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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On Kildare Street, visit a time capsule from 1974
The Department of Agriculture Library, which hasn’t been updated since it opened, features gems like “The Book of Asparagus” from 1901. It’s inviting visitors in on 13 October as part of the citywide Open House festival.
The Dead Friends, Episode 1
Five teenagers gathered at a party in a bedsit in Dunmanway, West Cork during mushroom season in 1993. Only one is left on this Earth. The first instalment of a six-episode podcast memoir by the survivor.
Working-Class Heroines, Reviewed
The stories told by working-class women in inner-city Dublin that are included in Kevin C. Kearns’ book have acquired a new resonance in contemporary Ireland.
An Artist Remembers Tallaght Growing Up
In his video work Suburban Cookie Collector, Michael Dignam delves into his past, and reconnects with it through old stories and memories.
Teaming up with a Restaurant, Gallery X Returns
On Golden Lane, the gallery of the macabre and erotic will share a space with the restaurant Feast. The proprietors have a slew of ideas for collaborations mixing food and art.
For One Woman, Eight Years of Acting the Maggot
Amy Redmond uses acting and creative writing to help adults with mental-health issues.
It’s Time the City of Dublin Had Its Own Museum, Councillors Argue
Dublin used to have a civic museum on South William Street, but it closed for renovations 15 years ago and has never reopened.
Black ’47, Reviewed
“I can say wholeheartedly, and with some embarrassment, that I wasted my time fretting over whether Black ’47 is all it was made out to be. It’s a special kind of picture for many reasons.”
Brushing Up: The Art Deco Library on Emmet Road in Inchicore
The library, built in 1935, is unusual on the outside. It’s one of a trio sharing the same style in the city.
Some find comfort in the magazine aisles
There is something of a ritual most mornings in the magazine section of Eason on O’Connell Street.
I, Dolours, Reviewed
This portrait of the noted Provisional IRA member combines fascinating interviews with occasionally hokey dramatisation.
A New Theatre Company Looks at Sexuality in the Wake of #MeToo
Chaos Factory’s show Kiss Kiss Slap Slap is scheduled to run at Smock Alley Theatre from 11 to 15 September as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival.