Archive for August 2013

Snapping to the Top

In 2011, Kim Haughton, a freelance photographer based in Dublin discussed baking with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. “He’s a grandfather and bakes bread, I find these kind of things interesting about people,” she says. Her work has taken her […]

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Book Review – Walking into Eternity

Book Review - Walking into Eternity

Ulysses is certainly a book worth reading, something of an adventure given its size, prestige and depth of detail but getting a start can be a challenge. For many, particularly the fabled ‘average reader’, the intimidation factor is high. The […]

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Return to the Fringe

Return to the Fringe

Culture vultures and lovers of the performing arts will once again be holding their breath in anticipation of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. The first wave of news is upon us so we spoke with Róise Goan, Director of the […]

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FARM play at the Lir

FARM play at the Lir

The LIR, Ireland’s National Academy of Dramatic Art, situated on Pearse St, recently played host to a meeting of worlds of what to most people’s minds are true opposites: country life and city life. The LIR and WillFredd Theatre brought […]

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Cuts create resilience in Drugs Task Force

Cuts create resilience in Drugs Task Force

There’s no doubt excessive budget cuts have had an impact on local services across the board, but some groups such as the South Inner City Drugs Task Force are trying to look beyond the negativity of budget cuts and dwindling […]

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The Green Scene – Midsummer Musings

The Green Scene - Midsummer Musings

Every day may not be a good day, but there is something good in every day. So says the old adage. And there’s a lot of truth in it. Early mornings at this time of year are quite beautiful. I […]

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Salt in The Veins

Salt in The Veins

Local Ringsend man Gerry Brannock has good reason to be proud of the area. The spritely native has seen both land and seascapes of Dublin’s south portside change radically over the years, but the historic pride is also tinged with […]

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A Coupla White Chicks

A Coupla White Chicks

Sharyn Hayden has been between these sheets before, for her hilarious stand-up show Shazwanda Up The Duff and her musical comedy night The Fandora Club. Having starred in Tracy Martin’s The Wave last year, she has caught the theatrical bug […]

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Nights at Columbia Mills

Nights at Columbia Mills

In the early 90s, a generation got caught up in the lawlessness of rave culture. Fed-up with boring slow sets and indie beats and yearning for some release from the constant talk of unemployment and emigration, young and old turned […]

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Rediscovering the Lost Generation

Rediscovering the Lost Generation

Paris, 1925. Truly the centre of the art world. The Art Deco period had just begun and everybody who was anybody in the arts lived there, including Ireland’s three greatest writers – Wilde, Joyce and Beckett. As Oscar Wilde lay […]

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