RTÉ let themselves go after the death of Gerry Ryan. Well they let their allotments go, which had originally featured on the late presenter’s show. Until recently they lay abandoned in the grounds of RTÉ. Their CountryWide radio programme, presented […]
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For two days in September Sandymount Strand was transformed by a highly unique live art installation. Between Friday 20th and Saturday 21st, as part of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival, 4/704 was staged, its purpose to highlight the issue of […]
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The South West of the United States was truly a mad, wild and lawless territory. Everybody was armed and would shoot you dead for a chance remark or a perceived dirty look. It really was the Wild West. This was […]
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A new Private Members Bill by the Seanad concerning the installation of defibrillators in public areas has been broadly welcomed. The Bill titled Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013 was sponsored by Independent Senator Feargal Quinn and deals directly […]
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As the days grow shorter and the sunshine fades, giving way to rainy days and dark nights, many of us get a touch of the blues. Most people are only mildly affected by feelings like this during winter and can […]
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When we think of hypnosis, we often picture the cliché of stage acts with overgrown moustaches telling random audience members to “look into my eyes, look into my eyes”. Hypnotherapy, however, is an increasingly respected form of healing. You’ve probably […]
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Bryan Dobson, a journalist and presenter of RTÉ’s Six One News, met me for a coffee at Browne’s Coffee Shop in Sandymount. “I wasn’t born in Sandymount, but I was brought up here,” he said. In fact he was brought […]
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In the last issue of NewsFour we looked at 90s rave culture in Dublin 4’s former textile factory Columbia Mills. In this issue we speak with those behind Mabos, a DIY space located on Hanover Quay in a former Raleigh […]
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Limited resources and cuts have made local communities across Dublin 4 work closer together in an effort to significantly reduce crime. “Our job is to create awareness and ask the Guards to work with us,” said Carol Finlay, a Community […]
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Where to park your car has got to be up there with what people jokingly refer to as “first world problems”. But it’s clear that this issue speaks to more than just the irritations of those of us privileged enough […]
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