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Girls Rock Dublin Gear Library Update

Eoin Meegan Last year we reported on an initiative that started in Pearse Street Library where teens can loan out musical equipment, the brainchild of Rossella Bottone and Girls Rock Dublin. We are happy now to announce that post covid […]

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Book Review: Rememberings

Brian Quinn A self-portrait of faith and courage I’m calling it right now: 2021 is the year of the O’Connaissance. Don’t believe me? Scroll through the comment section of any Sinéad O’Connor video on YouTube, and you’ll find hundreds of […]

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A History of Music Festivals

By Peter McNamara The term “festival” first showed up in the English language in the middle of the 16th century. It derives from “feast” and is most often centred around the harvest. Ireland, and the wider Celtic world, has been […]

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Book Review: Coffee Mourning by Jennifer Betts

Eoin Meegan Coffee Mourning is the first novel by Jennifer Betts. What started off as a short story, and lay gathering dust for some time, eventually evolved to a tale that simply had to be told. However, like many first […]

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Book Review: If Only She Knew

Geneva Pattison Local author Derville Murphy’s new book, If Only She Knew, has been described as “Peaky Blinders meets Pride and Prejudice” and that is really an apt description indeed. Published by Poolbeg Press, this exciting historical fiction book will […]

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Preview of Films to see this Autumn

David Prendeville As we slowly trudge our way, hopefully, to the other side of the pandemic, cinemas are slowly starting to fill with new films once more. While it’s still mostly holdovers of smaller films that are making up the […]

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Plaque unveiled in honour of Margaret Keogh Cumann na mBan killed during War of Independence

A plaque commemorating a member of Cumann na mBan who was shot dead during the War of Independence has been unveiled in the Ringsend area of Dublin. Margaret Keogh was 19 when she was shot at her home in Stella […]

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Round Room 200 Exhibition At The Mansion House

Dermot Carmody The Round Room 200 exhibition in the Round Room at the Mansion House was opened on July 19th by the newly elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland, recently retired city archivist and historian Dr. Mary Clark and […]

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Meet Dublin Bay South, and Ireland’s Newest TD – Ivana Bacik

Eoin Meegan Intro: Ireland’s latest Dáil Deputy, Ivana Bacik has long been committed to social justice and change. Since 1996 she has held the Reid Chair of Criminal Law at Trinity College, Dublin, a position previously held by both Mary […]

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Victory for Local Residents after High Court decision on Strand Road Cycle Path Trial

STC (Serpentine Ave, Tritonville and Claremont Road) residents group in Sandymount has welcomed the High Court decision preventing Dublin City Council from proceeding with the Strand Road Trial Cycle Route Scheme as planned and the closure of the north-bound traffic […]

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