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Grand Canal Dock is Buzzing!

Grand Canal Dock is Buzzing!

A new outdoor adventure activity is about to be introduced into the heart of Dublin 4. Wakedock, a company based in the Grand Canal Dock, have recently launched Ireland’s first cable wakeboard park. Similar to water skiing, instead of being […]

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Dublin Port Guidelines

Dublin Port Guidelines

There was a great turn out for the launch for the new guidelines for Leisure Craft Launch held at the Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club recently. Jimmy Murray and Ciaran Adamson, in conjuntion with Dublin Port Company, have just published […]

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The Built Dublin Project

The Built Dublin Project

Dublin 4 has a rich architectural heritage that shows to the eye. A walk from Pearse Street onto Ringsend Road and beyond is like a tour of the city’s past and present all in one, and an eye on the […]

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Trees on the Quays

Trees on the Quays

Before the crash, Liam Carroll’s Zoe Developments Group was building a new headquarters for the Anglo Irish Bank on the North Wall Quay. But when Zoe Developments Group went into receivership in 2009, the planned Anglo headquarters sat dormant for […]

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When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

I was woken in the early hours of Sunday morning, February 27th, by a brief shrill ring. My eyes were drawn to the flashing light of my mobile phone. Upon checking it I discovered I had just missed a call. […]

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Railway Union RFC Tackles Mental Health

Railway Union RFC Tackles Mental Health

Most Friday nights when the lights come on and fans start pouring into the stadium here at the Railway Union Rugby Football Club in Sandymount, John Ryan a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at UCD, Associate Clinical Professor at St Vincent’s […]

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Women’s Mini Marathon

Women’s Mini Marathon

The Flora Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all-woman sporting event in the world. It started in 1983 and as you read this over 40,000 women are training, walking in groups, getting their trainers and T-shirts ready, for the big […]

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Au Revoir

Au Revoir

Since I’m at the end of my wonderful time here at the NewsFour office I thought it would be an appropriate time to say goodbye and farewell and take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who […]

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City Fox Controversy

City Fox Controversy

In light of a recent much-publicised fox attack in the UK, Fine Gael Councillor Edie Wynne has expressed her concern over a perceived increase of the fox populations in urban areas of Dublin. Reacting to appeals from citizens, Cllr Wynne […]

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Sandymount Slaveys

Sandymount Slaveys

I recently read a book called Shadow and Sun by Neil Campbell, the son of James Campbell, the minister of the old Presbyterian Church on the junction of Tritonville Road, Sandymount that was demolished back in 1999. The grounds of […]

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