Greater use of red-light cameras on Dublin roads inches closer
On Monday, the National Transport Authority published a tender looking for someone to help it plan and oversee the roll-out of red-light and speed cameras.
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In Hartstown, a writer and musician imagines the eeriness of the Dublin suburbs of the near future
“Hub”, his latest album of stories told over ambient music, “casts a jaundiced eye on Ireland as a tech and financial services node”.
Dean: On their new album, “Romance”, Fontaines D.C. bask in nostalgia
All of a sudden, in the promotional pictures, they resemble a 1990s American skate punk band – and the songs invoke that decade.
In Harold’s Cross, a locally famous bird is immortalised in a new kids’ book
Earlier this month, Commandant Adrian Watson published “Bertie”, a story for 9- to 11-year-olds inspired by a heron who lives in Mount Argus Park.
In the Docklands, a new art exhibition based around water, movement and journeys
“It’s all things that link to the port, like transport and logistics, but also centuries of migration.”
A rain-ruined mosaic, once thought to be lost, has been reborn as a sculpture
Parts of Desmond Kinney’s “Sweeney Astray” live on in “Life Journey” by Jade Breen, Sophie Longwill and Andy Sharkey.
“Who’s Watching Brussels? Why the EU Deserves Better Watchdogs”, Reviewed
This book by journalist Lise Witteman is “informative, thought-provoking and accessible, even for people with little understanding of Europe, like myself”.
Photo of the Month: July
“This woman perfectly captured a dichotomous duo of ennui and expectation, which reflected a similar feeling I was having towards my own life at the time.”
“The Smallest Gallery in Ireland” is in Ringsend
The Phoney Gallery, a recent addition to the neighbourhood, gives artists, some active for decades, a chance to stage their first solo shows.
In Balbriggan, a weekly meet-up for artists that’s “like a warm hug”
Artist Alison O’Grady has been running Sketchbound on and off for 12 years now.
Council policy says big new developments must include arts spaces, but some worry they’ll be left to sit unused
Arts spaces built in two Staycity aparthotels serve as cautionary tales, they say.
An artist coaxes music out of stone and metal in Balbriggan, building lithophones and metallophones
Darren Rogers “has an engineering mind, an architectural mind”, says local filmmaker Aidan Whelan.
Dean: Lankum are the best ticket in town
At a recent show in Kilmainham, “Lankum’s droning, gothic take on Irish folk music seemed to emanate both a mist and a mysticism.”