This Week on NewsFour: December 3 – 10

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There will be stargazing in Sandymount this Friday December 9th as the Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet at the Martello Tower Car Park.
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Flood cover insurance
The Sandymount coastal flooding defence scheme along with the flood alleviation works by the River Dodder have been ongoing since summer 2013, with the continuity of work having been added in instalments.
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Tech is my medium – RDS Visual Art Awards Exhibition
The inaugural RDS Visual Art Awards Exhibition, showcasing the work of some of the best and most exciting artists coming out of Ireland’s art colleges this year, was launched in the RDS Concert Hall on October 25th.
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Choir in Christmas voice
Sandymount-based vocal harmony group, Ceiliúradh Choir, are gearing up this month for another busy festive season of practice and performances.
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FUN RUN SUCCESS
In the first semester of the school year, we have seen disputes between the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) and the Department of Education resulting in a strike action that saw schools being closed and teachers, staff and students staying at home.
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Ringsend College School Library
On Friday November 11th, Ringsend College officially launched the opening of its school library with Dublin’s Lord Mayor Brendan Carr, Councillor Dermot Lacey, Senator Kevin Humphreys, Minister Eoghan Murphy, Jim O’Callaghan TD and several other councillors of the DCC South East Area constituency.
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Trick or treat for Temple Street
On October 25th, the Ringsend and Irishtown Carer and Toddler Group held a Trick or Treat for Temple Street party for a very excited group of princesses, vampires, little supermen, fairies, witches and warlocks.
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Free workshops on Alzheimer’s
Home Instead work with senior citizens who are affected with problems of mobility, health and safety and the onset of conditions such as dementia.
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‘Metropoles’ approved for D4
In our last edition, NewFour featured a story on the proposal to erect three new advertising screens in the Dublin 4 area, as part of the Dublin Bikes rental scheme.
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The MS Readathon 2016
The MS Readathon is held annually for raising the awareness of Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland and the plight of those who suffer with this crippling neurological affliction.
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What would you tell your fourteen-year-old self?
It’s December, a time of year for reflection, evaluation, and panicking about all we have to do before December 25th.
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Growing old gracefully – The legend that is Micko O’Neill
Michael O’Neill, or “Micko” as he has always been known, was born on February 24, 1921.
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Meeting on Local Environment Improvement Plan
A second public workshop in relation to the Ringsend Irishtown Local Environment Improvement Plan will take place tomorrow, Wednesday December 7th, the first having been on June 8th.
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Kick the habit with a six-week Stop Smoking Course
Have a new years resolution to give up smoking? A six-week Stop Smoking Course at St. Vincent’s University Hospital can help you.
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Keep your head in the game
The Irish Rugby Union Players’ Association (IRUPA) and Zurich Insurance held a panel discussion at Lansdowne Rugby Football Club, on October 12th, as part of their Tackle Your Feelings campaign.
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Airbnb looks to the future
Mid October saw many of Dublin’s finest architectural buildings fling open their doors to the public for the 11th edition of Open House Dublin.
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Pembroke Hall turns back the clock
City of Dublin Education and Training Board, current residents of the historic Pembroke Town Hall in Ballsbridge, held a 1916 commemoration on the 15th and 16th of October to showcase their fabulous home.
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Donnybrook Scouts visit Lesotho
Back in 2004, a group of adventurous scouts from Dublin embarked on a charitable mission to deepest, darkest Peru, with the aim of working with and helping out local scouts from the area.
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‘Thank you’ from the Marie Keating Foundation
On behalf of the Marie Keating Foundation, Marie Molloy and Natalie Ryan would like to express their sincere gratitude for the tremendous support they received from family, friends, neighbours and colleagues (CPAS and CIF) when hosting a Table Quiz on Thursday 11th August 2016, in Slattery’s of Bath Ave.
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Emissions monitoring for Incinerator?
A public meeting was held by the Social Democrats on October 27th with the aim of discussing emissions monitoring at the new Poolbeg incinerator, which is due to come into operation in 2017.
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Knitting boom at Ailesbury
A craft and pastime that has seemingly gone by the wayside has been brought back to life by the residents of the Ailesbury Nursing Home in Sandymount.
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Alexandra Basin redevelopment
This year, Dublin Port Company (DPC) announced a record number of 113 cruise liners bringing over 180,000 visitors to Dublin through its ports and recently Dublin Port played host to an 18-deck 333metre-long cruise vessel named, MSC Splendida.
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Winter Migrations
While the summer may have come and gone and with it many of our beloved feathered friends back to the sands of Sub-Saharan Africa, the winter time brings its own migrants from the cold reaches of the Arctic Circle and the furthest reaches of northern Europe.
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Happy to help
A Ringsend teenager unexpectedly found himself in the right place at the right time to become part of the narrative of the 1916 Rising.
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Christmas in D4 with Dublin City Council
Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat.
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The Cinema Corner – December 9th
The holiday season just isn’t complete without a screening of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
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James Bailie, RIP
The Sandymount Tidy Towns Community Association (STTCA) was deeply saddened by the untimely passing of its esteemed colleague and friend, James Bailie on October 8th last.
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Irishtown’s family of rescue heroes
Legendary local boatman, Christopher Lawless, of Pembroke Street, Irishtown, known locally as ‘The Green Vest’, has finally been tracked down by a man he saved from drowning in the Liffey at North Wall, 55 years ago, but sadly ‘The Vest’ has long since passed away.
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Special bus will navigate voyage of cultural discovery
ALIGHT!, an exciting new dance, art and performance project coordinated by Dublin-based dance company CoisCeim, is looking for creative involvement from community members in Ringsend, Irishtown, Sandymount and Pearse Street.
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IGB Group to launch plan
The Glass Bottle Housing Action Group, the local group campaigning for one hundred percent social and affordable housing to be built on the Irish Glass Bottle (IGB) factory section of the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), hosted a meeting of locals and local county councillors on November 16th to discuss the development of the site in advance of the formal launch of their own housing plan for the IGB area.
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Reading thrills and horrors – ‘The Misery Hill Murders’
The Misery Hill Murders are an intriguing set of short stories. In his book the well-known filmmaker and archivist, Pat Larkin, writes about Misery Hill, a medieval lepers’ colony and gallows pole for pirates in the 1500s.
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Lydia sprints to victory
With all the traffic buzzing around Ringsend these days, it’s a brave person who takes to the streets on two wheels.
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‘High School Musical’ comes to Ringsend
The Irishtown Stage School Christmas production, ‘High School Musical’, will be performed at Ringsend College on Thursday, December 15th. Doors open at 7pm.
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Fundraiser at Bective Rugby Club
Early October saw an afternoon tea dance at Bective Rugby Club in Donnybrook to raise money for cancer research.
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Dealing with debt
DSE MABS are serving the Dublin 2, 4 & 6 communities for 22 years and over this time we have seen a lot of change.
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