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Food dates for your 2017 diary

There’s plenty of food events and food festivals taking place in Ireland in 2017. As I’m a sucker for paper, I’ve been filling up a small Lidl-bought Filofax clone with dates and notes for the year...

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Talking about 9th Degree Coffee, Dublin Barista School with James McCormack

Before the tail end of 2016 I had a chance to catch up with Dublin Barista School‘s James McCormack who’s recently kicked off his next coffee adventure in 9th Degree Coffee. Having started the Dublin...

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First Look: Who’s coming to Netflix for Chef’s Table season 3?

Some of the nicest food viewing on TV screens these days is to be found on the Netflix original series, Chef’s Table. It’s back for a third season next month and we now know who the focus will be on...

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Wine of the Week: Vin Rouge (Vin de France)

The first week back on air after the Christmas break was capped off with a gorgeous Vin Rouge for the Wine of the Week slot on the show where on Friday I joined again by Pascal Rossignol from Le Caveau...

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Bee keeping for beginners? There’s a course for that.

I’ll openly hold my hands up on this one – I know nothing about bees. I like a bit of honey and lemon. I’ll take honey on porridge. I’ll take honey in a smoothie. I’ll keep jars of it in the fridge and...

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Food chats: Wild Garlic Pesto & Nettle Beer on KCLR Drive

Continuing a run of food chats on KCLR Drive, Francis Nesbitt dropped in to studio on Friday and didn’t come with his hands hanging. Wild garlic pesto with nettles, a labneh cheese, crackers and some...

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Rambling Rhinos Podcast #001

Man, I’ve missed podcasting. You think that might sound funny coming from someone who spends fifteen hours a week on air chatting across the afternoon, but I’ve really missed podcasting. Maybe it’s the...

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Rambling Rhinos Podcast #002

There’s a lot to be said for the mental game. Sometimes the fight is won before you walk in the ring, sometimes you’ve got it lost before you make that same walk. It can all depend on your mindset....

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Introducing Little Deviations Volume 2

The cat is out of the bag for Devious Theatre’s 2017 antics. Of course, by cat I mean show and by antics I mean six shows. Introducing – the artwork at least – for Little Deviations Volume 2, the...

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BAMMA 30 Weigh Ins in Black & White

The ceremonial weigh ins for BAMMA 30, booked for Friday 7 July 2017, took place at the Green Isle Hotel & Conference Centre, Dublin, on Thursday 6 July. With 14 bouts confirmed for the card,...

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Let’s begin again…

It’s time to begin again. Cleaning house for 2018 has given me scope to relaunch kilkennymusic.com and kenonfood.com, the latter as a rebrand of anygivenfood.com. With writing going well, I’m cleaning...

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How to start a WordPress blog: Step-by-step guide (2018)

If you find this guide on how to start a WordPress blog useful, let me know in the comments below. This post contains affiliate links for third party services for domain and web hosting registration....

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How to move your WordPress uploads folder

One of the first things I do with a new bog is move my WordPress uploads folder. This is also referred to as your WordPress media library folder or WordPress uploads directory. It’s the folder on your...

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Google’s Mobile First Index: How does it impact me?

Are you ready for Google’s Mobile First Index? The term started appearing in articles online last year with word that Google would be going “mobile first”. That is, when it comes to crawling websites,...

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What are the default WordPress htaccess settings?

Looking for the default WordPress htaccess settings? Sometimes you need to set things back to basics. Maybe your WordPress site has been hacked and some mysterious lines have been added to your...

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Introducing: The Rambling Rhinos Podcast

Have you heard the Rambling Rhinos Podcast? The reason I ask, is that season two should be kicking off in the next few weeks. Having released a number of music podcasts in recent years, I wanted to...

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Say hello to Google Podcasts

Ladies and gentlemen, Google Podcasts. Google have launched a brand new podcast directory available through Google search, Google Home (the smart speakers) and the snazzy new Google Podcasts app for...

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Introducing: MMACharge.com

Have you read MMACharge.com? Having built up a considerable interest in the world of mixed martial arts while training jiu-jitsu over the past two years, I’ve been putting pen to paper – or words to...

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Podcast badges: Download Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts badges today

Looking for podcast badges to promote your show on Google Music or Apple Podcasts? I’ve got you covered. Two of the biggest outlets for podcasts – Apple Podcasts (nee iTunes) and now Google Music /...

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Dublin Podcast Festival returns with packed lineup for 2018

The Dublin Podcast Festival is back, running from 26 September to 17 October. If you’re in Ireland and you want to get under the skin of a good podcast, there’s plenty of them going live this autumn....

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