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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In Rathmines, an Artist Makes Music from a Medley of Sexual Encounters
Artist Andrew Carson is using DNA from casual sexual encounters to make a music for a new exhibition.
Caroline: Upcoming Review of Sexual Offences Act Must Be Sex Worker-Led
During lockdown, we discussed the right to a safe environment for frontline workers during Covid-19. It is time we include sex workers in this conversation, a lecturer in sexuality studies writes.
Artists Prepare for Guerrilla Seed Planting Project to Encourage Greater Biodiversity
The aim, says Shanna May Breen, is to offer the audience an opportunity to take practical action to help improve biodiversity, by planting their own wildflower meadow.
A Revamped Richmond Barracks Recruits Locals to Help Share Its Social History
The focus for now, says Dublin City Council Culture Company CEO Iseult Byrne, is getting people to connect with the stories and history of the barracks, rather than “trying to remember some facts”.
Problems Persist for One Customer of Short-Term Letting Company HipHipStay
At the time of writing, there are no properties listed on the HipHipStay website anymore, and Amy Urban has still not got a refund.
Two Approved Housing Bodies Selected to Manage Cost-Rental Development at O’Devaney Gardens
Circle Voluntary Housing Association and Tuath Housing Association have been selected to manage the planned cost-rental development at O’Devaney Gardens.
A New Zine Explores Both the History and Theory behind the Met Éireann Building in Glasnevin
In his recently released zine Cosmoform, Cormac Murray examines the story of the iconic Met Éireann building as well as the underlying theory that may have influenced it.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #53
“The cover this month was inspired by Dubliners adapting and struggling with the ‘new normal’ of living in quarantine.”
Some Say the Current Working Environment for Taxi Drivers May Not Be Safe Enough for Vulnerable Workers
Currently face masks aren’t mandatory for passengers in taxis in Dublin and some say that older drivers may be under greater pressure to return to work due to financial strain.
Broken Law, Reviewed
“The scope of the action feels like Slattery is manipulating clockwork miniatures in a grey diorama of Dublin, winding up a situation and letting it go off.”
A Kitchen Experiment Spreads from Dublin 8 across the City and Beyond
Now sold in over 100 shops countrywide, Harry’s Nut Butter was created from a kitchen experiment in the Fumbally Café.
As Construction on the Children’s Hospital Resumes, So Do Problems for Rialto Residents
A local residents’ group in Rialto are concerned about the influx of builders from all over the country since work on the new children’s hospital resumed on 13 July.