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Soundtrack Your Life

Soundtrack Your Life

The Dublin city centre park has recently joined famous public parks across the world to have a Soundwalk experience created by Pulitzer prize-winning composer Ellen Reid specifically for our green urban space adored by locals and tourists alike.

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Walk in My Shoes Transition Year Graduates as Advocates for Mental Health

Walk in My Shoes Transition Year Graduates as Advocates for Mental Health

Eighteen Dublin students (including students from Muckross Park, Donnybrook, Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, and CUS, Leeson Street) joined 122 Transition Year students across Ireland to graduate as Walk in My Shoes mental health ambassadors during a special online ceremony held to celebrate the class of 2022/23.

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Dublin’s Coolest Beer Gardens

Dublin’s Coolest Beer Gardens

With summer rolling in and with it the hot weather, I find myself thinking of a nice beer garden to sit in and soak up the sun with a nice cold drink. I’ve been to a fair few pubs and clubs, however, in my opinion beer gardens are the best for not only the Irish craic but also to catch up with some friends/ family in a nice environment.

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And they all sang out with Glee!

And they all sang out with Glee!

Award winning singer, producer and director of the former Irishtown Stage School, Liza Caulfifield is back with a bang with an all new singing Glee club. Liza has a long history in participating and teaching performing arts

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Vaping and Oral Health: What Do I Need To Know?

Vaping and Oral Health: What Do I Need To Know?

E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially among young adults and teenagers. The use of e-cigarettes, also known as vaping, is often seen as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. While this may be the case, there is mounting evidence to suggest that vaping poses significant risks to oral health.

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Capital Credit Union Donates €2,500 To Plant Reforest Nation

Capital Credit Union Donates €2,500 To Plant Reforest Nation

Capital Credit Union is delighted to announce a new partnership with Reforest Nation by donating €2,500 to help them in their journey to plant 1 million indigenous Irish trees by 2024.

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Poems and Prose from Beneath the Reek, by Jonathan Roth

Poems and Prose from Beneath the Reek, by Jonathan Roth

Jonathan Roth is a retired medical gerontologist who spends his time between Dublin and Westport, Co Mayo. In 2022 Jonathan climbed Croagh Patrick (or the Reek as it known to locals) and a few weeks later wrote a poem about his experience called “Croagh Patrick…… The Reek” (which appeared in NewsFour

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‘Ghosts’ by Henrik Ibsen – a new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe

‘Ghosts’ by Henrik Ibsen – a new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe

So, on my first excursion to the Abbey I chose to see a new rendition of Ibsen’s masterpiece, ‘Ghosts.’ This
new interpretation was written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. I chose to see this particular play as it explores complex ideas of love, duty, and most importantly family.

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Continuous Patterns – IMMA Summer Party returns on July 14/15

Continuous Patterns - IMMA Summer Party returns on July 14/15

Continuous Patterns offers two flavours each evening, with Friday, 14 July focusing on a programme of upbeat, contemporary and future focused music, while Saturday 15 July presents a slightly more chilled out atmosphere, ideal for friends and family looking to unwind on a balmy summer night. 

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Joyce, Nora, and Ringsend

Joyce, Nora, and Ringsend

Did you know the first Bloomsday commemoration took place in 1954, on the 50th anniversary of the
events portrayed in Ulysses? The event was the brainchild of the Irish literati of the day, and saw Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O’ Brien, Anthony Cronin, A.J. Leventhal (registrar Trinity College), John Ryan (editor of the Envoy) and Tom Joyce, a cousin of the authors, attempt to retrace the steps of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus.

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