Archive for 2024

Remembering Rosa

Remembering Rosa

I was just a kid, maybe nine or ten years old when Rosa came into my life. She was so pretty, young, and fun! I remember being in the kitchen of Bryndhu (our family home on Claremont Road, Sandymount, where Mike and I grew up) when Ma told me the news that Mike and Rosa were engaged! What excitement!

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Culture Night 2024 at The Foundry

Culture Night 2024 at The Foundry

Google opened the Foundry doors to celebrate Culture Night 2024 live with Google Ireland’s Experience Center. Using AI technology to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.

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Google Education Task Force

Google Education Task Force

Google, in collaboration with the Post Primary Schools, established a partnership to offer Transitional Year placements for students seeking hands-on experience within Google. The program, aptly titled “A Week and a Life in Google,” will recommence in the year 2025. Fifty placements will be allocated to schools

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Google Community News Update

Google Community News Update

Teresa Weafer, Google Community Affairs, joined Jimmy Murray and team to celebrate the recent cohort of participants who successfully completed the Marine Skills training program, sponsored by Google.org. Some of the participants shared their experiences and the valuable skills they acquired during the course.

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Q & A with Elaine Corcoran

Q & A with Elaine Corcoran

Elaine Corcoran is a Solicitor working in Ringsend, she is mum of two boys and lives locally. She is here to answer readers’ questions and to give some guidance on current legal trends / developments. Elaine can be contacted on 01 5617900 or by email:

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This October it’s Murder!

This October it’s Murder!

Supported by the Arts Council and DLR Libraries, Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival, returns to Dublin for its 7th year with a host of not to be missed events, talks, masterclasses and workshops taking place in Dun Laoghaire’s landmark DLR Lexicon Library & Cultural Centre.

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Poems from Dawn Chorus

Poems from Dawn Chorus

Four poems from Mary Guckian’s new collection, Dawn Chorus

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Where I was before this

Where I was before this

Poem, Where I was before this, by Edward Thornton

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Logic

Logic

Poem, Logic, by Margaret Boles

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In my world

In my world

Poem, In my world, by James Conway

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