By the time you are reading this the General Election will be over. Dublin Bay South will have elected four TDs to represent the area for the next Dail term. Whoever they are I wish them well and look forward to working with them as I have with many TDs over the last thirty + years.
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The Sandymount Community were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Vincent Ryan, late of Sandymount Avenue in October 2023. Vincent died in the care of the professional staff of the Cardiac Unit of Cork University Hospital. A native of Dublin, married to Mary for 44 years,
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Our Tidy Towns Groups in Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Ringsend and Sandymount have been out in force all year planting, painting, sweeping, cleaning; helping make our villages extra colourful for all to enjoy. Dublin City Council’s South East Area Office
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During September and October, Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team, in partnership with Ballsbridge, Donnybrook & Sandymount Historical Society, Ringsend & District Historical Society, and both Ballsbridge and Donnybrook Tidy Towns Groups,
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The Dodder Art Club are a group of active retired people in the area who came together to develop artistic skills in a sociable and relaxed environment. The members who have been practising their drawing and painting since 2022,
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Join us for a magical evening of traditional Irish music and newly composed music with Cormac Breatnach on whistles and Martin Dunlea on guitar. The first of a series of traditional music concerts in the Sandymount Community Centre, this event will take place on Saturday 30th
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All great ideas begin with a thought in someone’s head. 38 years ago Ann Ingle, then resident in Sandymount, came up with the idea for a local newspaper; informative, lively, interesting, one that would capture the authentic voice of Dublin 4. From that idea NewsFour was born.
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I got to know Ann Ingle when I joined Sandymount Community Services in 1985, a Community Employment Programme, which was introduced by Ruairí Quinn TD, as Minister for Labour at the time, to tackle record levels of unemployment in Ireland.
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If I have a penchant for writing stories and articles, it is partly thanks to Ann Ingle. It was she, the first Editor of our shiny new local paper, NewsFour, who regularly put the arm on me to contribute copy to what was then a very Sandymount-oriented bulletin.
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In 1984, at the height of massive unemployment, Ruairi Quinn, then local TD and Minister for Labour (now Enterprise and Employment) introduced what was known as the Social Employment Scheme. This was an innovative scheme that actively encouraged
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