Hailing from the great Kingdom of Kerry, Úna’s been living the life up in the Big Smoke for the past four years. She has a great grá for the Irish Language and was awarded a BA in Irish and Journalism from Dublin City University. She previously worked for WorldIrish, JustEat and Storyful as a content editor and journalist. From a very young age she always wanted to work in traditional media, but then Twitter in all its glory pretty much took over her life! (Well that and playing video games, watching Game of Thrones and acquiring a 'mild' zombie obsession). She also adores everything to do with food, and in her spare time likes to cook up a storm in the kitchen. And yes, she’s definitely one of those people who stares in awe at cute animals on YouTube.
Actress Elizabeth Olsen has confirmed that she is to play Wanda Maximoff aka The Scarlet Witch in Joss Whedon’s upcoming Avengers sequel. The actress confirmed her role to MTV in the superhero sequel, where she also talked about working alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson again. Taylor-Johnson is to play Quicksilver. Scarlet Witch – Image via SciFiNow The […]
“You either believe women are people or you don’t. It’s that simple.” Director and award-winning writer and producer Joss Whedon was honoured at the “Make Equality Reality” event in California recently. In his speech, he explored the word “feminist” and proposed an alternative for the word. “…The word feminist, it doesn’t sit with me, it […]
The singer has opened up about her painful experience.
Three Irish authors have been nominated for the coveted IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The Irish nominees include Donal Ryan’s “The Spinning Heart”, “The Testament of Mary” by Colm Tóibín and “The Light of Amsterdam” by David Park. The international award is the largest literary prize in the world, with the winner receiving €100,000. Irish author Donal […]
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We love Disney, and we love our Disney princes and princesses, but we’re really not too sure what to make of these princes that are designed as underwear models… In this unusual series of illustrations by David Kawena, classic Disney heroes have been portrayed as sexy-underwear-clad models and they’re quite revealing… Scroll down to see […]
Forget jeggings or skorts, swants are the latest fashion craze that’s combining two different items of clothing. Swants transform “woolly sweaters into sassy pants”, so really it’s two for the price of one, if you think about it. The concept for this new and eccentric attire was created by Stephen West of westknits who even goes […]
Irish short “The Missing Scarf” has been named on the longlist for an Academy Award. The animated short has joined 10 other short films that are in the running to win the prestigious gold statue. Narrated by George Takei, the film follows Albert the squirrel, on a quest that explores some of life’s most common […]
Parents are parting ways with traditional lullabies in favour of singing pop songs to their children, a new study has revealed. The study, by 72point for Symphony in B, polled 2000 parents who revealed that their children preferred to sing-along to pop songs rather than lullabies. Many parents regarded singing traditional lullabies as “silly” or […]