Gardaí and Emergency Services are at the scene of a truck on fire at the northbound lanes of the M50 just after Junction 13.  It occurred at approximately 3pm on 31st May 2018. There is currently one lane open and there are significant traffic delays in the area.  Gardaí are advising that motorists travelling northbound on the […]

8 years ago

June is nearly here and with the sunshine (hopefully) set to stay, it is ideal barbeque weather in Dublin.  And you can have one whereeverrrr you want in the capital: in your back garden, in your neighbours’ field, on the side of the road.  Everywhere except Phoenix Park. Visitors to the park have been able […]

8 years ago

What’s this now? Store number 546 in Dublin? We don’t care, we fecking love Boojum and we love burritos – and we love them a whole lot more when they’re free.  That’s right, Boojum are opening a brand new outlet on the last day in May and if you’re quick enough, you’ll be getting lunch […]

8 years ago

Analysis carried out by Allianz Global Assistance has found that “Reykjavik’s popularity with American travelers is up and Barcelona’s is down”. And Dublin, is just chilling somewhere in between.  There was a significant sign of movement on the list compared to 2017 but London and Paris are still the most popular destinations this summer. Reykjavik’s […]

8 years ago

If you’re opening this at a desk in work, prepare for you to lose all control of your body. The shoulders are going to be going ninety as you try to stifle those laughs and your eyes are going to well up like the liffey. ‘Dublin The Musical II’ is here and we actually have […]

8 years ago

The committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport will meet with Transport Minister Shane Ross on Wednesday morning to discuss the recent proposals for late night rural bus services and regulation of rickshaws. The Minister looks set to propose a ban on the use of the rickshaws and has confirmed that he is in two minds over […]

8 years ago

You might remember that Loganair announced a significant partnership with Stobart Group in February which would see the airline operating from the newly-renamed Carlisle Lake District Airport (CLDA) to Dublin on a daily basis.  Loganair were set to operate eight flights per-day across the working week and a total of 12 at weekends, connecting Cumbria and the Lake District, […]

8 years ago

Virtuoso is a network of the best luxury travel agencies worldwide and they are currently holding their Best of the Best awards. The awards have a whole host of categories including:  Best Achievement in Design Best Dining Experience Best Bar Best Family Program Best Wellness Program Best Virtuoso Newcomer Best Virtuoso Hotel Ambassador Hotelier of the Year Hotel […]

8 years ago

Don’t fall for this one next time you’re out for a pint.  Dublin Fire Brigade is warning the public about a scam which is currently taking place in the capital and what’s worse, the scam artist is pretending to be a member of the DFB.  The individual is posing as a firefighter and is going […]

8 years ago

Snow Patrol have announced that they will play dates in The SSE Arena in Belfast and Dublin’s 3Arena in December as part of their brand new tour for their fresh album Wildness. The belfast gig will take place on December 7 while the Dublin concert will take place a couple of days later on December 11.  Tickets […]

8 years ago

Gardaí are currently investigating an attack which allegedly took place in South Dublin on Monday morning.  A woman who was outside a gym in South Dublin by herself was approached from behind and attacked by a man.  The gym in question is in the Loughlinstown area. The woman was allegedly dragged to the ground and was screaming but […]

8 years ago

The Evening Echo is reporting that one of Dublin City Centre’s most famous restaurants could face being “put out of business” as it is currently locked in a dispute with its landlord.  The restaurant, which employs 60 people, has secured a temporary High Court injunction which will prevent the premises from being taken away from the […]

8 years ago

Do the Laudamotion with me… We have some fantastic news for you because Dublin Airport is getting another brand new service to another beautiful part of the world.  The Airport has announced that Austrian airline, Laudamotion, will launch a direct service from the capital to Vienna in the winter of 2018. The Austrian airline will operate the […]

8 years ago

An internship, whether it’s paid or unpaid, has the potential to be a fantastic learning curve in your working life. Let’s not glaze over the fact that it’s financially painful all the same. It’s the big price that has to be paid when you first step out from college and into the working world and […]

8 years ago

Comedian and broadcaster Al Porter has released an official statement on his Facebook Page regarding the ongoing investigation into allegations of misconduct at St. Patrick’s Hospital.  In November 2017, St. Pat’s confirmed that it had received an official complaint about the behaviour of Porter towards one of their patients.  As a result of the allegations, […]

8 years ago

It has been confirmed that a 13-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of school girl Anastasia Kriegel. Kriegel was found beaten to death and naked in an abandoned farmhouse in Lucan on May 16. Two boys were arrested on Friday morning as part of an investigation into the murder – a 14-year-old and a […]

8 years ago

The Irish Independent has shared a video which shows a taxi driver being punched repeatedly in the head in Dublin.  The city centre attack took place on Thursday evening and shows the attacker approach the vehicle, hit the driver three times with his fist before making a quick exit.   The incident happened on O’Connell Street […]

8 years ago

A Ryanair plane which was headed for Dublin Airport was left with minor damages after it was hit by another plane at Stansted Airport on Friday morning.  Both planes were on the taxiway of the runway at the time when one of the planes clipped the tail of the Ryanair aircraft. An spokesperson for the […]

8 years ago

Irish Water has confirmed that five big areas of Dublin will be without water for some time on Thursday, 17th May. Some of the outages will last well into Friday also.  Irish Water is carrying out what they describe as “essential maintenance works” on these lines in the capital.  Balbriggan:  New connection works may cause […]

8 years ago

Okay, so we’re booking this whole summer off and just flying to Aer Lingus’ newest route and staying there. The home of grunge or better known as the ‘Emerald City’. Got it yet? Aer Lingus will finally launch their direct flight route from Dublin to Seattle on Friday May 18th.  It is the airline’s 12th route from […]

8 years ago

We are currently enduring a renting crisis in the capital at the moment and Daft.ie’s latest findings only confirm that it’s not going to get any easier. They have stated in a report on their website that, one out of every two rental in Dublin is now only available to tourists. Yup, if you’re searching, […]

8 years ago

When the sun is shining, the first port of call is finding the nearest beach. But, your nearest beach may not always be the best option, as the Environmental Protection Agency has pointed out. New statistics released this week by the EPAshows that there are seven beaches all over Ireland which have been deemed unsafe. […]

8 years ago

When Ed Sheeran played Galway at the weekend, Salthill was a no-go. The place is normally a driver’s nightmare at the best of times anyways but with this man in time, only a fool would even think about driving anywhere near it.  And it looks like the ‘Perfect’ musician is going to cause the same […]

8 years ago

Three girls have been injured in a dog attack which took place in Finglas on Sunday afternoon.  A car pulled up to the entrance of a halting site and two dogs were “let loose” from the car. They subsequently went on to bite three young girls, according to The Irish Mirror. The girls – ages 8, […]

8 years ago

It’s hard to know where to start when you are trying to describe what makes Dublin great but the people over at 98FM are giving it a good go. The radio station is celebrating the capital’s finest and has shortlisted places and people for the upcoming Best of Dublin Awards at Dublin Castle. From Best Bar […]

8 years ago

Footage has emerged online of an assault carried out on a Dublin Bus Driver who was punched several times by a member of the public. The man who carried out the assault pleads with the bus driver to which he is met with a ‘no’ answer on each occasion. After the third time of asking, […]

8 years ago

While the whole country is going Ed Sheeran crazy, and will continue to do so this weekend as he rocks the Phoenix Park, another set of rockers are going to grace a famous Dublin music HQ.  The Rolling Stones are in Croke Park on May 17 and they are already pottering around Dublin, sure wasn’t […]

8 years ago

As part of an operation carried out by Gardaí in the east of the country, a number of properties were searched today that were suspected to be that of brothels. Gardaí in Kilkenny and Carlow were assisted by the National Digital Intelligence Unit and conducted an operation that also included an investigation into potential victims of Human […]

8 years ago

Less than 24 hours after the announcement that HSE boss, Tony O’Brien would be resigning from his post as director general of the HSE, Leo Varadkar appeared on RTÉ’s Six One News to discuss the next steps regarding the failings revealed by the CervicalCheck audit. Minister for Health, Simon Harris’ position was questioned by a […]

8 years ago

After bringing Cork to its knees during the Bank Holiday and Belfast during the week, Ed Sheeran now focuses on heading west to blow Pearse Stadium apart as he plays two shows to some “pretty little Galway girls”, and some fine looking Galway lads too.  But, before he set on his journey, the man had […]

8 years ago

We like Buckfast… we like parties…  If you are an honorary member of the ‘I fecking love Buckfast’ club, then you’ll already know that World Buckfast Day Is Fast Approaching And Pubs All Over Ireland Will Be Celebrating and one the pubs throwing a whopper sesh is in the capital.  The Bernard Shaw will be paying […]

8 years ago

This is probably the strangest u-turn that an aircraft flying from Dublin Airport has ever had to make.  An Aer Lingus flight was forced to head back to the capital on Thursday morning over fears that a hare had been sucked into one of jet’s engines during take-off.  Flight EI-582 left Dublin at 8.15am and […]

8 years ago

Fingal County Council has announced that 13 Dublin areas and their surrounding areas will be without water for a large chunk of the day. Announced at 9am on Thursday morning, they said that a huge area of Blanchardstown will be without water for most of the day after a burst main. As well as this, there […]

8 years ago

If you’re up for trying something different this Sunday, dinner wise, we might have just the trick for you. The Paddocks, situated at Little Pace in Clonee are teaming up with Moodley Manor to bring you a dinner that is out of this world. Moodley Manor is a community built by vegans for vegans, vegetarians, dairy-avoiders […]

8 years ago

This is one way to pick us up from the blues of the Bank Holiday.  Leaving the pup behind while you and your significant other or you and your mates head out for some treats is truly heartbreaking.  The look on their faces as you open the door only for them to realise that they’re […]

8 years ago

Gardaí are investigating an incident that happened on a DART at Clongriffin Station in North Dublin late on Tuesday. Footage of the attack has now been released on Social Media and shows a group of people walking in and out of the DART armed with what looks to be the alleged pieces of wood.  Thousands […]

8 years ago

There’s another new destination to choose from at Dublin Airport as it was announced that Wow Air will be creating interconnecting flights to an American Airport.  The airline is launching international service at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Wow Air’s first flight from Reyjavik, Iceland arrives at CVG at 11:50pm on Wednesday 9th May.  The […]

8 years ago

This is even more of a reason to keep your Leap Card topped up at all times. We can’t be dealing with exact change for the bus. If the far is €2.85, chances are we’ll just give in €3 and be done with.  Sure, 15c won’t put us up or down. Receipt? Probably balled up and […]

8 years ago

Scary scenes.  A horrifying fire broke out in the popular Caravan park area of Parklands Holiday Park in Courtown, Wexford late on Monday night. Holiday makers could only watch on as massive flames took over six mobile homes in the area.  The mobile homes have been severely damaged but luckily, nobody has been seriously hurt […]

8 years ago

The Irish Independent is reporting that a popular Temple Bar pub is being ordered to pay €5,000 to their former ‘Sandwich Board Man’. The court found that pub had “racially discriminated” the man in question after he returned back to work after taking sick leave. Felix Guerrero allegedly said at the Labour Court that he […]

8 years ago

What’s rare is beautiful and sunshine in Ireland during the summer is something that happens very seldom but is absolutely gorgeous when it does.  And, it’s no secret that there’s only one place to be in the capital when that small yellow thing is in the sky. ‘The Barge’ has given us some fantastic moments. […]

8 years ago

Minister for Health, Simon Harris has taken to Twitter to express his disgust at posters that were put up in his constituency recently.  He said that he was very thankful to everyone that got in touch with him about the posters. “I saw them on way to work. Have too much important work to do to […]

8 years ago

The latest report released by Daft.ie shows that rents have now risen by almost 90% in Dublin.  This is a big jump from the county average (70%), other cities’ average (68%) and the rest of the country (53%). Shockingly, this is the 23rd quarter in a row that rents have increased and what’s even more […]

8 years ago

Rising temperatures and scorching heat, a Bank Holiday weekend and now a mega sale to top it all off… We nominate May as our favourite month of the year so far.  That’s right, as if the sunshine and the long weekend wasn’t enough, Arnotts have just thrown a spanner in the works by announced that […]

8 years ago

We’ve been having a bad week with Transport in the capital. First, Dublin’s dream dart underground was hit with a crushing blow, then a day later it was revealed that Dublin’s Metrolink could be getting a big unwanted change. It’s been rough and it looks like the Transport Minister could be tested by two Fianna Fáil TD’s who are […]

8 years ago

All aboard! Looking for a different sort of holiday this year? We’re talking a trip of a lifetime sort of job? Well step inside the Royal Princess It arrived in Dublin on Friday carrying more than 3,000 passengers and crew. Her arrival kickstarts a record cruise season for Dublin Port with 151 cruise calls confirmed for […]

8 years ago

On Tuesday we told you about graphic abortion posters which were erected outside the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin.  The man behind the posters gave a radio interview with 98FM stating he was only showing “images [that] you can see in biology text books.” He refused to apologise to people for these posters which were described as “shocking” and […]

8 years ago

We didn’t expect to see Dublin’s name on this list at all but when you see who they have been paired with, it does make sense.  In this latest global ranking from OAG, a series of useful metrics are brought together to calculate the Top 20 busiest international routes. Unsurprisingly, 14 of the Top 20 routes […]

8 years ago

School children near GAA club, Na Fianna have been holding massive protests regarding Dublin’s new €3bn Metrolink which was unveiled just over a month ago with plans for 15 brand new stations.  The project – which was expected to open in 2027 and run from Sandyford to Swords – could now be facing a big and […]

8 years ago

We’re promised a cheeky little spell of sunshine this Bank Holiday weekend but knowing Ireland, it’s hard to tell how long that will actually last for.  So, with that in mind, it’s never any harm to have a few holidays backed up in the pipeline and when they are as cheap as this, it’s really […]

8 years ago