On the walls of a Kilbarrack health centre, an artist pays tribute to the beautiful ordinary
Paul MacCormaic says he hopes the works inspire an interest and pride in nearby sights, passed by everyday.
The 2014 planning permission for council homes off Donore Avenue required the council to provide the park before anyone moved in. It didn’t.
The delay might have knock-on effects on a planned public plaza, and impacts on the council’s plans to revamp neighbouring Dalymount Park.
For her debut solo exhibition, performance artist Venus Patel drew on the experience of being feared and “seen as a monster” because she is different.
Under terms agreed when the council transferred the land to the HSE, the HSE was supposed to submit a planning application by October 2022.
Louise Butler’s output is energetic and startling, says Richmond Road Studios manager Maeve Brennan. “It has all of these colours and risks.”
Instead, the council is looking at keeping services in the existing Phibsboro library, and extending it.
A 2021 report said it should urgently be removed and replaced to keep it from collapsing and possibly injuring someone. Some work has been done since then to patch it up.
They say they hope that bringing more activity to it will reduce anti-social activity there – and also just put an underused space to better use.
The Chilli Pepper food trailer, which can be found at the weekly market on Merrion Square, brings Peruvian food to Dublin.
Rory Sweeney “is like a sorcerer when he’s bent over his laptop”, says collaborator Ethan Soost, a rapper from Philadelphia.
People who get free tickets often don’t show, which means it’s hard for planners to predict crowd size and ensure safety, a council report said.
“I just paint what catches my attention, and that is compelling to me, and that beg to be painted,” he says.