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When young people watch the likes of The X-Factor, they see a one-way ticket to fame and fortune but do they realise the actual slog that’s involved for these hard-working bands and why they persist? Asking a plumber to mend

Local teenager Daryl Ward who attends Ringsend College tells NewsFour about how music changed his life. “Before I played the guitar I cared a lot about what people thought of me.” Daryl picked up the guitar at 14 years old

December 8th is the day the farmers come to the ‘big smoke’ to do their shopping and a massive day out for people from all corners of Ireland. But living in Dublin means it’s not such a novelty. Just a day to avoid an unusually busy town,

If you don’t have children to wake you up on Christmas day, then I hope your Christmas dinner will! Some of us must be up early to prepare for the family to arrive for the festive feast while others, like me, still live at home with their parents with no children to enlighten the day.

The Christmas fairs have already started and maybe you have already bought that perfect Christmas gift but fear not if you haven’t, there’s still time. There are fifteen days until Christmas so there’s loads of time to grab a bargain and possibly help a good cause in doing so.

Enable Ireland’s garden centre on Sandymount Avenue officially opened their Christmas shop on the 14th November. The Avenue Garden Centre is focused on providing horticulture training for adults with physical disabilities and is also open to the public.

The City of Dublin YMCA is a charity organisation that raises funds for educational programmes, sheltered accommodation, early school leavers and family support programmes. Each year, the Dublin YMCA needs to raise over €100,000 in public fundraising to ensure all of their services and programmes run accordingly.

If you’re a big kid at heart or need ideas for children’s Christmas presents then the Dublin Toy Fair kicking off at the RDS is for you. This is a brand new event and promises to be the greatest toy fair Dublin has ever seen. The fair will be packed with all the latest toys and