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Irish Water plans to spend €80 million upgrading the Stillorgan Reservoir.
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The Medical World Cup
Medical firm Affidea, a Europe-wide organisation that works closely with governments to provide essential diagnostic and cancer treatment services, has sponsored Ireland’s team of soccer-playing medical professionals to compete at the Medical World Cup in Barcelona.
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Uilleann piping at St John’s
This month’s National Heritage Week events in St John’s Church, Sandymount, will culminate in a unique musical performance that will combine the distinctive sound of the Irish uilleann pipes with the church organ.
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Sandymount fundraiser for Gaza children
On Sunday July 10th, an Afternoon Tea Party extravaganza took place in Christchurch Hall, Sandymount Green in aid of Gaza Kids To Ireland Project.
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Movie studios or homes?
As the dust begins to settle over the announcement that the Irish Glass Bottle site has been made a Strategic Development Zone, the Ringsend-based IGB Housing Action Group have wasted no time in furthering their own plans for the site in a bid to see 100% social, council, co-operative and affordable housing placed on the site.
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Beech Hill Community Day
Saturday July 16th, 2016 was a very special day for the Beech Hill Community. Anticipation had been gathering for people for many weeks and now the Beech Hill Community Day was finally here.
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Before i die…..
Residents of Sandymount may have noticed the large chalkboard that appeared on the wall of the electricity substation on Sandymount Green last month. The board was headed with the striking words “Before I die…” and invited passers by to use the chalk provided to fill in blank spaces on this theme, so that locals could express the goals which they would like to achieve in their lifetime.
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Dublin’s Safe Cycle
Dublin City Council’s Safe Cycle event took place on Wednesday June 15th, 2016 during Dublin City Bike week, that ran from June 11th-19th.
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DCC announce further work on local flood defences
Dublin City Council has proposed further coastal flood defence measures to counter the effects of future flooding incidents in Dublin 4 coastal areas. The planned works arise from an analysis by DCC of recent flood damage in the Sean Moore Park and Merrion Gates areas.
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Richie Saunders: a life on the water
Richie Saunders is a man who is happy with his lot. As Chairman of St. Patrick’s Rowing Club, he spends his days on the riverside organising club activities or on the water restoring boats that otherwise would be forever lost.
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Return of the 1st Port of Dublin Sea Scouts
The 1st Port of Dublin Sea Scouts have formally re-opened due to public demand within the community. They are a member of Scouting Ireland, an organisation of over 500 groups and 50,000 members around Ireland, entirely volunteer led and offer sea scouting to girls and boys from ages 6 – 10.
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Open Day for Women’s Rubgy Team this evening
The Wanderers FC Women’s Rubgy Team will have an Open Day this evening for any women who are interested in playing rugby.
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Film screenings at Pearse Street Library
The Pearse Street Library will be showing two films over the next couple of days.
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Cruise Ships Season
Dublin Port is now visited by some magnificent cruise ships and tall ships that call in regularly. Many of these were captured by Robbie Cox who regularly escorts these lovely sea vessels into Dublin Port.
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Waterfront News update & Exhibition
After the article on the Waterfront News that Maria Shields O’Kelly wrote for NewsFour we had a great response. Tony Brennan a former B+I worker donated over 30 copies of the Waterfront News. This brings our collection to 40 copies plus six duplicates. Many thanks from the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society.
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Waterfront News update & Exhibition
After the article on the Waterfront News that Maria Shields O’Kelly wrote for NewsFour we had a great response. Tony Brennan a former B+I worker donated over 30 copies of the Waterfront News. This brings our collection to 40 copies plus six duplicates. Many thanks from the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society.
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A Safe Haven
If ever you ever have the pleasure of visiting The Ringsend Registered Fishermen and Private Boat Owners Association, you will hear the members before you see them, laughing and joking in their lair – the Clubhouse – which is located beside the Poolbeg Yacht Club by the banks of the Liffey.
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The Ministry of Love
Father Derek Harris is a familiar figure to the Liffeyside boating community. Since his retirement eight years ago he has been their go-to guy for baptisms, weddings, divorces, boat blessings and words of wisdom in times of need.
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Skiff racing and the girls of Stella Maris
It’s skiff racing season and once again these small, elegant boats can be seen cutting through the dark waters of the Liffey, powered by teams of dedicated rowers who take to the river daily during the summer months.
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Ringsend Regattas – St. Patrick’s and Stella strive for East Coast crown before rowing season closes
It would be hard to find a more fun-filled family event in Dublin than the regattas hosted by Stella Maris and St. Patrick’s Rowing Club during the month of July.
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Cargo Maritime Village
The Irish Nautical Trust is currently re-establishing plans to provide a purpose-built Enterprise and Training facility in the Docklands area. It is envisioned that the proposal will be included in any future development being planned for the Plot 8 site on the Grand Canal Basin.
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The Cinema Corner – August 12th
Two French acting legends, Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu, team up for the first time in over three decades for Valley of Love, in which the pair play a divorced French couple who reunite in the American SouthWest to follow a mysterious set of clues left in their son’s suicide note. It’s a spiritual movie, with many Christ allusions, but it never shoves its beliefs down your throat, and the two leads are on top form.
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Riverfest 2016
The annual Riverfest was a great success this year again. Thousands of people visited and enjoyable moments were captured by Conor McCabe.
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Tidy Towns of Dublin 4 update
Dublin City Council South East Area coordinate a lot of environmental works each year to ensure the city’s villages are blooming and clean. The Public Domain Section, Waste Management Division and Community Development Section work closely with many communities on this work.
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Iris Charles Centre’s stylish Bloomsday
The third annual Bloomsday Breakfast at the Iris Charles Centre, Newbridge Avenue, Sandymount, was a great success this year. The event, which was organised by the Iris Charles Bloomsday Committee, is now the highlight of Sandymount’s celebrations of one of its most famous former residents.
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Pieta House Fundraiser a Great Success
The Sandymount Ladies Golfing Society (SLGS) in partnership with O’Reilly’s Golfing Society (ORGS), held an enjoyable and profitable golf and BBQ day in aid of Pieta House on Friday, July 1st. The event took place in St Margaret’s Golf Club and a great game of golf was had by all, despite the varied weather of rain, hail and sunshine!
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The Citizens’ Breakfast: A Bloomsday treat
One of the highlights of the Bloomsday festivities in Dublin was the inaugural Citizens’ Breakfast, a Bloomsday Theatre experience presented by Time Machine Events. It would have been difficult to find a more original or striking Bloomsday production this year, in a city where there were many.
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Remembering 1916 at Ringsend College treat
Ringsend College will be putting together and publishing a booklet of stories, photos and memorabilia from the Remembering 1916 course that was compiled and arranged at the Ringsend College writers’ class from the months of January to May 2016, each Friday morning.
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Something’s Cooking in Herbert Park
The Big Grill Festival kicked off yesterday in Dublin’s Herbert Park.
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Margaret Keogh remembered
Following Padraig Og O’Ruairc’s mention of Margaret Keogh’s story in his recent book, ‘Truce’, things have gathered pace. Matt Ward who took O’Ruairc’s story to a new level in investigating Margaret’s story in regards to continuing her legacy by way of remembering our hero are surely coming to fruition.
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