WHAT’S HOT
Another Love Story
After Body & Soul and Longitude, the festival chatter turns to this small yet perfectly formed Meath festival
Biangbiang noodles
Thick, chewy Chinese noodles. Get them at Xi’an in Galway
Newgrange
A new dig, and the drought exposing new henges
Aches
The street artist making groundbreaking work here and aboard
City kayaking
Take advantage of the warm weather, and contact these guys to paddle down the Liffey
Mobile libraries
The hidden gem of local authority services
Milkybar Wowsomes
Less sugar, more crunch than the old Milky Bars
WHAT’S NOT
Fake followers
Twitter’s endeavours to rid the platform of phoney accounts is stepping up a gear
Contactless Luas payments
Those hoping for an actual tap-and-go service were disappointed that the Luas’s contactless payment announcement was just for ticket machines
Gourmet pizza
You might think Ireland loves high-end pizza, but Domino’s in Tallaght sold nearly €50 million worth of pizza in 2017
Network and cable TV
Netflix has earned the most Emmy nominations for the first time, beating HBO
Avozilla
Avocados the size of your head? Just a bigger disappointment when it goes from ripe to brown when you’re not looking
Brexit
The never-ending head-melt
