This Tipperary bar is selling pints for under €1 on Black Friday
Where Leitrim leads, Tipperary follows. Lar Corbett’s bar in Thurles is joining in the Black Friday madness, following the example of this bar in Leitrim and selling pints for 99c. The deal will run from 10.30am to 6pm – plenty of time to grab a curry chip and be home in time for the Late Late […]
10 years ago
FEATURE: A definitive ranking of Ireland’s 28 favourite biscuits
28. Pink Wafers They’re grand if you like sawdust that tastes like Calpol. Awful things. 27. Iced Rings Might as well eat six sugar cubes. 26. Bourbon Creams Funeral biscuits. 25. Ginger Nuts Tasty enough, but they’re like biting into a brick. 24. Rich Tea They’re biscuits for people who are denying the fact that […]
10 years ago
Odds have been cut on a White Christmas across Ireland
Let it snow. Given the fact that it’s been a bit ‘fresh’ over the last week or so, Ladbrokes have cut odds on their being a White Christmas across Ireland this year. Dublin hasn’t seen snow on Christmas morning since 2010 but those odds have now dropped back to 5/1, while Cork, Knock and Shannon […]
10 years ago
VIDEO: Drone footage of a snow covered Ireland is like something from Game of Thrones
The dramatic music makes this. Having watched a lot of Planet Earth II over the weekend – the beauty of recording a few episodes at a time – we’ve seen a lot of the Himalayas, the Andes and the Alps on the telly. This could be any of those, but it’s actually the snow-covered slopes […]
10 years ago
Blindboy on the Late Late: “Let a woman pay for your dinner and see how you feel about that”
This man has an incredible way with words. If you’re as sick as us of people who refuse to take Blindboy Boatclub seriously because of his facial attire, then read on, because this is one of Ireland’s most articulate voices. The Rubber Bandit was on The Late Late Show on Friday night talking about how […]
10 years ago