Archive for January 2014

Gonzaga Students Volunteer

Gonzaga Students Volunteer

Conor Cosgrove and J.J O’Shea, two 5th year students from Gonzaga College, Ranelagh will be travelling to the Middle East country of Jordan to volunteer with Operation Smile Ireland. Operation Smile Ireland located on Pembroke Road provides treatment to children […]

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Showcase of Ireland’s Crafts at RDS

Showcase of Ireland's Crafts at RDS

Showcase is Ireland’s annual creative crafts fair, and the country’s largest international trade show. This year’s expo goes live from this coming Sunday the 19th until the 22nd, the following Wednesday, at the RDS in Ballsbridge. Designers and artisans from […]

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Looney Quits Labour

Looney Quits Labour

The Mayor of South Dublin, Dermot Looney, has resigned from the Labour Party. In a statement on his blog, Mr. Looney said it had been clear the Labour Party is no longer for him – with increasingly different positions on […]

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Cinema Roundup: 12 Years a Slave

Cinema Roundup: 12 Years a Slave

This week sees the Irish release of the movie many US critics named as their best film of 2013 – 12 Years a Slave, an adaptation of the autobiography of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was illegally sold […]

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Happy Birthday Elvis

Happy Birthday Elvis

The King of Rock n Roll lies dead for nearly 37 years and today marks his 79th birthday. People from all over the world will still celebrate Elvis’s anniversary and one wonders will his legacy ever die? NewsFour spoke to […]

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Flood Damage?

Flood Damage?

Flood Damage? Threshold want to help bail you out For large parts of the country, 2014 barely hesitated in its beginning, going from the holiday season to the high drama of storm force gales and torrential rain. Although for the […]

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1930s Children’s Folk Tales Now Online

1930s Children's Folk Tales Now Online

During 1937 and 1938 a project was undertaken by the Irish Folklore Commission in collaboration with the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, whereby some 50,000 school children recorded over 500,000 pages of material in 26 counties across the country of Irish […]

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Storm Warning in Effect

Storm Warning in Effect

Dublin City Council has ordered floodgates at the Dodder and Tolka Rivers closed ahead of tidal surges and strong winds. Met Eireann issued a national weather warning bringing the national status to orange, meaning wind gusts of between 110 – […]

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Cinema Roundup

Cinema Roundup

In 2007, writer-director Oren Peli revitalised the horror genre with Paranormal Activity. With a budget of merely $15,000, it was set to be yet another micro budget film that gets lost among the competition until a copy of the film […]

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