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Jimi Hendrix is widely considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Many would call him the best to ever do it, most would have him in the top three, and anyone who doesn’t rank him in the top five has never heard a Hendrix riff. Jimi would be 78 today. Unfortunately, the legendary […]
Saturday didn’t go very well, did it? Ireland were soundly defeated 18-7 by England, with Andy Farrell’s men lucky to get on the scoreboard at all. Then again, nothing about the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup could be considered a roaring success. More a calamitous catastrophe. From the much-maligned camera work from Amazon Prime, to the […]
TV box-sets are great, aren’t they? Have you ever spent an evening flicking through Netflix, compiling a watch-list, thinking to yourself “I’ll never get through all these;” only to end up watching nothing at all? No? Just me? Well for every great TV show you’ll never get around to watching, there are a plethora of […]
2050 Global Food Crisis The global food system is failing. The worldwide population is set to rise to eleven billion people by 2050, yet we are already unable to feed our seven billion inhabitants. Over one billion people do not have enough to eat; increasing the population by 50% in such a short time-frame will […]
Irish music punches well above its weight. U2, Thin Lizzy, Sinead O’Connor, Van Morrison, and Snow Patrol have topped global billboard charts for decades, putting Ireland well and truly on the map. But for every Hozier that takes the world by storm, there are dozens of artists who, for whatever reason, never get their big […]
Only one three-letter word causes more salivation and anticipation than pie, but that doesn’t involve food… usually. Sweet or savoury, the flakey goodness of a freshly baked pie is without equal. So, as a treat, I’m giving you four mouth-watering recipes that aren’t just good for the environment, but good for your pocket as well. […]
Simple recipes to use up leftovers are all over the internet, but they’re often pretentious, overly-complicated, and require three months in a culinary school to pull off. Not this list. Let’s face it, if you were going to go to the effort of crafting a wellington or attempting a soufflé, you’d set out with a […]
The Unseen Perils of the Hospitality Industry Several studies have found that those who work in the hospitality industry have the highest rate of substance abuse of any profession and are highly susceptible to mental-health issues, predominantly depression and anxiety. This leads to a particularly destructive and vicious circle, in that substance abuse leads to […]
The HSE (Health Service Executive) recently released The Irish Maternity Indicator System 2019 with some very worrying statistics. The report shows that only two out of three Irish mothers initiated breastfeeding – the lowest rate in the world. To further compound the problem, just 37% continued to breastfeed upon discharge from maternity hospital and only […]
Everything you need to know about life in Ireland can be learned by watching a handful of select television shows, (not really, but it makes for a nice list). If you’re a new arrival, if you’ve been here for years or if you’re just planning a trip, there are a myriad of surprising nuances that […]
