Music to your ears… Ahead of the general release of Military Wives in cinemas on 6 March, this is your chance to see the movie before everyone else. From the team behind The Full Monty and starring Irish comedy sensation Sharon Horgan, this brand new movie tells the tale of a group of women who […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by EBS We’re taking over Mondello Park to help first-time buyers in their search for a house (as well as show them an awesome movie). There’s nothing fast about the process of buying your first home, but it can often make you furious. Even knowing where to start can be a massive […]

6 years ago

Mark Little, Iseult Ward, and Norman Crowley were on the show talking about the entrepreneurial mindset. It doesn’t matter what stage of business you’re at, there are always lessons to learn. Whether you’re the face of an international corporation that goes toe-to-toe with giants or a start-up looking to push your way into an emerging […]

6 years ago

“There is an isle, a bonnie isle… “ We are in the thick of Ireland’s latest quest to claim Guinness Six Nations glory and ’tis the season for a couple of theatrical productions with a rugby bent. The Mill Theatre in Dundrum is playing host to two shows that are tapping into the current surge […]

6 years ago

Meet the new Islanders. It’s that time of year again, Love Island fans. Casa Amor is nearly here and, if we’re being honest, we couldn’t be more excited: it’s time to bring the drama. In case you need a refresher (or you’re new to watching Love Island), the twist sees the original villa being split into two – and […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by EBS To celebrate the season of love, we’ve teamed up with the EBS Mortgage Masters to host a special movie screening for first-time buyers. Last year, we hosted a series of special movie screenings with EBS. Not to worry if you missed out, as we’re bringing them back in 2020 with […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Thrive Festival Time to turn those New Year’s resolutions into 2020 goals. When you start off a new year, most of us come up with a fantastical list of things we want to achieve. From ending your financial woes to climbing Mt Everest, a lot of the time they end up […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by London Essence Company If there is a better way to kickstart your year, we’ve yet to hear it! It can be easy to give out about the month of January, but really it offers a chance to kick off a year with a strong start. Thanks to London Essence Company, that […]

6 years ago

It’s that time of the week again. You know the drill by now, five rounds of five questions, brag in front of/hide from your fellow Pub Quiz contestants as appropriate depending on your results. Go!

6 years ago

Brought to you by theLotter Just the right time of year for a €337 million cash injection from the US Powerball (not that there is a bad time). Everyone has a list of things they’d do if they won the lotto. Some of it is sensible stuff like paying off your mortgage or paying your […]

6 years ago

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“Our intention was not to stereotype women and young boys in a negative light.” KFC has apologised for an advertisement in Australia that shows two boys ogling a woman’s breasts. In the 15-second ad for the Zinger Popcorn Box, a young woman checks her reflection in the window of a car. She first looks at […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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, […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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?) […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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, […]

6 years ago

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 […]

6 years ago

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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