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Retro Cannonball 2026 aka my first car photoshoot
You know that I usually photograph trips, concerts, and the like, but in June I decided to try photographing cars. Cannonball came to Waterford for the first time. This is an event that is held to support charities – every year and probably every route supports a different charity. This event in June donated money to the Ronald McDonald House charity which helps families who have children chronically ill or hospitalized by providing facilities for the family. Cannonball has two events – modern luxury cars like Lamborghini and retro cars that came to us. I think this is a purely Irish thing, because the cars always leave from some point…
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Live: Gabrielle Aplin aka my first concert photopass at the iconic Whelans
In April, luck smiled on me and at the beginning of May I officially photographed my first concert at the iconic Dublin venue Whelans for British artist Gabrielle Aplin. That Instagram is sometimes useful. I’m scrolling through my feed in April and a recommended post pops up where the label is offering photo accreditation for Gabrielle Aplin’s tour. I saw Dublin in the caption and it was on the weekend, so I left a comment as instructed and about two or three weeks later I got a message that I had been selected yay I didn’t know Gabrielle Aplin or her label, but of course I listened to a few…
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Live: Reneé Rapp in Dublin 2026
Well, one year has passed and as I said after my first Reneé concert I went again. This time, however, with a friend who didn’t know her and to a bigger venue. Reneé played a concert at 3arena the day after Kesha, on Sunday, March 22. Getting tickets was also fun. If you don’t go to concerts that often, allow me to mansplain a little: tickets have gone up since corona, but in the last year, artists have often charged twice as much for the same venue where they last played. And that doesn’t even offer the same long setlist as the Eras tour. For comparison, I paid about 60…
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Live: Kesha in Dublin 2026
This year I fulfilled another concert experience and that was to see Kesha live. I waited ten years for this concert, and you will find out in the article if the wait was worth it. Perhaps like every millennial, I listened to Kesha’s biggest singles about 15 years ago. I have to admit that I have never really listened to a single album from which hits like Tik Tok, Crazy Kids or Blow come. Ten years ago, she returned to the music scene with the album Rainbow, on which you can also find the ballad Praying. I remember a friend sent it to me at the time and at first…
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Weekends on the move: New Ross, County Wexford
Last year before Christmas I managed to take another trip and this time it was to the town of New Ross, which is known for its rich history, whether it’s the Normans or its direct connection to the Kennedy family in the USA. I’ve been to New Ross several times, but each time the weather wasn’t very kind to us, or we didn’t stay long. The last time I was in New Ross was in the summer of 2021, when we were able to travel again after Covid, but it was cloudy and some parts of the city have changed (read: improved) since then. There are two bus companies that…
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Christmas lights Wonderlights in Fota House & Gardens
This year I received my first PR invite for Christmas lights. To Fota. As the biggest lover of Christmas lights, I couldn’t refuse. The event is called Wonderlights and is held every year in Fota, Cork and then at two locations in Dublin (in Malahide and Marlay Park). Although I love lights and have been to Marlay Park once before (at a concert, of course), this was my first time at Wonderlights. I was contacted through my Instagram and originally invited to the opening night, but since it was in Cork and during the week, I had to decline. Luckily, the invitation was extended for the rest of the season…
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New Year’s Resolution
I didn’t even plan to write such an article, but I found a list of things I wanted to accomplish this year and it made me think about the current and the upcoming year. When I was younger, I used to make resolutions. I don’t really remember what and if I kept them, but I remember that it was usually one thing and I just magically expected it to happen. Without me having to lift a finger. So I guess none of my resolutions came true. The older I get, the less I make them. There are years when I haven’t had any. I’m a big believer that if I…
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Live: Nemo at Dublin 2025
Last month I went to see Switzerland’s Eurovision 2024 winner, Nemo. Before I start, I just want to point out that I disagree with the EBU and what they do or rather don’t do, and this article has nothing to do with Eurovision. I’m just talking about my concert experience. I also want to point out that Nemo is non-binary and use they/them pronouns 🙂 So Nemo won for Switzerland in May 2024 with the song The Code. For me, it was completely deserved and especially after this concert. It was originally supposed to take place in March, but Nemo didn’t have the material ready and they moved the tour…
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Weekends on the move: Youghal – beach, nature and history
Let’s continue car free Irish trips. This time I’m taking you to the seaside Irish town of Youghal, located in the east of County Cork, right on the border with Waterford. I was looking through my Facebook and found that I had last been to Youghal in September 2013. Since then I have only occasionally taken the bus to Cork. This also gave me the idea to include it in my Irish trips. When I was deciding where to go a month ago, because the weather was really nice, an acquaintance of mine finally talked me into going to Youghal. Youghal is located right on the coast and therefore, in…
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Live: Natasha Bedingfield in Dublin 2025
My summer concert this year was a completely unique one performed by British-New Zealand singer Natasha Bedingfield. If you had told me last summer that I would see Natasha live this July, I wouldn’t have believed you. But let’s start from the beginning. I’m sure the name Natasha Bedingfield probably means something to you, or you might even remember her biggest hits – These Words, Unwritten and maybe Pocketful of Sunshine. The first two were released in 2004, the third followed 4 years later. And I was so intrigued by them that I triumphantly bought her CDs and even singles in a well-known Czech book store Levné Knihy. They still…
