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  • Housing is a Right, Not a Privilege
    Housing is a Right, Not a Privilege
    As of July 2023, the IGB Housing Action Group has met with the developers of the IGB site who confirmed they made available to our own Housing Department the entire allocation of Social and Affordable homes on Phase 1....
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Culture

  • Nerds Assemble! (Image credit: Wikimedia)
    Dublin Comic Con 2023
    Dublin Comic Con returns for its 10th anniversary at Dublin’s Convention Centre. From August 12-13, fans of all things geeky will converge on Dublin's city centre to meet some of their favourite celebrities, buy merchandise, and attend panels and workshops....
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Memory Lane

  • End of an Era in Donnybrook
    End of an Era in Donnybrook
    On 9th July past McCloskey’s of Donnybrook closed its doors for the last time. Situated in the centre of the village, and at the heart of the community, the pub will be a big miss. ...
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Events

  • Actor Aidan O'Sullivan as Leopold Bloom.
    ReJoyce!
    Straw hats at the ready! (Bowler hats are also encouraged). Ireland’s most literary film festival is back for its fourth year running. The Bloomsday Film Festival was set up to be a celebration of cinema, literature, and artistic...
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Sport

  • So Proud of Our Girls in Green
    So Proud of Our Girls in Green
    Ringsend’s own Abbie Larkin, who just turned 18 last April is the youngest member of the Irish Women’s Football team who represented Ireland in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia....
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Food & Wine

  • Minding your own self
    Minding your own self
    It is so important to be very careful when we are around children, they absorb all our moods and words, and they deserve to be protected from this. It is their job as children to learn, play, be protected and...
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  • Lynda Byrne, Marion Vardy

    Two Young Girls Remembered in Local Ceremony

    On June 12th 1963, Numbers 2a, 3 and 4 Fenian Street tenement houses collapsed. This resulted in the deaths of two young girls, Linda Byrne aged 7 and Marion Vardy aged 8....
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  • Thank you for your support!

    Stephen Deering Fundraiser

    Huge thanks to everyone for making the Stephen Deering fundraising event a huge success – raising €3,360. ...
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  • Mick O'Brien, footballer

    Mick O’Brien – Part 2

    On March 16th 1922, Mick O’Brien joined Leicester City. Two days later, he made his debut and helped them get their first win in six games.  From then on he was an automatic starter for Leicester and by the end of the 21/22 season he was their first choice centre-back....
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  • Iconic Landmark

    Iconic Landmark

    The chimneys are often referred to colloquially as the Pigeon House, the name of the original generation station that first generated electricity in July 1903. That station itself took its name from the caretakers lodge built to provide refreshments for workers building the Great South Wall, a project which took decades to complete and started in 1761....
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  • Sewage Discharge onto Sandymount Beach Unacceptable

    Sewage Discharge onto Sandymount Beach Unacceptable

    Residents of Sandymount and Merrion have again voiced their opposition to the regular discharge of raw sewage onto Sandymount Beach by Uisce Éireann (Irish Water). The most recent discharge was on 11th May. The sewage discharge occurs 10 and 12 times a year after heavy rain falls flood local drains. To avoid homes in the area being flooded, the sewage is diverted to the beach....
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  • Game, Set and a Perfect Match

    Game, Set and a Perfect Match

    Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club played matchmaker on Saturday May 13th with a very unique and different fun event - Speed Dating Tennis. The only rule was you had to be single and ready to mingle. Tickets flew out for this because it was new and exciting and the event was open to all Dublin tennis clubs but you didn’t have to be a member to join in or be a tennis pro,...
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  • Dublin City Council begins city wide upgrade of Public Lighting infrastructure

    Dublin City Council begins city wide upgrade of Public Lighting infrastructure

    Dublin City Council would like to announce that it has begun work on upgrading the city’s public lighting infrastructure, in partnership with Le Chéile Lighting Specialists. The project, which has been many years in development, ...
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  • Soundtrack Your Life

    Soundtrack Your Life

    The Dublin city centre park has recently joined famous public parks across the world to have a Soundwalk experience created by Pulitzer prize-winning composer Ellen Reid specifically for our green urban space adored by locals and tourists alike....
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  • Walk in My Shoes Transition Year Graduates as Advocates for Mental Health

    Walk in My Shoes Transition Year Graduates as Advocates for Mental Health

    Eighteen Dublin students (including students from Muckross Park, Donnybrook, Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, and CUS, Leeson Street) joined 122 Transition Year students across Ireland to graduate as Walk in My Shoes mental health ambassadors during a special online ceremony held to celebrate the class of 2022/23....
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  • Dublin’s Coolest Beer Gardens

    Dublin’s Coolest Beer Gardens

    With summer rolling in and with it the hot weather, I find myself thinking of a nice beer garden to sit in and soak up the sun with a nice cold drink. I’ve been to a fair few pubs and clubs, however, in my opinion beer gardens are the best for not only the Irish craic but also to catch up with some friends/ family in a nice environment....
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  • And they all sang out with Glee!

    And they all sang out with Glee!

    Award winning singer, producer and director of the former Irishtown Stage School, Liza Caulfifield is back with a bang with an all new singing Glee club. Liza has a long history in participating and teaching performing arts ...
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  • Capital Credit Union Donates €2,500 To Plant Reforest Nation

    Capital Credit Union Donates €2,500 To Plant Reforest Nation

    Capital Credit Union is delighted to announce a new partnership with Reforest Nation by donating €2,500 to help them in their journey to plant 1 million indigenous Irish trees by 2024....
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  • Poems and Prose from Beneath the Reek, by Jonathan Roth

    Poems and Prose from Beneath the Reek, by Jonathan Roth

    Jonathan Roth is a retired medical gerontologist who spends his time between Dublin and Westport, Co Mayo. In 2022 Jonathan climbed Croagh Patrick (or the Reek as it known to locals) and a few weeks later wrote a poem about his experience called “Croagh Patrick…… The Reek” (which appeared in NewsFour and a Mayo paper)....
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  • ‘Ghosts’ by Henrik Ibsen – a new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe

    ‘Ghosts’ by Henrik Ibsen – a new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe

    So, on my first excursion to the Abbey I chose to see a new rendition of Ibsen’s masterpiece, ‘Ghosts.’ This new interpretation was written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. I chose to see this particular play as it explores complex ideas of love, duty, and most importantly family....
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  • Continuous Patterns - IMMA Summer Party returns on July 14/15

    Continuous Patterns – IMMA Summer Party returns on July 14/15

    Continuous Patterns offers two flavours each evening, with Friday, 14 July focusing on a programme of upbeat, contemporary and future focused music, while Saturday 15 July presents a slightly more chilled out atmosphere, ideal for friends and family looking to unwind on a balmy summer night. ...
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