Comics

We Love This Hairy Baby Charity Guardians Tee

April 25, 2017 Declan Doody

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The gang over at Hairy Baby have released a special Guardians Of The Galaxy t-shirt for charity. As even they have put a very Irish slant on a now classic phrase. The ‘Is Mise Groot’ tee is available at €24.99 in both Mens, Womens and Unisex and across an array of colours. All proceeds from […]

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Featured

‘Aeroplane’ – Daithí – Track Of The Day

April 25, 2017 Declan Doody

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Irish indie electro artist Daithí has released a brand new track and I’ve had it on loop since it released later yesterday evening. ‘Aeroplane’ features the vocals of Sinead White. The track has an 80s synth vibe to it while White’s voice echos that of early Kate Bush. The video for ‘Aeroplane’ is spliced together from […]

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Comics

Hound 3: Liberator Kickstarter Needs Your Support

April 4, 2017 Declan Doody

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The final installment in the Hound series is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. Hound 3: Liberator will see Cú Cullan come face to face with an invading horde, alone. The project is looking for £25,000 and is just over £7,000 shy of that goal (at the time of writing). HOUND: Liberator will be the third volume in a […]

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Cosplay

Convention Budgeting – Cosplay Closet

April 3, 2017 Tendai Muzwidzwa

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Convention season is well and truly underway and there are so many cons to look forward to this year. This weeks Cosplay Closet is taking a closer look at budgeting for the convention instead of a cosplay. Attendees from all over the country will be going to conventions over the next few months. So if you are one […]

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Anime

Irish Mammies And The Joy Of Raising Geeks

March 26, 2017 Declan Doody

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My Mom is the best! She’s also one of the toughest Irish mammies in the world! She forgets nothing! She loves everyone! She’ll give you a look that means a hundred different things and all of them terrifying! She’s able to feed an army with nothing more than a slice pan and half a jar […]

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Culture

GamerCon 2017 And The Irish Convention Scene

March 20, 2017 Declan Doody

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It’s 12.48pm and I’m sitting on the matted red carpet of the 3rd floor in the Convention Centre Dublin. I’m here for GamerCon, the premier gaming event of the year. In the few hours I’ve been here I’ve done a turn of the floors to get my surroundings and that’s it! Outside in a misty Dublin […]

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Event

Tekken 7 Championships Coming To Ireland

March 9, 2017 Declan Doody

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AsOne Productions are teaming up with Bandai Namco to bring the Tekken 7 Championship to our fair shores. In an announcement yesterday evening Bandai Namco tweeted the full timeline of the upcoming tournaments. Announcing the TEKKEN 7 UK CHAMPIONSHIP with @ESLUK! Take part in events in Apr-May 2017 across the country! > https://t.co/qtFQ5QS7MB pic.twitter.com/lA2xrSxq1Y — […]

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Featured

You Should Watch . . . Sing Street

February 27, 2017 Brian Dooley

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Originally premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24th 2016, Sing Street released in Ireland on March 17th 2016. Written and directed by John Carney (Once, Begin Again), Sing Street is a coming of age musical comedy drama that follows a young Dublin teenager in the early 1980’s, as he is moved to a new school […]

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Culture

Irish Ads That Encapsulate Everything About Irish Telly

February 8, 2017 Dave McEvoy

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Should you decide to move abroad, what else could you miss more than ads for stuff on TV? For decades expats would say “Yeah, I can’t speak to my Ma as much as I’d like but I’d give anything to hear that jingle again”. Well thanks to YouTube those days are over. Here are some of […]

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Cosplay

Shappi And Lux Cosplay AkumaKon 2017 – Gallery

January 17, 2017 Declan Doody

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AkumaKon 2017 is just around the corner! We are super excited for the packed weekend! The convention boasts a stellar lineup of guests as usual. Amongst that roster of guests are cosplay stars, Shappi and Lux. Shappi Shappi is a cosplayer from Poland who specialises in making armor. She has been honing her craft for the […]

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