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  • Irish poets at the ILF this May
    Irish poets at the ILF this May
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    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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  • Dockers
    Dockers
    We should all be familiar with “The Dockers”, the working class grafters who were historically employed in the docks and the shipping industry in Dublin in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the majority of them came from Dockland...
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  • Dockers
    Dockers
    We should all be familiar with “The Dockers”, the working class grafters who were historically employed in the docks and the shipping industry in Dublin in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the majority of them came from Dockland...
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Memory Lane

  • Dockers
    Dockers
    We should all be familiar with “The Dockers”, the working class grafters who were historically employed in the docks and the shipping industry in Dublin in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the majority of them came from Dockland...
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Events

  • Pop-up Online Bookclub
    Pop-up Online Bookclub
    Ireland Reads Day Venue: Pearse Street Library Date: Monday 24th February 2025 Time: 6:45 PM to 7:45 PM Celebrate Ireland Reads Day with our special pop-up online book club! For those of you who can't get to...
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  • Upcoming Lunchtime Talks in Pembroke Library
    Upcoming Lunchtime Talks in Pembroke Library
    We are delighted to share details of our upcoming lunchtime talks in Pembroke Library. These take place at 1pm. Please note, booking is required and is made directly with Pembroke Library: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie / (01) 222...
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  • Welcome to the Railway Dome
    Welcome to the Railway Dome
    Railway Union in Sandymount is about to open a brand new indoor training facility to be known as the Railway Dome. This purpose built facility is designed primarily as a cricket training ground, with the potential to open it out...
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  • Muckross Park House<br>Site under threat as owners seek re-zoning

    Muckross Park House
    Site under threat as owners seek re-zoning

    Dermot Carmody A site around the historic Muckross Park House in Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, which includes the original house, buildings associated with the old convent and school and surrounding green area would be rezoned if a recent submission to Dublin […]...
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  • The ESB Swimming Club 2022 Gala

    The ESB Swimming Club 2022 Gala

    Two days of competition 1,835 entries 28 clubs 88 relay teams A record last set with Irish Olympians on the team SMASHED! It was a record breaking May bank holiday weekend at ESB Swim Club’s 71st Annual Swim Gala. Almost […]...
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  • RICC Tea Dance Gets Everyone on their Feet

    RICC Tea Dance Gets Everyone on their Feet

    Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre hosted an amazing afternoon of live music, dancing and an incredible mouthwatering feast for the CYMS Active Retirement group recently. The room was upbeat with lively chatter, laughter and joy and it was great to […]...
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  • The Editor’s Corner

    The Editor’s Corner

    To the proverbial visitor from Mars it might come as something of a shock as to why we in Ireland cannot establish a health service fit for purpose. Indeed that question has been puzzling many of us who live here […]...
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  • Ringsend and Irishtown, where Hope and History rhyme with our Present

    Ringsend and Irishtown, where Hope and History rhyme with our Present

    Shay Connolly ‘Steeped in history’ is an old cliche perhaps but in the case of Ringsend and Irishtown we are drowning in it. Multiple centuries of it!! And before some of it submerged into the sea altogether we decided to […]...
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  • New Traditional Music Festival Launched in Smithfield

    New Traditional Music Festival Launched in Smithfield

    David Prendeville Dublin City Council recently announced a new free folk and traditional music event set to launch in Smithfield in Dublin City Centre. The first ‘Smithfield Fleadh’ will take place this year on the 18th and 19th of June […]...
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  • Bloomsday 2022 in Dublin 4

    Bloomsday 2022 in Dublin 4

    Ronan O’ Donnell Joycean Village Celebrations are set to take place in Ballsbridge, Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount for Bloomsday this year. Bloomsday of course celebrates the life of James Joyce, his book Ulysses and the city of Dublin where the […]...
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  • NewsFour meets Paul Lynch, Club Captain of Railway Union Bowling Club

    NewsFour meets Paul Lynch, Club Captain of Railway Union Bowling Club

    Sandymount’s Railway Union Bowling Club hosts Successful OPEN DAY for the local community On the weekend of May 6th and 7th, Railway Union Bowling Club extended a warm welcome to the local community to come along and try out a […]...
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  • Ireland Nations League Preview

    Ireland Nations League Preview

    David Prendeville With the league season now over, and the World Cup taking place in Winter this year, the summer is looking like a fairly barren period in which to get a soccer fix. We can, however, look forward to […]...
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  • Longitude Festival Returns

    Longitude Festival Returns

    Megan Thee Stallion, Tyler The Creator and A$AP Rocky among the headliners B.J. Quinn Life during Lockdown wasn’t without its music. First, cooped-up sailors became Tik-Tok superstars by belting out delightful sea shanties for all to enjoy. Then we saw […]...
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  • Thanks For Everything Mr Tilly

    Thanks For Everything Mr Tilly

    Mr Tilly’s Christmas lights and Christmas cards raised a massive €20,000 in 2021 for Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services in Harold’s Cross and he would love to give a huge thank you to everyone who supported him: The Bath […]...
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  • RICC Radio Relaunches in Ringsend

    RICC Radio Relaunches in Ringsend

    Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre’s (RICC) online radio station was relaunched back in February and has been going strong ever since Top Irish comedian Danny O’Brien provided the laughs in the buildup to the first weekly community news podcast. The […]...
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  • On the Rise - Dublin’s Clare Dunne selected for European Shooting Stars 20

    On the Rise – Dublin’s Clare Dunne selected for European Shooting Stars 20

    B.J. Quinn Writer/actor Clare Dunne is best known for writing and starring in Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself (2020), for which she scooped Best Script at the IFTAs, and for her role as Amanda in RTÉ’s hit series Kin. Adding to her […]...
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  • Reg Ryan The Schemer - Part 2

    Reg Ryan The Schemer – Part 2

    Gavan Bergin Reg continued to play at left-half for West Brom until he was moved to the inside-forward position midway through the 1949/50 season. That change worked well for West Brom, who had been in relegation trouble.They started scoring again […]...
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  • Same-Sex Schools: A Thing of the Past?

    Same-Sex Schools: A Thing of the Past?

    Peter McNamara Did you attend a same-sex school? Reflecting on those days, you might carry warm memories of semi-cloistered sisterhood and brotherhood. Perhaps you thrived in an atmosphere of focus, fun, and privacy, among your own kind. On the other […]...
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