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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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  • RICC Tea Dance Gets Everyone on their Feet

    RICC Tea Dance Gets Everyone on their Feet

    Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre hosted an amazing afternoon of live music, dancing and an incredible mouthwatering feast for the CYMS Active Retirement group recently. The room was upbeat with lively chatter, laughter and joy and it was great to […]...
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  • The Editor’s Corner

    The Editor’s Corner

    To the proverbial visitor from Mars it might come as something of a shock as to why we in Ireland cannot establish a health service fit for purpose. Indeed that question has been puzzling many of us who live here […]...
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  • Ringsend and Irishtown, where Hope and History rhyme with our Present

    Ringsend and Irishtown, where Hope and History rhyme with our Present

    Shay Connolly ‘Steeped in history’ is an old cliche perhaps but in the case of Ringsend and Irishtown we are drowning in it. Multiple centuries of it!! And before some of it submerged into the sea altogether we decided to […]...
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  • New Traditional Music Festival Launched in Smithfield

    New Traditional Music Festival Launched in Smithfield

    David Prendeville Dublin City Council recently announced a new free folk and traditional music event set to launch in Smithfield in Dublin City Centre. The first ‘Smithfield Fleadh’ will take place this year on the 18th and 19th of June […]...
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  • Bloomsday 2022 in Dublin 4

    Bloomsday 2022 in Dublin 4

    Ronan O’ Donnell Joycean Village Celebrations are set to take place in Ballsbridge, Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount for Bloomsday this year. Bloomsday of course celebrates the life of James Joyce, his book Ulysses and the city of Dublin where the […]...
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  • NewsFour meets Paul Lynch, Club Captain of Railway Union Bowling Club

    NewsFour meets Paul Lynch, Club Captain of Railway Union Bowling Club

    Sandymount’s Railway Union Bowling Club hosts Successful OPEN DAY for the local community On the weekend of May 6th and 7th, Railway Union Bowling Club extended a warm welcome to the local community to come along and try out a […]...
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  • Ireland Nations League Preview

    Ireland Nations League Preview

    David Prendeville With the league season now over, and the World Cup taking place in Winter this year, the summer is looking like a fairly barren period in which to get a soccer fix. We can, however, look forward to […]...
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  • Longitude Festival Returns

    Longitude Festival Returns

    Megan Thee Stallion, Tyler The Creator and A$AP Rocky among the headliners B.J. Quinn Life during Lockdown wasn’t without its music. First, cooped-up sailors became Tik-Tok superstars by belting out delightful sea shanties for all to enjoy. Then we saw […]...
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  • Thanks For Everything Mr Tilly

    Thanks For Everything Mr Tilly

    Mr Tilly’s Christmas lights and Christmas cards raised a massive €20,000 in 2021 for Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services in Harold’s Cross and he would love to give a huge thank you to everyone who supported him: The Bath […]...
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  • RICC Radio Relaunches in Ringsend

    RICC Radio Relaunches in Ringsend

    Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre’s (RICC) online radio station was relaunched back in February and has been going strong ever since Top Irish comedian Danny O’Brien provided the laughs in the buildup to the first weekly community news podcast. The […]...
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  • On the Rise - Dublin’s Clare Dunne selected for European Shooting Stars 20

    On the Rise – Dublin’s Clare Dunne selected for European Shooting Stars 20

    B.J. Quinn Writer/actor Clare Dunne is best known for writing and starring in Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself (2020), for which she scooped Best Script at the IFTAs, and for her role as Amanda in RTÉ’s hit series Kin. Adding to her […]...
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  • Reg Ryan The Schemer - Part 2

    Reg Ryan The Schemer – Part 2

    Gavan Bergin Reg continued to play at left-half for West Brom until he was moved to the inside-forward position midway through the 1949/50 season. That change worked well for West Brom, who had been in relegation trouble.They started scoring again […]...
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  • Same-Sex Schools: A Thing of the Past?

    Same-Sex Schools: A Thing of the Past?

    Peter McNamara Did you attend a same-sex school? Reflecting on those days, you might carry warm memories of semi-cloistered sisterhood and brotherhood. Perhaps you thrived in an atmosphere of focus, fun, and privacy, among your own kind. On the other […]...
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  • Sean Moore Awards

    Sean Moore Awards

    Working with our sponsor, the Aviva Stadium, and our media partner NewsFour, we were delighted to host the Sean Moore Community Awards – after a hiatus of two years. It was really great to be back. The Sean Moore Awards […]...
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  • ALLINAROW 2021

    ALLINAROW 2021

    Louise Whelan The Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club in Ringsend were the hosts for the handover of two cheques of €10,000 each on March 4th, which was wonderfully donated by the All in a Row -For Charity fundraising event that […]...
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