Why has some of the greenery in city planters been left to wither?
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
Podcast
Music at Marrowbone Books: Anna Mieke
In this podcast episode, Wicklow-born folk artist Anna Mieke plays some songs at the bookshop, and talks about how her many travels have shaped her music.
In this podcast episode, Wicklow-born multi-instrumentalist and folk artist Anna Mieke plays some songs at the second-hand bookshop in The Coombe.
And the musician and songwriter also chats about the piano that always tempted her in her hallway, the different personalities of the instruments she plays, her many travels, and her love of Cork.
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