By Fiona O’ Connell There are only so many times one can hear the overly cheery, Christmas-centric heartbreak tune ‘Last Christmas’ blasting through crackling speakers whilst just trying to do your grocery shop in peace. Now I’m a huge Christmas fanatic (I’m that guy), but even I know when to say enough is enough. Now…
By Fiona O’ Connell It is a point that has been made many times over and will probably continue to be made by every middle-aged person in the country in regards to where we are with our music consumption in the present day; “Sure noooobody’s buying music anymore, not with that Spotify craic or whatever…
There’s nothing that quite encapsulates community spirit like a country rallying behind their national sports teams. We witness it all the time when Ireland play rugby or football. During an Irish match, the sounds of exultation (or despair) can be heard thundering out of every pub and household. Like most sporting concepts (franchising, drafts, seeding),…
While Team Ireland ultimately exited the World Cup after just one best-of-five series, the experience was certainly valuable for the players and staff of the Celtic Wolfhounds. One such player is eighteen-year-old Liam O’Donnell from Kildare who is one of the country’s most promising talents. Before his stint with Team Ireland, Liam had played extensively…
By Katie Kelly A consumer survey carried out by the National Dairy Council in 2017 found that 35% of Irish consumers were limiting or moderating some element of dairy in their diet. The most affected age group were young Irish women, with 41% doing so. The survey found that the key drivers of avoidance among…
By: Laura Edgerton As we start holiday shopping and prepping for exams, fuel yourself up at these local businesses where you can get in and out for €6 or less. The Bookshelf has two locations in Cork, one at the Elysium and the other on the South Mall. Offering rich artisan coffee and a variety…
I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of Here returned to our screens once again on the 17th of November. The long running, reality show has been running since 2002. In that time, we have seen countless D-List celebrities, who no one ever really knows who most of them are, slump it in the Australian jungle…
Disney launched their highly anticipated streaming service, Disney+ very recently. Disney announced that the service accumulated over 10 million subscriptions on launch day alone. That figure is staggering by any standard, however, it is more impressive when you learn that Disney were forecasting to have between 10 and 18 million subscribers in its first year….
By Katie Burke Doesn’t it seem like underwear and shapewear are having a moment? In the past two years it seems that an increasing amount of new interpretations of these items are coming onto the market and changing the game for the better. From the sexy lingerie worn by 1950s pin-ups, to Mark Wahlberg’s Calvin…
Our dark winter evenings are finally upon us and as I walked through a moonlit Cork City my breath appeared as a mist in front of my face, like the haze on the River Lee on a frosty morning. I walked quickly to keep myself warm and crossed Emmet Place to enter my destination for…