Hepatitis C workshops will be held in the Spellman Centre.
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Bikeweek Safe Cycle launching next week
Dublin City Council’s Bikeweek Safe Cycle will commence next week and will travel through the Dublin 4 area.
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ActionAid Yoga Weekend to aid rebuilding after Nepal Earthquake
One year on from the Nepal Earthquake, rebuilding and recovery efforts are still ongoing. Ireland will contribute to the cause on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th of June, the ActionAid “Yoga Weekend 2016”.
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The Sean Moore Community Awards 2016
The Sean Moore Awards 2016 took place on the evening of May 24th at Clanna Gael Fontenoy. In attendance on the night were the Deputy Lord Mayor, Chris Andrews with Alice Foley Mayor of Ringsend presenting the prizes to each category winner.
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Mayday Parade Crowns Community Week
Ringsend Community week was crowned by a Mayday Parade that gathered the talent and the heart of the community for a fun-filled day that involved the centenary of the 1916 rebellion and the different aspects of the community as a whole.
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Taken at the Malta Aquarium after a lovely day seeing all the fish are: Gerry and Barry Cahill of Cranfield place; Willie Kavanagh, Tritonville Road; & Ronnie Byrne, Tritonville Avenue. All were on holiday to celebrate Chris & Gerry Cahills 50th wedding anniversary.
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Raytown Exhibition launched by Lord Mayor
Central to the celebrations of the Ringsend Community Week was the Raytown Rebellion Exhibition, which took place in the CYMWS from April 25th – May 1st.
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Quenching the Burn
I walk along the rim of the Shellybanks on a golden May morning and catch the shimmering light of the pleasant sun as it shines on what ought to be all that is great in this area.
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From Pearse St to Sing St a musical journey
NewsFour met with Connor Hamilton a local actor and musician from Pearse Street after his performance in the recent hit film ‘Sing Street’.
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The Ringsend Rose
Ringsend is a town in Dublin with no shortage of ‘Lovely Girls’, but who, we ask, is the loveliest of them all? Well, the Ringsend Rose competition set out to find out and there was no end to the fun to be had in the process.
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What’s S.U.P. Yoga
We are all familiar with the popular workout of yoga but did you know that yoga has now been taken out of cramped gym rooms and is being practised on the water? NewsFour met with Alexa Zimmermann to speak about ‘Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga’ or SUP Yoga.
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Ark angel
“What’s the best thing about the Council?”
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The Chris Crossing
In late May or early June, twelve members of An Garda Síochána from Store Street will row approximately 58 nautical miles from Holyhead to Dublin Port in a fundraising challenge called The Chris Crossing to raise funds for the National Neurosurgical Centre at Beaumont Hospital.
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The Big Lie In
Some people run 26-mile marathons for charitable organisations. Some run coffee mornings. Harold’s Cross and Blackrock Hospice and Care Services, however, have asked people to do absolutely nothing.
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Many good wishes on Priscilla’s retirement
Students from the CDETB Adult Education Service in Ringsend gathered together on May 17th to wish Priscilla Fitzpatrick well in her retirement.
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SDZ for Poolbeg
With the current state of the Irish property market, you would be hard pushed to find someone who hasn’t been affected by the housing crisis in one way or another. As rent prices continue to skyrocket and the issue of homelessness worsens every day, a solution to this problem is desperately needed now more than ever.
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Seditious Types
A new exhibition recently opened in the National Print Museum on May 7th, which will run on until September.
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Ballsbridge ICA celebrates 10th birthday
Ballsbridge ICA was formed in 2006 and has been going strong since. The 10th Birthday was celebrated with lunch in Rolys and a party with birthday cake in the Iris Charles Centre, Sandymount, where the guild meet on the second and fourth Monday of each month from September to June.
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The Cinema Corner – June 10th
It’s a poor week for movies at the cinema, and with distributors avoiding clashing with Euro 2016, June is set to be a rough month for cinemagoers. So this week, seeing as we’re just about at the halfway point of the year, I’m going to look back at the 10 best movies of 2016 so far.
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Volunteering at St Mary’s
Have you ever thought of volunteering but unsure how to go about it or what it may entail?
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Fun at Ringsend Dog Show
Ringsend’s first-ever dog show was held on Saturday, April 30th in Ringsend Park. On a cold but sunny day, dog lovers and locals alike gathered for a day of fun, prizes, hampers and dogs! This is part of the Ringsend Community Week that ran from April 26th to May 2nd with the annual May Day parade.
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Wakedock – Cable Wakeboarding in Dublin’s Docklands
Dublin’s only cable wakeboard park, Wakedock, was set up by Colin Harris and his wife Nina in 2013. Harris is well known in watersports circles in Ireland. His late father ran Surfdock, the windsurfing school, which has been in existence for twenty-five years.
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Capital Dock: A bridge too far?
Work on the planned Kennedy Wilson/Nama development in Capital Dock on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay is already underway and it is great to see cranes in action on the Dublin skyline again.
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A Proclamation for schoolchildren
This year, as part of the 1916 centenary celebrations, March 15th was designated Proclamation Day. Every school in Ireland was invited to write a new Proclamation for 2016, using the 1916 Proclamation as a foundation. The intention was that the new Proclamation would reflect the values, ideals and aspirations of the generation of 2016.
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Teresian’s win at National Media Awards
A Dublin 4 school has scooped a top prize at the ‘Let’s Talk About Drugs’ National Youth and Media Awards. Emily McAlinden, a first year student from The Teresian School, on the Stillorgan Road in Donnybrook, was a winner in the age 12-14 poster category “Quote.”
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Some upcoming local events
This June Bank Holiday, North Wall Quay will play host to the Dublin Port Riverfest. Organised by the Dublin Port Company and the Docklands Business Forum, the festival will provide a jam-packed programme of entertainment and family fun including the arrival of three tall ships and four schooners which will berth at North Wall Quay for the weekend.
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The Marian Mile
April 19th saw the culmination of Marian College’s participation in the ISPCC’s anti-bullying ‘Shield Campaign’ with an active fundraiser called, ‘The Marian Mile.’ The event was part of an ISPCC initiative which takes place annually and involves 200 schools nationwide.
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Rolling on the Riverfest
This June bank holiday weekend will once again see the return of the Dublin Port Riverfest. The weekend-long event is organised by the Dublin Port Company and also by the Docklands Business Forum.
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The game of war
At the time of the 1916 Rising many Irishmen had already volunteered to fight a different war. The Great War in Europe began on July 28th, 1914, and lasted until November 11th, 1918.
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SEAI encourages use of new insulation service
A new home insulation service is available to homeowners throughout Dublin. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland promises that it will lead to homes that are warmer, healthier to live in and easier to run.
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St John’s War Memorial: lost lives uncovered
Alyson Gavin, local resident of Sandymount, genealogist and church warden of St. John the Evangelist Church, spoke to NewsFour about the memorial plaque to the local men who fought in WW1.
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The Citizens’ Breakfast
Bloomsday is just around the corner yet again and a special new event will have its inauguration this year in Dublin 4. ‘The Citizen’s Breakfast’ is a community play that will be performed on Shelbourne Road on June 16th, and will feature professional actors and willing members of the Ringsend-Irishtown-Sandymount area.
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‘25 to Clanwilliam’ – a theatrical triumph
The Battle of Mount Street Bridge has only recently been recognised as one of the bravest and bloodiest engagements of the 1916 Rising amongst the general public, although it has long been acknowledged as such by the residents of Ringsend and Irishtown, as many have family members who took part in it.
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Play Review: ‘The Tenements’
‘The Tenements’ was written by Paul Kennedy for the Waters Edge Community Drama group and was presented to the public in Ringsend/Irishtown Community Centre on Wednesday May 24th – 26th. The community group who performed this lively play are part of the CDETB Adult Education programme.
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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.
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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 as many natural wonders and exotic destinations.
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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.
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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 tsunami of uplifting love-rants.
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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.
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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 taken in his time here. Thanks Ross!
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