Archive for April 2016

Easter Arts Week at the Spellman Centre

Easter Arts Week at the Spellman Centre

NewsFour attended a 1916 arts workshop for children on Tuesday, March 21st. This is part of an annual series of events run in conjunction with the RCSF and facilitated by the Spellman Centre in Irishtown. This year, the events featured […]

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Cinema Roundup April 15th

Cinema Roundup April 15th

Three of the best movies I’ve seen all year open this week, the best of the trio being Japanese drama Our Little Sister. The story of three twenty-something sisters who take in their newly discovered 14-year-old stepsister, it’s the feel good movie […]

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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

There was an important committee meeting of Dublin City Council’s (DCC) South East Area constituency on the 8th of February 2016. Watery matters The Area Office is reviewing its sandbag policy – making it more effective and user-friendly for preventing […]

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Another major film award for Sandymount dance teacher

Another major film award for Sandymount dance teacher

NewsFour would like to offer warm congratulations to Ingrid Nachstern (who was profiled in our last issue) and her colleague, videographer Luca Truffarelli, who have another trophy to add to their haul. Ingrid’s Night Star Dance Company production Table Manners/Stopping […]

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Dress for Success Dublin

Dress for Success Dublin

As we settle into the season of daffodils, Easter eggs and scrupulous cleaning and decluttering (also known as spring cleaning), I suspect there are currently households across the Dublin 4 area clearing out their closets and emptying their drawers in […]

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We Could Be Heroes

We Could Be Heroes

As our readers will no doubt know by this stage, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Many honourable people gave their lives so that Irish men and women could lead lives of dignity and value ruled […]

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The ‘Bard’ of Ringsend

The ‘Bard’ of Ringsend

In the 70’s, RTE were doing a lot of documentaries about the inner city. In their wisdom they decided to do a piece on The Bard of Ringsend. The crew assembled in RTE on a beautiful August Monday morning. There […]

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Local Picture Roundup

Local Picture Roundup
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Engineering the future

Engineering the future

Engineers Week is a week-long series of activities co-ordinated by Engineers Ireland in strategic partnership with Science Foundation Ireland, with the goal of promoting engineering to students at primary and post-primary school level. Engineers Week ran from February 28th to […]

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Ringsend and Irishtown Village Improvement Plan

Ringsend and Irishtown Village Improvement Plan

Dublin City Council officials held the first of what could be many consultation days on the Ringsend & Irishtown Village Improvement Plan at Ringsend Library on January 28th. Attending the meeting were many local residents, along with representatives from local […]

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