy groceries for the week that will jazz up my post work dinners. My favourite market in Dublin […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Sausages (get really good quality ones with a high pork content) Eggs Cream Butter Bread Salt & Pepper If you’re getting sick of the usual brunch options and want something absolutely delicious for your weekend brunch, that you don’t need to be a professional chef to whip up, then these sausage baked eggs are […]

10 years ago

Not sure what to do with yourself this weekend? There’s loads on and we’ve listed our top picks that include everything from coffee mecca to roller discos. Dublin Fringe Festival The Fringe Fest is in full swing and will continue to run until the 20th of September. It’s a platform for the best new, emerging […]

10 years ago

Okay so yesterday was May and it looks like today is September but everybody just remain calm! Yes, we maybe didn’t achieve all that we wanted this Summer, our intention to travel the world may have culminated in a last minute trip down to Cork for a hen night. However, we are wiping the […]

10 years ago

It’s not very often that we get to know well-known interviewers as we’re usually focusing on the juicy gossip they’re trying to extract from their guests, instead of focusing on them. Piers Morgan is extremely well known for his take no prisoners approach, and is never one to tiptoe around controversial topics; so it’ll be […]

10 years ago