What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
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.
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The Dig, Reviewed
A murderer joins his victim’s father in the search for her body. It’s a film with powerful performances let down slightly by ropey plotting, writes our reviewer.
An Art Collective Exhibits on USB Sticks
“The USB key is a couple of different things,” says Michelle Doyle of the Repeater collective. It’s a portable exhibition and a piece of artwork in itself.
Dean: Erica-Cody’s Retro R&B Probes Modern Irish Identity
The young singer encapsulates the mixed-race Irish experience through velvety grooves.
An Exhibition Shows Off Keepsakes Women Carried With Them When They Moved to Ireland
For her Invisible Museum show, now on in Kilmainham, Laragh Pittman has borrowed objects brought in suitcases and pockets from across the world to a new home.
A Team Works to Revive a Finglas Tradition
First challenge for this year’s Finglas Maypole Festival? Find a maypole, say those behind the push to bring the historical celebration back to the urban village.
The Patient Assassin, Reviewed
Udham Singh waited two decades to exact revenge on Tipperary’s Michael O’Dwyer. A new book tracks what happened in those years.
A Weekly Meet-up for Sociable Knitters at the Pub
Amy Coleman was unsure if others would turn up. “Is this something that people are going to like or am I going to be the weirdo knitting on her own in a pub?”
An Inchicore radio station offers hyperlocal news and all kinds of country music
Or, as its tag line goes, it’s “Country to the ‘Core”.
An Animation Studio Builds Films with Cardboard, Vaseline, and Foil
In a small studio off Dorset Street, the team behind Paper Panther Productions work on their stop-gap animated stories.
Tribal Gods, Reviewed
The charm of Tribal Gods lies in its simplicity: it is a story about two women who remain in each other’s lives through thick and thin.
A Duo Plan to Turn Liffey Water Samples into Music
They’re asking Dubliners to pick up a free kit on Friday and go collect water samples – which they’ll analyse for pollutants and turn into sound.
The Failing Heart, Reviewed
“This book is for those fascinated by the macabre, the grotesque or the noir, sprinkled with dark humour,” writes our reviewer.