In March this year, the Baggot Inn of Lower Baggot Street became the first Irish pub to accept payments in the form of the world’s newest and most controversial currency, the BitCoin. While the eyes and minds of pundits and […]
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2014 will see the celebration of an important medieval milestone in the Long Room of Trinity College Dublin: the one thousandth anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf. In the popular imagination that battle was the culmination of a long war […]
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The Dublin Port Company has launched a planning application with An Bord Pleánala for the redevelopment of Alexandra Basin, at a cost of €200 million. The plan, simply called the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment Project (ABR), would involve deepening of berths […]
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Back in April, Airbnb opened their new state of the art European Headquarters at the Watermarque building in Ringsend, and announced plans to add 100 people to their workforce. They’re coming into town, not just with a younger workforce, or […]
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Local history enthusiasts gathered at Elm Park Golf and Sports Club on April 10th for a much-anticipated lecture by Dr Beatrice M. Doran, author of Donnybrook: A History. The author spoke of the popularity of her new book. “The local […]
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The Ringsend and District Response to Drugs Annual Event took place on Thursday 15th May in the Clanna Gael Hall on Sean Moore Road, Irishtown. Main speakers at this year’s graduation included members of the HSE, board directors from the […]
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The imminent closure of St Brigid’s primary school in Ballsbridge brings with it a mixed bag of emotions for all concerned. St Brigid’s currently caters for boys and girls in Junior and Senior Infants, and girls only from 1st class […]
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Enjoy some food and fun times with your neighbours this Sunday with Street Feast. Now in its fourth year, Street Feast is an annual event that sees communities across the country getting together to host lunches, potlucks and street parties, […]
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The Green at the heart of Sandymount Village continues to be a site of controversy as well as genteel recreation, following the latest alteration by Dublin City Council. On April 15th at around 11.30am, a digger arrived on site at […]
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NewsFour speaks with Sarah Staunton of the Sandymount and Merrion Residents’ Association (SAMRA) about upcoming plans for this summer. Sandymount, of course, has a particularly active and involved volunteer force of concerned citizens, many of them familiar names and faces […]
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