Dublin this week is always chaos.  Tourists, students, stags and pints flooding the streets as far as the eye can see. But, if you’re clever enough, you can avoid the madness in one fell swoop.  So, to avoid getting caught out, check out all of the road closures in full, with thanks to Dublin City […]

10 years ago

Dublin city doubles, triples and maybe even quadruples its population over the Paddy’s Weekend (or so it seems) and in an attempt for us all to get along swimmingly, we’ve compiled a list of handy tips for the outsiders to act, feel and speak like a local – and, most importantly, avoid getting themselves into […]

10 years ago

This is no denying that drug addiction is one of the most serious issues facing Dublin right now. Hundreds of people die in our country directly as a result of drugs every year and the most basic steps towards fighting the problem, such as injection clinics, are still to be put in place. One of […]

10 years ago

The weather we’re having at the moment is playing an absolutely blinder, and we want to celebrate.  While most people curse their luck for having to work during the heatwave, we thought we’d take a more positive slant – and put focus on what you can do during the week before or after work. So work as […]

10 years ago

Chocolate is happiness — this much we know. I’m a fan of chocolate, as I’m a normal human being, and I find myself often going out of my way to seek out our city’s most indulgent treats. My research has been long and arduous, but I’ve always been a dedicated person. If you, like me, enjoy […]

10 years ago

About four years ago, the Irish beer market started to shift decisively towards craft beers.  They’d been around for longer than that but suddenly, craft started spilling into the mainstream with smaller beers getting shelf space in the likes of Spar and pubs offering dozens of craft beers in both bottles and on tap.  Gone where the […]

10 years ago

Scratching your head as to where to devour brunch tomorrow? Looking for something a lil different to your weekly eggs benny?  Well, look no further, my dear friend.  Because tomorrow you’re hitting up The Lucky Tortoise dim sum pop-up in The Hill, Ranelagh which is now open all day, from brunch at 12.30pm until after […]

10 years ago

We all know how tough it can be to find the perfect (or any) job so if you’re on the hunt, this career fair might be of interest. Career Zoo takes place at the Convention Centre today and there are tons of positions available across the technology, professional services and biotech sectors. There’ll be panel discussions, […]

10 years ago

Every week we take a sneaky look inside some of Dublin’s best offices and this time around we visited Core Media in the SOBO District of Dublin 2. When you’re on the job hunt you should be looking at all the perks a new role has to offer and Core Media’s workplace has got perks a-plenty. […]

10 years ago

Hope you brought your shades into work this morning, everyone, as today’s weather is set to be a cracker (for Ireland in March). Temperatures of between 10?- 14?are expected across the east of the country, with ‘freshening southeast breezes’ keeping things light and, well, breezy.  According to Met Éireann: ”Dry in many places today with […]

10 years ago

You may have noticed (and how could you not?) that there’s a huge march happening in Dublin today in support of repealing the Eighth Amendment. Organised by activists Strike 4 Repeal, women and men are striking from work and marching from noon today in solidarity with the 11 the Irish women a day who have to take […]

10 years ago

Today is a celebration of all thing’s female.  And we thought it would be the perfect excuse to praise all the wild, wonderful and wholly terrific hunnies out there, and all the work they do so well.  This is only a tiny snippet of all the deadly girls there are out there, but we just thought that these […]

10 years ago