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Irish poets at the ILF this May
20 May 2022 by editor

Introductions | Céadlínte: A showcase of poets representing the electrifying future of Irish poetry, with special musical guests From May 24th to May 26th, Introductions| Ceadlinte will have fifteen of the most exciting new poets in the English and Irish language performing […]...
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Surviving Suicide

by editor
1st April 2013

I was 28 when Paul took a fatal overdose. He was my fiance and my first love. He was injured at work and what started out as a simple break, ultimately led to his death. His leg wouldn’t heal properly […]...
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Silent But Deadly

by editor
1st April 2013

In 2014, ‘Formula E’, a new electric car alternative to ‘Formula One’, will host its inaugural ten race season. The project has been met with little enthusiasm. Motorsport fans are extremely cynical about the venture, feeling the lack of engine […]...
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Artist in Profile: Nicola Kelly

by editor
1st April 2013

Nicola Kelly is a self taught artist from Bray Co. Wicklow. During 2007 she began painting using acrylics and more recently oils, she is influenced by surrealism right through to street art. Her earlier work is reminiscent and inspired by […]...
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Has the Web Killed the Record Store?

by editor
1st April 2013

As a music-obsessed teen in the mid-nineties, I would often spend my Saturday afternoons traversing Dublin’s numerous record shops, blackening my thumbs with the dust of a thousand record sleeves. Even if I didn’t make a purchase, (being a broke […]...
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Fair Lady’s Dark Past

by editor
1st April 2013

In Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin’s Harold’s Cross rests an unspoken piece of Hollywood history. There you can find the grave of one Anthony Hepburn-Ruston. His name may be meaningless to you, but if you read the inscription you’ll see […]...
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City Fox Controversy

by editor
1st April 2013

In light of a recent much-publicised fox attack in the UK, Fine Gael Councillor Edie Wynne has expressed her concern over a perceived increase of the fox populations in urban areas of Dublin. Reacting to appeals from citizens, Cllr Wynne […]...
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Author in Profile: Eamonn Fingleton

by editor
1st April 2013

With so many sadly emigrating, Eamonn Fingleton is one Irish man who returned home recently after living in London, New York and Tokyo for many years. He is now a local in Dublin 4. Fingleton is a world-renowned author in […]...
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Crazy about Camping

by editor
1st April 2013

I got married in a 5 star resort in the Caribbean. I’ve never hugged a tree in my life. And the thought of being nearly ten miles from the nearest flushed toilet left me with chills. So when my husband’s […]...
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Book Review – Dublin’s Working Prams by Susan Weir

by editor
1st April 2013

In the 1970s newborn babies from Holles Street Maternity Hospital were brought to Westland Row Church for Christening before they left hospital, in case they died. A local lady Lena Redmond was a street trader at the time and Lena, […]...
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Sandymount Slaveys

by editor
28th February 2013

I recently read a book called Shadow and Sun by Neil Campbell, the son of James Campbell, the minister of the old Presbyterian Church on the junction of Tritonville Road, Sandymount that was demolished back in 1999. The grounds of […]...
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Sail The High Seas In The Tall Ships!

by editor
28th February 2013

Sail Training Ireland are delighted to announce a series of sail training voyages on a variety of Tall Ships in 2013. The aim is to increase the number of tall ship sea voyages to and from the country. The opportunity […]...
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50 Shades of Gay

by editor
28th February 2013

Bret Easton Ellis started a storm in a queercup recently when he stated that openly gay actor Mat Bomer couldn’t play the lead in the planned movie adaptation of ‘50 Shades of Grey’. The American Psycho scribe, stated on twitter; […]...
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Self Defence, Tiger Style

by editor
28th February 2013

Every parent would like to think that as they raise their children they impart enough knowledge and know how to allow them a relatively safe passage through life. But we all know that no matter how hard we try, we […]...
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Ireland and Drinking

by editor
28th February 2013

A new report by the Men’s Health Forum calls for a reduction in alcohol consumption and more stringent legislation concerning alcoholic policy in Ireland. ‘A Report on the All-Ireland Young Men and Suicide Project’ focuses on effective mental health work […]...
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Get on your bike for the Cycle against Suicide

by editor
28th February 2013

Ireland finished fourth in a Europe wide poll looking at the highest rate of suicide in young people. 500 people, across the age spectrum, took their own lives in 2011. But what can we do about it? According to Irish […]...
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