Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #123
"June is deeply associated with Áine, the Irish goddess of summer, fertility, love, and sovereignty, whose presence is especially felt around the midsummer season."
Artist Augustine O’Donoghue and author Conor McCabe made 50 of the mats and gave them away on Meath Street recently. From there, they spread out.
A third of women now on Dublin City Council aren’t standing again, while only an eighth of men on the council say the same.
With as many as 28 candidates in the city, its list is double that of many other parties. Is that good strategy?