I have always had issues with the Old Bar: from the fact that every event last year seemed to be double booked, to the promise of food being provided at an event there that was guaranteed to fall through. After these minor shortcomings, I won’t lie, it was a grand place. The music was never too loud (though later…
It has been only a few days since it turned out that the British voting populace are huge masochists who enjoy crushing the hopes and dreams of people under the age of 25, and already the country’s two mainstream political parties have imploded. This is unsurprising, because at the big EU houseparty that I like…
(This was originally posted in October 2015 by Evan Smith (me) and was republished with permission here in June 2016) This is weird. But I guess it’s time. It’s the next step I suppose. I’m sorry if I skip around a bit. I’ve sort of been avoiding it for so long but I’ve never tried…
My name is Michelle Ní Chonaill and according to every Wes Anderson wet dream & 500 Days of Summer fan I am a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, or to put it in scientific terms, I have type 2 Bipolar. I often inject some comedy into it by introducing myself as a bipolar, bilingual, bisexual woman. I’m all…
On April 9th in the National Stadium in Dublin two men walked into the arena; three rounds later & only one emerged. Portuguese fighter João Carvalho was knocked unconscious in the third round of his fight with Irishman Charlie Ward, and was rushed to Beaumont Hospital. Two days of treatment in the Dublin hospital later…
The aftermath of this year’s General Election and the uncertainty of when, or indeed if, a government will be formed has dominated much of the media coverage. The elected politicians on the other hand are seemingly united on one issue, the Fianna Fail suggested and Fine Gael proposed idea of Dail Reform. The idea allows…
Apologies for the clickbait-y title, but it’s a fair question: was UFC196 the end of Conor McGregor? If you missed it, McGregor, scheduled initially to fight Rafael Dos Anjos for the UFC Lightweight belt at UFC 196, instead fought Nate Diaz at the Welterweight level. For people who don’t know much about competitive fighting, moving up…
‘God only knows’ was the response of my mother when I told her the title of this piece and it is fairly accurate when you look at the results from the February 26th General Election. When the final result was declared (thank you Longford-Westmeath), Fine Gael remained the largest party in the Dáil, but with…
The following was submitted to our editors as a letter to the editor. It has been published, here, unedited. People get offended so easily these days. It’s a sad fact of life that nobody in the public eye, or indeed out of it, can make an observation or joke anymore without offending various groups….
Molly’s at every party these days; the one that makes those around feel in tune with their surroundings rejoicing in this untouchable euphoric state. The one to rely on for those 6am tracks that haze around while others divulge in temporary love & affection for those around them. Sometimes you forget you don’t even know Molly that…