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  • The latest Half A Giraffe Sketch: Poor Mike's Birthday celebrations come to an abrupt halt when he returns to find his family waiting up... Tough Love Hurts.

    Tough Love

    The latest Half A Giraffe Sketch: Poor Mike's Birthday celebrations come to an abrupt halt when he returns to find his family waiting up... Tough Love Hurts.

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  • Out must come the smelly wellies, the moldy, beer-covered Tesco tents, and the oversized novelty hats and glasses; it's that time of year again – music festival season! Derived from their pagan origins, Festivals have not changed much in recent years, and are a booze-filled, Bear-Grills-esque survival adventure at the best of times.

    Festival Fit: 10 tips to Survive a Festival

    Out must come the smelly wellies, the moldy, beer-covered Tesco tents, and the oversized novelty hats and glasses; it's that time of year again – music festival season! Derived from their pagan origins, Festivals have not changed much in recent years, and are a booze-filled, Bear-Grills-esque survival adventure at the best of times.

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  • After Christianity has been proved false by the Rapture not coming to fruition, this brings to popularity another religion, Gemmism. This is a religion I’ve created which is based around the teachings of lord and savior, Bill Hicks – with the basic ideology being the condemnation of behavior commonly described as assholiation.

There are a few simple rules by which one must live by in the Gemmist faith:

1.	Thou shalt not play music on thy phone speakers on the bus.

    My Own Personal Rapture

    After Christianity has been proved false by the Rapture not coming to fruition, this brings to popularity another religion, Gemmism. This is a religion I’ve created which is based around the teachings of lord and savior, Bill Hicks – with the basic ideology being the condemnation of behavior commonly described as assholiation. There are a few simple rules by which one must live by in the Gemmist faith: 1. Thou shalt not play music on thy phone speakers on the bus.

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  • Queen Elizabeth will be popping across the pond today, as I’m sure many Cork and Dublin have been made aware due to the crizz-azy traffic across both city centers. There’s a guard on every street corner, and many hospitals are on standby – meaning Copper Face Jack’s has faced a customer lull in the last week akin to those predicted for Armageddon.


There are, of course, heightened security concerns that protesters are seeking to disrupt her itinerary, so Government officials have kept the ‘precise’ time and duration of each leg of her four-day itinerary under wraps for security reasons.

    Queen Elizabeth does a Dublin/Cork combo

    Queen Elizabeth will be popping across the pond today, as I’m sure many Cork and Dublin have been made aware due to the crizz-azy traffic across both city centers. There’s a guard on every street corner, and many hospitals are on standby – meaning Copper Face Jack’s has faced a customer lull in the last week akin to those predicted for Armageddon. There are, of course, heightened security concerns that protesters are seeking to disrupt her itinerary, so Government officials have kept the ‘precise’ time and duration of each leg of her four-day itinerary under wraps for security reasons.

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  • Someone had decided it would be a good idea for us all to drink Sambuca from 7up bottles at the parade. I’m not pointing fingers but Ben, you know who you are.

Things started off normal enough on Wednesday evening, as average as any Half a Giraffe “meeting”; we chatted briefly about what we plan on doing for the next month and then quickly head out for pints. The two “quick ones”, turned into a booze-fueled blur around Dublin City centre, and then back for Rory’s for a night cap – or 7.

    The Fear Parade: A post-Paddy’s day breakdown

    Someone had decided it would be a good idea for us all to drink Sambuca from 7up bottles at the parade. I’m not pointing fingers but Ben, you know who you are. Things started off normal enough on Wednesday evening, as average as any Half a Giraffe “meeting”; we chatted briefly about what we plan on doing for the next month and then quickly head out for pints. The two “quick ones”, turned into a booze-fueled blur around Dublin City centre, and then back for Rory’s for a night cap – or 7.

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  • Much like the nostalgia of macroom bars and retro sweets, I now embark upon a gustatory adventure, the aim of which to return me to the mindset of my youth. I plan on recalling those glorious days of yesteryear by sampling the evolution of my alcohol consumption… So I line up the drinks I used to enjoy, in chronological order, and begin drinking:

    Memory Foam

    Much like the nostalgia of macroom bars and retro sweets, I now embark upon a gustatory adventure, the aim of which to return me to the mindset of my youth. I plan on recalling those glorious days of yesteryear by sampling the evolution of my alcohol consumption… So I line up the drinks I used to enjoy, in chronological order, and begin drinking:

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  • Following the success of Raw, spin off series, Red-Raw, has gone into pre-production, and features a branch of the popular restaurant opening in Cork City.

    Young Spunk in RTÉ’s programming

    Following the success of Raw, spin off series, Red-Raw, has gone into pre-production, and features a branch of the popular restaurant opening in Cork City.

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  • Valentines Day (VD) – a day of crap films and smug over-affectionate couples rubbing their love, literally, all up in your face. Here at Half a Giraffe we have everything...

    Enjoy Your VD (Valentines Day)

    Valentines Day (VD) – a day of crap films and smug over-affectionate couples rubbing their love, literally, all up in your face. Here at Half a Giraffe we have everything...

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  • Welcome to the future, and not just any future, YOUR FUTURE! Below is an account found in a REVERSE TIME CAPSULE from the future. It seems to be a holiday...

    Holiday Tiem!

    Welcome to the future, and not just any future, YOUR FUTURE! Below is an account found in a REVERSE TIME CAPSULE from the future. It seems to be a holiday...

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  • For the first time Dr. Deadly shares her medical expertise: A must-read for those hoping to avoid illness this season.

    Stay Healthy with Dr. Gemma “Deadly” Creagh

    For the first time Dr. Deadly shares her medical expertise: A must-read for those hoping to avoid illness this season.

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