Archive for March 2021

Ship to shore: Dublin Port wants your opinion!

Ship to shore: Dublin Port wants your opinion!

A recent press release from the Dublin Port Company has revealed that Dublin Port will likely reach its throughput capacity sometime around 2030-2040.

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Magpie Murders production filming in Donnybrook!

Magpie Murders production filming in Donnybrook!

Geneva Pattison. The book, Magpie Murders by international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, is being adapted for television as we speak and where better to film a detective mystery story than Donnybrook’s very own Belmont Avenue? The 2021 Dublin City Council […]

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The Outlook for Cinemas in 2021

David Prendeville The landscape for cinema exhibition remains very uncertain in the early months of 2021. I have covered in this paper the impact Covid-19 has had on film productions and exhibitors. Despite the hope of vaccines on the horizon, […]

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Remote Working: Is this the way of the future?

Peter McNamara Remote working is not new. Since personal computing and the internet came into its own in the late 1990s, people have been clocking-in from home. Up to this point, however, it has been a fringe phenomenon – an […]

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A History of Vaccines – from Cowpox to Covid

Peter McNamara It’s no secret that vaccinations have revolutionised global health. Arguably the single most life-saving innovation in the history of medicine, vaccines have eradicated smallpox, slashed child mortality rates, and prevented lifelong disabilities. Possibly lesser known, however, are the […]

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New in 2021 – NewsFour New Fiction:‘For the price of a sausage…’

Brid Fitzpatrick Early Morning and Mr. Thompson was busy as usual preparing for the day’s business in his butcher’s shop. Already the various meats were hung up behind him or displayed on the shelves before him. He was very proud […]

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Another Dark Chapter from Ireland’s Chequered Past… Report on the Mother and Baby Homes

Eoin Meegan In 2015 the Irish government established the ‘Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters’, following concerns that a septic tank at St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, might contain […]

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DCC Notes for December 2020/ January 2021

Compiled by Dermot Carmody SEAC Passes Emergency Motion On Strand Road Interim Cycleway The controversial Strand Road Interim Cycleway proposal was again a major bone of contention at the meeting of the South East Area Committee (SEAC) on January 11th, […]

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Clanns Support People in Need in our Community

Felix O’Regan In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and to comply with Government and GAA guidance, Clanna Gael Fontenoy’s facilities in Sean Moore Park have remained closed for all activities. Members of the club and members of the public are […]

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St. Patrick’s Day 2021: Awaken Ireland!

St. Patrick's Day 2021: Awaken Ireland!

Geneva Pattison The 2021 virtual lineup for the 2021 St. Patrick’s festival has been announced. The festival will run for 6 days and nights online and will be viewable across Ireland and the world. Due to the ongoing prevalence of […]

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