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A Celebration of the Dublin Docker

Next Thursday 26th October at 18.30 sees an evening in celebration of that much loved but quickly disappearing institution, the Dublin Docker! The Yacht Tavern is hosting proceedings in association with the Irish Academic Press, to mark the launch of […]

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The Cinema Corner – October 20th

The Cinema Corner - October 20th

The Lighthouse continues its Stephen King season with a real event tonight – a 35mm screening of director Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot. Made for TV in 1979, it’s one of the earliest and best King adaptations, with some unforgettably creepy […]

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Countdown to Bram Stoker Festival

This October Bank Holiday weekend sees the Bram Stoker Festival return to Dublin with four days of living stories and four nights of deadly adventures from October 27th to 30th. Highlights include Al Porter’s Camp Dracula comedy show; the Macnas […]

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It’s a Cracker!

Time is running out for all you food historians. It’s your final chance to visit the exhibition entitled “Jacob’s Biscuit Factory & Dublin: An Assorted History” on Pearse Street. Drawing on the vast 330 boxes of Jacob Biscuit Factory Archives […]

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Alternative Festival comes to Ringsend

Think of going to a festival in Ireland and you imagine young people, DJ’s, odd substances and mucky fields. Well a different type of music festival is arriving in Ringsend on Saturday 21st October, and it features none of the […]

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The Cinema Corner – October 13th

We’re into October, and that means it’s horror movie season. Tonight the Lighthouse celebrates the 30th anniversary of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser by screening a new restoration of the cult movie. A stark contrast to the goofy comedy-horrors that were popular […]

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Still Time to Beat the Street

Beat the Street Dublin, a fun, free game for the community, kicked off last month and continues until November 1st around the streets of the capital. Participants score points and win prizes by walking, cycling or running from point to […]

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NCBI and NewsFour Fashion Challenge

Are you going to a wedding, christening. party or debs and scared of the cost? NCBI and NewsFour are teaming up to offer one lucky reader the chance to be dressed top to toe at the NCBI shop in Ringsend, […]

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NewsFour Halloween Giveaway

Halloween weekend sees the Royal Hospital Kilmainham become a haunted house as Ireland’s most decadent annual Halloween party, Film Fatale’s Danse Macabre, takes residence. And NewsFour are offering one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of tickets for […]

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The Cinema Corner – October 6th

The Cinema Corner - October 6th

Still their finest achievement, the Coen Brothers’ 1984 debut Blood Simple returns to cinemas in a newly restored version of the 2001 director’s cut. The Coens took a classic noir tale of infidelity and deception and relocated to an unfamiliar […]

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