What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea on Wednesday, Dublin city councillors were talking and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
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Photo of the Month: October
“I liked the woman’s matching coat and hair, it seemed like an obvious picture to take.”
Poet, painter and activist Michael O’Flanagan works to preserve old Kilmainham one piece at a time
To ensure the now vanished shop The Orchard is remembered, he painted it. To try to save the old library building, he ran for council.
As residents of Portrane and Donabate campaign for a cultural space, a beautiful hall nearby sits empty
The grand Victorian hall at St Ita’s used to host show bands, Christmas dances, and more, says Paschal Henchy, who worked at the hospital for 44 years.
Dean: F3miii’s electro-R&B glitter-bomb is smooth and delectable
“Take his small body of work together and there’s no doubt about it, this is the kind of new groove to woo us to smithereens.”
From Ballyfermot to Cannes, a Dublin novel gets a makeover as a French film
Neville Thompson’s 1997 book “Jackie Loves Johnser OK?” has been remade into the new €35.7 million Gilles Lellouche film “L’Amour Ouf”.
“A Free Breakfast Table”, a short story by James Connolly
This story, set in Dublin, and published in 1895, is one of 18 lost works by Connolly rediscovered by Conor McCabe.
A new album from Asa Nisi Masa evokes scrolling the internet at night
“God forgive me,” sang Jack Fanciulli recently, as his guitar made a wall of feedback and a sample of an indistinct voice played.
Artist John Carpenter captures Dublin city with strokes of his pen
With a pen, “you can’t mess around. You can’t rub it out. You have to go for it,” he says. “I love that bit of danger.”
In Dublin 8, an experimental theatre production explores the many desires of its performers
“Global Desires”, the latest from Outlandish Theatre, is scheduled to run at Dublin Theatre Festival this month.
Photo of the Month: September
“This photo was taken in Dublin City centre on the junction of Dame Street and South Great George’s Street. It’s one of the busiest parts of town.”
An artist honours an immigrant cabbage in the Liberties
“I started this last year, because I had a special relationship with this wild cabbage.”
In Portobello, writers, poets and artists launch the latest Lesbian Art Circle
It is both a publication and a culture club for queer and questioning women and non-binary people.