Beaut.ie Name Ireland’s 50 Fine Things

We know they’re cooler than us, with their buke and their ultracool internet status symbol of being Best Blog 2010 at the IBAs last year, but we like to think of the lovely ladies over at Beaut.ie as our blogging sister ship (right, fine, we’re a dinghy, we know). We’re also big fans of their annual search for Ireland’s Fifty Fine Things, the results of which was released on Paddy’s Day. Being the dedicated Irish revellers / IBA attenders / sofa dwellers that we are we’ve only got around to ogling the 50 gentlemen who made the cut today, but we’re mighty glad we made the time. Included on the list are Ray D’Arcy, Gordon D’Arcy (no relation), Domhnaill Gleeson, Ryan Tubridy (it’s not just me!) and Paul Galvin along with more obvious names like Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy. If you want to take a look at … There’s more

Sweary’s Jaw: Ringside Tweet

Twitter was five years old the other day, and the whole virtual landscape flowered with congratulations and early-onset nostalgia. The first tweet was dug up and retweeted, retweeted, and retweeted again in worldwide echo, and we all wondered how we ever got by without our own tailored news feeds and gossip lines. I’m not entirely sure what the Twitter primary directive was - social media blah, open line of communication wah, but its snippet-sweet and frequently one-way nature has proven the perfect blah-wah ground for A-list celebrities. You gotta be on Twitter to be uber-anything, man. Twitter, to celebrities, is like having the only megaphone in a room full of people with laryngitis. It’s the absolute bollocks! With that in mind, I thought I’d check out how everyone’s favourite celebrities were doing on the ould Twitteroo. Are they using the platform in order to connect with their fans? Are they … There’s more