Things To Do: The One Where We Don’t Just Recommend Culture Night
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In Balleally, field recordings fill in the sound of the estuary’s missing birds
Garrett Phelan’s latest artwork is made of 28 radio shows broadcast on a loop, that force the listener to hear the landscape anew by showing the old.
Council torn as Donabate group fighting for cultural centre launches judicial review
The legal action will likely delay hundreds of homes. And it jeopardises a planned €10 million sports hub, a council spokesperson says.
In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something
The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle.
In Rathmines, some residents eye post office building as location for revived Citizens Information desk
It’s needed – some locals have been going to the local Garda station to get help filling out forms, says former Labour councillor Mary Freehill.
LDA buys up land in Clongriffin – including the Dirty Old Tower at the station
This is a massive step forward, said Samatha O’Flanagan, of the Myrtle-The Coast Residents Association.
Living in an angry phone box, and playing a video game where you get to smash up the Docklands, at a new exhibition
Liquid Urbanisms, a group show, is due to run from 14 March to 24 April at the Lab Gallery in Dublin 1.
Council Briefs: Dublin Airport local area plan, tenant-in-situ scheme changes, and St Patrick’s Day Parade routes
Here’s some of what Fingal county councillors discussed at their monthly meeting on Monday.
In Malahide, the Toots train rides again
After a break, the three-carriage road-train is back to doing its loop connecting the castle and the beach via the Dart station.
New city arts plan aims to provide more arts spaces, and more money for artists
It also includes plans for broadening out who gets to decide what public art the council will commission and install around the city.
Council setting up registry to connect arts groups with arts spaces available in the city
The database is the latest step in Dublin City Council’s effort to make good on its “5 percent” policy.
With “5% policy”, council seeks to increase community and cultural spaces in the city
“We’ve gone from the concept and theory in the previous council term to trying to embed this, and implement it.”
Council presents revised plans for Harbour Road and Red Island loop in Skerries
There’d be more space for pedestrians, cyclists, and outdoor dining. Some car parking spaces would be moved from Harbour Road further up the peninsula.