A new council sports forum looks to press schools and such to share their facilities

Amid a serious shortage of pitches in Dublin 8, the OPW only allows one soccer club to use its pitch at the War Memorial Gardens.

Laoise Neylon Jan 23, 2026

parks

Council’s plans for Mountjoy Square contested by those who want more sports facilities added

In 2019, the council abandoned a previous planning permission application amid similar tensions between Georgian restoration, and sports uses.

Laoise Neylon Jan 23, 2026

playgrounds

Councillors and residents rail against gaps in a Kilbarrack playground fence

They don’t understand how they can be taking so long to fix, they said at a recent area meeting.

Eoin Glackin Jan 23, 2026

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“A Free Breakfast Table”, a short story by James Connolly

This story, set in Dublin, and published in 1895, is one of 18 lost works by Connolly rediscovered by Conor McCabe.

Conor McCabe, James Connolly Oct 16, 2024

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