In Ballymun, locals rally to save Axis café, but the figures look grim
With large losses last year, the Axis centre’s reserves will be gone by the middle of next year, says its voluntary chair Declan Dunne – unless something changes.
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"The two top squares are Parnell Square and Mountjoy Square. The three bottom ones are St Stephen’s Green, Merrion Square and Fitzwilliam Square. The fish in the river are mullet."
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"This painting is called Blackbird in Trees. I made a few of these small mixed-media paintings in 2022."
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"Worried you're not getting enough protein? Never fear, we have you covered."
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“Amid Ireland’s unending housing crisis, nearly 70 per cent of the country’s 25-year-olds are still living at home.”
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“This month’s image is inspired by the coming of spring, which is associated with Brigid/St. Brigit, the pagan goddess and saint.”
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“Dublin is a ‘smart city’ – high tech, advanced, efficient, connected. Unless, maybe, you live in an apartment building or carved-up Georgian terrace.”
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“Unlike many people on the continent, Dubliners love to go for a swim at any time of the year – no matter how cold it is.”
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“In my reimagining of O’Connell Street, I’ve placed a late-autumn meadow right at its heart.”
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“This cover is an homage to my daily commute along the Luas’ red line.”
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This image “captured what I love about cities, the grit and glamour, the dirt and dapper”.
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“This piece is named ‘Afro-Irish’. It’s part of a bigger series, called Migration/Integration, and tells the story of a person trying to maintain the culture they came from and integrate into Irish society.”
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“This month’s cover is inspired by Dublin’s ‘Fortress Grand Canal’, perhaps the most striking example of hostile architecture, of designing against humanity, in the city in recent years.”