It’s time to meet your new Councillors, all clean and shiny ahead of another five years. Can these guys work together for the better of Dublin? And more importantly, what are they going to do over the next five years? […]
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It is that time of year again and as soon as the children have their summer holidays, the shelves of the department stores are packed with school uniforms and new school bags, reminding us of the pending expense lurking at […]
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Like it or not, election posters are part of our lives. Whether it’s Local, General, European, Referendum or Presidential Elections, the one constant is the thousands upon thousands of posters that appear quickly but linger for weeks, and sometimes months, […]
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Looking for something to do on those cold winter nights? Why not join a choir? Sandymount Gospel Choir is singing out loud for new members. They are a non-professional group, comprised of tenors, basses, altos and sopranos. An ability to […]
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St. Andrew’s Resource Centre has kick-started their annual student exchange programme. This year, the programme will see students from Malta and Finland travel to Dublin for a week at the end of this month, to partake in the festivities of […]
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In the mid 1950s, after Nat King Cole opened our shop – Tara Records in Tara Street – we went to see Nat at the Theatre Royal, now long demolished. Michael Tyrell invited Nat and his trio to drinks in […]
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It is often said that when God closes a door, He opens a window. Rarely do instances of supposed failure evolve into stories of heroic success, but that is certainly true of the case of Irishtown resident Alan ‘King of […]
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The high summer weeks always see a generous bounty of events across the country. As well as the peak of festival season, we have Heritage Week, when museums and cultural institutions across the city open their doors with free events […]
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The global roll-out of a new kind of start to your day has come to Dublin. Morning Gloryville is coming to the capital, a little over a year after its birth in London last May. The premise is simple, but […]
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Situated on the Shelbourne Road is Charles Hulgraine’s Ballsbridge Gallery, a contemporary arts space that opened in 2013. Hulgraine is a very easy and open interview subject, happy to share the fruits of a lifetime love affair with the arts. […]
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