After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
Shabnam Vasisht has sought out and researched the graves and stories of Irishmen buried in a corner of Dublin, who served in the British Army and administration while it governed India.
While it’s “not a new story”, Calm With Horses has “a number of strong performances that make it a worthwhile variation on this tried-and-true setup”, writes our reviewer.
Thommas Kane Byrne’s play “Mrs Macushla”, scheduled for later this month at Project Arts Centre, drops the audience into the now-closed Buckingham Street institution.
For each grant scheme, they have to assess “the levels of toxicity, what are the activities of this corporation, is it art-washing, if there’s an organised boycott”, says Avril Corroon.
The group Let’s Walk and Talk as Gaeilge meets each Friday. “My goal is to die fluent,” says Robert Mac Cathmhaoil. “If I have the language by the time I’m 100, I’ll be a happy man.”
“Tom Sullivan’s Irish-language Famine drama is a briny story of purgatorial survival,” writes our reviewer, of this film premiering this week as part of the Dublin International Film Festival.
“I’ve been thinking about the various forms of rap artists that distinguish our local scenes and have broadly – and I mean very broadly – come up with four different factions.”
The building it’s in at UCD is due to be fully refurbished, starting later this year. Pádraic Moore fears the museum could lose some of its character and charm, once it is modernised.
A documentary maker’s memoir explores his relationship with the aquatic world, with tales of shallow dives and far-flung adventures that break on gentle waves of poetry and images of coast and wildlife.
