Archive for December 2016

New Year, New You with Railway Union

New Year, New You with Railway Union

Sandymount’s Railway Union is giving residents of Dublin 4 a chance to get fit in 2017 by taking on new members for the New Year. With sports such as bowls, cricket, football, hockey, rugby and tennis, there’s plenty of fun […]

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Events in Pearse Street Library this week

Events in Pearse Street Library this week

Pearse Street Library will play host to poetry readings and film screenings over the course of the next two days. Award-winning poet Catherine Ann Cullen will be reading excerpts from her recently-published collection The Other Now: New and Selected Poems […]

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Sporting history beyond the Oval Rugbytown: The Sporting History of D4

Sporting history beyond the Oval Rugbytown: The Sporting History of D4

‘Rugbytown: The Sporting History of D4’, a recent book release by local history and sports enthusiast, Kurt Kullmann, was recently launched at Railway Union Clubhouse, Sandymount. The book explains in great detail the history of the many sports clubs and […]

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Bouncing High – Dublin 4 basketball on the rise

Bouncing High - Dublin 4 basketball on the rise

In our present climate in Ireland, where outdoor sports such as rugby and football can be hampered by its unpredictability, resulting in cancellations and frustrated players all kitted out and nowhere to go, it’s surprising that an indoor sport like […]

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A happy and healthy Christmas

A happy and healthy Christmas

With Christmas only weeks away, we begin to see our social calendars rapidly fill up. Christmas for me is always such a joyous, happy and merry occasion, but it can certainly get overwhelming! Between work, friends and family, my calendar is quickly beginning to fill up

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The Culinary Corner

The Culinary Corner

Gingerbread lattes ¾ cup milk of choice (try almond or coconut milk for a dairy free alternative) 1 – 2 shots of espresso ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger Pinch of nutmeg ½ – 1 tablespoon maple syrup (depending how […]

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D4CoderDojo for kids in Sandymount

D4CoderDojo for kids in Sandymount

D4CoderDojo is returning for another year and will be open for business throughout this school term. The dojo will begin this Saturday December 17th in the Star of the Sea Parish Hall with the session running from 2pm – 3.30pm. […]

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Gluten-free – The new awareness

Gluten-free - The new awareness

Coeliac Disease concerns a person’s inability to break down and digest food containing the protein called gluten which is found in such cereals as wheat, barley and rye. Gluten can cause the sufferer abdominal pains, bloating of the stomach and […]

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Local picture roundup

Local picture roundup
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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

There were two meetings of the Dublin City Council’s South East Area committee over the months of October and November. There was a motion from councillor Frank Kennedy following the lack of progress subsequent to the letter from An Post […]

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