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In Ringsend, a pall-bearer carries on a local tradition
If someone in the Ringsend area dies, Eoin Dunne will knock on their door and offer the service of carrying the coffin over the bridge.
Council Briefs: The Liffey Cycle Route, BusConnects, and Naming the Children’s Hospital
Dublin City Councillors want the new children’s hospital to be named after Dr Kathleen Lynn – and more of what they talked about in this month’s meeting at City Hall.
Dublin’s Committees for Talking About Local Policing Issues Aren’t Working Well, Councillors Say
The Joint Policing Committees (JPCs) are supposed to be one link between communities, councillors, and An Gardaí Síochána.
A Japanese Chef, While Learning English, Practises Her Craft at Home
Asako Sasaki has worked at a Michelin-starred restaurant in London, written three cookbooks, and is polishing her English so she can move on to her next project: teaching people in Dublin to cook.
A Little-Known Museum of Artefacts from Across the Ancient World Faces Change
The building it’s in at UCD is due to be fully refurbished, starting later this year. Pádraic Moore fears the museum could lose some of its character and charm, once it is modernised.
Council Plans to Refurbish a Historic Ballybough Flat Complex, Rather than Demolish It
For heritage reasons, and also environmental ones, Dublin City Council is working on a plan to improve rather than discard Ballybough House, designed by Herbert Simms, and built in 1938.
What’s Happened to the Mary’s Abbey Pocket Park?
There are small green spaces like the Mary’s Abbey garden dotted around the city, some still going, some closed for good. What makes some successful in the long-term?
Stories from the Deep, Reviewed
A documentary maker’s memoir explores his relationship with the aquatic world, with tales of shallow dives and far-flung adventures that break on gentle waves of poetry and images of coast and wildlife.
How to Make Medieval-Style Spiced Wine
In medieval Ireland, a daily portion of three bits of bread soaked in five spoonfuls of spiced wine was thought to warm the stomachs and clear the heads of old men.
In Phibsboro, a Pair of Artists Delves into the Media’s Stray Signals
A typical All Times Now Nothing show incorporates a live recording of a television fed through Clíona Ní Laoi’s webcam, and Alfred Brooks using his sampler to regurgitate particularly apt lines.
A Couple Battle to Ensure Redevelopment Doesn’t Leave Them Homeless
For Andy and Ann Cash, the future is uncertain. They keep being moved on by the council but have nowhere else to go, they say.
Sharp increase in Dublin councils’ use of notices to move on Travellers, figures suggest
The state has long been criticised for its use of these notices, and the lack of oversight in how they are issued – particularly in a climate of poor housing and site provision for Travellers.