Brought to you by Thrive Festival Thrive Festival 2020 is the place to go if you’re looking to kick-start the new decade. Working on your overall fitness and wellbeing is a lot easier said than done when you’re starting a new year. Most of us are still trying to recover from Christmas, never mind making […]

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Brought to you by Select Hotels of Ireland  The prize also comes with a delicious evening dinner for both of you! January is exactly the time of year you need a little lift. There’s nothing better than a few days away to recharge the batteries, and all the better when you’re staying in one of the […]

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Brought to you by The Church Bar & Restaurant On top of the Sharon Shannon tickets, the prize also includes premium finger food and a €150 bar tab! It isn’t exactly hard to love Irish trad music. Pretty much the second you hear a classic like Sharon Shannon’s Blackbird, the very least you’re going to do […]

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Brought to you by Titanic Belfast To celebrate the new year we’ve teamed up with Titanic Belfast for a 2020 Titanic giveaway. The first 505 people to register will get the tickets, so get to it! In a neat little town they call Belfast, you’ll find what is undoubtedly one of the best tourist attractions […]

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If you don’t fancy Love Island or Dermot Bannon, then this could be right up your street. A brand new documentary from Louis Theroux will air on BBC Two tonight as the journalist and presenter looks at the exchange of sex for money in the UK. Theroux will be meeting three women who legally undertake […]

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Brought to you by Vitabiotics New Year, new you! It’s the New Year and after a tough 2020, we’re ready to embrace 2021 with renewed optimism and good health. With that in mind, the nice people at Vitabiotics are giving away a hamper’s worth of incredible Vitabiotics Wellman products, including the latest addition to the […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Hyatt Centric The Liberties Dublin The prize includes breakfast in bed, an exclusive whiskey masterclass and dinner for both of you! Let’s be honest here, January isn’t exactly the most exciting of months. After all the festivities of the month before, you need something to look forward to. If this fantastic […]

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Brought to you by EA SPORTS™ This XI would take some beating. The lack of a World Cup or a European Championships always leaves something of a void for football fans on this side of the world, but even without them, 2019 was a spectacular one on the pitch. Liverpool winning a sixth Champions League […]

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In a guest post for JOE, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan writes about that most divisive of Christmas movies, Love Actually, and how it makes us realise that love really is all around. By Sarah Rees Brennan That time of year has come again. This is when we hang up lights and […]

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This Advertorial was brought to you by Arnotts It’s definitely not to late to sort all your Christmas shopping! It only feels like yesterday we were saying it was too early to put up the decorations. All of a sudden, Christmas is a few days away and you suddenly have the realisation: You forgot the […]

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Brought to you by  Jervis Shopping Centre Just in time for any last-minute Christmas shopping. All of a sudden, Christmas is right around the corner. Now we don’t know about you, but there is a slight possibility that we haven’t done a single bit of Christmas shopping yet. Thankfully though, there is no need to panic. […]

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Brought to you by EA SPORTS™ The Ultimate XI will make up FIFA 20’s Team of the Year. As the curtain closes on another year, we can look back at an exceptional 12 months of football. From Manchester City’s close-ran Premier League title race to Lionel Messi’s sixth Ballon d’Or and Liverpool’s Champions League victory, […]

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This Advertorial was brought to you by O’Neill & Brennan Some fantastic opportunities out there in the Irish construction industry. Whether you’re looking for a new challenge, to build a career or simply gain some experience, the sheer variety of jobs in the construction industry is incredible. From quantity surveyors and site managers to labourers and […]

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Brought to you by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) New rules around gift vouchers came into effect earlier this month. There is only one true king when it comes to getting a Christmas present you know someone will love, and it’s unquestionably a gift voucher. Be it for their favourite restaurant, a clothes […]

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Brought to you by Cadbury Secret Santa The perfect gift for the chocolate lover in your life. Christmas day just would not be complete without your favourite chocolate snack. Something sweet after another incredible Christmas dinner from mammy, cuddling up with a box of your favourite chocolates by the fire, or polishing off your selection […]

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Brought to you by Novartis Untangling Christmas lights isn’t the only way to end up with a festive headache… Ah Christmas – a time of egg nog, hot chocolate, turkey, and fluffy jumpers. What’s not to love? That said, it can sometimes be a stressful time of year as well between presents and everything else. The […]

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Brought to you by Cadbury This Cadbury care package is the perfect gift for anyone who can’t make it home this Christmas! I don’t care if you’re eight-years-old or knocking on 35, Christmas doesn’t start until you’ve opened up your advent calendar. The sweet reward of a piece of chocolate is what the festive season […]

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Brought to you by Nox Hotel Galway Anyone up for a quick trip over to Galway? This time of year, no one really wants to think about January as there normally isn’t much to be excited about. We reckon though if you knew your 2020 was starting with a free overnight stay in Galway, you might […]

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Brought to you by Discover Ireland New Year’s Festival Dublin certainly sounds like the perfect spot to ring in 2020! It’s hard to believe that we’ve not only reached the end of the year, but also the end of a decade. The 2010s are starting to come into the rear-view mirror, and now the (roaring?) […]

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Brought to you by  Complimentary bottles of Carlsberg 0.0 will be available in a select number of pubs across Ireland. Now we didn’t even know the Danish even had their own way of celebrating Fridays, but that’s exactly what is in store on Friday, 6 December. To launch the brand-new Carlsberg 0.0, the Danish beer masters […]

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Brought to you by Astellas  Research shows that overactive bladder affects approximately 350,000 people¹ over the age of 40 in Ireland. It’s something that most of us have probably heard about in some form, but not all of us would be aware of what it is. Overactive bladder (OAB) is a medical condition that affects a […]

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Brought to you by Astellas  Research shows that 32% of people feel the biggest daily annoyance at home is discovering there’s no toilet roll. Sometimes, life throws little barbs at you. You know the feeling we’re talking about. Just as you’re going about your day, something happens that throws you off course. We’ve all been there […]

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Brought to you by Taste Ireland Do you know anyone in Australia who would absolutely love this quintessential Irish hamper? At this time of year, it’s especially easy to be jealous of friends and family living it up in Australia. We are in the depths of winter and miserable weather whereas they are embracing summer […]

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Brought to you by theLotter Anyone fancy spending Christmas on a private island? A lot of things just go out the window this time of year. Diets and exercise routines are chief among them, but do you know what else goes out the window? Budgets. Budgets go out the window. If you were to win […]

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Brought to you by Liffey Valley Shopping Centre There’s no shame in admitting that you’re a last-minute Christmas shopper… It may feel like all of five minutes ago that Christmas was here last year, but it’s fast coming back down the tracks again. Decorations and lights are popping up all over the country, egg nog […]

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Brought to you by Cadbury This would make Christmas that bit more special. There’s no point trying to ignore it, the facts are there and like it or not, Christmas is approaching. As was once sang in a song, it truly is “the most wonderful time of the year.” Cadbury want you to crank up […]

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Winterfest is coming. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. This Winterfest announcement from Guinness is sure to ratchet up that Christmas feeling by several notches. This December, for the first time ever, the Guinness Open Gate Brewery will be transformed into an extraordinary Christmas festival, complete with a seasonally inspired line-up of entertainment. […]

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Sponsored post Look no further to find Black Friday deals on just about everything! We may have only gotten into it in the last few years, but Black Friday has basically turned into Christmas for bargain hunters. Just in time for stocking up on Christmas presents, pretty much everything and anything can be bought at […]

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Brought to you by The TEFL Academy The opportunity to teach English as a foreign language at home and abroad is proving more and more popular. Teaching English abroad holds appeal for travel enthusiasts who have either decided to take a year or two out after college to have ‘an experience’ in some far flung destination […]

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Brought to you by Vodafone We spend a huge chunk of our day with them in our hands, but how well do you know your smartphone? It’s easy to take smartphones for granted. Even 15 years ago, the very notion that phones would be able to do pretty much everything that computers can would’ve seemed […]

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This Advertorial was brought to you by Donegal Catch They must have been keeping this new ad on file, in a filing cabinet. If you happened to have owned a telly in Ireland over the past decade, chances are you recall an ad with three fishermen on a boat. With one particular member boasting the […]

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This Advertorial was brought to you by Vodafone Good news for anyone looking to buy a phone on Black Friday! In case you haven’t heard, Black Friday is only around the corner. Like Christmas for bargain hunters, people all over the world will be looking to snap up what are often the best deals you […]

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This Advertorial is brought to you by Screwfix You won’t have to go far to find Black Friday deals this year! Black Friday is only around the corner and there’s plenty on offer from Screwfix to sink your teeth into this year. Whether you want to put up some shelves or do work on your […]

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Brought to you by Select Hotels of Ireland Step right this way… The clock is ticking towards the most wonderful time of the year and what better way to spend it than by staying for two nights in lovely Kinsale? To celebrate the launch of their new mobile friendly website, Select Hotels Ireland have two […]

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Just in case you didn’t have enough of a reason to watch Manchester City v Chelsea… With Leicester and Chelsea overtaking Premier League champions Man City, every single clash between those three teams becomes infinitely more important. A win for City puts them back into the race, whereas a win for Chelsea could well be […]

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Brought to you by theLotter Thanks to theLotter, you can enter lottery draws all over the world. How would you fancy winning an enormous sum of money in the lead up to Christmas? You could probably buy a selection box for every single person in the country. Okay, that might be a bit of an ask, […]

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Brought to you by Insomnia Have you a friend or a significant other whom you meet for lunch on a regular basis? If so, how does having that lunch provided once a week for six months absolutely free sound? Delicious? We thought so. Thanks to Insomnia, you and a friend could be treating yourselves to […]

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Brought to you by Maxol Coffee drinkers of the country assemble! How would you like to win a prize of a free coffee every day for a year? Well if yes is the answer and of course it’s the answer, look no further than completing our survey below and you could put yourself in with […]

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Brought to you by The Mont Hotel Who wouldn’t want to win a €500 food and drinks voucher at one of the coolest new spots in Dublin? You’d be forgiven for thinking a sin bin was a place for people who have made a mistake, crossed a line or broke a rule, but it’s also the […]

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This Advertorial was brought to you by Mintplus.ie  Plenty of great tech deals out there this Christmas for the gadget lover in your life. As Christmas starts to come (alarmingly fast) around the corner, the time has come to start thinking about presents. We’ve teamed up with Mintplus.ie to help make things easier this year. Be it a […]

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Brought to you by Science Foundation Ireland, as part of Science Week 2019 You can’t beat planting trees on a windy day in County Clare. This year, Science Week is all about Climate Action. Seeing as trees play such a massive role in controlling the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere, they are one of our […]

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Brought to you by  Reckon you’ve got what it takes to become a scientist? You don’t need to have been born wearing a lab coat to become a scientist. As long as you’ve got the right mindset, you’re pretty much halfway there. As part of this year’s Science Week, a pop-up exhibition called “We Are All […]

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Brought to you by AIG Insurance The Irish winter is here so is your car winter ready? The temperature has dropped considerably recently, the days have got shorter and of course the Christmas ads are everywhere. Whether you like it or not, it’s time to accept that the Irish winter is here. Is your car […]

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Brought to you by London Essence Company A prize like this really would mean the world to someone… Who in their right mind wouldn’t want a drinks trolley shaped like a globe and on wheels? Nobody, that’s who! Our friends a London Essence Company have given us this really cool competition prize for one lucky […]

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21 searches were conducted this morning. A major search operation conducted by the Criminal Assets Bureau today saw Gardaí seize vehicles, money, counterfeit cash and car-towing equipment. According to a statement issued by Gardaí on Thursday afternoon, the search on Thursday morning was focused on “targeting the assets and activities of an organised criminal group […]

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Brought to you by Science Foundation Ireland, as part of Science Week 2019 Are you doing your best to try help avoid a climate catastrophe? As part of Science Week 2019, we thought we’d check whether or not you are doing your bit to help the environment. This year’s event is all about climate change […]

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This Advertorial was brought to you by Jervis Shopping Centre Seeing as the mercury levels are dropping, here are our picks for stocking up your winter wardrobe. Some may not like the colder weather, but to be honest you won’t hear us complaining. The feeling of throwing on a brand-new coat for the first time […]

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Brought to you by Carlsberg Danish Pilsner Tickets to Ireland’s crucial UEFA Euro 2020 Cup Qualifier against Denmark are rarer than hen’s teeth, but we got ’em… It’s been a long and difficult road, but it’s finally come down to a winner-takes-all clash against Denmark. When Ireland face off against Denmark on Monday, 18 November, they’ll […]

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Brought to you by Science Foundation Ireland, as part of Science Week 2019 While you’ve likely been hearing a lot of debate over climate change in recent times, it’s important to know the science behind it. Tapping a quick online search for the definition of climate change will show up these results: “A change in global […]

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Gardaí are looking for witnesses. Gardaí investigating a fatal shooting in Meath, in which a 39-year-old man was killed, have released details pertaining to two vehicles as part of their appeal for witnesses. In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, Gardaí specify that they are appealing to anyone who may have seen a Peugeot Bipper […]

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