Based on the life of British explorer Percy Fawcett, The Lost City of Z is an elegant piece of classical filmmaking that could fool you into believing it was made by David Lean five decades ago. Shot on 35mm film […]
Read more →Meetings of the South East Area Committee were held in December and January. A range of issues were discussed. In the December meeting, Cllr Paddy McCartan raised the issue of the new development, Dunluce, a series of apartments in Ballsbridge, […]
Read more →Sandymount Tidy Towns Community Association (STTCA) in association with Dublin City Council South East Community Development celebrated the 33rd annual Wren Boys Day on St. Stephen’s day 26th December in Sandymount. The sun shone brightly on this crisp, cold day […]
Read more →The joint partnership between Covanta and Dublin City Council (DCC) has long been controversial, Widely opposed by locals and most councillors, it will cost approximately €600 million. It will likely burn waste for all of Leinster and beyond and if […]
Read more →Having been established by Dublin City Council (DCC), the Community Gain Fund, a scheme intended to administer funds to community interests in the Irishtown, Ringsend, and Sandymount area, has announced that it has granted awards to a number of local […]
Read more →Old Wesley Rugby Club celebrated its 125th Birthday in style with a Dinner Dance on St. Patrick’s Eve at the Ballsbridge Hotel. Some 400 members and guests were treated to an entertaining questions and answers session compered by club member […]
Read more →Wednesday at Pearse street library sees the launch of Dublin City Council’s “One City, One Book” initiative. The idea is to encourage everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year. This […]
Read more →According to Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) one person every week in Ireland is told they are unable to walk. SII was set up 23 years ago by sufferers who saw a huge gap in the health service for sufferers who […]
Read more →Fairchain and Fairtrade are two different initiatives to give third world countries a fair price for their produce. Fairtrade Ireland first came to these shores in 2003 and since then has seen 51 towns across Ireland using Fairtrade channels. The […]
Read more →Kurt Kullmann has written another local book about Dublin 4, titled ‘The Little Book of Sandymount’. The book begins with a description of the contentious borders of Sandymount, which can extend from Bath Avenue in the north to Merrion Gates […]
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