During 1937 and 1938 a project was undertaken by the Irish Folklore Commission in collaboration with the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, whereby some 50,000 school children recorded over 500,000 pages of material in 26 counties across the country of Irish […]
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Dublin City Council has ordered floodgates at the Dodder and Tolka Rivers closed ahead of tidal surges and strong winds. Met Eireann issued a national weather warning bringing the national status to orange, meaning wind gusts of between 110 – […]
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In 2007, writer-director Oren Peli revitalised the horror genre with Paranormal Activity. With a budget of merely $15,000, it was set to be yet another micro budget film that gets lost among the competition until a copy of the film […]
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The wintery weather has arrived, a period when only the most hardened of supporters will stand rigidly on the sideline. That was indeed the case on Thursday November 14th as our senior side travelled north of the city to take […]
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Recent changes in economic fortunes have meant a rebranding of Shelbourne Park’s image to cater for the three-times-weekly greyhound racing meetings, but the venue’s oval track has a strong history of burning rubber and engine oil since 1927. Speedway racing […]
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Rock and roll was born in the mid-1950s and took off in a big way with the young generation. To them it was a modern form of jazz. They danced to it in the same way their parents danced to […]
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This anthology of essays and images proposes to do exactly what the title says: within its pages are 32 essays on the history and environment of the famed Dublin 4 neighbourhoods named in the title. A collaborative project, published in […]
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The room brimmed at Elm Park Golf Club with members, family, friends, historians and local residents for the launch of Dr Beatrice Doran’s book Donnybrook: A History on the 7th of November. A long queue quickly formed to purchase a […]
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When young people watch the likes of The X-Factor, they see a one-way ticket to fame and fortune but do they realise the actual slog that’s involved for these hard-working bands and why they persist? Asking a plumber to mend […]
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Local teenager Daryl Ward who attends Ringsend College tells NewsFour about how music changed his life. “Before I played the guitar I cared a lot about what people thought of me.” Daryl picked up the guitar at 14 years old […]
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