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For Ballymun Rapid-Build Homes, Has Council Ignored Its Own Standards?
Three-bedrooom houses in Dublin should ideally be at least 100 sqm, a standard the council held an Ailesbury Rd development to in September. But smaller homes are apparently okay in Poppintree, for rapid-build houses, for homeless families.
Zoë’s Dublin Diary: Telephones, Jacobin Launch, Art as Statecraft, and More
Head to the Snakes on a Playground party in Dublin 8, argue about socialism and 1916 at Liberty Hall, or stroll over to the Chocolate Factory to hear three inventive Irish ensembles. Here’s what to do in the coming seven days.
Curios About: ImagineHareium by Sandra Schoene
Artist Sandra Schoene wants us to reawaken the sense of wonder we had as children. She made a giant hare to help us. And to help the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation’s citywide Hares on the March event.
In Inchicore, the Rebirth of Richmond Barracks
Plans to reopen Richmond Barracks in late spring seem to be on track, and many in the neighbourhood hope the new attraction will bring much-needed footfall to the area.
Is It Time to Give Documents to Dublin’s Undocumented Immigrants?
It’s an annual tradition now: the Taoiseach goes to Washington to ask Obama to help undocumented Irish in America. And in Dublin, there are calls for the Taoiseach to help undocumented people here too.
Dublin’s Burrito Crisis: Bad Food, Bad Regulation or Bad Journalism?
Last week, media reports indicated that two of the city’s favourite burrito bars had been hit with Food Safety Authority closure orders. Here’s what happened.
Andy: Vulture Funds Gorge on Ireland Because the Government Lets Them
It is, in large part, the way in which the state has responded to the property price crash that has allowed vulture funds to be enriched and selected local developers cosseted.
Balls on Baize: in Phibsboro, a Proper Snooker Hall
As a child, CrossGuns Snooker Club owner Finbarr Ruane would watch his father at work repairing the tables and polishing the cues. Today, he does the same.
Dara: On the Sound of Fighting for Your Own Culture
When you isolate people, they start to form their own societies, receiving legitimacy from each other instead of the dominant culture. Enter Dublin hip-hop, writes Dara Quigley.
Brushing Up: The Story of the Palace Bar’s Back Room
Harry Kernoff used to paint some of the great writers and poets who frequented the pub, but was seldom paid. They were usually broke. One of Patrick Kavanagh’s bounced cheques is said to still be in the basement.
In Stoneybatter, a Back-Door Peek into the Wildflour Bakery
Campari cake with grapefruit and black sesame. Rhubarb, juniper and rosewater cake with Hendrick’s Gin icing. Baker Kate Packwood experiments with some unusual flavour combinations.
Zoë’s Dublin Diary: Leeds Hardcore, The Witch, Archaeoastronomical Devices, and More
Our recommendations for things to do this week, one a day: an art installation, a book launch, a film, a discussion on consent and objectification in the digital age, and some great music.