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"June is deeply associated with Áine, the Irish goddess of summer, fertility, love, and sovereignty, whose presence is especially felt around the midsummer season."
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In the North Inner-City, “Dublin Modular” Offers Electronic Music, Art, and Community
“We just want to bring everyone together,” says Tadhg Kinsella, who founded the collective, which has so far put on about ten events.
Auditing the City’s Playgrounds, Council Lays Plans to Make Them More Fun for More Children
In the south-east part of the city, only one playground currently meets the council’s criteria for being called “inclusive”.
Letter from the Editor: Why We’re Raising Our Prices
Since we’re subscriber-funded, it’s subscribers who make what we do possible – and we hope you’ll stick with us.
In a Troubled City-Centre Laneway, Locals Seek Solutions
North Lotts, not far from O’Connell Bridge, is cobbled, neglected, and a frequent site of open drug use. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Autumn is my favourite time of year, for the colours mostly and for the quiet slowness that comes with it.
Grand Plans for a Children’s Science Museum Fizzle, as Planning Permission Set to Run Out
Dublin City Council planners refused to extend the planning permission for the project, pointing to a use-it-or-lose-it change in planning laws.
Along the River Dodder, Invasive Species Like Old Man’s Beard Crowd Out Others
Dublin City Council plans to evaluate this year how its action plan to deal with invasive species, which ran from 2016 to 2020, has done.
Sick of Waiting Years for Decisions on Citizenship, Applicants Are Taking Legal Action – and Winning Settlements
The Department of Justice used to say its average processing time for a citizenship application was 12 months. It recently updated that to 23 months.
Love Yourself Today, Reviewed
This new documentary chronicles Damien Dempsey’s Christmas concert at Vicar Street in 2019, and the lives of three of the fans who were there.
Will Allowing People to Sell Electricity Back to the Grid Tempt More to Install Solar Panels on Their Houses?
A government scheme now in the works may offer a “premium tariff” for those who install new solar panels.
Despite Cap, in Some Areas of City Rents Grew More Than 12 Percent in a Year (While in Others They Dropped)
How much of the big increases were legal?
Council Management Added More Than 200 Rezonings to Draft Plan for City, Without Telling Councillors
These included a change that would affect a proposal to build 657 homes near St Anne’s Park.