Rory Cashin

We’ve all been there. You’re in work and you’re not really paying attention and you’re walking about the place and you’re in your own little world and you’ve completely forgotten where you are and what you’re doing… These things happen, and while most of us are in jobs that don’t pose any immediate danger to […]

10 years ago

Remember when the entire world seemed to lose their collective mind at the arrival of the Cronut? Conflicting reports say it was created in either 1991 or 2008, but both of those times the product was called a ‘Dosant’ (terrible name), and it wasn’t really until 2013 when a New York City pastry chef made them, a […]

10 years ago

In case you didn’t realise it, Disney are on a bit of a roll with their current spate of live-action remakes of classic fairy-tales. Beauty & The Beast is currently sitting pretty just over $760 million worldwide after only two weeks, but that is far from the extent of the success story. The 2010 remake […]

10 years ago

Let us be honest: we kinda all want to be Star Lord. Actually, come to think of it, we kinda all want to be Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Drax and Gamora, too. They’re all kick ass and they’re all immeasurably cool. Well, just before the movie’s sequel is due to arrive in cinemas, you can do […]

10 years ago

Joss Whedon knows his way around kick-ass females. He’s the guy who gave us Buffy, the painfully underwatched Dollhouse, and made Black Widow more than just leather-clad window dressing. He previously helped Disney bring the Marvel Cinematic Universe together on the big screen, when he directed The Avengers and its sequel, Age Of Ultron. Combined, […]

10 years ago

People heading into work / school / college / wherever their heart’s desired this morning were left with a bit of a rude awakening, just minutes after actually waking up. In the relative fallout of the bus strike, DART and Dublin Bus services were also very heavily effected, with many services cancelled outright. Unsurprisingly, a […]

10 years ago

Do you watch TV shows on your laptop or tablet or similar device? Then we’ve got some potentially bad news for you… According to sources at the Irish Independent, Communications Minister Denis Naughten is looking to expand on the definition of ‘TV licence’, which will include any devices above 11 inches that you watch content on. […]

10 years ago

It feels like such a LOOOONG time ago that we were all so caught up in Westworld that we kept forgetting to do basic things like eat and bathe and stuff. And it is going to be even longer before we get to revisit the very violent, very sexy theme park – Season Two is […]

10 years ago

This is the definition of not knowing your own strength. It was the Elite Eight match-up between Xavier and Gonzaga, another run of the mill game, and things were heating up with the teams pretty close on points. Xavier’s Trevon Bluiett took a shot, missed, Gonzaga’s Johnathan Williams tried to take over, and then this happened: […]

10 years ago

Carl Bernstein, one of the journalists who broke open the Watergate scandal, was joined by John Dean, one of the Nixon’s staff and who was deeply involved in the cover-up, headed to CNN to discuss the Trump controversy and neither of the men held back. Bernstein told CNN: “I’ve been saying for a while that […]

10 years ago

“What’s your super power again?” “I’m rich.” Welcome to #TrailerChest, where we’re taking a sneak peek at the brand new trailer for Justice League. Plot’s it all about? In much the same way that Marvel built up to The Avengers, DC have done similarly by giving us Man Of Steel, Batman V Superman, Suicide Squad, the […]

10 years ago

Instagram really is the app that just keeps on insta-vating. (We were going for a play on innovating…) Just a few months ago they launched their Stories update which put them in direct competition with Snapchat, but their latest tech step will push them into a different arena altogether. According to Fortune, the app will […]

10 years ago

In a massive blow to President Trump, the Republican leaders in the House Of Representatives have pulled the vote against overhauling the US healthcare system. Despite it being one of the biggest campaign promises made by Trump leading up to his election, and it being promised by Republicans in general that it would be removed […]

10 years ago

The Eurovision 2017 song contest is set to take place from May 11 to 13 in Ukraine, but the government have just confirmed that they have banned the Russian entry from entering the country. 27-year-old Julia Samoylova was all set to perform her country’s entry ‘Flame Is Burning’, when she discovered she would not be allowed […]

10 years ago