Archive for April 2015

Bridge at Newbridge Ave

Bridge at Newbridge Ave

The unique and challenging game of Bridge continues to be very popular in the Sandymount area. There are at least four local venues where regular weekly Bridge sessions take place. Railway Union Sports Club was rightly highlighted as one of […]

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This Week on NewsFour: April 20-24

This Week on NewsFour: April 20-24

Volunteer for Happy Heart Weekend Be a heart hero for the Irish Heart Foundation! The IHF is looking for people to volunteer locally for Happy Heart Weekend on May 7, 8 and 9. Read more… 1916 Rising Commemoration Fund for […]

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Bunny Boiler

Bunny Boiler

It was not too long into the month of January that many shops, terrified by the festive void left over by Christmas, began to put their Easter eggs out on display front and centre. The moral of the story is: […]

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Cinema Roundup April 24th

Cinema Roundup April 24th

Sunday afternoon sees the Irish Film Institute screen Howard Hawks’ 1944 classic To Have and Have Not, the first pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The couple ooze chemistry, delivering some of cinema’s most sexually charged dialogue (“You know how to […]

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Dropping in on the neighbours – East Wall History Group

Dropping in on the neighbours -  East Wall History Group

Amongst our myriad and many talents here at NewsFour, we are a Docklands newspaper. For many, talk of the Dublin Docklands might inspire picture-postcard mental images of the Convention Centre or Grand Canal Dock and its upmarket image, acquired by […]

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GREAT BIG LITTLE MAN

GREAT BIG LITTLE MAN

David ‘Babby’ Byrne was born in 1905 in Ringsend and lived in Thorncastle Street with his parents and ten siblings. He was known as Babby because he was the youngest of 11 children, not because he was small. From a […]

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Sean Moore awards roll around again!

Sean Moore awards roll around again!

The Sean Moore Awards 2015 took place on the evening of March 3rd at Clanna Gael Fontenoy. This was the second presentation ceremony since the Awards came back last year, after their nine-year hiatus. There was a buzz of excitement […]

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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

The South East Area committee of elected councillors met in March to bring the latest local issues to the attention of Dublin City Council. The issue of dog fouling was brought up by Councillors Dermot Lacey and Frank Kennedy. Cllr […]

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Rugby Vs Football: The Sporting Duel Of D4

Rugby Vs Football: The Sporting Duel Of D4

Now the Six Nations is behind us and the country is still reeling from a collective hangover, we at NewsFour decided to try to lay an old ghost to rest. For many years now, our grand area of Dublin 4 […]

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1916 Rising Commemoration Fund for Communities

1916 Rising Commemoration Fund for Communities

Get your community group involved in the Decade of Commemorations! Dublin City Council is making €150,000 available to community groups and organisations to help stage events commemorating the 1916 Rising. The fund will go towards events taking place in 2015, […]

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