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.
“The Ireland that was promised to these young men is not the one that they have found themselves in. This book tells the tale of aging men in a youthful nation state.”
For Adam Hutchinson, who features, the film was a chance to reply to those who assume horses in the inner city aren’t well looked after. “But that is not the case,” he says.
Through a stroke of luck, the diaries, reviews, and photos of famed Dublin actress Genevieve Lyons have been made available for the first time online.
The 2 Meter Review, created by Beau Williams and Hazel Hogan, offers poetry and photography to readers, and a bit of cash for contributors.
Ailbhe Reddy’s “Personal History” and Kean Kavanagh’s “Dog Person” are two debut albums with vastly different perspectives on coming-of-age in the city.
An unfulfilled family man finds some solace in the company of a male prostitute in the new feature film from director Peter Mackie Burns and writer Mark O’Halloran.
“Tongues” will feature essays, poems, and illustrations by Black and queer artists, say the team behind it.
“We have music, dance and poetry, a little play,” says Marcela Parducci, project manager with the festival. “We have even a drag queen.”
During the early days of the pandemic, artist Eoin Mac Lochlainn began to meditate on the growing relevance of expression through the eyes, as mask-wearing spread.
For those who practice parkour in the city, lockdown has meant more freedom and space to refine their craft.
“Get this book. Engage with Rebekah Taussig’s ideas. Let yourself see the view from her ordinary resilient disabled body.”
In Kathryn Milligan’s “Painting Dublin”, the artists are from different backgrounds, religions, and social classes. “What connects them is that they are painting the same city.”