community spaces In Ballymun, locals rally to save Axis café, but the figures look grim With large losses last year, the Axis centre’s reserves will be gone by the middle of next year, says its voluntary chair Declan Dunne – unless something changes. Eoin Glackin May 14, 2026
energy Council shoots down proposal for emergency solar panels on council homes before winter Officials point to money, government grant rules – and GDPR. Laoise Neylon May 14, 2026
arts In Beaumont, a branch of woodturners invites others in to learn the craft Woodturners share what they know, says Cathal Ryan, chair of the East Central Chapter of the Irish Woodturner’s Guild. It’s why the guild exists. Lois Kapila May 14, 2026
Culture Desk Book Extract from “Bare: Irish Women’s Sexual Fantasies” This book has been presented as empowering, groundbreaking, liberating. To us it just reads like porn, though perhaps there’s nothing wrong with that. Julianne Daly Nov 25, 2015
