A huge amount of people did some form of Irish dancing in school or a local class when they were young. Apparently, I was one of them but I only know this because there is a photo of me at […]
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The appearance of the now-infamous ‘Weird Poles’ on Strand Road has caused quite a stir around Sandymount. Just before Christmas they were erected along the sea front and sparked enough interest in one member of the public, David Reddy, to […]
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As well as being a perennial topic in the pages of NewsFour, the River Dodder is a source of natural fascination for D4 residents and South Dubliners in general. Along the flow of its course, there are surprises aplenty. We […]
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In 2010 contamination by dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs was detected in milk and meat in the Engidalur valley situated in Iceland. The contamination was traced to a small municipal waste incinerator operating in the valley. It was 21 times over […]
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You’re young; love football; play sport. Would you like a career teaching in it too? Yes please. That might be the profile of one of the next young hopefuls being taught in the FÁS/FAI Youth Soccer Training course in Irishtown […]
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Get your running shoes on for Enable Ireland! The not-for-profit organisation is looking for women to sign up to the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon before registration closes this weekend.
Read more →The Salvation is a cracking new western from Denmark of all places. Mads Mikkelsen (TV’s Hannibal) plays an immigrant in the old west who seeks vengeance when his wife and son are murdered. It’s very much an old school western, […]
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Sandymount local Anna O’Donohue recently qualified as a mental health nurse and is spending two months volunteering in a Romanian psychiatric hospital. Working with the UK charity Volunteers for Mental Health – www.vfmh.org.uk, she is based in the town of […]
Read more →It’s that time of year again, so get your rubber gloves on and get stuck in for Dodder Day! Dodder Action Dublin are looking for volunteers to help with the river’s annual clean up this Saturday.
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There was salt in the wind, along with the unmistakable smell that is Poolbeg. The pier that reaches out to the lighthouse was being sprinkled with sea spray when musician Garr Cleary spoke to NewsFour about his upcoming tour and […]
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