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Meaningful Daily Occupations for People Living with Dementia

Meaningful Daily Occupations for People Living with Dementia

The next meeting of the Ringsend-Irishtown Alzheimer café, on Wed 30th July, will feature as guest speaker the Senior Occupational Therapist for The Memory Harbour. The café provides a warm welcoming space for people living with dementia/cognitive impairment, their family and friends,

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Morton Academy School of Irish Dancing

Morton Academy School of Irish Dancing

Nestled within our thriving communities, the Morton Academy School of Irish Dancing offers a unique and vibrant opportunity for the young to connect with Ireland’s rich cultural heritage through the art of dance. Founded by the passionate and experienced dance teacher, Joan Redmond

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Fun in the Sun at the 17th May Day Parade

Fun in the Sun at the 17th May Day Parade

The May Day event this year fell on a glorious early Summer’s day. Mams, dads, kids, and revellers simply out to have fun in the sun, gathered at the community centre in Ringsend for the May bank holiday. The theme this year was sustainability and getting back to basics.

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1916 and Ringsend

1916 and Ringsend

On Saturday April 12th, the local Ringsend and District Historical Society are celebrating Ringsend’s contribution to the Easter Rising by organising a 1916 detailed walking tour, followed by an exhibition in Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre, showcasing Seamus Grace’s archives

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Minding your Own Self

Minding your Own Self

Minding Your Own Self is a new mental health and social benefit podcast on RICC Radio hosted by Helen Walsh, who has a vast experience within this field. With a background in counselling studies in Maynooth University, life coaching and child psychology,

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Empowered Women Empower the World!

Empowered Women Empower the World!

International Women’s Day is celebrated globally on March 8th to honour the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. A variety of local events were planned throughout the week, which included a breakfast celebration in the Greenore Centre,

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Calling all Local Voices: Show us Your Talent for Bloomsday

Calling all Local Voices: Show us Your Talent for Bloomsday

Ringsend and District Historical Society will hold its Bloomsday festival from 12th – 16th June. A full programme of events will soon be announced but the opening event is the writers event which once again will be a competition open to both adults and children with voucher prizes of €200, €100, and €75

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Speaking Their Truth: New Book Celebrating Ringsend and its Young Voices

Speaking Their Truth: New Book Celebrating Ringsend and its Young Voices

At the end of November Ringsend’s Days, Our Poets in Bloom: Telling a 1000 years of Ringsend History was launched in the Ringsend Irishtown Community Centre on Thorncastle Street. The book, produced by the Ringsend and District

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Orla Murphy and the RICC Memorial Wall

Orla Murphy and the RICC Memorial Wall

I would like to give you a bit of background as to how this beautiful memorial wall came to be and about the wonderful person behind the idea. Orla Murphy Projects was founded in memory of and inspired by the late Orla Murphy from Ringsend.

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More Than Bricks and Mortar

More Than Bricks and Mortar

It’s no secret that Dublin is going through a big housing crisis. Dublin accounts for 70 per cent of all homeless people with 6,935 adults and 3,165 children without homes in the capital. This means that the number of homeless in Dublin city surpassed 10,000 for the first time in March of

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