Archive for June 2016

Sandymount Students attend Dublin Kite Festival

Students from Sandymount were among the 7000 attendees at the North Bull Island in Clontarf for the Dublin Kite Festival. Sunday saw kite flyers and spectators from all over the country converge for a full day of free activities. Catherine […]

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Quenching the Burn

Quenching the Burn

Legal fund to challenge the Poolbeg Incinerator now taking donations. Whispers that the legal challenge may actually happen have echoed around the community. Now there is an online fund available to contribute towards the challenging of the incinerator. As I […]

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Procter & Gamble offer training session with Katie Taylor

In association with Supervalu, Procter and Gamble have announced a competition with a once in a lifetime prize. Schools and clubs across the country will have the unique opportunity to have a training session with Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor. […]

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This Week on NewsFour: June 6 – 13

This Week on NewsFour: June 6 - 13

Over the course of several weeks, workshops on Hepatitis C will be held at the Spellman Centre in Ringsend Village.

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Local picture roundup

Local picture roundup

Our photographer of three years has recently moved on. Ross Waldron has served NewsFour with some fantastic images over the years and we wish to pay tribute to him by offering you some of his most favourite pictures he has […]

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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

There were two meetings of the Dublin City Council South East Committee over the months of April and May 2016. NewsFour bring you the critical points that affect the community. Councillor Kieran Binchy enquired for an update on the initial […]

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Gone but not NewsFourgotten

Gone but not NewsFourgotten

And so, ladies and gentlemen of the Dublin 4 Imperium, we have reached the end of the road. For the last two years your friend and humble correspondent, Cranky Craig Kinsella, has regaled you with his angry anecdotes and his […]

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Irish Citizen Army plaque unveiled in Pearse Street

Irish Citizen Army plaque unveiled in Pearse Street

A march led by a colour party and piper left Liberty Hall making its way to Pearse Street and St Andrew’s Resource Centre, where the unveiling of a plaque to the Irish Citizens’ Army was followed by a reception. Speakers […]

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Animal adaptation in Dublin Bay

Animal adaptation in Dublin Bay

The stretch of Dublin bay covering both the North and South Bull has been deemed to be an area of particular importance as a UNESCO Biosphere reserve. This of course punches above its weight and is in the same league […]

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The Martello Tower Shop

The Martello Tower Shop

The Tower Shop, which was located on Sandymount Strand directly next to the Martello Tower, will probably be viewed as a not-so-distant memory to many locals. NewsFour spoke to David Dooley, whose grandmother Gabrielle Jones was a long-time worker in […]

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