Row erupts over use of ‘drag queen’ in Dublin Zoo Mother’s Day advertising campaign

Irish social media star James Patrice stepped into his Malahide Mammy character for the campaign 20:36, 06 Mar 2026Updated 20:40, 06 Mar 2026 A screenshot of the advertising campaign. Dublin Zoo has said it is “disappointed” at some of the online discourse surrounding an advertising campaign for the zoo’s All-Things-Irish Takeover next week. On Thursday, … Read more

Barry Heneghan praises northsiders’ athletic superiority – The Irish Times

Part of the TD’s job is to talk up their constituency. Dublin Bay North Independent Barry Heneghan, one of those Government-supporting deputies for whom Opposition speaking time was controversially sought, is no different. He recently drew the attention of Minister of State for sport Charlie McConalogue to the work of Raheny Shamrocks Athletics Club and … Read more

A-Z of all things romantic, overpriced and good value on February 14th – The Irish Times

Artificial intelligence: This year marks the first time in all the years that Pricewatch has been alive and writing Valentine-themed pieces for this newspaper that we have seen AI deployed to help people write their loved-up messages. We’re not one bit happy about it. The flowers.ie website is just one such operation that has deployed … Read more