Christmas

Cats’ Aid Christmas Fair 2014

Cats’ Aid Christmas Fair 2014

Help raise money for Cats’ Aid while getting your Christmas shopping done! Cats’ Aid will be holding their Christmas Fair on Saturday the 29th of November in the Iris Charles Centre on Newbridge Avenue in Sandymount. With mulled wine and mince pies

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Christmas Event Guide

Christmas Event Guide

December 8th is the day the farmers come to the ‘big smoke’ to do their shopping and a massive day out for people from all corners of Ireland. But living in Dublin means it’s not such a novelty. Just a day to avoid an unusually busy town,

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The Christmas Culinary Corner

The Christmas Culinary Corner

If you don’t have children to wake you up on Christmas day, then I hope your Christmas dinner will! Some of us must be up early to prepare for the family to arrive for the festive feast while others, like me, still live at home with their parents with no children to enlighten the day.

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What Makes a Christmas Movie?

What Makes a Christmas Movie?

Christmas. For some it’s a time to reflect on the birth of Jesus. For others, it’s about spending quality time with the family (or pretending to enjoy the company of your in-laws). But if you’re a movie lover, the holiday season is all about bingeing-out on your favourite festive flicks

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Fight the Financial Fear

Fight the Financial Fear

Thanks to fears over our financial well-being, the holiday season can prove for many the most stressful time of year. Nobody wants to be seen as a scrooge and because of this we often indulge in spending we really can’t afford.

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Christmas Carols at the Fair Play

Christmas Carols at the Fair Play

There was a festive night of carols and mulled wine at the Fair Play Cafe on Monday, our photographer was there to get a few snaps. The audience sings along to Silent Night. Lucy reads the poem Advent Calendar. Peter and Heidi provide the carols.

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Santa Spotted in Ringsend

Santa Spotted in Ringsend

Santa was spotted in Ringsend and our photographer was there to take a few snaps. Santa looked really tired, but said he was on track for the deadline on the 24th. Himself, the missus and the elves have a lot done, but a lot more to do. The reindeer are in training,

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The Green Scene

The Green Scene

As the year grows old and December days grow shorter, we accept the onset of winter as an inevitable part of nature’s course. The foliage is gone from the trees and now is the time to admire the lovely colours of the bark as they glow in the low winter sun.

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Brush Up Your Art skills

Brush Up Your Art skills

Would you like to learn new skills in art or brush up on your current skills? A small private art studio in Sandymount offers kids, students and adults of all levels the chance to do just that in a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere with oil painting, drawing, sculpture and more.

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Friday the 13th’s Cinema Round-up

Friday the 13th's Cinema Round-up

Legendary character actor Bruce Dern returned to our screens at the ripe age of 77 recently in the excellent bittersweet comedy Nebraska. His performance has been tipped for an Oscar by many and in celebration of his return, the Irish Film Institute are screening four

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