He’s a lovable, disgruntled ogre… but we may be finished with him. If we’re being completely honest a few people around the office were surprised there was a Shrek 4. Well, there was, and it didn’t do too badly. The movie franchise has been around for well over a decade, 16 years to be exact (WHAT!) […]
Have you seen the little rocket icon? People who use the Facebook app on their phones have reported seeing a tiny rocket icon just above the main news feed. It appears at the bottom of the app on iOS, and the top of the app on Android. It’s been appearing and disappearing on users apps across […]
Ice cream will take centre stage in the capital this summer. We are very excited about this. The FIRST EVER ice cream festival is coming to Dublin (eeeeeeep). The festival will be bringing all the local ice cream parlours together in one place. You’ll be able to try every flavour you can imagine while relaxing […]
Portland-based ice cream company Salt & Straw wants to draw attention to food waste. The small batch chef-driven company is crafting a whole host of new flavours made exclusively from food that otherwise would have been thrown away. Salt & Straw are known for their off-beat take on classic flavours; their chocolate ice cream is laced with marshmallow […]
The Swedish furniture giant is getting into home automation in a big way. Ikea’s new range of ‘smart lighting’ has been revealed and we’re already obsessed, it’s called Trådfri which means wireless in Swedish (they’re so smart). The bulbs are dimmable LED lights that the company says will last for 25,000 hours, the dimming kits not only let […]
The incident happened in Co.Mayo earlier this morning. Gardai have confirmed that a woman was killed after being hit by a train. It’s believed she was chasing her dog across a level-crossing near Straide, at around 11.30am when the accident happened. Irish Rails spokesperson Barry Kenny offered his sympathies to the family, “This was a […]
We’ve finally settled the ‘Great Butter Debate’. We posed a simple question this week… where do you keep your butter? An online debate sparked our interest in this divisive subject (which you can read more about here), we decided to hold a Twitter poll to settle it once and for all, although we were sure […]
“Flavour like that, without the fat”, a catchy slogan we have to admit. Long before his jaunt on Titanic or fisticuffs with bears, Leonardo DiCaprio was making a name for himself on the commercial circuit. After dominating the scene he moved quickly into soap operas, with starring turns on shows such as Santa Barbara and […]
Lads, we can all stop pranking… Penneys have won April Fool’s Day. We were SO close to not being caught up with all the ridiculous stories doing the rounds, and then, of course, we stumbled across Penneys Ireland Facebook page and fell hook, line, and sinker. They posted a video with the simple caption “Can […]
We think they sound pretty good! As a Journalist April Fool’s day is a veritable mine-field, you literally can’t take ANYTHING for granted. For the record, we have a feeling that the ‘all creme’ Oreos are not real, and we are NOT fools. Despite our certainty, that hasn’t stopped Twitter from freaking out over them. […]
It’s nothing to scoff at! There was no overall winner of last night’s Euromillions jackpot, despite this, one lucky pundit from the Gaeltacht area of Galway scooped a hefty sum in the quick-pick draw. The winning quick-pick ticket was sold the night before the draw on Thursday, at Siopa Dowd Esso Service Station in Carna, […]
You should start thinking about those travel plans now. Hundreds of thousands of commuters could be left stranded again next week, as workers at Bus Éireann workers vow to continue with their flash strikes. The country was left in turmoil yesterday as an unannounced strike caused commuter chaos on Dart, Irish Rail, and Dublin Bus […]