Ballsbridge

Ballsbridge-based Artist Showcases Remarkable Artwork at National Exhibition

Ballsbridge-based Artist Showcases Remarkable Artwork at National Exhibition

Clement Yang, a talented 20-year-old artist from Taiwan, who has an intellectual disability, has proudly exhibited his remarkable artwork at the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) in Dublin as part of the Connecting Artists 2023 programme.

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Thank You Mr Tilly

Thank You Mr Tilly

The Bath Pub hosted a very special celebration for our local legend, Mr Liam Tilly on July 1st last. Organised by Bath Avenue District Residents Association (BADRA), and on behalf of the people of Bath Avenue, they put together a night to remember for an extraordinary man

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Festina Lente is this year’s Positive Strides equine charity at the RDS Dublin Horse Show

Festina Lente is this year’s Positive Strides equine charity at the RDS Dublin Horse Show

It’s August and that means the Dublin Horse Show is back at the RDS from 9 – 13th August. In celebrating the positive impact that equestrianism has had on society in general, the RDS is once again bringing back ‘Positive Strides’ to the 2023 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ RDS Dublin Horse Show.

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Game, Set and a Perfect Match

Game, Set and a Perfect Match

Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club played matchmaker on Saturday May 13th with a very unique and different fun event – Speed Dating Tennis. The only rule was you had to be single and ready to mingle. Tickets flew out for this because it was new and exciting and the event was open to all Dublin tennis clubs but you didn’t have to be a member to join in or be a tennis pro,

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Bloomsday in Dublin 4

Bloomsday in Dublin 4

Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team have been working closely with Ballsbridge Living Tidy Towns, Ringsend & District Historical Society, Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre and Sandymount Community Centre, and the James Joyce Centre to support a series of Bloomsday events due to take place in Dublin 4

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The Local Wonder Women @100 club Centenary Celebration

Louise Whelan Imagine being 10 decades on this earth. That’s quite a big milestone. Turning 100 is the benchmark for an elite club of senior citizens and we are so lucky in this area as we have not one, but […]

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DCC Notes for June / July 2021

Compiled by David Prendeville June Councillor Dermot Lacey put forward a motion, agreed, that requests a working group be established to review future use of the former School of Music building now vacated by the CDETB which could include cultural […]

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Yi Garden in Herbert Park at a standstill 

Geneva Pattison The planned installation of the Yi Garden in Herbert park has been postponed pending a review. The project had been on the table since 2016, and was set to be undertaken in September of this year. Newsfour got […]

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BusConnects update

Two things: proposals for the bus service aka the revised network of bus service and proposals the core bus corridors are related, but are treated separately by the National Transport Authority, NTA. The first round of consultations and for submissions […]

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Ballsbridge Lions Roar

By Eoin Meegan The Ballsbridge Lions Club is celebrating its first birthday. Founded in May 2018 by Farrell O’Boy, who transferred from the Maynooth-Kilcock Lions club to do so, their mission is to serve Dublin’s elderly, youth and disadvantaged. The […]

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