Charity

Funding and volunteering for IUSRU

By Kathrin Kobus At Poolbeg yacht Club on the last Friday in January, The RNLI and the IUSRU received money raised at two charity events last autumn. Each organisation got a cheque over €7,500.  The Feilimh Drew Concert in St […]

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Friends helping Friends

Friends helping Friends

Sue Cross, co-founder of Friends helping Friends was surely among friends and neighbours yesterday at the CYMS Hall which functioned as collection point for the Ringsend & Irishtown Community Help the Homeless Christmas appeal.

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Radio Snowflake returns on first Advent

Radio Snowflake returns on first Advent

Ireland’s Original Christmas radio station is back for this year’s run from the 1-25th December. Radio Snowflake started out back in 1982 in Dublin 4 as part of Dave Reddy’s community Radio stations. During this season the station will be aiming to create awareness

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Christmas Singing in Sandymount

Christmas Singing in Sandymount

‘Tis the season to be jolly as they say and with that in mind, expect lots of carol singing in the Dublin 4 area over the coming weeks.
Sandymount in particular will have their fair share of crooning with the gospel choir featuring at the Star of the Sea church’s 6pm mass on Friday 8th.

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Community Carol Service

Community Carol Service

St John’s Church in Sandymount will be holding a special carol service in aid of Focus Ireland this weekend. The candlelit carol service will include members of other churches and denominations in the area, who will be performing readings as well as singing.

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Pass It On again this Christmas!

Pass It On again this Christmas!

Looking for the ultimate feel-good hit in the run up to Christmas? Look no further than Helen Walsh’s ‘Pass It On’ initiative! Walsh founded and continues to facilitate the movement which endeavours to, in a nutshell, pass on essential items to those who need them most.

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The Singing Samaritans

The Singing Samaritans

Dublin Samaritans volunteers will be belting out some seasonal favourites on Grafton Street tomorrow and next week from 12-3.30pm. On the 20th, they will be joined by Mary Coughlan, Paddy Cole, Conor Hamilton, Garda Male Choir and others.

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The Magic of Christmas

The Magic of Christmas

Looking for ways to add some floral festiveness to your home? Get down to Christ Church Hall this Friday for The Magic of Christmas! Celebrity florist James Bailie will be giving a Christmas floral demonstration from 7.30pm in the Sandymount Green venue.

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12 Cards of Christmas for LauraLynn

12 Cards of Christmas for LauraLynn

LauraLynn Children’s Hospice has released 2014’s 12 Cards of Christmas. Every year, the hospice releases the 12 Cards of Christmas in memory of Daniel Farrell, who died in 2007 aged only 15 months of an undetected heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Cats’ Aid Christmas Fair 2014

Cats’ Aid Christmas Fair 2014

Help raise money for Cats’ Aid while getting your Christmas shopping done! Cats’ Aid will be holding their Christmas Fair on Saturday the 29th of November in the Iris Charles Centre on Newbridge Avenue in Sandymount. With mulled wine and mince pies

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