Archive for November 2017

Grafitti, Traffic and Antisocial Issues

Grafitti, Traffic and Antisocial Issues

There was no South East Area meeting during August. A South East Area meeting took place on the 11th of September. Cllr Mannix Flynn raised the issue of how graffiti was being dealt with through waste management in the South […]

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Long Gaze Back shows great perception

Dublin City Council’s award-winning initiative, One City One Book, has announced the choice for 2018: The Long Gaze Back, An Anthology of Irish Women Writers edited by Sinéad Gleeson. The scheme run by the public libraries service, which invites readers […]

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Review: The Secret Life of Ashley Brown by George Fitzgerald

The novel The Secret Life of Ashley Brown by George Fitzgerald is a challenging and compelling read. Dealing with drugs, class and love in a complex and at times controversial manner. Ashley Brown, the title character, reads many love stories […]

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Artful characters

Do you remember the guy who used to camp down at Sandymount Strand that locals called ‘Moses’? Did you ever speak to the man or ever find out his background? Or how about the man who used to live down […]

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Port adds to city skyline

Port adds to city skyline

Dublin Port Company has made a striking and a bright change to the city’s skyline with the resurrection of one of its iconic 1960s cranes. Crane 292 stands tall again after 20 years. The 115 feet tall, Crane 292 has […]

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Summer shut-downs at Sandymount Strand

Summer shut-downs at Sandymount Strand

Birds and sewage spills are to blame for the multiple bans on swimming at Sandymount Strand over the summer. The latest temporary ban, which occurred in August, was due to heavy overnight rainfall. This resulted in spot flooding in east […]

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O Happy Day for Sandymount Gospel Choir

O Happy Day for Sandymount Gospel Choir

About ten years ago, the Sandymount Gospel Choir came into being with just three songs for their very first performance. One of them, O Happy Day, is still part of their repertoire. After a long (but not too hot) summer […]

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Health matters: HPV vaccine

Health matters: HPV vaccine

Hello. My name is Dr Suzanne Murphy, I’m a local GP working in Irishtown Primary Care Centre alongside Dr Tony O’Sullivan and living locally too. Public health and women’s health are special interests of mine. Recently, the HPV vaccine has […]

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The Cinema Corner – November 3rd

The Cinema Corner - November 3rd

After striking black comedy gold with 2015’s The Lobster, Colin Farrell and director Yorgos Lanthimos reteam for The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Farrell plays a surgeon who befriends the mysterious teenage son (Barry Keoghan) of a patient who died […]

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Dcc South East Area City D4 Community Development news October 2017

Dcc South East Area City D4  Community Development news October 2017

The South East Area villages have been growing from strength to strength over the last year in enhancing and improving the streets, greens, community areas, shops and local amenities. The annual awards night for the area was held in Dublin […]

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