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Melissa Carton

Melissa Carton

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Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, enters sudden lockdown
News

Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, enters sudden lockdown

The two million residents of the city are now in lockdown. New Zealand has long been the standard when it comes to protecting its citizens against Covid that the rest of the world has aspired to. While Ireland is looking at being in lockdown until at least May, most of New Zealand has gone back […]

Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez announce Valentine’s Day engagement
Celebrity

Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez announce Valentine’s Day engagement

Congratulations. If you’re a big Strictly Come Dancing fan you’ll be very familiar with Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez. The couple first started dating after meeting on the dancing show in 2017, going on to have a child together in 2019. Now it seems congratulations is in order once again as the couple just announced […]

5 discreet vibrators that will look right at home in your make up bag
Health

5 discreet vibrators that will look right at home in your make up bag

No one will know. I think when it comes to sex toys, especially vibrators, there’s a lot of misconceptions about them always being big and bulky and being a certain (ahem) shape. Out of the women that I know that own vibrators very few actually own big ones, usually opting for ones that are small, […]

Five classic feel-good romantic flicks to stick on this weekend
Entertainment

Five classic feel-good romantic flicks to stick on this weekend

‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner.’ Valentine’s weekend is here once again and whether you’re planning something romantic or a night in/ video call with the gals one thing you can’t beat in a little rom-com movie session. There are so many great romantic films but for this article I’m just going to keep it […]

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Teens on TikTok are saying they wish they were born in the 90s and I feel old

Brb, collecting my pension. I was absolutely one of those teenagers that used to say I was born in the wrong generation. I’m pretty sure I even described myself as an anachronism on my Bebo and MySpace page. Cringe. During the first lockdown I bit the bullet and downloaded TikTok to stave off some boredom. […]

60 per cent of Irish people open to sharing virtual meal for Valentine’s Day
Food

60 per cent of Irish people open to sharing virtual meal for Valentine’s Day

Got any plans for Valentine’s Day this year? It’s the first Valentine’s Day in lockdown and we’re all thrilled about it (not). No going to a nice restaurant, no trip to the cinema, no catching a couple of drinks in the pub. Nothing. Well maybe not completely nothing. Yes, according to a recent survey it […]

The new Sculpted by Aimee lip duo is a handbag must have
Beauty

The new Sculpted by Aimee lip duo is a handbag must have

Add this to your make up buys for 2021. I am a huge lipstick gal, it’s probably the make up product I buy the most outside of mascara. One make up item I’m an absolute devil for not stocking up on though is lip liner and I don’t know how many times I’ve used a […]

sex and the city
Entertainment

HBO exec reveals how Sex and the City will explain Sam’s absence

It’s not what we expected. Since the Sex and the City reboot was announced and that it will be without Kim Cattrall AKA Samantha Jones, there has been much speculation on how the show will explain her absence. Many fans theorised that the show will probably say that Sam unfortunately succumbed to cancer, which she […]

Taylor Swift releases her new version of Fearless with six additional tracks
Music

Taylor Swift releases her new version of Fearless with six additional tracks

T Swift out here improving lockdown substantially. Taylor Swift recently announced that she would be rerecording her early albums and it looks like the first of these new albums will be available very soon. Swift’s decision to rerecord her albums came about due to multi-million-dollar acquisition of her original masters by Scooter Braun in 2019. […]