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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →by William Jenkins It was in the 1950’s, and I was working at McBirney’s on Aston Quay when a new movement swept the land. It was The Industrial Rosary Crusade, fostering the daily recitation of the Rosary in hundreds of […]
Read more →Peter McNamara Since time immemorial, men, women and children have been plunging with delight into Neptune’s frothy domain. Sea swimming has always been popular, but in the last year with the advent of Covid, this wholesome activity has gone – […]
Read more →Ronan O’Donnell The past 18 months has been a challenging time for us all in so many ways. However in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been truly inspiring to see the level of volunteerism and care offered in […]
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