Archive for August 2013

A Perfect Place for Summer Nights

A Perfect Place for Summer Nights

In sunshine or showers, the garden of the Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre is blooming gorgeous in Summer. Thanks to 19 years of hard work by a small team of self-taught workers, it has scooped gardening awards every year since […]

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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

The South East Area meeting of the Dublin City Council (DCC) kicked off in the usual manor of endless chatter. First on the agenda was Grafton Street, which is getting an Xpose-style makeover. Frank Lambe, Assistant Area Manager for Pembroke/Rathmines, […]

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A directly elected Mayor? Do you care?

A directly elected Mayor? Do you care?

The governance of Dublin has been a hotly debated issue over the past few years. A recent online initiative launched in 2010 by Dublin City Council, also known as Your Dublin, Your Voice asked the question: should Dublin get a […]

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The Poetry Place

Last Days In those last days you were drifting away from us more quickly than any of us realised, you made child-like by illness and morphine as I got you a cigarette after your jelly and ice-cream. I sat with […]

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Poet in Profile: Noel Duffy

Poet in Profile: Noel Duffy

For this edition of Poet in Profile, we’re in conversation with a recent addition to the Dublin 4 talent pool, Noel Duffy. Noel is the author of the collection In the Library of Lost Objects and a book of prose […]

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Oral histories and Pub Pomes

Oral histories and Pub Pomes

Dublin is enshrined in the popular imagination as a literary city, and there’s a litany of names often invoked as proof of that accolade but, looking past Kavanagh, Joyce, Behan and the guided tour version of the city’s heritage, another […]

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Smiles Without Borders

Smiles Without Borders

A photography exhibition called ‘Miles of Smiles’ will kick off this month. The exhibit, displaying photographs from journalists and photographers from around the globe, runs at the Irish Aid building, 27-31 Upr O’Connell Street from Thursday August 1st to 31st […]

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Free Pickings for Culture Vultures

Free Pickings for Culture Vultures

On the evening of Friday September 20th, hundreds of Ireland’s cultural institutions will once again open their doors to the public, free of charge, for yet another Culture Night. First established in 2006 by the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, the […]

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A Present of our Past

A Present of our Past

This year’s National Heritage Week takes place between Saturday 17th and Sunday 25th of August. The week, which sees events celebrating Ireland’s heritage taking place nationwide, is part of European Heritage Days, an EU-wide initiative which began in France in […]

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Musical Math

Musical Math

Have you ever found yourself longing to attend a live music event but can’t find anyone willing to tag along? Maybe your friends have emigrated, gotten married, or simply don’t share your impeccable musical taste? If your musical passion is […]

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