First there was the Tanora cocktail. Now a Cork mixologist has gone one step further and created a drink that is set to become the official tipple of the Rebel County. The ‘Cork First, Ireland Second’, a tribute to one of Cork’s favourite sons, was debuted at the launch of Cork’s newest bar and eatery […]
A backpacker has been inundated with marriage proposals after his Irish mate pulled out of their trip at the last minute. In a desperate effort to do the right thing and make sure his friend Paddy James wouldn’t be left to travel the East Coast alone, Dubliner Robert Keane turned to Facebook when he was […]
When it comes to spaghetti sauce, everybody’s got their own secret addition, but last night we heard of one that was brand new to us. The tipster? None other than Mary Berry, who was whipping up her take on the Italian classic on her show Mary Berry Everyday. In the latest episode, our favourite TV […]
Up to eighty post offices have been slated for closure in a new unpublished Government report on the future of An Post. The Irish Independent reports that a new strategy, devised by entrepreneur and Dragon’s Den star Bobby Kerr, recommends that 80 of the An Post’s 1,130 post offices are loss making and should be shut. […]
It looks like something we could have invented ourselves in the throes of an epic hangover, but the latest food trend comes straight out of the Big Apple (home of everything over sized and outrageous). Sweet and salty, crunchy and soft, cheesy and melty: behold: the doughnut grilled cheese. A post shared by Clinton Hall […]
Did your careers counsellor advise you that you’d make a brilliant travelling beer drinker? Well boy are you in luck. In what might just be the most tempting job advertisement in history, an American craft beer bar chain is looking for three trusty interns to travel the world sampling different brews and tasting local foods […]
Comedian Jimmy Carr has revealed that he didn’t lose his virginity until he was 26 years old. The average age an Irish person loses their virginity is at around 17, but, speaking to Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs, Carr said he feels he was somewhat repressed as a young adult. The television host and actor […]
A Russian tourist has disappeared from a Thai island where two young backpackers were brutally murdered in 2014. According to the Samui Times, Valentina Novozhyonova checked into the Koh Tao hostel on February 11th. She was due to leave on the 16th, but when she did not return her room key, staff discovered her passport, phone […]
Getting married is a stressful business, but one bride has turned to the internet for advice after she banned all her bridesmaids from her wedding after an argument. The distraught bride-to-be took to Reddit, explaining that she had expected her three closest friends to take part in the planning process, despite acknowledging that she knew […]
Have you been dishing up the same cake and cookie recipes for years? Well now there’s a way to give them a brand new look… with zero creative effort required. The Internet is going wild for embossed rolling pins, which are normal, run-of-the-mill rolling pins laser cut with cool designs that add an artistic flourish […]
Schools and businesses in the Brondesbury Park, Brent area of London remain closed today, following the discovery of a huge Second World War bomb. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in The Avenue last night after the 500lb explosive device was uncovered by construction workers on the site of a new block of […]
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