Arts & Culture

Open House Dublin 2015

Open House Dublin 2015

Who lives in a house like this? Find out this weekend with the 10th annual Open House Dublin architecture festival! Organised by the Irish Architecture Foundation, the three-day festival sees the doors of many properties around Dublin opening their doors […]

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Riverside Singers Flourish

Riverside Singers Flourish

The Riverside Singers, Ringsend’s community choir, are 9 years on the go this year. From a start of just 10 singers in 2006, the numbers have grown to over 40 today, but new members are always welcome, especially men! Rehearsals […]

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The Poolbeg Peregrine

The Poolbeg Peregrine

Residents of Dublin 4 might not be aware that right in the heart of Dublin, on the Poolbeg Chimneys, a pair of resident Peregrine Falcons peer out over their territory of Dublin bay and Poolbeg peninsula. These superstars of nature […]

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Grand Gesture for Friends

Grand Gesture for Friends

On Thursday 17th September, at Mespil Road Bridge, Grand Canal, An tArdmhéara, Críona Ní Dhálaigh, unveiled two benches dedicated to the Friends of the Grand Canal. For the past eight years  groups of volunteers have been turning up in all […]

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Refugees Welcome

Refugees Welcome

After the harrowing scenes in the news and the escalating crisis of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees dispersed across Europe, it seemed there was little an individual could do in the on-going politics around refugee aid and the […]

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Abundant Fun

Abundant Fun

28th August saw Ringsend came to life in a most unusual way, with singing, dancing and song. Part of áthas mór or great joy, this was a week of events run by Abundant Grace in Ringsend. A whole host of […]

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Cinema Roundup October 9th

Cinema Roundup October 9th

It’s a quiet week but we have a thrilling new release in the form of Sicario. Emily Blunt is excellent as the FBI agent drafted into a shady unit set up to take down a Mexican drug cartel through dubious methods. […]

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Marian meets Muckross in Addams Family musical

Marian meets Muckross in Addams Family musical

This November, on the 40th anniversary of production, Marian College Musical Society, in association with Muckross Dominican School, are proud to present: ‘The Addams Family – A New Musical’. Dates are November 18th/19th/20th. This promises to be a fun and […]

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An Open Letter to Bono and Co.

An Open Letter to Bono and Co.

Dear U2, Recently on Creighton Street I was approached by a young Japanese man and his friend who wanted to know the location of the famous U2 Windmill Lane Studio. I pointed across the road to the building site and […]

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The Mad Hatters of Beaver Row

The Mad Hatters of Beaver Row

Beaver Row in Donnybrook is a location with a unique history. And so it was only fitting that such a unique history bequeathed such a one-off event as that which takes place on this very road on the weekend of […]

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