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Cinema Roundup April 17th

The Salvation is a cracking new western from Denmark of all places. Mads Mikkelsen (TV’s Hannibal) plays an immigrant in the old west who seeks vengeance when his wife and son are murdered. It’s very much an old school western, […]

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Mental care in Transylvania

Mental care in Transylvania

Sandymount local Anna O’Donohue recently qualified as a mental health nurse and is spending two months volunteering in a Romanian psychiatric hospital. Working with the UK charity Volunteers for Mental Health – www.vfmh.org.uk, she is based in the town of […]

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Dodder Day 2015

It’s that time of year again, so get your rubber gloves on and get stuck in for Dodder Day! Dodder Action Dublin are looking for volunteers to help with the river’s annual clean up this Saturday.

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Garr Cleary: Love Lost Hope

Garr Cleary: Love Lost Hope

There was salt in the wind, along with the unmistakable smell that is Poolbeg. The pier that reaches out to the lighthouse was being sprinkled with sea spray when musician Garr Cleary spoke to NewsFour about his upcoming tour and […]

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Water Protests Still Running

Water Protests Still Running

Saturday March 21st saw the latest National Demonstration against Irish Water and the oncoming water charges. The conflict between implementation of this policy and the significant minority who dissent is becoming one of the defining political struggles of the austerity […]

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A Hearty Dry run

A Hearty Dry run

February 7th saw the debut of the Irish Heart Foundation’s first ever Dry Run urban adventure race in Dublin. The day saw, in teams of two, Dry Runners embarking on a code-cracking mission to find 10 secretly located challenges around […]

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Exquisite Editions

Exquisite Editions

Dublin bibliophiles would be wise to take note of Exquisite Editions, an international exhibition of finely printed books currently being showcased in the National Print Museum in Beggar’s Bush Barracks. The exhibition takes 25 outstanding books from the world’s leading […]

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Eat Drink Spellman Woman

Eat Drink Spellman Woman

Each year, March 8th marks the day that women are recognised and celebrated as part of a global awareness campaign around women’s issues and greater equality. The Spellman Centre on Irishtown Road has celebrated this day for a number of […]

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Boys Organise Outreach to India

Boys Organise Outreach to India

It would probably be reasonable to say that not many people have heard of Hyderabad, a poverty-stricken city in south central India. However, two Dublin boys, James Elliot and Sean Moran of Goatstown and Ballsbridge respectively, recently took part in […]

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Walking Into Eternity

Walking Into Eternity

Join Rodney Devitt for an Illustrated Talk about James Joyce’s Ulysses. Rodney Devitt is an expert on James Joyce, and is known for his walking tours of Sandymount Strand on Bloomsday, which he has also published as a book. Walking […]

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