Archive for February 2018

Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre News

By Jennifer Betts May Day May Day! RICC will celebrate its tenth annual May Day Parade this year on Bank Holiday Monday May 7th at 2pm. With an attendance of over 1,200 people every year, it is the biggest local […]

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Covanta Fund – the full details

By Paul O’Rourke Many of you will have seen our online story before Christmas detailing the lucky recipients of funding from “The Dublin Waste to Energy Community Gain Projects Grant Scheme 2017”, or “The Covanta Fund” as we like to […]

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Warm the heart of an older neighbour

Warm the heart of an older neighbour

ALONE and Dublin City Council Cold Weather Initiative Following the important launch of the Cold Weather Initiative by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Ardmhéara Mícheál Mac Donncha in December 2017, Dublin City Council’s Community Development Section, in association with ALONE, […]

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Sandymount Choir visit Bunratty

By Cindy Carroll Sandymount Gospel Choir travelled west across the Shannon on the 20 and 21st of January to take part as invited guests in the Shannonside Winter Music Festival. The Choir was in good company, with well-known musicians such […]

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TENNIS MAKES FOR A HAPPIER LIFE

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO LANSDOWNE LAWN TENNIS CLUB Lansdowne LTC has a fantastic, new clubhouse. We have 11 top quality, synthetic grass tennis courts suitable for year-round weather conditions. Lansdowne is a members’ club that caters for […]

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A tale of twinned towns

By Paul Carton You only have to look at our ‘Silicon docks’ and see why Dublin City Council decided to twin cities with San Jose / Silicon Valley in California. Twinning with cities and towns is a distant memory now, […]

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The Cinema Corner – February 9th

The Cinema Corner - February 9th

Bulgarian drama Glory tells the story of a mentally challenged railroad worker who does the right thing in handing over a bag full of money he finds discarded by some train tracks, only to have his watch go missing at […]

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A special supermoon

A special supermoon

By Kathrin Kobus The new year began with a full moon, and the first month ended with a full moon as well. If there are two full moons in one calendar month, the second is called a ‘blue moon’. What […]

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Sandymount Hotel’s green award

Sandymount Hotel’s green award

By Paul Carton It’s not easy being green, but the green army of women John Loughran has working with him at the Sandymount Hotel seem to be making light work of it. “You don’t say no to these women, they […]

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Rugby seating needs upgrade

Rugby seating needs upgrade

By Paul Carton A precarious seating issue at the RDS stadium during the Guinness PRO14 game between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby on Saturday the 6th of January required the Gardaí and stand security to shut down that particular row […]

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