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This Week’s Cinema Round-Up

This Week’s Cinema Round-Up

When it was announced early last year that acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy had written his first ever film script, to be adapted by veteran director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner), expectations were high. The Coen Brothers had successfully filmed his […]

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Are You Running in the Dark Tonight?

Tonight, thousands of people will run in the dark with the intent of raising funds & awareness for a charity of their choice and to fund the search for a cure for spinal cord injury. There are 5 official locations […]

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Two Minutes with Katie Taylor

Two Minutes with Katie Taylor

Olympic Champion Katie Taylor will host a second fight night in The Mansion House on 29th November as part of her ‘Road to Rio’ preparations for next year’s IABA World and European Championships and ultimately the 2016 Olympics Brazil. Katie […]

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This Week’s Cinema Roundup

This Week’s Cinema Roundup

We’re coming into what is known in the movie business as “Oscar Season”, with film distributors releasing their award hopefuls over the next couple of months. This week sees the Irish release of two hotly tipped but wildly different movies. […]

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Beatles 50th Anniversary

RTÉ news reporter Frank Hall interviewed The Beatles when they came to Ireland to perform in November 1963 and tomorrow we mark the 50th anniversary. I stumbled across an interview on RTÉ player and was nearly in tears laughing at […]

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Water Restrictions to Continue

Water Restrictions to Continue

Dubliners have been looking at dry sinks in despair for the past few days. This is set to continue, despite reports of water falling from the sky. Although in some parts of Dublin city there seems to be no water […]

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Same Sex Marriage referendum is… when exactly?

Same Sex Marriage referendum is… when exactly?

Two Labour MEPs have today called for the government’s proposed referendum on the legalisation of the status of same-sex marriage to be moved forward to May 2014, to the same date as the Council and European elections. MEPs Emer Costello […]

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This Week’s Cinema Round-Up

This Week's Cinema Round-Up

What better way to spend Halloween night than at the movies? Tonight, the LightHouse cinema will transform into Franken-House with a night of Frankenstein movies. The evening kicks off with a choice of either a recorded showing of Danny Boyle’s […]

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Should Ireland Legalise Cannabis?

Should Ireland Legalise Cannabis?

Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan recently launched the Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013 which is due to be voted on by the Dáil on November 6th. The bill allows for legal, regulated use of cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes. Flanagan […]

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Winter’s coming!

Winter's coming!

The clocks going back marked the seasonal changes with daylight saving time starting at 1am on Sunday morning with the only 25 hour day of the year and will go forward again on Sunday 30th of March 2014. This bank […]

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