Look at converting some social homes in city-centre flats into cost-rentals, says Taoiseach’s group
No decision has been made on whether that will happen, a Dublin City Council spokesperson has said. But it hasn’t been ruled out.
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Council looks at whether to ban political protests in parks
Also on the agenda of a recent arts committee meeting was a timeline for new arts studios planned on Merchants Quay.
In a new project, artists depict the lives of young people in Dublin 15 through photos, paint, songs and more
Works that can be put on walls are on display at Draíocht in Blanchardstown now. Performances are coming to various locations in March.
Photo of the Month: February 2024
“This is Roger Casement captured in a spotlight from the new Dún Laoghaire Baths during one of my runs in the January storms.”
In the north inner-city, a stand-off between the council and a long-standing culture space
Dublin City Council plans to renovate the old building where the D-Light Studios has lived for 15 years. But the artists don’t want to move out without a hard agreement they can return.
Brushing Up: A statue of Biddy Mulligan decaying along with the Iveagh Markets
“The worse that she gets, the more it exposes what’s going on inside,” says the sculptor.
At the Chester Beatty, swatches of fabric in centuries-old books help reveal Ethiopia’s place in global trade networks
Researchers studying fabrics in Ethiopian books from the 1400s to the 1900s found they had come from as far west as England and as far east as China.
“Never Kill a Femboy on the First Date” set to premiere in Smithfield
It’s a tense and chaotic 17-minute erotic thriller about a Gaelic football player hooking up with a crossdresser in a dark, secluded car park.
From ambient electronic music to 70s and 80s Japanese pop, DJ Emmy Shigeta brings the sound of Tokyo to Smithfield
It’s music you’d be unlikely to hear anywhere else in the city, says musician Robbie Stickland, who often goes to her six-hour weekly slot at Fidelity on Queen Street.
On Arran Street East, two artists use bronze-cast bananas and worm hotels to dissect local history
Their exhibition, Banana Accelerationism, is on at The Complex, off Capel Street, until 25 January.
In Howth, two artist friends have been egging each other on since childhood
Ami Hope Jackson and Eileen Sealy have work at the College Lane Gallery in Howth, and a group show coming at Draiocht in Blanchardstown.
Councillors opt to ditch idea of museum and keep artists studios on Chatham Row
They’ve also chosen a new favoured operator, but artists already using the building are worried what it will mean for them.
Brushing Up: the kerbstone carvings of Temple Bar
There’s a scraggy Irish wolfhound, a fish and fishing rod, an elephant and a pair of vases. There’s no signature saying who made them.