All great cities have a literary heritage but there are times when Dublin seems actively haunted by its literary past. This year’s One City, One Book for Dublin is a break with the usual tradition. Instead of nominating a classic […]
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Dublin musician Mick Heslin has been impressing audiences in bars and clubs around the capital since he was 16 years old, so NewsFour heads off to see the bluesman live and in action. The gig takes place in a barber […]
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NewsFour happened to be at the meeting point of a collaboration of forces when the organizers of the annual One City One Book initiative came together with Dublin City Council’s Let’s Walk and Talk scheme at the Irish Waterways Interpretive […]
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Walking along the beach recently, on one of my rambles to Bray, I spotted that the door of Bray Rowing Club was open. This was in January, and I thought to myself that if they are out training already, Bray […]
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“Two things that should never be brought into a pub are Politics and Religion.” That’s the opinion of Peter, who is the man in charge at Sally’s on Thorncastle Street, commenting on the call from the restaurant industry to lift […]
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Dublin City Council has announced the reopening of the famous Read’s Cutlery shop in Parliament Street as a museum. Work is to begin shortly. It is an inspirational idea and of particular interest to locals and tourists. The interior of […]
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There has been a lot of press recently about oils and more particularly, coconut oil. Coconut oil always had a bad rap as a nasty saturated fat but actually, due to its unique molecular structure, it stands alone from other […]
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Intellect Books began their World Film Locations series in 2011, with volumes based around heavy hitters like New York, Los Angeles and London. Since then, the series has branched out to take in what might be described as the outposts […]
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Dublin Camera Club is currently hosting its Annual Exhibition in Pearse Street Library’s Dublin City Library and Archive. Photo 2014 is a free event which has over 200 photographic prints of the club members’ work on display, and is open […]
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The Aussie New Wave was a group of Australian and New Zealand based film-makers who shook up Antipodean cinema during the 1970s. A key figure of the movement was Peter Weir, whose seminal 1975 film, Picnic at Hanging Rock, is receiving […]
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