Buying clothes at Christmas for your wardrobe or as gifts for loved ones is an essential part of expressing self-love and our love and appreciation for others. Yet, before clicking the link on that phone or tablet it is good to reflect. Ask yourself if the item is a good purchase?
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Halloween is my favourite time of year. I mean, what’s there not to like? You decorate, dress up, and eat your bodyweight in whatever sweets you can scavenge. However, much like Christmas, there’s a side to the celebrations that people don’t tend to talk about much,
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An Irish engineering project that removes and recovers phosphorus from treated wastewater and allows it to be used as agricultural fertiliser has won a major global infrastructure engineering award. The Phosphorus Fixation & Recovery Facility (P Fix) was developed for Uisce Éireann
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Dublin Port’s Tolka Estuary walking and cycling Greenway is now open to the public along the northern perimeter of the port. It opens up a part of Dublin that was previously not accessible to the public, with views of the Clontarf seafront and Bull Island, as well as Howth Head
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On Thursday Sept 19th, in The Fair Play Café on York Road in Ringsend, about 50 locals and politicians attended a presentation on the Dublin Port expansion (3FM) project given by Minister for Transport & the Environment, Eamon Ryan. As well as locals and representatives
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Donnybrook, once a thriving village, has in recent years succumbed to the invasion of the dreaded high-rise. With the new monstrosity at the bottom of Eglinton Road, and a six-storey, 85-unit co-living complex where Kiely’s once stood already a fait accompli (adding to that the disappearance
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The Department of the Environment, Climate, and Communications has selected Irish Girl Guides (IGG) as one of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champions for the 2024-25 Programme. As a youth-driven organisation with our members at the heart of all decision-making,
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The East Link Bridge replaced the numerous ferries that carried traffic across the river. The bridge which is a bascule bridge or a moveable bridge (particularly common in Belgium) was opened to road traffic in 1984. RTÉ noted that, “in its first 12 hours of operation
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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 the aim of recognising and rewarding
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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 with an expanding population. When this service is diminished
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