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DCC Notes

DCC Notes

The East Link Fund Allocation of the East Link Fund from the DCC Community Department has been agreed. The total sum for 2014 is €123,900 and €61,950, is for the Southside area of the Liffey. Some of the recipients include […]

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Nutrition Meets Sport

Nutrition Meets Sport

A Sandymount resident has begun making a name for himself by becoming closely involved with Irish Ultimate Championship fighter Conor McGregor. James Statham of Paleo Meal Deliveries, a resident of Sydney Parade, has become a key figure in the former […]

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St Conleth’s College Celebrates 75 years

St Conleth’s College Celebrates 75 years

St. Conleth’s College, Ballsbridge celebrated its 75th anniversary in style this September. The diamond celebration took in several events that stretched over the entire month. The school initially opened in 1939, on the day that Germany declared war on Poland, […]

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Poet in Profile: Kevin Barrington

Poet in Profile: Kevin Barrington

It is with great pleasure – and with grave reservation at having to resort to the use of clichés – that I introduce this issue’s Poet in Profile as ‘No Stranger to Controversy’. It is maybe a little too cheap […]

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Censored Lectures at the National Print Museum

Censored Lectures at the National Print Museum

Censored, a series of free lectures, is currently being held at the National Print Museum. The lectures deal with the ways in which the press was censored in Ireland, from the arrival of printing in 1551 to the late 20th […]

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Journalism Stilled: World Press Photo Exhibition

Journalism Stilled: World Press Photo Exhibition

“The Windows to the World” is the description by Erik de Kruijf from World Press for the planet’s most prestigious photo contest, which visits Dublin at the chq Building on the Irish leg of its world tour. Spanning almost six […]

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Run! Run for your Lives!

Run! Run for your Lives!

We’re all anticipating it, it’s in the air. The Zombie Apocalypse. It’s not just the Walking Dead on TV, it’s not just the kids growing up on Left for Dead and Resident Evil, it’s that feeling that life is just […]

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CRAI Call on Minister Kelly to Change the Law for Local Democracy

CRAI Call on Minister Kelly to Change the Law for Local Democracy

Combined Residents Against Incineration (CRAI) have called on the government to change the Waste Management Act 2001, to return decision making authority over waste management issues to the locally elected councillors in Dublin City Council. The Waste Management Act 2001 […]

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This Week on NewsFour: 27th-31st October

This Week on NewsFour: 27th-31st October

Monday Cat Rescued from Tree The headline above is one you might expect to see in a local newspaper. It has long been used as a comedy foil in film and television when a regional or local paper is shown. […]

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Enabling Ireland

Enabling Ireland

Many locals who learned to swim in the pool on Sandymount Avenue or have bought flowers from the garden centre there may not realise that these are the facilities of Enable Ireland, a very important Irish charity that supports children […]

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