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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Dean: The classic hiss of Ireland’s first ever Pavement covers album
“I feel confident in declaring this to be the first local release to use such a concept.”
In Merrion Square Park, an open invite to build human towers
The number of teams building human towers – or castells – in Catalonia has soared to 100 in recent decades. Now, Dublin has its own group.
An artist draws inspiration from the tangled peace of a Donabate forest
Nicole Manning’s work is rooted in her experience of living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Luke: Irish documentary looks at life at a Soviet-era health retreat in Ukraine, against a backdrop of war
Gar O’Rourke’s “Sanatorium” is Ireland’s entry for best international feature film for the next Academy Awards.
In Phibsborough Tower, an artist reflects on her family’s past and the city’s future
Maeve Brennan and the other artists of Richmond Road Studios, evicted once in 2022, are now facing an uncertain future again.
In Blanchardstown, an artist shares her world of shapes and warm colours
Maria Atanacković first makes sketches of loose images that appear from somewhere in her memory. “Then I have to figure out how I’m actually going to make it.”
Council forfeits €600,000 for Smithfield Square, as deadline for drawdown passes
The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.”
In a new album, a bodhrán shapeshifts again and again
“It’s coming during this wave when people are bringing trad music into modern spaces. But it came out of pure experimentation,” says musician Ian Nyquist.
Dean: Soda Blonde embrace the melancholy
And Danny Groenland puts “his activist spirit front and centre”.
Luke: Documentary “Beat the Lotto” is a nostalgia grab worth engaging with
“That there’s some acknowledgement of dark things on the edge of the frame, in the moments between the smiles, makes Ross Whitaker’s film” worth a watch.
A supergroup of experimental musicians look to fuse synthesisers with the “world within” the Irish harp
The eponymous debut album from the band Throwing Shapes is due for release on 7 September.
With “Memento Vivre”, a musician conjures a storm to tell her story
When Murky Anyango started to record what would eventually become her debut album, she wanted it to be a solo endeavour in every respect.