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  • Irish poets at the ILF this May
    Irish poets at the ILF this May
    20 May 2022 by
    Introductions | Céadlínte: A showcase of poets representing the electrifying future of Irish poetry, with special musical guests From May 24th to May 26th, Introductions| Ceadlinte will have fifteen of the most exciting new poets in the English and Irish language performing […]...
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Community

  • Ringsend Goes Green . . .
    Ringsend Goes Green . . .
    For the first time Ringsend Park has received the prestigious Green Flag Award, the international mark of quality and standard of parks and green spaces. The Green Flag Award was introduced in 2015 and is administered by An Taisce with...
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Culture

  • Where the streets have a name . . .
    Where the streets have a name . . .
    From Educating Rita (1983) to Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast (2021), Ringsend has played a key part in Ireland’s silver screen triumphs, with multiple well-known productions having used the D4 suburb as a shooting location over the last several decades. So it’s...
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Memory Lane

  • The Vexed Problem of Public Toilets
    The Vexed Problem of Public Toilets
    When nature calls we all share a common objective - to get rid of waste substances from the body. While we may not use this particular phrase, nevertheless, access to a toilet is a basic need, especially in a city...
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Events

  • Bloomsday in Dublin 4 Event Guide
    Bloomsday in Dublin 4 Event Guide
    Joycean Celebrations are set to take place in Ballsbridge, Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount for Bloomsday this year.  Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team have been working closely with groups and centres in Dublin 4 as well...
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  • Your NewsFour Local Christmas Events Guide
    Your NewsFour Local Christmas Events Guide
    Friday December 1st Women’s Seasonal Swap at the Sandymount Community Centre. 10.30am-12.30pm. Free event. All are welcome. RCSF Holiday Fair and Markets. Irishtown Sports Stadium. Sensory Hour 3.30pm-4.30pm Full fair 4.30pm-8.30pm. ...
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Sport

  • Katie Taylor to Make History… Again
    Katie Taylor to Make History… Again
    Mark your calendars, fight fans! July 20th sees our country’s greatest sportsperson, Katie Taylor, look to add another remarkable chapter to her incredible boxing career as she defends her undisputed Super-Lightweight title against a familiar foe, seven-division world champion Amanda...
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  • Navigating Success:

    Navigating Success:

    The Irish Nautical trust has recently concluded our 5th Comprehensive Maritime Training Course which has proven to be a resounding success, setting a new standard for comprehensive and effective training for graduates who hopefully will enter the maritime industry. ...
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  • Ringsend Sea Scouts Back in Action with well deserved CSIF Funding

    Ringsend Sea Scouts Back in Action with well deserved CSIF Funding

    The 1st Port Sea Scouts in Ringsend’s ‘Scouting for Safe Harbour’ is among the projects selected to receive funding under the 2023 CSIF (Community Safety Innovation Fund), announced last month by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee. ...
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  • Lansdowne FC’s historic first match at Claremont Road

    Lansdowne FC’s historic first match at Claremont Road

    Sunday 22nd October was a very historic day in the club’s history being the very first rugby match to be held at the Claremont Road grounds now known as Lansdowne Sports Park. Lansdowne Football Club acquired the site earlier this year ...
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  • Mick O'Brien, footballer

    Mick O’Brien – Part 4 (final)

    Mick O’Brien played for years in the lower leagues of English football before he made it to the Football League. He joined Third Division Queen’s Park Rangers, in May 1920. Within a year of that, he was playing international football for Ireland....
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  • Spooktacular Celebrations at Dublin Zoo

    Spooktacular Celebrations at Dublin Zoo

    Dublin Zoo is celebrating Halloween weekend with a spooktacular schedule of family fun activities, including themed magic shows, creepy crafts and ghoulish games, a special Spooky Trail, and much more! There will be a special offer for little ones in fancy dress, with free entry to Dublin Zoo for each child dressed in costume per full-paying adult...
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  • This is Halloween

    This is Halloween

    There’s no better time of year for lovers of all things spooky, kooky, creepy and chilling as Halloween is approaching fast!  The nights get darker, the winds of change begin to blow, bewitching scents of pumpkin spice, zesty orange and spicy cinnamon fill the air, and the forecast is strong for hocus pocus ...
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  • The Editor's Corner - Oct/Nov 2023

    The Editor’s Corner – Oct/Nov 2023

    I’ve just been thinking how in the last decade or so we’ve seen the proliferation of a new Halloween culture that has almost become an event in its own right, sometimes starting in September!  Perhaps it’s another American import – like the Big Mac! – who knows?...
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  • Glee Club Ringsend Launch

    Glee Club Ringsend Launch

    Liza Caulfifield’s Glee Club was officially launched in Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre with members of the kids and ladies wowing the crowd by performing a variety of songs that they had learned previously during the six week pilot scheme during the summer....
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  • Magic Happens at new Florist in Ringsend

    Magic Happens at new Florist in Ringsend

    Recently I have opened my new shop in Thorncastle Street and I am delighted to be here in Ringsend. Our clients are the centre of everything we do and we approach each brief with precision and sensitivity, interpreting your vision into flowers that we hope you and your recipient will love. ...
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  • Vodafone Foundation and the Irish Girl Guides launch partnership

    Irish Girl Guides to Teach Digital Skills to Older People

    Vodafone Foundation announces a new partnership with Irish Girl Guides to help close the digital divide between generations. The Irish Girl Guides have become a new charity partner of Vodafone Foundation’s Hi Digital initiative, which brings digital skills, training and support directly to older people across the country....
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  • Special prize painting

    Easy like Sunday Painting

    The Bath Pub on a sunny Sunday afternoon was the perfect venue to have an hour and a half painting session al fresco.  With their background music playing a chillout lounge playlist and two free drinks tokens for everyone, it was all prepped for budding artists alike. ...
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  • Brendan Courtney launches Shine A Light Sleep Out

    Brendan Courtney launches Shine A Light Sleep Out

    Bord Gáis Energy’s support of Shine A Light forms part of an ongoing partnership with Focus Ireland which began in 2015. To date it has supported over 7,000 families and directly prevented 458 vulnerable families from becoming homeless....
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  • Singing on the lawn, Guitarist Paul Lee and residents in fine voice

    Celebrations as Mount Tabor marks 25th Anniversary

    Mount Tabor Nursing Home and Care Centre in Sandymount Green had an afternoon of fun and entertainment as residents, staff, volunteers and family members all enjoyed a fantastic party atmosphere celebrating 25 years of service on August 8th last....
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  • The Lacey Report

    The Lacey Report

    Recently NewsFour caught up with Cllr Dermot Lacey and talked to him about his vision for a better Dublin....
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  • All aboard the Dublin GhostBus Tour - if you dare!!

    All aboard the Dublin GhostBus Tour – if you dare!!

    Back in 1995 Dan O'Donohue created and scripted Dublin's first GhostBus Tour for Dublin Bus. This is a double decker bus containing a specifically designed mobile ghost theatre on the upper deck, with a museum of all things macabre on the lower deck...
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