Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
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Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #79
“I wanted this cover illustration to showcase how creating comics can provide a lot of comfort and is a great way to process your emotions.”
Artist Proposes Soda Bread as Ireland’s National Cake
Analysing feminism, women’s work and post-colonialism, April Gertler’s hybrid lecture and performance “Take the Cake” assigns cakes to countries.
In Rialto, a People’s Shed Offers Skill-Sharing for All
Artist Evelyn Broderick, who set it up, says she’s hoping people will come in, sit down for a cuppa, and maybe chat about exchanging skills with her and others.
“Stray Magazine” Aims to Inject a Sense of Hope into Dublin’s Arts Scene
“We don’t want to be ‘Dublin is shit, everything is bad and hard,’” says co-founder Aiesha Wong.
“It’s Like I Am Amplifying My Love for the Shopping Centre into a Sense of Lust for It”
In his new work The Drift///Parallax, artist Brian Teeling focuses on the presence of absence, the absence of presence – and the Phibsboro Shopping Centre.
In Inchicore, Artists Gather to Draw Comics Together
Instead of pursuing careful perfection alone, they try to loosen up and collaborate on wacky, silly, off-the-cuff works. And now, they have a base.
Brushing up: The story behind the mural outside The Cobblestone on Smithfield Square
Although it’s only nine years old, since so many former street-art hotspots have been lost to new development, it’s one of the oldest street murals in the city.
Council Briefs: A Central Ballymun Home for Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club, and More Arts Events in Finglas
These were some of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North West Area Committee.
Brushing up: a misunderstood spiderweb sculpture
It’s nothing to do with Marvel’s Spider-Man, says artist Kathleen O’Brien. Its meaning is rooted in the history of its north inner-city neighbourhood.
For Those Still Isolated by Covid, an Art Project Offers Connections via Postcards
Not everybody is in a position to resume normality, artist Aine O’Hara says, and with “Sick Cards”, she hopes those overlooked have a chance to be seen.
An Artist Explores the Dual Realities of Our Online/Offline Selves Today
“Can I really translate the essence of my humanity and my being into a digital version of myself?” Aisling Phelan asks.
When the National Gallery Hired Aramark to Run Its Cafe, a Group of Art Students Changed Course to React
The new version of their project, now called “Tender”, involves distributing postcards that people can send to the gallery to share their views on the situation.