WHAT’S HOT
Budget backpacking
Niall Horan did Thailand and the Philippines on €20 a night. If it's good enough for him…
Drop Dead Twice
The Bring Your Own Booze cocktail bar on Francis Street, Dublin 8. You bring it, they mix it
Kerry to Berlin
A new Ryanair route
‘Catastrophe’
Series 3 starts February 28th
The grown-up’s Trinity Ball
A series of July gigs on the cricket pitch including James Vincent McMorrow and the Pixies
Kiki Na art
Ciarna Pham’s brilliant pop jewellery made in Ireland
Bray Comedy Festival
Have the lolz in Wicklow from the 22nd to the 26th
WHAT’S NOT
Seatwave
The endless frustration of seeing gigs sell out then pop up for sale at ridiculously increased prices
Easter eggs
Start researching ones without palm oil now; they can be hard to find
Tommy Hilfiger x Gigi
A ropey collection that neither reinvents the Tommy style nor gets Gigi’s fashion goals right
‘Fifty Shades Darker’
Such a dud that the audience needs a safe word just to make it stop
House-hunting on Dublin’s southside
Prices rose nearly 10 per cent last year
The Trump monopoly on chat
We have to start small-talking about something else
Pasta sauce in a jar
Cooking sauce sales fell by £30 million in Britain last year
