Ciara Knight
Ciara writes features for JOE.co.uk and is doing her best.
Judges are people too! Like most folk, I am unwillingly involved in roughly thirteen WhatsApp groups. From ‘Night Out’, to ‘9/11 Was An Inside Job’, there’s a lot of conversations to keep track of. Fair enough, it’s a very convenient means of communication, but it can often turn into quite a pointless affair, with unnecessary conversations continuing […]
10 years ago
The Rose of Tralee is important. As with any major event, it’s the perfect situation for some intensive flirting. We, as humans, need to use these moments for the good of mankind. It’s a crying shame to allow an event as pivotal as the Rose of Tralee to go by without at least trying to use it to […]
10 years ago
Shortly after last year’s winner was crowned, I decided that I wanted to enter and subsequently win this year’s Rose of Tralee. It was like an epiphany when it dawned on me that I deserve the title and glory that comes with being the highly coveted Rose of Tralee. I wanted it all: The sash, the crown, the cutlery. […]
10 years ago
Irish Family WhatsApp Groups are gas. Dad fancies himself as a comedian, Mam is eternally baffled by everything and you’re generally just trying to keep them both happy by satisfying their need for constant communication. Today’s topics covered include the Leaving Cert results, The Olympics that are currently underway in Rio and the upcoming Rose of Tralee next week. […]
10 years ago
IKEA is life. As I’ve shared previously, IKEA announced that they were going to change the names of their products so that we, as consumers, would finally be able to pronounce these words and actually understand what products they pertain to. Now, they’ve released some more product names that we can expect to come into effect […]
10 years ago
It’s a rainy afternoon in Dublin City Centre. I’ve found shelter in a café near the back of Brown Thomas. It’s fancy, the sound of coffee being ground echoes around the room. I’ve had three flat whites to calm my nerves, as a result, I’m fierce jittery and now suffering from an incessantly bouncing knee. I’m waiting to meet […]
10 years ago
The truth behind this year’s Leaving Cert results has been revealed. Now that all students have received their results, we are in a legally secure position where we can analyse the data and use the information going forward to help try to better the system for all. It’s like a Census for education. This year’s […]
10 years ago
The first round of CAO offers are out on Monday. Personally, I am buzzing. It’s like playing the lottery. You work hard at school for six years, then have it all boil down to a few exams that determine your future. What a fantastic system! There’s a few new courses expected to be on the CAO […]
10 years ago
Leaving Cert results are out! It’s a very exciting day for everyone involved, so naturally, I am here to ruin it. From today, I am campaigning to bring a new law into effect that prevents students from jumping with their Leaving Cert results for a photograph. I, among others, have taken against this token ‘jumping with […]
10 years ago
Mams love the bit of sun. Who can blame them? As soon as Easter is done and dusted (“it was very late this year”) they’re free to focus all their efforts on The Sun Holiday™. She’ll start packing weeks before the event itself, have you looking up the weather forecast in advance and telling anyone that […]
10 years ago
Making A Murderer, am I right? It was an emotional rollercoaster of a watch, ending in nothing other than pure rage. I’m still annoyed and feeling powerless, so I’ve come up with some Making A Murderer themed chat-up lines, simply because everyone is still talking about it and perhaps genuine human connection is the only way to […]
10 years ago
The Olympics are quality. I’m having an absolute whale of a time between making memes and creating chat up lines for the benefit of our glorious nation at this very exciting time. My latest venture into the world of mocking these incredible athletes’ achievements is to replace weightlifters’ weights with random objects. It’s not to […]
10 years ago
The Rugrats first aired 25 years ago. It’s been a whirlwind for those little tikes since their filming commitments wrapped up. As expected, there’s been some very colourful stories surrounding our favourite toddlers. Here’s where they are now. Tommy Unsurprisingly, Tommy went on to get a very decent Leaving Cert and work in construction. Given […]
10 years ago
Show and tell… with Adele. Friend of the site, Adele (Adkins) (the singer) is always hounding us to get featured. I’ve lost count of the amount of times she’s contacted me personally with some proposition I “can’t possibly pass up”. Inspired by my piece on what your handbag says about you, Adele approached me with […]
10 years ago
You are a sick individual for even clicking into this article. Celebrities, much like ourselves are often in the nip. Just last week we saw Orlando Bloom wearing *Ned Flanders voice* nothing at all. The only difference is that celebrities are constantly being followed by paparazzi, whereas we are not. So when Orlando Bloom decides […]
10 years ago
It’s early morning in Rio de Janeiro. I’ve just caught a red eye flight from Ireland and I’m exhausted. The only thing that’s keeping me going is the sheer excitement of knowing that I’m about to meet someone very special indeed. I arrive at the designated meeting point and my heart is thumping through my […]
10 years ago
Tom Hiddleston has joined Instagram! Life, as we know it, is about to change and, as the Spice Girls sang, things will never be the same again. I’m expecting big things from Tom’s new Instagram account. Realistically, he will probably use it to assure us that his blatantly fake relationship with Taylor Swift is extremely […]
10 years ago
Twilight was lit. In all seriousness, it was probably the worst book and subsequently film franchise of our youth. Yet, every time the films are on TV, I find myself glued to them out of some weird hate watching fetish. Often, in my spare time, I like to imagine the day-to-day interactions between movie characters. I’m […]
10 years ago
A headline about hand lines! There’s a lot of speculation about the accuracy of palm reading. A lot of people will argue that it’s complete nonsense, while others swear blind that their hands can predict who’s going to be booted out of the Celebrity Big Brother house next. I don’t often speak about it, but […]
10 years ago
It is legitimately easier to find Nemo than it is a job. There’s a few jobs knocking around most of the time, but they’re so boring and monotonous. Is it too much to ask for a means of employment that will truly fulfil your life’s expectations? I’ve put together a list of 10 jobs that I […]
10 years ago
Get your tats out for the boys. Knuckle tattoos are a phenomenon that has been around for many years. They provide people with a lumpy canvas upon which to express their true feelings about things. I’ve done some research and found that some people have indeed got knuckle tattoos. What’s most interesting is the reasoning […]
10 years ago
Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand (during the Volleyball medal presentation). Finally, the Olympics are upon us. It’s a very exciting time and there is most definitely a buzz in the air. People all across the world are contemplating whether they could get good enough at a sport in 4 years to […]
10 years ago
Ireland, am I right? There’s a lot of things we say in Ireland that make little to no grammatical sense. I like to think of it as a special little bond that we all have with each other, it’s cute. To those who are not of Irish descent, it’s often a troubling time visiting Ireland. […]
10 years ago
Oh, limpics. The Olympic Games are finally upon us and I cannot contain my excitement. Unfortunately, neither can the entirety of the internet. Folks, we need to prepare ourselves for an influx of #FeelingInspired, #Wow and #TheyreAllOnDrugs. Social media is going to be quite a spectacle as people vocalise their hot takes. Our only form of defence […]
10 years ago
If only it was as easy to update your life as it is your apps. Thankfully, our prayers have been answered, as Apple have just announced the introduction of their new Life Updates feature. We spoke to their CEO Jonathan Fakesurname to find out more: “Basically, what we’ve done is we’ve taken the concept of […]
10 years ago
The Hills are alive with the sound of drama. It came to our television screens at the perfect time where our adolescent minds needed further reasons to hate our parents, blaming our feelings on their lack of a summer house in California, not being millionaires and making you live in a country where teenage boys looked nothing like […]
10 years ago
Orlando Bloom is a fine ting. We all know it and there’s no harm in acknowledging it from time to time. Katy Perry is a lucky lady to be doing a line with him, but equally he is lucky to be doing a line with her because she seems very nice. I am qualified to […]
10 years ago
The Olympics are coming! I’m deeply excited about the next few weeks. There’s going to be a lot of dank memes materialising from the best efforts of Olympic athletes and I literally cannot wait. As with every major world event, it’s absolutely essential that we, as a nation, concoct some exceptional chat up lines, for no […]
10 years ago
Pokémon Go? More like Pokémon NO. I’m a huge fan of the game, it’s a magnificent development in the mobile industry and I genuinely consider it a monumental milestone that is vitally paving the way for the future of gaming, or whatever, LOL. Having previously been perturbed by some of the locations of Pokéstops around Ireland, […]
10 years ago
What a time to be alive. It’s been announced that everyone’s favourite fantasy boyfriend, Zayn Malik, is going to be the executive producer on a brand new television series. The programme is rumoured to follow the journey of an aspiring boyband, with Zayn stepping into the role of executive producer. He’s said to be helping […]
10 years ago
Celebrities’ Instagrams are a lot to take in. They’re a far cry from the type of photos you or I would post, meaning brunch, a cute dog and a few snaps of you and the girls are definitely out of the question. Celebrities, while already adored by millions, still feel the need to gain the approval […]
10 years ago
Another day, another 24 hours spent tirelessly worrying that Donald Trump might actually become the next POTUS. Last night, extremely cool and down with the people man Donald Trump posted a photo on his Twitter, which truly proved how intimidatingly chill he is. Donald, ever thirsty for the millennial vote, candidly tucked into a plate of […]
10 years ago
July was a strong month on Twitter. Gas Twitter users truly surpassed themselves in having the ability to make me involuntarily expel air from my nose at a slightly more forceful rate than normal. Topics this month included holiday packing, Matilda being dumb, a weird obituary, Dad jokes and much more. Here’s 20 of the funniest tweets you […]
10 years ago
Everything you know is a lie. Beloved Irish schoolbook Dioscó na mBó moulded many an Irish-speaking childhood and certainly catapulted my impressionable mind into a world where livestock could socialise just like you and I. Recently, news has emerged that the book itself gives a deeply inaccurate depiction as to what actually happened that evening. As Ireland’s answer to Spotlight, […]
10 years ago
Nostalgia gets the hits. I often find myself wondering what happened to my childhood favourites: The Teletubbies, The Care Bears, Winnie The Pooh, Letterland, Guess Who, Wilson from Cast Away, and now The Tweenies. I’ve done some digging around and unearthed inconvenient, but vital information. As Ireland’s answer to Spotlight, it’s only right that we uncover […]
10 years ago
Daniel O’Donnell is giving the nation life today. Last night, he posted the following on his Facebook page: There’s a lot I love about this. The caption, the shirt, the terrible camera angle, the specificity of how the mackerel was cooked, and what appears to be a Child of Prague statue sitting on top of the […]
10 years ago
Finally, the internet is realising that Arthur was lit. There’s nothing I love more than ruining the innocence of childhood, one beloved television programme at a time. Our innocent minds resulted in a lot of innuendo going over our nit-infested heads as children, so I’m here to wrong that right. Arthur was an exceptional piece […]
10 years ago
ATMs are jerks. They’re pushy, judgemental and very hard to get along with. Oh, you haven’t any €20 notes, have you not? Well then why did you give me the option to request €20, you absolute dose?! We’ve just received confirmation that all of the big important banks have today emerged from a groundbreaking meeting and they’ve agreed […]
10 years ago
Stranger Things is the new Orange Is The New Black. It’s actually not, I just wanted to write that. Stranger Things is a new supernatural science fiction horror series on Netflix that people are currently horsing through. The show is brilliant. I just finished it and I’m thoroughly satisfied with what I consumed. The cinematography is beautiful, […]
10 years ago
Yes Siri. The loveable computer programme on our iPhones can be a bit of a divil when he/she wants to be. One of my favourite pastimes is annoying Siri with stupid questions until we reach a point where slightly sassy replies are given. Siri needs to understand that what I require from him/her is not […]
10 years ago
Stock images are one of few sources of genuine and legal laughter left in society today. Working in this current job has introduced me to a world full of stock image subscriptions that I didn’t even know existed. Searching something as ridiculous as ‘identity theft’ results in nearly 5,000 images that range from vaguely appropriate to utterly ridiculous. […]
10 years ago
Last night, Hillary Clinton became the first female White House nominee for a major political party. More importantly, all eyes were on the potential First Lad, Bill Clinton. He wowed audiences with his carefully chosen outfit that managed to state so much, but at the same time, so little. Bill poured his curves into a […]
10 years ago
RIP The Titanic xx I often wonder what would happen if certain things from history happened in the modern day. The insufferable Facebook statuses, the attention-seeking Instagrams, the unnecessary live Tweets – it would be an absolute spectacle of an affair. Here’s what I imagine would happen if Twitter was around for people to live […]
10 years ago
Pokémon GO is life. I’m having a large amount of fun playing Pokémon Go at the moment. It’s like a time machine, taking me back to a world where life’s biggest worry was whether I’d make it home before the street lights came on or not. Some of the Pokéstops are a bit weird. There doesn’t […]
10 years ago
Supermarkets are an intense experience. Nobody has ever intended on spending longer than 10 minutes in a supermarket, but things happen. You bump into an old colleague, the trolley has a wobbly wheel, there are multiple free samples on display, you get caught trying to put the ground almonds on the floor where they belong, […]
10 years ago
Periods, am I right? They are quite literally a pain in the hole. Your hormones are all over the place and even the slightest thing can send you into a blubbering mess unannounced. I once felt the warm trickle of a tear roll down my cheek as I witnessed an elderly man inform a waitress […]
10 years ago
Hashtag engaging content. We get sent a lot of fantastic video content here at Her.ie, ranging from births, pets, marriages, mishaps and of course, engagements. This particular video stopped us in our tracks and we quickly found ourselves gathered around the desk weeping with delight (and a slight bit of envy). A Her.ie reader, who […]
10 years ago
Amazon is fantastic. To borrow a line from some deeply influential bloggers, “NO guys, I’m not being paid to say that”. I’m genuinely just a big fan of ordering things online on a whim and I also thoroughly enjoy getting post. Sometimes, I’ll go on Amazon with a budget (usually the bones of €10) and just […]
10 years ago
Folks, I am getting every bit of mileage out of this Pokémon craze as I possibly can. Having played the game around Dublin and renamed some captured Pokémon, I am now turning my efforts towards figuring out what Pokémon famous people look like. Get in touch and let me know what I’ve left out / gotten extremely […]
10 years ago
Gotta rename ’em all! Pokémon Go is the latest craze that’s polluting everyone’s thoughts and timelines. As a result of Pokémon Go, my battery capacity has been reduced to roughly four minutes, meaning I can unplug my phone from charging, send a quick text and then it’s completely dead. Ideal. Memories of being dissatisfied with […]
10 years ago