Ellen Tannam is uncomfortable writing bios for things but here we are. She is a Dublin girlo whose pastimes includes petting every dog she sees, eating chicken nuggets and trying to guess who celebrity blind items are about. Her favourite emoji is the upside-down smiley face. She likes to write about popular culture, LGBTQ issues, feminism, technology, music and baby animals. Likes include chocolate and cacti. Dislikes - people who are rude to retail staff, cheese, and people telling her McDonald's is bad for her. She knows.
Around 1,000 employees of supermarket chain Tesco have voted to back strike action over plans to reduce pay and conditions. Mandate Trade Union assistant general secretary Gerry Light told RTÉ: “We’ve now served notice on the company that our members intend to strike in the event the company proceeds with their plans to cut wages […]
Victoria Beckham has been a very successful fashion designer for several years now, but has stayed away from the realm of beauty during her career. Until now, as Vogue have announced that the star will be partnering with Estée Lauder on a full make-up line bearing her name. Beckham told Vogue: “I am thrilled to […]
This is GAS. We spotted this on Imgur earlier and we just had to share it with you. Dublin nights out are notoriously great, and everyone and their ma has their own weird story to tell about a messy evening spent imbibing in one of our many pubs. Sometimes, some tales are so absurd and […]
Facebook have been quietly trialling the largest change to hit our news feeds ever. According to Mashable, the social networking giant is testing a new format of news feed, with the layout organised into multiple news sections like World News, Sport and Food. The classic news feed filled with pictures of your friends from school […]
We can kind of see why. KFC Australia were launching a line of Hot and Spicy chicken products, so their marketing team got together to try and come up with a snappy campaign to launch the new meaty delights. One of them must have said ‘Oh guys, how about if we put a man and […]
Katie Taylor has made a statement following her shock defeat to Yana Alekseevna in the European Olympic qualifier semi-finals. She will get another chance to qualify to defend her title in Rio this summer, and according to RTÉ her team will now be analysing what went wrong in order to prevent this from happening again. […]
University of California, Davis have landed in hot water recently over payments they made to erase stories and photographs about the university from the internet. UC Davis officials released a statement late Thursday saying, “Increased investment in social media and communications strategy has heightened the profile of the university to good effect.” According to The […]
Meath is to see 400 new jobs become available as Dublin-based biotechnology company Shire are to build a $400m biologics manufacturing plant in Piercetown. RTÉ report that the new state-of-the-art plant will employ 400 high-skilled workers at the site between Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin, and 700 people will be temporarily employed during the plant’s construction. The […]
14 Independent TDs have today announced they are to withdraw from talks with both Fíanna Fáil and Fine Gael unless both parties can come to some form of an agreement. The independents in question signed a letter today making this announcement and also explaining that they would be abstaining on the vote for Taoiseach due […]
There has been a shooting outside a Sheriff Street pub this afternoon. A man has died after it is believed he was shot in the head, and the scene has been sealed off, RTÉ report. There are reports of a man running towards the IFSC and Spencer Dock area from the scene of the crime. Gardaí […]
Grimes, aka 28-year-old Canadian musical polymath, has long been outspoken about the sexism in the music industry, and recently told Rolling Stone about more of her negative experiences as a female musician and producer. As a woman who writes, engineers, producers and performs all of her music, Grimes is a one-woman powerhouse who is due […]