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In Skerries, a circle gathers to share songs, one after another
“We just set up the kind of group that we wanted, informal, where you could come to sing or simply listen,” says Sara Dennedy, of the Skerries Folk Group.
A local historian pushes for the state to open up Fingal’s Dunsoghly Castle
The man who owns the farmland around the 15th-century, four-storey tower says he wants the same.
In the aparthotel art gallery that replaced the Tivoli Theatre, a new exhibition critiques hotels pushing out Dublin 8 cultural spaces
As the show’s opening approaches, the artists say they aren’t sure what to make of the fact that the hotel owner hasn’t raised an eyebrow at the subject matter.
Architects invited young and old to redesign housing estates around Balbriggan
What might be needed to make them places for all, well into the future?
In Howth, effort to trim back vegetation to clear tramway trail went way too far, locals say
“There was absolutely no need for this big tractor to come along and literally annihilate everything.”
In Donabate, council plans to appoint contractor later this year to turn Ballisk House into new library
A new library is part of a trio of services local representatives say Donabate needs, also including a primary care centre, and a Garda station.
In Stoneybatter, a group of “frustrated” writers find an audience: each other
“This is a very solitary thing, and if your stuff isn’t getting published, you kinda don’t have any idea whether this is an absolutely deranged life choice or not.”
The removal of a Baldoyle phone box dislodges a piece of pirate-radio history
In 1986, it was the hotline to reach the team behind Big Beat Radio, who didn’t want the government to find their transmitter.
Vacancy Watch: the Old Schoolhouse in Clonsilla, on the banks of the Royal Canal
It’s been in decline for about two decades. Now, the council is trying to buy it.
In the Liberties, St James Parochial Hall remains closed despite locals’ offers to help reopen it
It’s the third community centre the area has lost in recent years, after Carman’s Hall and the Donore Avenue Youth and Community Centre.
Councillors dig further into idea of a new 500-seater venue in the city
A centre with a theatre, a black-box space, and rehearsal halls could cost €25 million to €35 million, a consultant told the council’s arts committee Monday.
For five years, a photographer chased a Tallaght retirement group as they travelled across the country
Less fascinated by the destinations, Ste Murray instead directed his lens towards the journey itself.