Archive for April 2018

Diabetes Course on Pearse Street

There will be a free dietitian led X-PERT course for those with Type 2 Diabetes taking place in Pearse Street Library starting Wednesday 9th May from 10am to 12.30pm. This is a free 6 week award winning course delivered by […]

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Tech Week is back!

Tech Week is back!

National and secondary schools throughout Dublin will take part in Tech Week, Ireland’s national festival of technology, this month between April 22nd and April 28th with a variety of nationwide events. The festival is aimed at sparking an interest in […]

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Donnybrook Cemetery

Donnybrook Cemetery

By Eoin Meegan One of the little unknown gems of Donnybrook is an ancient cemetery, situated on Morehampton Road, beside the Garda Station, opposite Arthur Maine’s pub. The cemetery dates back to 800 AD and was the final resting place […]

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The Power of Positive Emotions

The Power of Positive Emotions

By Eoin Meegan The new science of positive psychology (a term first coined by Abraham Maslow) is fast gaining widespread acceptance in the scientific and personal development communities. While traditional psychology tended to focus on what was wrong, with a […]

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Coming Home: Art & The Great Hunger

By Kathrin Kobus Art and the Great Famine has come to Ireland. Quinnipiac University, Connecticut is home of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum. Now, for the very first time its collection has travelled eastwards over the ocean and found a temporary […]

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Ireland’s young Eco-Worriers

Ireland’s young Eco-Worriers

By Paul Carton A green flag was hoisted high up above the RDS on the 22nd of February last to pay tribute to the efforts Ireland’s schools have made in educating a more environmentally-mindful generation. It was the second Green Schools Programme […]

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Walk and Talk Visits Sandymount

Let’s Walk & Talk’ is a fun programme of city walking activities suitable for young and old which runs throughout the year. The programme is made up of a number of social walking groups which meet every week, and a […]

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McCloskey’s Fundraising Night for Irish Cancer Society

By  Eoin Meegan There will be a fundraising night for the Irish Cancer Society in McCloskey’s Pub, Donnybrook, on Saturday the 12th of May. The event, which is now in its sixth year, is organised by local resident David Doyle. […]

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New Dodder opening bridge

By Alexander Kearney On the 15th February, Dublin City Council held its first public consultation for the proposed Dodder bridge at Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre. The venue itself is within a stone’s throw of where the new bridge will […]

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All-in-a-Row for rescue charities

All-in-a-Row for rescue charities

By Paul Carton  Ireland’s lifeboat, under water search and rescue charities were each presented with cheques of €6,980 at the Poolbeg Yacht Club on the 2nd of February. Aqua sports clubs from around the country raised the money for The […]

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