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25 Years of Community Achievement

25 Years of Community Achievement

Dublin South East Community Training Centre which provides vocational training and support celebrated 25 years of outstanding service to the local community recently. In the challenging times in which we find ourselves the work of Community Training Centres (CDC) is

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Drilling off Dalkey

Drilling off Dalkey

Drilling for oil or gas is often a contentious issue and we only need to look west to see the controversy between Shell and the local residents of Rossport. However in the last few months this controversy has come closer

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Dock Lives: John Hawkins

Dock Lives: John Hawkins

My father had the button,” says John Hawkins while he sits in the confines of St Patrick’s Rowing Club and thinks about how he came to spend his working life as a docker. “If your father was a docker then

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Citizens Information Centre

Citizens Information Centre

Citizens Information Centres were established with the three main aims of information, advice and advocacy, so when you need help budgeting they can provide information or refer you on to MABs. If you are worried about your application for citizenship

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Christy Murphy

Christy Murphy

The recent death of Christy Murphy brought back memories of one of St. Patrick’s Rowing Club’s best skiff rowing crew circa 1949. This crew had many successes along the east coast stretching from Ringsend to Arklow and was made up

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Cambridge Re-united Remember Double

Cambridge Re-united Remember Double

Ringsend based Cambridge Boys Football Club held a 30 year reunion for members of the 1981-82 cup double winning side. Coming together as eight year olds the group played together for almost a decade. They won three school boy leagues

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Local Companies come together for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Local Companies come together for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

On Friday, 19 October, Ecocem hosted a coffee morning with five other Ringsend-based companies; Gaeletric, Cybercom, FC Stone, USI & ECDL for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Portview House. For the fundraiser event, staff members

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Railway Keep on Bowling…

Railway Keep on Bowling...

With a history dating back over 100 years Railway Union Bowling Club, traditionally one of the foremost clubs in Dublin is on the rise again, but this time with local youth leading the way. Having won Division 3 of the

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Bottlemakers Hall

Bottlemakers Hall

The Bottle Makers Hall in Ringsend has come under some scrutiny for its current state. The building, located at 1A Irishtown Road has been left vacant for a number of years and has been the focus of dispute by local

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Artist in profile: Marie-Louise Martin

Artist in profile: Marie-Louise Martin

Describing herself as an artist print maker, Marie-Louise Martin’s works include original colour hand-printed creations and black and white drawings and landscapes. A visit to her Dublin home with adjoining studio confirms a total immersion in her art and a

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