Archive for November 2013

Dublin AIDS Alliance Hold Gathering to Highlight World AIDS Day

Dublin AIDS Alliance Hold Gathering to Highlight World AIDS Day

As part of World AIDS Day on December 1st, Dublin AIDS Alliance will be holding a community gathering this Sunday. The event will take place at The Front Lounge on Parliament Street from 3 – 6 pm where there will be […]

Read more

This Week’s Cinema Round-up

This Week’s Cinema Round-up

This week’s cinematic fare presents us with two representations of Hollywood; the “dream factory” of yesteryear (Saving Mr. Banks) and the cynical, remake obsessed Tinseltown of today (Carrie). Saving Mr. Banks tells the story of how Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) […]

Read more

Dublin’s New Toy Fair Kicks Off Today

Dublin’s New Toy Fair Kicks Off Today

If you’re a big kid at heart or need ideas for children’s Christmas presents then the Dublin Toy Fair kicking off at the RDS is for you. This is a brand new event and promises to be the greatest toy fair Dublin has ever seen. The fair will be packed with all the latest toys and

Read more

Christmas Style Yourself Fabulous Fundraising Event

Christmas Style Yourself Fabulous Fundraising Event

Frances Jones of Image Matters (based in Sandymount, Dublin) recently featured in the New York Times where she spoke about the sartorial challenges faced by women in the corporate world. She will host an event to impart her knowledge of the six […]

Read more

Remembrance of Chrimbos Past

Remembrance of Chrimbos Past

Christmas time is a season for reflection among other things. With advertising campaigns kicking into high gear as soon as Halloween is behind us provoking weeks of preparation and planning for gift-shopping, food and travel plans. By the time family are gathered

Read more

Ch ch ch…Changes

Ch ch ch…Changes

  You may have noticed a number of changes and structural upgrades if you livein , or pass through, Ringsend. These changes are mainly small upgrades to Ringsend Bridge and cleaning on Thorncastle Street. Ringsend Bridge was the first structure […]

Read more

Fundraiser for the Philippines

Fundraiser for the Philippines

Tonight, Friday November 22nd, Camden Street’s Anseo bar is to play host to a special live music event, the proceeds of which will go towards helping the aid effort in the Philippines. Kicking off at 9 pm, the event will […]

Read more

This Week’s Cinema Roundup

This Week’s Cinema Roundup

Computer Chess, my pick for the best film of 2013 thus far, opens on Friday at the Irish Film Institute. It’s a wildly inventive tale, set over a weekend in a rundown cat infested hotel where some of America’s greatest […]

Read more

New Dublin Online TV Channel Launched Today

New Dublin Online TV Channel Launched Today

Michael Cullen and Dave Duggan launched their brand new online channel DubzTV today with the aim to capture what’s happening on our Dublin streets. “We want to film documentaries, comedy and music videos but from places in Dublin where you […]

Read more

Local Sikhs Clean Up Sandymount

Local Sikhs Clean Up Sandymount

In celebration of the founder of Sikhism local Sikhs clean the streets of Sandymount. Sunday 17th November marked the 545th birth-anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, founder of Sikhism. He was born in 1469 in then undivided India and now […]

Read more