I am pretty much obsessed with Totally Dublin, a free monthly newspaper that is chock full of great…read morestuff. The publication is aimed at a hip crowd that goes on often and always wants to know what events are around the corner. It's been around for 5 years, and I hope it lives to see many more milestones in years to come. The listings are broken up into categories like live gigs, theatre, weekly clubbing and one-off clubbing, so you'll have no trouble finding something cool to do each month. They also have venue, club night and restaurant reviews that are humorous and informative. While Totally Dublin is essential for finding out what's going on around the city, it's also a great read otherwise, with lots of well-written content, articles, band/artist interviews and more. The staff is probably young and doesn't take themselves too seriously, and this is reflected in the style and content, which is funny and interesting. It's the kind of cultural newspaper that I actually read cover to cover and sometimes even keep (it's that good!). It's distributed at businesses around the city and if you spot on, do not hesitate to pick it up!

Every cultural city needs a magazine like Totally Dublin. A free, independent paper, written and…read moredesigned by a team of in-the-know Dubliners who bust their asses just so we can pick it up at the local shop and have something fun to read while waiting for our pizza or drinking our coffee. Each issue features interesting interviews, event picks, reviews and travel pieces, music/culture/art-related stuff and plentiful samplings of local flavour and is therefore useful for locals and a fine introduction to Dublin for visitors. Their listings section comes in handy when in the pub with friends who want to check out a gig but don't know where to go and their website is a great addition to the printed publication with its easy-to-use listings calender. If you join their facebook group you'll get the newest issue in the mail, even before it hits the streets, so you'll never have to miss out on any Dublin event. Whether the issues covered fit your areas of interest or not, the staff deserves a big pat on the back for delivering a cool-looking issue every single month. Hope they'll manage to keep up the good work for years to come!.

I've always had a few issues (pardon the craftily constructed pun there) with Hot Press. First off,…read moreit should really be free. For something that prides itself on gig listings, they should really take note that the likes of connected* is doing the same for free. Second of all, Hot Press runs a website that you have to be a subscriber of their magazine to get access to. which is a bit ridiculous. Lastly, they review albums based not on musical merit, but on how big they expect the album to become. (Commonly known as the NME quandry) But you have to take note that Hot Press was a one of its kind when it was set up and did support a lot of up and coming Irish acts initially. That support seems to be lagging in recent years and fewer risks are being taken in support of more pedestrian bands such as 'The Coronas'. Although I'm not the biggest fan of the magazine, it has done quite a bit for Irish pop and rock, even if it has lost its way in the past few years.

Actually set up by Bob Geldof himself, Hotpress is all about the Irish scene in terms of music and…read moresometimes other media. They usually have some good international stars as well as locals in it, and their penchant for seriously puntacular headlines means you can usually get a bit of a giggle out of it too. I wouldn't buy it regularly but when it comes my way I usually read it. if you're the kind of person who wants to know who's playing where and when you have to check this out. Sometimes it's almost too trendy for its own good but Hotpress has been around awhile and seems to be here to stay!

The Metro newspaper makes every commute a little more enjoyable. The happiest people in the train…read moreor on the bus are those who have something to read. Instead of just staring out the window at the same old scene, reading helps pass the time. Metro is designed to give you all the important news in one commute. Given out free at most transportation stations, its readers can get all their sports, entertainment and city news in one go. Although most of the pieces are fluff and poorly written, the paper still remains popular with urbanites. After all, you can't knock something that's free!

You'd be a fool not to love the Metro. It's like a newspaper written for twelve year old girls. As…read moreopposed to page three, they have adorable pictures of adorable rodents like Meercats and Pandas doing adorable things like poppong out of a cupcake or mummifying themmselves in pink ribbons on a bed of sunflowers. Instead of real news, they have entertainment news about heart-throbs Chase Crawford and Zac Efron. They also do some sport. Which isn't really in keeping with the twelve year old girl thing, but ya can't win 'em all. But this over-simplified news is actually a stroke of genius, because the Metro is distributed during the commuting rush of about 8am, when ones brain is still defrosting and you can't handle a decision more complicated than blueberry or chocolate muffin for breakfast. So bring on a kitten falling into a paddling pool of melted chocolate, because it's far too early to deal with real news.

So what's up in Dublin for the weekend? LeCool has your answer…read more Filling the space where EventGuide left with it's January 2009 departure, this online local mag is the best place for offbeat events happening all around the City Centre. There's hot links for blogs and online art, real life shows and exhibitions, plus great ideas for stop off points if the Dublin touring excitment is wearing thin. What really rocks your humble reviewer's socks here is that LeCool covers the week, with great recommendations for cinema, kareoke and more from LeSunday to LeSunday. Event prices do vary but it's all as set through the venue itself. Forget the usual Friday night pub thing, LeCool has something better in mind for you!

Yep, this is what you've been missing. Been a subscriber of…read moreother city's lecool for several years now and even if you dont live there it s still a decent read and wonderful insight into any city. It' cherry-picks the bestest of the best each week in Dublin and points you on your way to cultural, hedonistic, gourmet or just damn fine nirvana. Subscribe and feel better already

Metro's rival, but God knows why. In all honesty, it's like reading the same paper...and I suspect…read moreyou often actually are. Similar stories, comparable layout, common feeding grounds. So what's not to like?! Grab one of each if your commute is longer than the 10 minutes it takes to digest a whole copy of either, and you're sorted.

I was reared with the Irish Independent on my kitchen table every day of my life. Most families in…read moreIreland are either a Times family or an Indo family, and I certainly fall into the latter. It's the second biggest broadsheet in the country and is a lighter version of the times. It's full of news stories and over the years has started to feature more and more lighter stuff.

Eh...no. Just no. Since it turned over to the dark side (no matter how they deny it!) and began to…read morepublish in both broadsheet and tabloid format, the tabloid has taken over. Not that it was ever a truly insightful paper, but it has now given up the facade and basically admitted its true tabloid bent. But it can't even do that right?! Still stuck in a pseudo-broadsheet mindset, the Indo appears to have become a bit confused. It refuses to go the whole tabloid hog, replete with beauties on page 3, and yet cannot bring itself to maintain a purely broadsheet mentality. The result is a confused and oddly-laid out paper that does little to shed light on current events - either popular or political.