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  • Irish poets at the ILF this May
    Irish poets at the ILF this May
    20 May 2022 by
    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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Culture

  • Local Writer Launches Second Successful Novel
    Local Writer Launches Second Successful Novel
    Friday 7th of March last saw the launch of Ruth O Leary’s second book, A Week to Remember, to a very enthusiastic gathering of book lovers and literary buffs alike in Eason’s on Stephen’s Green. Comedian Val Troy did the...
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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...
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  • Easter Event for all the Family
    Easter Event for all the Family
    On Easter Saturday April 19th 2025 get ready for a whimsical wonderland adventure at the Easter Eggscapade, hosted by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and taking place at the picturesque Blackrock Park from 1pm to 5pm. Celebrating Easter...
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Sport

  • Finals Day at Railway Union 2024
    Finals Day at Railway Union 2024
    The Club are looking forward to another great season and new members are very welcome 'to have a go' every Wednesday evening, 6pm, throughout the Summer months. Info at 089 - 275 4335. Images below courtesy Railway Union....
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Food & Wine

  • 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...
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  • Beat the Blues and Turn2me

    Beat the Blues and Turn2me

    With more lives still being lost to suicide than are lost on our roads, not enough focus or attention is given to positive and active solutions to mental health. Depression affects one in ten people in Ireland at any one […]...
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  • DCC Notes

    DCC Notes

    Publicity Club Collections The Lord Mayor Naoise Ó Muirí, accepted collections from The Publicity Club of Ireland which were donated to Dublin City Library and Archive. The collections contain a number of interesting items from the club, which was a […]...
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  • Sally and the Way She Might Look at You

    Sally and the Way She Might Look at You

    Thirty years ago, were you to walk down Thorncastle Street or perhaps wander up Bridge Street, there would be a woman, standing in the corner, staring at you. She’s trying to remember what newspaper you read. For she is Sally […]...
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  • D4 hit by ATM Scam

    D4 hit by ATM Scam

    According to the Irish Payment Services Organisation (IPSO), cases of ATM fraud were down 59% in 2012 compared to the previous year. Last year, 212 incidents were reported, compared to over 500 in 2011. Despite this positive news, some areas […]...
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  • Local Defence Forces in Ringsend Park

    Local Defence Forces in Ringsend Park

    A lovely lady called Mrs. Smullen gave me this picture of the Local Defence Force Irishtown Sub Dist 1943 4 Sect. From the picture she could only identify her father Thomas Smullen (bottom left) and John Clarke from Clarke and […]...
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  • The Ripple Effect – Generosity can be contagious!

    The Ripple Effect – Generosity can be contagious!

    Many people are facing stark choices as a result of the current economic situation. Do you pay the overdue ESB bill or put food on the table? Unfortunately some people have no choice but to skip meals just to keep […]...
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  • Share your Lunch

    Share your Lunch

    Question: How much does it cost you to share your lunch with some of the poorest people on the planet? Answer: Absolutely nothing! Regular readers of NewsFour may be familiar with the charitable work of the Anchorage Project at 10A […]...
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  • Roast's Culinary delights

    Roast’s Culinary delights

    On the first floor above Crowe’s Pub on Pembroke Road in Ballsbridge, in an room that once acted as a stage for small musical acts, lies Roast Restaurant. Not everyone knows of it, but the staff at Roast are determined […]...
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  • RICC News

    RICC News

    RICC Radio had a great variety of shows on over Christmas which ranged from a visit to RICC Radio Station by Santa Claus, interviews on local services and singing from youth groups. We would like to take this opportunity to […]...
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  • Facebook developers move next-door to Google

    Facebook developers move next-door to Google

    Google Ireland may soon have some new neighbours at their headquarters on Barrow Street. Ellier Developments, the property development company behind the development of Facebook’s Irish headquarters at Hanover Reach in Dublin’s Docklands, have purchased the cut-stone mill which stands […]...
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  • Haven Building in Haiti

    Haven Building in Haiti

    When Leslie Buckley went to work in Haiti in 2004 he was moved by the poverty he witnessed. So in 2009 he launched Haven with his wife Carmel to assist rural districts with housing and shelter. Then on that fateful […]...
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  • Naturopathic Nutrition - Curb your cravings

    Naturopathic Nutrition – Curb your cravings

    The connection between food and mood in humans is generally immense. We eat to celebrate, to cheer ourselves up, to reward ourselves and because someone gives us something and we feel obliged. Ironically, we rarely eat to simply fuel our […]...
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  • The Ringsend Gathering Needs You

    The Ringsend Gathering Needs You

    The Ringsend Gathering will take place between June 14th & 16th and is hoping to include as many people from the Ringsend community in a weekend of festivities. “What it essentially is, is a Dockland-maritime-festival involving the different sporting organisations […]...
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  • Son of a Morning Star

    Son of a Morning Star

    The splendid name ‘Son of the Morning Star’ was bestowed on General Custer by the Great Plains Indians of the First Nation. The Indian women said he looked magnificent on a horse, all six foot of him, in his white […]...
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  • Dave Reddy and the Good Old Days

    Dave Reddy and the Good Old Days

    Dave Reddy, a local man from Sandymount, is probably best known for his involvement in Sandymount Community Radio and Ringsend Radio. It ran from 1982 to 1989 in conjunction with Community Week, which was held at the end of May […]...
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