As government support for sheltering Ukrainian refugees dwindles, finding somewhere to live means taking more risks
“I understand now how valuable it is to help each other. How important it is to have a roof over your head, to have community.”
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A Singing Group Widens Its Circle of Trad Enthusiasts
An Góilín is going strong after 40 years, still opening the floor – or more recently a Zoom window – to all who want to sing trad.
The Castle, Reviewed
The Castle follows a three-generation Lithuanian household in Dublin, worn down by Ireland’s carelessness and hostility to the hopes and dreams of immigrants.
Council Briefs: On Banishing a Weed-Killer, Rare Architecture, and More
At recent council meetings, councillors backed a plan to cut down further on using glyphosate on weeds, and voted to protect a trio of city-centre buildings.
A Podcast Tells the Story of a Group of Assassins in 19th-Century Dublin
This is Ireland in 1881. Thirty-two years after the Famine ended, a time of insurrection and political violence.
National Standards Don’t Apply to Privately Run Homeless Hostels, Suggests Minister’s Reply
The quality standards for homeless services are comprehensive and say they apply to all state-funded hostels. But some TDs have dug a bit deeper.
An Artist Turns Computer Relics into Artworks
Trevor Woods makes mixed media collages, melding pop culture references with computer paraphernalia such as floppy disks and keyboards.
A Busy Traffic Junction in Inchicore Is Reimagined
“Your ideas are very very good and I will definitely be looking at them more,” said Dublin City Council Senior Engineer Neil O’Donoghue to one local resident.
A Risky Junction Is Unchanged a Year on From a Fatal Collision
“The same thing could happen again. There is absolutely no reason why it wouldn’t,” says James Larkin, who commutes by bike past the spot near the new children’s hospital building site.
Doireann: Expansion of Garda Powers to Fight Covid-19 Risks Our Democratic Values
“We all need to continue to follow public health guidance … But the government must encourage compliance by appealing to our sense of the common good not by threatening us with sticks and sanctions.”
What Should Be Done With a Vacant, Burnt-Out Factory in Santry?
The Santry Whitehall Forum want the empty old Hanging Garment Factory refashioned into a community centre, given the many high-rises planned for the area.
Dean: Gemma Dunleavy Shows Love to Sheriff Street
“The video for ‘Up De Flats’ is a show of hometown pride in a corner of the city too often degraded and denigrated.”
In Ballymun, a murdered coachman’s tomb lies in plain sight
The tomb stands alone in the grounds of St Pappin’s Nursing Home, on the main road through the hustle and bustle of Ballymun.