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Are You Running in the Dark Tonight?

Tonight, thousands of people will run in the dark with the intent of raising funds & awareness for a charity of their choice and to fund the search for a cure for spinal cord injury. There are 5 official locations […]

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Give What You Actually Can

Give What You Actually Can

The Christmas ads are already on telly to warn us all to get our shopping done, and many of us will be groaning and rolling our eyes, with Halloween just barely behind us but even though the season for giving isn’t here yet, today marks the start of National Giving Week.

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Two Minutes with Katie Taylor

Two Minutes with Katie Taylor

Olympic Champion Katie Taylor will host a second fight night in The Mansion House on 29th November as part of her ‘Road to Rio’ preparations for next year’s IABA World and European Championships and ultimately the 2016 Olympics Brazil. Katie […]

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This Week’s Cinema Roundup

This Week’s Cinema Roundup

We’re coming into what is known in the movie business as “Oscar Season”, with film distributors releasing their award hopefuls over the next couple of months. This week sees the Irish release of two hotly tipped but wildly different movies. […]

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Beatles 50th Anniversary

RTÉ news reporter Frank Hall interviewed The Beatles when they came to Ireland to perform in November 1963 and tomorrow we mark the 50th anniversary. I stumbled across an interview on RTÉ player and was nearly in tears laughing at […]

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Water Restrictions to Continue

Water Restrictions to Continue

Dubliners have been looking at dry sinks in despair for the past few days. This is set to continue, despite reports of water falling from the sky. Although in some parts of Dublin city there seems to be no water […]

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Same Sex Marriage referendum is… when exactly?

Same Sex Marriage referendum is… when exactly?

Two Labour MEPs have today called for the government’s proposed referendum on the legalisation of the status of same-sex marriage to be moved forward to May 2014, to the same date as the Council and European elections. MEPs Emer Costello […]

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Scary times in Ringsend

Scary times in Ringsend

Yesterday when locals took part in the annual halloween parade, over 100 children marched from the Spellman Centre to Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre along with their parents. Goblins, ghouls, vampires (one of which was Mary Doolin of the Spellman […]

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This Week’s Cinema Round-Up

This Week's Cinema Round-Up

What better way to spend Halloween night than at the movies? Tonight, the LightHouse cinema will transform into Franken-House with a night of Frankenstein movies. The evening kicks off with a choice of either a recorded showing of Danny Boyle’s […]

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Should Ireland Legalise Cannabis?

Should Ireland Legalise Cannabis?

Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan recently launched the Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013 which is due to be voted on by the Dáil on November 6th. The bill allows for legal, regulated use of cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes. Flanagan […]

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