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Campaign ends, problems remain
By David Prendeville And so Ireland’s EURO 2020 qualifying campaign concluded with Ireland having to enter the play-off games in March, needing to win both of those, to get in to the tournament we are co-hosting next summer. This campaign […]
Santa is coming
The Man from the North Pole will arrive tomorrow at 11am at Jervis Shopping Centre, accompanied by Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer to open his magic Grotto. There’ll be magic Christmas shows, sing- along and meet&greet
A modern séance and a Dublin medium from history
BY Dermot Carmody It’s the time of year when we celebrate the supernatural and listen closely for messages from the dead souls who move among us. The ongoing success of The Bram Stoker Festival, which celebrates the Gothic horror of […]
Fear of the unknown: The obscure Irish gothic
Geneva Pattison Every year around this time, we are reminded of one of our most hallowed and terrifying literary exports, Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. Over a century later, the man behind the fangs seems to have punctured every facet of pop-culture. […]
Bauhaus at 100
BY Geneva Pattison This year marks the centenary of Bauhaus, a movement within the Art and Architecture humanities. To mark the occasion, the National Museum has acquired four portfolios, comprising 52 woodcuts prints, lithographs, lino cuts and etchings on loan […]
Gerard Byrne appointed Artist-in-Residence at the Singapore Botanic Gardens
BYDavid Prendeville In August, Gerard Byrne, one of Ireland’s leading contemporary artists, whose studio is based in Ranelagh, became Artist-in-Residence at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. As part of the commemorative celebration of the Gardens’ 160 years in existence, he was […]
Autumnal preparations in the garden
BY Susan O’Brien In local parks and along our neighbourhood streets, the green leaf tones of summer are slowly giving way to lime tree yellows and orange tones of the chestnut. All around, there is a sense of a rising […]
Reaping what you sow: Harvest edition
BY Geneva Pattison Autumn is a peaceful affair. We’re winding down from a jam-packed Summer and have a break before the Winter festivities and exciting Christmas rush. Autumn could be considered the gardener’s Christmas with the amount of gifts it […]
Vinyl Festival returns for a second spin
Following the success of its 2018 event, the much–anticipated Vinyl Festival returns to Dún Laoghaire in November, promising once again to be an unmissable experience for music fans and vinyl record aficionados alike. The festival will take place in a […]
Horrorthon returns to IFI
David Prendeville The annual Horrorthon returns to the newly-refurbished IFI this month, running from Thursday, October 24th to Monday, October 28th. This year’s festival will open on Thursday 24th with the Irish premiere of Abe Forsythe’s zom-com Little Monsters starring […]