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  • Irish poets at the ILF this May
    Irish poets at the ILF this May
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    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

  • Information notice: Codling Wind Park
    Information notice: Codling Wind Park
    Codling Wind Park is hosting a Public Information Sharing event on May 1st in Sandymount Community Centre. We are inviting people/groups from the community along to view our virtual reality experience and to learn more about the project and...
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Culture

  • The Editor's Corner – Apr/May 2024
    The Editor’s Corner – Apr/May 2024
    In a world dominated by mobile phones and video games, encouraging young people to read and develop a love of books has probably never been more important. The reading habit needs to be instilled at a young age. In a...
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Memory Lane

  • Ringsend International Airport 
    Ringsend International Airport 
    While it may seem strange to the readers to think of an aerodrome at Ringsend, the concept is not a particularly new one. Indeed, it had been floated as far back as 1930 and was taken even further in 1935...
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Events

  • 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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  • 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...
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Sport

  • Oars for Angels
    Oars for Angels
    St Patrick’s Rowing Club and their rowing friends up and down the East Coast are endeavouring to complete a sponsored relay row starting from Wicklow Rowing Club to their club in Ringsend on Saturday 27th April from 8am. This fundraising...
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Food & Wine

  • Comfort in Words
    Comfort in Words
    There have been many times in my life where I needed to make an important decision or I was worried or stressed about situations I was going through at the time, and at those times I would have a default...
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  • Christmas Activities for Kids

    Christmas Activities for Kids

    There are lots of free and low cost activities to keep your little ones amused over the festive season. Here’s a snippet of what’s going on around the city: COLLINS BARRACKS MUSEUM has a great programme of free events for kids and families again this year. ...
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  • Cambridge Re-united Remember Double

    Cambridge Re-united Remember Double

    Ringsend based Cambridge Boys Football Club held a 30 year reunion for members of the 1981-82 cup double winning side. Coming together as eight year olds the group played together for almost a decade. They won three school boy leagues […]...
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  • Local Companies come together for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    Local Companies come together for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    On Friday, 19 October, Ecocem hosted a coffee morning with five other Ringsend-based companies; Gaeletric, Cybercom, FC Stone, USI & ECDL for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Portview House. For the fundraiser event, staff members were encouraged to wear […]...
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  • FG Senator Proposes ‘Welfare Ceiling’

    FG Senator Proposes ‘Welfare Ceiling’

    The amount of welfare benefits a family is entitled to should be limited according to a Fine Gael Senator. The measure, proposed by a Fine Gael Senator for Dublin South East Catherine Noone, proposes the introduction of a ‘welfare ceiling’ […]...
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  • Railway Keep on Bowling...

    Railway Keep on Bowling…

    With a history dating back over 100 years Railway Union Bowling Club, traditionally one of the foremost clubs in Dublin is on the rise again, but this time with local youth leading the way. Having won Division 3 of the […]...
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  • Bottlemakers Hall

    Bottlemakers Hall

    The Bottle Makers Hall in Ringsend has come under some scrutiny for its current state. The building, located at 1A Irishtown Road has been left vacant for a number of years and has been the focus of dispute by local […]...
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  • Book Reviews: Christmas Stocking Fillers

    Book Reviews: Christmas Stocking Fillers

    Twas the Night Before Christmas In Clement C. Moore’s Twas the Night Before Christmas (Houghton Mifflin Company €9) the magic of St. Nicholas is described in great detail as children wait for his Christmas Eve visit. It begins with a simple yet imaginative set of descriptions;...
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  • Artist in profile: Marie-Louise Martin

    Artist in profile: Marie-Louise Martin

    Describing herself as an artist print maker, Marie-Louise Martin’s works include original colour hand-printed creations and black and white drawings and landscapes. A visit to her Dublin home with adjoining studio confirms a total immersion in her art and a […]...
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  • Arctic Terns in Dublin Bay

    Arctic Terns in Dublin Bay

    Nature creates the forces that make Dublin Bay a really suitable habitat for birds. The Arctic Tern is an extremely fragile and important bird and considered a species of concern. You may be lucky enough to see one because they […]...
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  • Enable Ireland charity event in Angel Inspirations

    Enable Ireland charity event in Angel Inspirations

    A charity day in aid of Enable Ireland will be taking place in Angel Inspirations Holistic Centre in Sandymount Village on Saturday 15th December from 10am to 6pm. Treat yourself to a free Reiki Session, Homeopathy advice, Medium Reading, Tarot […]...
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  • An Outstanding Year

    An Outstanding Year

    On Saturday October 20th I spoke with Gabriel Murphy at St. Patrick’s Rowing Club end of season BBQ. Gabriel who has been a member of the East Coast Council for a long time and was also PRO of the East […]...
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  • Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

    The Abundant Grace Christian Assembly centre on 57 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4 is a non denominational, independent Pentecostal Church where people come from all ethnic and religious backgrounds. They don’t see themselves as Catholic or Protestant they just see themselves […]...
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  • A Chinese Dickens

    A Chinese Dickens

    An early School leaver from China has won the Nobel Prize in literature this year. He is the first Chinese citizen to win this prize since its creation 111 years ago. Author Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan Moye, […]...
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  • 12 Shows of Christmas

    12 Shows of Christmas

    There are many things that we only do at Christmas in this country. It's the only time outside of a funeral that some of us will darken a church door without the promise of a free meal and a loose bridesmaid after it. It's the one time we slide things as disgusting as eggnog and mince pies into our gob ...
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  • Sad fate of Sandymount Seal

    Sad fate of Sandymount Seal

    Moira Lawson, a photographer based in Dublin, took an early morning stroll on Sandymount Beach recently. The tide was way out and Moira noticed a rather unusual looking lump on the beach. The lump turned out to be a baby […]...
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