Archive for June 2013

Quay to Recovery

Quay to Recovery

Merchant’s Quay Ireland (MQI) is one of Dublin’s great charity success stories. In 1969, Salvador Kenney and Sebastian Tighe, two Franciscan Friars, established a tea room for the city’s homeless, laying down the groundwork for what would become the MQI […]

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Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre News

Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre News

RICC May Day Parade 2013 The Annual RICC May Day Parade celebrated its 5th year in May and was as always a great success. Thank you to all those who got involved, marched, performed, raised funds, donated prizes, all our […]

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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

LEAVE MALONE ALONE Despite the fact that the new Luas Cross City Extension is estimated to cost €370 million, a number of DCC councillors were more concerned over the relocation of Molly Malone. The new location for the infamous statue […]

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Sounds of the Fifties

Sounds of the Fifties

The 1950’s was a dynamic decade for music. The first five years was dominated by crooners and cowboy singers – Crosby, Como, Laine, Mitchell and girl singers Day, Starr, Stafford, Clooney. Around this time, I was involved with Tara Records […]

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Sea Legs and a Green Thumb

Sea Legs and a Green Thumb

The 4th Port Dodder Sea Scouts are sequestered at the end of a cul-de-sac in Derrynane Gardens, off Bath Avenue. Occupying a stretch of the Dodder riverbank, it’s easy for the eye to miss from the footpath opposite, as it […]

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Putting Down Roots

Putting Down Roots

With Irish people leaving the country in droves, it’s easy to forget that only a few years ago Ireland was one of the most attractive destinations for immigrants. Ireland traditionally had a culture of emigration but this was turned on […]

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The Green Scene

The Green Scene

It was back in 1969 that George Harrison of The Beatles sang “Here Comes The Sun”. Summer has arrived after a dismal winter and a disappointing spring so it’s time to enjoy floral gems glistening in the summer sunshine; colour, […]

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Film Review: The Company You Keep

Film Review: The Company You Keep

Reviewed by Eric Hillis Jim Grant (Robert Redford), once known as Nick Sloan, is a former member of a left-wing activist group that disbanded following the shooting dead of a security guard during a 1980 bank robbery. Under his new […]

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The Poetry Place

The Werewolf Librarian’s Love for the Moon I wonder if this hunger comes from my true love If my bloodlust longings will in death be resolved If my virtuoso killings are sanctioned from above If my fever dream visions in […]

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Poet in Profile: Oran Ryan

Poet in Profile: Oran Ryan

It’s a pleasure to welcome you all to the newly revived Poet in Profile section. I’m Ruairi Conneely, a staff journalist here at NewsFour and a jack-of-all-trades writer. Before journalism, I worked in the world of small press publishing for […]

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