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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Feeding Regeneration: Can a City Have Too Many Restaurants?
Redrawing Dublin try the Middle Eastern feasting menu at Brother Hubbard on Capel Street. And ruminate on how planners should respond to the growing number of restaurants in the city.
Beyond Heights: Other Stuff in the Draft Development Plan
From another bridge over the Liffey to a new centre for dance, here are proposals that councillors pushed for in the latest debates on the city development plan.
Luke: Watching the IFI’s Films for the Blind
“For me, cinema is the gateway to the rich and detailed view of the world that those more fortunate than myself experience every day,” writes Luke Maxwell.
Vacancy Watch: 4 and 6 Elgin Road in Embassy Land
For more than 30 years, these prime homes in Ballsbridge have been partially vacant. At one time, they were 30 bedsits.
Roe: On Trusting Your Date, and Learning to Say “They”
One reader asks whether she should end it with a guy who asked her to leave after sex. Another seeks advice on addressing a gender non-binary friend.
Curios About: Connections by Adelle Hickey
Inspired by emigration, artist Adelle Hickey’s work is meant to “create fragile atmospheres, perhaps to suggest that a . . . piece of us is constantly emerging or slowly ebbing away”.
Zoë’s Dublin Diary: Fuzzy Hell, Fried Plantain Collective, Dorothy Smith and More
What’s on this week? Mudhoney’s playing at Whelan’s, Fried Plantain Collective’s putting on a night of Black female performance at Beerhouse, there’s a gender-and-sexuality conference at Trinity, and more.
The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan, Reviewed
Like someone scratching steadily at a dull, tarnished surface, Brennan reveals, without ceremony, bright glints of what lies beneath. Suddenly the reader is confronted with the terror of isolation that comes with being human.
In Ranelagh, a New Place For a Few Scoops
The caramel’s taste is pierced by a hit of Irish sea salt; as the creamy gelato melts, it leaves big chunks of chewy golden caramel.
What’s Next in the Council Stand-Off Over the Eastern Bypass?
Elected councillors have voted to oppose the proposed Eastern Bypass, but that might not make any difference, and they’re not happy about it.
On Francis Street, a Collective Offers a Little Bit of Everything
Like barbershops with gigs and opticians that host poetry readings, part of the collective’s squeeze-’em-in ethos grew from the cost of space.
A Case of Chemicals: Who’s Been Polluting Poppintree Park?
Eight times over the last two years, the lake in Poppintree Park in Ballymun has been polluted. Dublin City Council suspects the latest incidence was intentional dumping, not an accident.