Category: Features
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Does Love/Hate do justice to Dublin City?
With the anti-climactic end to Love/Hate this month, we took to the streets of Dublin to see if its inhabitants believe the RTE drama is an accurate portrayal of the city. Do you think Love/Hate is accurate? Let us know in the comments…
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A Liver of Life
Anne Smith is no ordinary person. A three-time transplant recipient, multiple World Transplant Games medal-winner and 13-time foster parent (along with five children of her own), she is the epitome of both resilience and humility in equal measure. ‘After my first operation one…
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Review: Blue is the Warmest Color
First impressions? Wow, there’s a lot of close ups! Give me Adele’s face smeared in Bolognese oil one more time and… well, just don’t. Ok? This arty French flick is the latest hit to come out of the Cannes Film Festival, and boy…
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5 People you meet on the Luas
I, like countless other people living, working, and studying in the capital, use the Luas fairly regularly. Cheap, reliable, and convenient, the light rail service is invaluable for many commuters. However, use the Luas for any length of time and you can’t help…
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Lead us not into Temptation…
It was Ronald Reagan, of all people, who pointed out that if prostitution was the world’s oldest profession, and politics it’s second oldest, there was often not a lot of difference between the two. Political corruption is as old as the hills, but…
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The worst toilet in Dublin
The end was near. White-hot needles and knives were puncturing my abdomen like a swarm of wasps defending their hive. I had been soldiering on for the past two and a half hours in the confines of public transport but my will was…
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Run in the Dark Event A Great Success
As darkness fell last Wednesday evening, thousands of enthusiastic runners took part in the Run in the Dark event to raise money for the Mark Pollock Trust and spinal cord injuries. The 5k and 10k races took place simultaneously in Dublin, Cork, Belfast,…
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Festive fun lights up Grafton Street
Spirits were high on Thursday as crowds from all over came out to see the annual turning on of Grafton Street’s Christmas lights. This year saw X Factor star Melanie McCabe, along with the Dublin football team lend a hand as the lights…
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Falling out of Love/Hate
When it ended just before Christmas last year, Love/Hate season three had provided Irish viewers with some of the best television ever produced by the national broadcaster. Stuart Carolan had struck gold with his gritty crime drama set on the streets of Dublin. …
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Western black rhino is no more
Last week, the western black rhinoceros was officially declared extinct by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The organisation, which is the world’s largest conservation network, maintains a “red list” of animals which are in danger of becoming extinct. The western…
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