Keep fences and gates around Liberties apartment complex for now, council tells owner
The owner of Grand Canal Harbour shouldn't have installed the barriers, the council had said. But it decided they could have them for three years.
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“Pushed Out” of the Workforce in Middle Age, Derek Byrne Finds Inspiration for His First Play
“Shadows” tells the story of of two ex-lovers who meet in an alleyway, at a popular “cruising” spot for gay men. It’s set to premiere at the Dublin Fringe Festival next month.
Adeline Berry Puts a Call Out for Paintings and Prose by Dublin Sex Workers
The resulting exhibition or underground publication, she hopes, will be unveiled on 17 December, the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
On Wellington Quay, a Dublin Band Plays Not-So-Traditional Romanian Folk Music
“Fireflyes came from the desire to have something that’s not as mainstream as the rest of the Romanian music in Ireland,” says Rares Mihai Nicula, who plays guitar in the band.
A handmade zine riffs, for years, on themes of belonging
“People always ask us what’s the theme and I always say the same as last time – the internal struggle to fit in,” says Saul Philbin Bowman.
A Dublin Group Sketches the City’s Nooks and Crannies
They meet every Sunday in a different spot, where they quietly contemplate and capture the details that others usually overlook.
Spa Weekend, Reviewed
“The sheer number of jokes in Spa Weekend is impressive enough, that most of them raise a chuckle and many made me laugh out loud is better still.”
“Compostela” Looks at the Comedown after Repealing the Eighth
Playwright Miriam Needham wants to tell the real story of activist burnout and the “trauma you can put someone through by putting their humanity up for a vote”.
Music at Marrowbone Books: Cal Folger Day
In this episode, Cal talks about her journey from playing classical piano from sheet music, to arranging verbatim pop operas – and she performs for an audience at the bookshop.
A New Spot Offers Coffee, a Bite to Eat, and Dancing
Mind the Step has a full schedule of dance classes: Lindy hop, salsa, Korean ballet, Tahitian dance, yoga, Brazilian zouk, and zumba.
The Peeler’s Notebook, Reviewed
More than a factual account of the early years of Dublin’s police, this book is a tour of the foggy streets and dangerous laneways of Ireland’s capital.
Animals, Reviewed
The film is “a tribute to experience, those things in our past and present that made us and shape our future selves”, writes our reviewer.
In Harold’s Cross, Singer-Songwriter Finds Inspiration in Antique Shop
“I thought, what a cool place to do a song. It was cluttered with all little nice antiques and paintings,” says Pearse McGloughlin.