Archive for 2013

D4 Local Sculpture Explained

D4 Local Sculpture Explained

Have you ever stopped and watched the time set by the James Joyce solar pillar sculpture along Sandymount Strand? In bygone times, James Joyce himself walked the promenade making his observations that featured in Ulysses. He describes character Stephen Dedalus […]

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New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Dublin

New Year's Eve Celebrations in Dublin

Where will you be this New year’s eve? In less than 48 hours we will be in 2014 and what better way to honour the dawn of a new year than to take part in celebrations in your capital city. Events have been organised in Dublin to keep adults and children entertained.

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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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Sporting Stars Team Up For GOAL Mile

Sporting Stars Team Up For GOAL Mile

Some of the countries biggest sporting stars are teaming up with hundreds of sports enthusiasts to undertake Goal’s 120 Mile Global Run. The event, which is being undertaken in aid of the Philippines and is in its 32nd year, was […]

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Matthew Behan’s Still Running

Matthew Behan’s Still Running

Young Sandymount athlete Matthew Behan’s star is on the rise as he continues to win at running and hurdle races in Leinster and around the country. A 16 year old fifth-year student at CUS (Catholic University School), Matthew’s two main […]

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Collide Dance Academy

Collide Dance Academy

Ashling Woods Larkin started Collide Dance Academy in 2005 in the Enfield Community Hall with just six students before moving her classes to Ringsend. Thanks to her devotion and dedication, the academy has received numerous awards over the last eight […]

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Artist in Profile: Sueann Moore

Artist in Profile: Sueann Moore

From her flat in Countess Markievicz House, painter Sueann Moore (pictured) transforms her front room into an artist’s studio, using her coffee table as her easel, kids running in and out and neighbours knocking in as she paints. Sueann’s paintings […]

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Bonfires on New Year’s Eve

Bonfires on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve was crazy. All the gangs from the area would go gathering materials for the bonfires. They would collect pallets, wooden crates, tyres and anything else that would burn. The Villas, Whelan House, O’Rahilly House, George Reynolds, Stella […]

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When Gerry O’Dea Captured JFK

When Gerry O’Dea Captured JFK

Having joined the Dublin Camera Club at 19, Gerry O’Dea developed a love for documentary photography. When President Kennedy arrived at Dublin Airport in Air Force One (above) on 26 June 1963, Gerry was on hand to capture the now-historic […]

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The Ten Best Movies of 2013

With 2013 drawing to a close, NewsFour’s resident movie obsessive looks back on his ten favourite films of the year. 10. The Broken Circle Breakdown This Belgian drama about two musicians whose relationship falls apart following the death of their […]

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