Overheard middle-class conversation: “I really want to switch to all organic fruit and veg – it’s just so expensive.” “Sometimes I feel really guilty buying non-organic,” said the other woman. “It’s just so bad for the environment.” “Can’t be good for your health either. All those toxins.” They’re both wrong. Organic isn’t better for [...]

Update, Jan 23: 10.40am: A statement from Centra was received last night and is published in the comments below. Customer comments about the promotion can also be found on the Centra Twitter page. It seemed like a great deal and a wonderful treat: coffee or tea for one cent with any purchase in Centra. Radio [...]

A nameless friend – we’ll call her Siún A., or S. Aherne – sent this to us via Facebook at the end of August: Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!! Yes my lovely friends it is that time of year again! Time to organise our Christmas dinner… So a couple of suggestions… Sat [...]

Now, it’s really not like me to have a grievance at all, but… Don’t you hate when the size of the packet stays the same, but the contents shrink dramatically? Before I fled Ireland for the summer, a packet of Tayto’s gourmet treat, Mighty Munch, was the most recent offender. The bag was half full, [...]

I’d heard a few rumblings around Facebook and Twitter about a new fish restaurant on South Frederick Street called Bite. New. Fish. Restaurant. All words that make me very happy. Jim offered to treat me to dinner and I jumped at the opportunity to check out Bite. One of the good things I’d heard about [...]