At the Irish Football Programme Club fair, people hunt for the rare and the strange
“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” says Gareth Jones, standing over his own extensive collection, sprawled out over several tables.
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Ebun: On Responding to Subtle Acts of Discrimination
“What should I do if an employee of a venue treats me unprofessionally as organiser of a cultural event, because she doesn’t like other cultures?” a reader asks. Ebun offers advice.
Music at Marrowbone Books: Elizabeth Laprelle
In this month’s podcast, Laprelle talks about ballads and banjos, combining storytelling with music, and the influence of her hometown barber – and she sings a bit, in the bookshop.
Love Notes from a German Building Site, Reviewed
This novel about an Irishman living in Berlin is “inventive and explorative”, writes our reviewer. “At its heart, the story deals with immigration and alienation.”
How a butcher amassed a photo archive for East Wall
A tradition began in East Wall of people dropping in, to share a photo to put on display – an analogue timeline in a butcher’s shop window.
On Mountjoy Square, Pizza and Music for Cheap, Weekly
What’s there to do on a Monday night? “We thought about this idea. Cooking pizzas and having musicians jamming,” says Dylan Longman.
Fresh from Election, New Dublin City Councillors Take Their Seats, Lay Their Plans
At a recent meeting, councillors elected a new lord mayor, and said the new coalition leading the council plans to release its agenda for the five-year term on Monday.
Some Dublin Bus Drivers Say Their Seats Are Making It Painful to Work
Dublin Bus hasn’t responded to queries sent Friday morning about whether it thinks there are problems, and if so, what they are doing to address the concerns.
Dublin Piano Group Brings a Social Note to What Can Be a Lonely Instrument
Every two months, newbies and old-hands meet in the nave of the Methodist Centenary Church in Ranelagh to perform for each other.
Mysterious Shrill Sound Baffles Residents and Visitors in a Corner of the Liberties
For the past few months, people who live and work near the Christ Church end of Thomas Street have noticed a high-pitched screech, sometimes late into the night.
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #39
The cover of this month’s print edition evokes climate change through an abstract meteorological map of Dublin. “Have we run out of time?” asks the artist.
Despite New Law, Some English-Language Teachers Say They Still Struggle with Precarity
A new law that took effect in March was meant to restrict zero-hour contracts, but some English-language teachers in Dublin say the schools where they teach are bending some of the rules.
Off Clanbrassil Street, an Apartment Block of Tenants Told They Have to Leave
Ramon Cernuda counts 42 people in his apartment block on Rosedale Terrace who have been told they have to move out, so the landlord can refurbish.