What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
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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.
Why the Papal Cross in Phoenix Park was never taken down
It was put up in 1979 at the time of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ireland, but it was supposed to be temporary.
Before you ask: Salvatore Fullam is from Lucan
The painter’s work depicts his family life: playing FIFA on Xbox, falling asleep in front of the TV, and tying his shoes without help from the father he’s never met, who is the reason people often ask him where he’s from.
An 1892 map shows Dublin’s “Greatest Evil”
Last month, staff at the Guinness archive discovered this 19th-century map of the city’s drinking establishments.
One woman finds, like others, that embroidery makes life a little easier
“It’s only in Ireland that I actually started, really started, out of loneliness you could say,” she says.
How one young couple helped women escape from the last Magdalene Laundry
Caught in the barbed wire wrapped around the convent’s front gate, a woman was trying to escape. As the couple passed by, she called for help.
Remembering the Weatherman of Herbert Park
“He’d come here every day,” says Mary Stafford, pointing to the image of Tom Boland, known locally as the Weatherman. “This was his life.”
Brushing up: Inchicore’s own Lourdes grotto
Archbishop of Dublin John Charles McQuaid tried to stamp out what he saw as the indulgences associated with Inchicore’s own Lourdes grotto. But that didn’t stop the crowds.
In Avila Park, taking some time out for mothers to bond with babies
Winnie Mc Donagh opens up her home to teach young Traveller mothers what she knows about baby massage.
In Dublin car parks, sidewalk astronomers share telescopes with passers-by
Twice a month, they park up – one evening in Sandymount, the other in Clontarf – and invite people to look more closely at the skies above the city.