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# Nostalgia

All time
# Toy Story
9 absolutely ridiculous toys every 90s kid coveted (but probably never got)
Your parents had good reason.
Voices
Opinion: Pop culture is saturated with throwbacks to the 1960s right now – but why?
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is in part an ode to the decade – while shows like Mad Men and traces of ’60s sci-fi dystopian themes in literature also highlight how we’re drawn to the era.
# Nostalgia
How Championship Manager sabotaged my Junior Cert
The latest version of the cult computer game is released later this week.
# Nostalgia
10 reasons classic Pro Evolution Soccer was the best
I’d do my Christmas shopping at the PES shop if I could.
# moonface
Will Dick or Fanny make it into the film version of Enid Blyton's The Faraway Tree?
Sam Mendes’ company is adapting the books for a film.
# We Hardly Knew ye
IMAGES: RIP Nokia mobile phones (1987-2014)
Why do the good die young?
# Nostalgia
7 Songs From Your Youth That Might Make You Weep
Mary Black, Johnny Logan, The Frog Chorus…
# Flashback
Check out out these pictures of Michael Noonan on Budget Day... 23 years ago
Ah the 90s were great…
# Looking Back
Women's magazines sowed the seed of feminism in Ireland
A new exhibition looking at the influence of women’s magazines is appealing to the public to come forward with their mementos and memories from the era.
# freshers a daisy
Going to college in Ireland - expectations versus reality
This way to your lecture, Gary…
# Nostalgia
The new FIFA is out today, so here's the last 15 covers in one vine
The memories come flooding straight back.
# farewell old friend
After 15 years, MSN Messenger finally decides to call it a day
The service, which had 330 million members worldwide at its peak, will be retired and integrated into Skype.
# Nostalgia
Yes, this is a Harlem Shake, but it's worth it
Is it February 2013?
# smash hits
13 reasons things were easier in the eighties
I got love for you if you were born in the…
# Solitaire
14 things people who grew up with the internet will never understand
Oh, to be young.
# we scream
11 ice creams from an Irish childhood that must be brought back immediately
The campaign starts here.
# right in the childhood
13 childhood summer memories to make you weak with nostalgia
Baling hay, footing turf, Fat Frogs…
# friday flashback
On this night in 1999 you were listening to... Shania Twain
A Friday flashback to get your weekend started…
# scarlet for the 90s
9 trends that should make a comeback immediately
Pogs, you can stay gone.
# Nope Nope Nope
Ready to be horrified? This site tells you what song you were conceived to
SCREAM.
# zogabongs
This video of Zig and Zag is basically the Irish childhood in a nutshell
NOTHING TO DO WITH TOAST!
# out of his box
Bosco isn't as sweet and innocent as you might think
New evidence suggests he’s AN ABSOLUTE MAD YOKE.
# Obsession
18 years after vowing ‘never again,’ I’ve decided to start a World Cup sticker collection
Ever feel fanatical about this mid-90s phenomenon? You’re not alone.
# one for all
Muskehounds, Ulysses and Captain Planet... Republic of Telly's epic cartoon battle
Gonna take pollution down to zero…
# there's a voice...
14 things you'll never be able to forget
Right in the childhood.
# right in the childhood
15 forgotten childhood games you definitely used to play
We’d play them all again, if you’d let us.
# stupidphones
18 things everyone knew before smartphones
Bring back the Nokia 3310, the Motorola Razr, polyphonic ringtones and non-predictive text.
# Good call
Irish telephone boxes dial into White House and beyond
A family joinery company were inspired by short film Bye Bye Now – about demise of phoneboxes – to reproduce replicas of the iconic piece of Irish street furniture. Barack Obama might be getting one today.
# twinkies
8 American imports every Irish 90s kid wanted to eat
Or our fantasy diet, more like.
# friday flashback
On this night in 2000 you were listening to… Delerium
A Friday Flashback to get your weekend started
# a look back
Facebook has launched a weird personalised movie about YOUR life
The site’s new look back feature takes you through your Facebook history.
# Going Back
The 21 most eighties Irish things ever
Self Aid, Ray Houghton, The Big Snow, Stephen Roche…
# memory lane
Miley Cyrus' first ever television appearance was actually really cute
Jay Leno took her on a little stroll down memory lane last night.
# 80s flashback
This airline's new in-flight safety video is a lesson in 80s nostalgia
Watch out for Alf, Teddy Ruxpin, and lots of hairspray.
# memory lane
If you were a child of the 90s you will love this new ad
Pogs, bum bags, and Tamagotchi, oh my!