Last night, among scenes of wild jubilation, No More Workhorse was announced as the winner of the Best Entertainment Blog at the Blog Awards. We’d just like to thank the Academy and […]
Workhorse Wins Best Entertainment Blog 2015
Theatre Highlights of 2014
Full Productions – This is a list of productions on the bigger stages around Dublin, the Abbey, Project (Space Upstairs), Olympia etc. These caught my attention for a variety of reasons, and […]
Killian Laher – Top 10 Albums of 2014
When I was asked to do a year end top 10 for No More Workhorse I thought, bloody hell, haven’t we enough lists? Aren’t we done with 2014? What sort of year […]
Matthew Barks – Top 12 Songs of 2014
What better way to spend the beginning of a new year but to look back on the one that’s just passed. I decided to do a list of songs I liked (rather […]
Tim Moss – Top 5 Albums of 2014
And here it comes, the annual tradition of the journalists lamenting the downfall of the music industry. Whether its Silent Radio heralding the ‘silent’ year, or as the Guardian declared the year […]
Best Movies of 2014 – #20 – 11
Our first proper list of the year, and with only days remaining in this year, we’re just in time. These movies are all gems and the order hardly matters, but if we […]
Books : Christmas Gift Ideas for the Under 5’s
Another one of our favourite lists from last year… In no particular order, here are my top ten books that me and the little ones have read together throughout the year! Oh […]
Movies That Scared Me – Halloween Special
Movies That Scared Me – Halloween Special – by Mary Donnelly As Hallowe’en is coming around again I thought it was timely to write a post on the films that scared me. […]
Best Movies of 2013 # 10-1
10. Enough Said – It’s a simple enough story, a divorced woman finds a new love interest in her life, but then finds out that she is friends with her new man’s […]
Top 10 Christmas Movies
Ok, an old post but a good one. More repeats at Christmas! Some of the very Christmas movies that almost made the list are: Crash (Paul Haggis not David Cronenberg), Home Alone, […]
Best Albums of 2013 – No 10 – 1
10. Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest The return of old friends. Often an album with as much hype as these guys generated fails to live up to expectation and while there […]
Best Albums of 2013 – No 20 – 11
Just in case you missed yesterday’s installment, here is 30-21. So, we’re almost there, see what you think of those included below… 20. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City – […]
Best Albums of 2013 – No 30 – 21
List season is upon us, so stay tuned for our ‘Best of 2013’ series over the next week or so. We’ll try and have it wrapped up before the big day! For […]
Books: Gift Ideas for Teenagers/ Young Adults
If you are planning to buy a book for the teenager in your family, here are my top ten choices for young adults who are looking for something outside the Harry Potter/Hunger […]
Books : Christmas Gift Ideas for the Under 5’s
In no particular order, here are my top ten books that me and the little ones have read together throughout the year! Oh No George!-Chris Haughton: George the dog is briefly left […]
Top 5 Zombie Movies
An old post, but for the week that’s in it, quite fitting. It’s Mary from Candepop on her favorite zombie movies! If you wanted to pick five movies for a zombie marathon […]
Matthew Bark’s ‘Hot-to-Trot’ Music for 2013
Yes I know it’s a little late into January for a ‘ones to watch’ music list but here’s my tuppence worth all the same! I’m keeping it short and simple: a Top […]
Best Movies of 2012
Our views on movies 10-06 are here. 10. Frankenweenie -. See our review here. 9. Beast of the Southern Wild -. Our review is here. 8. Moonrise Kingdom – A Wes Anderson […]
Matthew Bark’s Albums of 2012
Only 5 albums? Yes. Only 5. There were many others I liked during the year but the following held my attention for the longest. #FIVE Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded/ […]
Best Albums of 2012
Yes, enough of the nearly men, let’s hear it for the real winners! Not a vintage year of music, but there’s still a lot of quality stuff out there. The list only […]
1,000th Post!
I’m typing this at the back of a conga line, which is jolly difficult! Yes, it’s a day of celebration for the workhorse crew, as we’ve reached another round number. Thanks to […]
Top 5 Zombie Movies!
An old post, but for the weekend that’s in it, quite fitting. Mary from Candepop on her favorite zombie movies! If you wanted to pick five movies for a zombie marathon at […]
Things to do in Dublin – 17th – 23rd Sept
And you thought last week was a busy one? Well, it ain’t got nothing on this one! Mostly due to Culture Night, yes, that’s right, the night where all the museum employees […]
Things to do in Dublin – 10th – 16th Sept
Yeah, it’s another busy one, so I’ll get right down to it. Music – Leonard Cohen starts his residency in Kilmainham tomorrow, and there still seems to be tickets going for the […]
Blog Awards Ireland – Shortlist
We are pleased to announce that this little old Blog has been shortlisted for the Blog of the Year in the Best Arts / Culture Blog category! Who would have thought when […]
Top Ten Gigs of 2011
Ok, one last list, and then that’s it, I promise! Well, this blog did start life as a gig guide, so it would be poor form to ignore them! Did I go […]
Top 10 Movies of 2011
Working my way back through the releases from this year, it wasn’t a vintage year, and there were very few that would excite me greatly. Still, we did see Tomas Alfredson prove that ‘Let […]
Top Ten of the Year – Music – MQ
Ah. Ok, here we go! Time to nail my colours to the mast. What does that mean anyway? After a quick google search… “In nautical battles colours (flags) were lowered as a […]
Top 10 Albums 2011 – JR
These lists basically mean nothing but we love (and hate) doing them. It’s definitely a love/hate thing. I love it because it’s enjoyable going over all the music you’ve heard in a […]
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