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Joe McKenna

journalist

Let’s Talk Turkey
17th December 2012
Let’s Talk Turkey
It’s Christmas, you’ve been running around like a nut job getting presents, decorations, crackers, socks, mistletoe and eggnog. Your Christmas is looking good, you’re looking forward to it already, but there’s still one thing you haven’t dealt with…….the turkey.
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Home from Home: Donnybrook, Australia
17th December 2012
Home from Home: Donnybrook, Australia
Remember when NewsFour took you across the Atlantic to Irishtown, New Brunswick, Canada? Well if you weren’t worn out by that brief journey to a far flung place with one of Dublin 4’s twin towns then you’ll be more than
DonnybrookHistoryIrishtownLocal News
Forest Fringe Branching Out
16th December 2012
Forest Fringe Branching Out
In 2007 Forest Fringe decided to open a space for artistic experimentation that would run concurrently, but as a separate entity, with the mammoth Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Quite a tall order when you realise that the great and the good
Arts & CultureInstallationTheatre
Damien Dempsey - Almighty Love
11th December 2012
Damien Dempsey – Almighty Love
When Damien Dempsey first came to prominence there were plenty of high brow music critics eager to write him off. He didn’t look like a rock star and his songs were rooted firmly in the realism of suburban Dublin. He
Arts & CultureMusic
Christmas at The Ark
11th December 2012
Christmas at The Ark
The cold is here, Santa’s polishing Rudolph’s nose while all the other reindeer stare on with envy and the elves are flat out trying to make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year for young children. But that’s just one day out of the season. What about the rest of it?
Arts & CultureChildrenChristmasTheatre
Temple Bar Cultural Trust
10th October 2012
Temple Bar Cultural Trust
For anyone who took advantage of the plethora of events that took place on Culture Night on 21st September and are wondering why things like that don’t happen more often, we have good news. Culture Night was started by the Temple Bar Cultural Trust in 2006
Arts & Culture
Finger on the Pulse at Windmill Lane
10th October 2012
Finger on the Pulse at Windmill Lane
Have you ever been walking along Ringsend Road and popped into the garage for a chicken sandwich only to spy Lady Gaga over by the jumbo Wotsits reading the Evening Herald? Or have you ever popped into Ferrari’s on a Friday afternoon
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Cursíolta: Sow Seeds, Grow Music
10th October 2012
Cursíolta: Sow Seeds, Grow Music
“I don’t think opportunities happen to you, I believe you make your own opportunities and those opportunities lead to things happening for you,” says Emma O’Reilly, proprietor of Cursíolta, the newest and most vibrant musical initiative in Irish music. After completing
Arts & CultureMusic
Oh baby, baby...
2nd October 2012
Oh baby, baby…
As far back as records go, Irish women have had more children than their sisters across Europe and today is no different, with Ireland leading the population growth league by a considerable distance. While the number of inhabitants within Europe
CommentaryEventsIrish HistoryLifestyle
They Came, They Scored Touchdowns, They Won
1st October 2012
They Came, They Scored Touchdowns, They Won
One or two of you may have noticed the swarms of American football fans who landed in Dublin on the weekend of September 1st. As NewsFour reported in our last issue, the college football brilliance of the Fighting Irish of
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