Now that the council has stopped taking horse manure, it's piling up in the Liberties
“So the council is allowing horses in Dublin City,” says horse owner David Mulraney. “But they’re not allowing them to put their horse manure anywhere.”
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Tomorrow, We Start Again
Amid the grandeur of Baggot Street, Ismael Yildiz’s kebab shack has been sat for 36 years like a leftover piece of a movie set.
Council Briefs: RTÉ Lands, Grass Cutting, and More
At this month’s full council meeting, councillors debated whether to ask RTÉ for some of its land for housing, the cost of cutting the grass, and more.
Mattress Men, Reviewed
A documentary follows the unlikely rise of a Dublin-based mattress salesmen in this surprisingly low-key documentary about the men behind the social-media phenomenon Mattress Mick.
Should We All Be Going to Help in Syria?
Dublin-based DJ Calvin James has been volunteering in northern Syria, and is now back in Ireland raising funds. Should we all be following his example?
In Inchicore, Artists Mark Dublin’s Loss of 25 Minutes
This weekend, it will have been a century since Dublin Mean Time was erased. Ten women sound artists will commemorate the occasion with a performance at Richmond Barracks.
In Portobello, Skateboarders Want to Go Legit
“We don’t want to really have this us-and-them thing against the council. We would love to come together,” says Phili Halton.
Cartoon Of The Week: Bike Sacrifice
In this week’s cartoon, Harry Burton reflects on what happens to all the bikes stolen from Dublin’s streets.
Council Briefs: Local Property Tax, Floatels, and Buying Up Vacant Properties
Here are some of the things that were discussed at council meetings this week: property vacancy, the property tax, and the prospect of floating homes.
The Young Offenders, Reviewed
Luke Maxwell tries to pin down why “The Young Offenders” made him laugh more than any other film this year.
Roe: On Explaining Feminism, and Myths of Hypersexuality
Roe McDermott answers one reader who wants his girlfriend to talk about feminism, and another who asks of its racist to say one race is better in bed than another.
Two Friends Prepare to Launch Their Dublin Bitters
Jarrod Cuffe and Baz Gargan have experimented with 65 flavours – from lime to hawthorn berry – for their new range of bitters. They’re hoping to have them in stores in late October.
Curios About: untitled ? by Raymond Henshaw
This work is a collection of X-rays, including images of people hidden in trucks, obscured with ink, obliging the viewer to investigate, writes the artist. This is just a detail, click through to see the full image.