In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists
On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that.
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Fingal County Council tells media they’re banned from strategic policy committee meetings
The rules for who can access meetings are set by councillors. But many said they were unaware of changes they voted through last December.
Councillors hunt for a spot to put an archive of Skerries history on public display
The photos and artefacts are now locked away in a room in Ardgillan Castle.
In Littlepace, debate around how to better shelter residents from the noise of cars rushing by on the N3
Since some trees along the road were cut down in January, residents have been complaining about the noise more, a local councillor says.
Rapper Blue Niall’s new project reimagines his life merged with the Irish myth of Oisín and Niamh
While they went to Tír na nÓg for 300 years and returned, his own journey was to London – for a considerably shorter time – and back.
In Temple Bar, a new exhibition attempts to grapple with the present by putting it side by side with the past
In works like Claire Halpin and Rachel Fallon’s image of migrants adrift at sea, which echoes a 19th-century painting of French colonisers adrift at sea.
Council weighs up whether to press ahead with district heating scheme in Blanchardstown
It’d take waste heat from data centres, and send it through a network of pipes to warm up surrounding businesses – and later homes, according to the plan.
Council says it’s done waiting for developer to build a Dublin 8 sports pitch and has a new plan to get it done
It will jointly develop the pitch and changing rooms with the Land Development Agency at the St Teresa’s Gardens site, council officials said recently.
Vacancy Watch: the old Merrion train station
The council is weighing up its future use, looking for funding to refurbish it as an artist’s studio, a council official has said.
In Swords, a local historian hunts for stones that might tell him secrets about times long past
“Stones give us an insight into that magic and mystery. Humans don’t last. Wood doesn’t last. Stone remains,” says Mike Power.
Council looks at whether to ban political protests in parks
Also on the agenda of a recent arts committee meeting was a timeline for new arts studios planned on Merchants Quay.
In a new project, artists depict the lives of young people in Dublin 15 through photos, paint, songs and more
Works that can be put on walls are on display at Draíocht in Blanchardstown now. Performances are coming to various locations in March.
In the north inner-city, a stand-off between the council and a long-standing culture space
Dublin City Council plans to renovate the old building where the D-Light Studios has lived for 15 years. But the artists don’t want to move out without a hard agreement they can return.