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The Results Are in: You’ve Decided How We Should Expand Our Coverage
We’re looking for a reporter to write a story a week for us on the subject you chose. Applications are due by midnight on 16 June.
For Dublin’s Artists, Life Under Lockdown Presents More Uncertainty
“The commitment to art and culture just isn’t there. They’re going to be left quoting Yeats for a long time if they don’t let us make art,” says actor Matthew Malone.
Iveagh Gardens to Temporarily Extend Opening Hours During Covid-19
As of 2 June, the Iveagh Gardens will temporarily extend its opening hours to 7.30pm due to the Covid-19 pandemic, says a spokesperson for the OPW.
With the help of a van, an artist is bringing futurism to Fingal
Installation artist Aoife Dunne plans to bring her new exhibition, Transcending Time, to people’s doorsteps on 8 June.
What You’ve Said So Far About the Extra Coverage You’d Like From Us
We’re halfway through our two-week push to ask readers what they’d like us to spend more time reporting on going forward. There’s still time to weigh in.
Disability Advocates Have Not Been Properly Consulted on City Transport Changes, Some Say
The council and the NTA are planning more changes to footpaths and roads across the city to help people to get where they are going while observing social distancing.
Some Worry That More Takeaways Means More Single-Use Food Packaging
For some restaurants, the rise in takeaway services due to Covid-19 restrictions has meant more plastic bags and containers, unravelling efforts at sustainable practices.
On Burlington Road, Councillors Opt to Protect a Modernist Masterpiece
Occupied by the School of Theoretical Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, the building will join the Record of Protected Structures.
Council Briefs: Newmarket Apartments Plan, Merrion Strand Swimming Ban, and More
In Newmarket, a developer has sought permission for 413 build-to-rent apartments, councillors discuss a proposed cycling and walking bridge, and Merrion Strand fails another water test.
Dean: Pat Lagoon and Luthorist Crank Things Up a Notch
What links both releases is that they are statements from two young virtuosos determined to show and prove; turn up and throw down, writes Dean Van Nguyen.
Across the City, Libraries Pop Up to Keep Dubliners Reading Through the Lockdown
As Covid restrictions continue, and charity shops remain closed, makeshift book exchanges on footpaths and in parks offer some literary give and take.
A New Irish Video Game Explores Themes of Queerness and Identity
Llaura McGee sees her work as crossing the boundaries between different art forms, like cinema and literature.