As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
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Dean: After a term of upheaval, punk troop M(h)aol are still hardcore
They may be a band with a membership that’s shrinking, and with a profile that’s rising, but they’re still M(h)aol.
A Dublin electronic artist moves on from frogs and Celtic futurism, to DIY bagpipes
Mel Keane took the stage Saturday as part of Dublin Digital Radio’s annual festival, Alternating Current, at The Complex.
Dean: On Meljoann’s Kandy-Kolored, Tangerine-Flake Techno Dystopia
“Pitched as ‘avante hyperpop’, her music can sound like what Mariah Carey might cook up if she spent more hours hanging out in video arcades and reading radical literature.”
Luke: Documentary on musician John Murry “captures some very moving moments”
Filmmaker Sarah Share’s “The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry” tells the story of the Mississippi-born musician, who is now living in Ireland.
In Grand Canal Dock, a concert rooted in Brazilian, Congolese, and Nigerian culture
Ellen Be, and the band Cozinha Preta, brought a message of cultural awakening and ancestral power.
Council plans to turn St Werburgh’s church into 250-seat venue
The idea is for this spot next to Dublin Castle to host choirs, chamber music, trad music, poetry performances, and more.
Dean: KhakiKid and Travy are among the Irish rap elite
They’re “a pair of gifted boy wonders on very different ends of the stylistic spectrum from each other”.
Dean: Jehnova is getting even better
He “should be international by now. But the world doesn’t always appreciate the gifted”.
Dean: Brigid Mae Power’s covers album is a classic of the form
The Galway native’s connection to the music on Songs for You “feels personal”.
Dean: Maria Kelly and Crispy Jason soothe the soul
With her debut album “the sum of the in-between”, and his four-song EP “Shadowcon One”.
Dean: Mandalus makes electronic music with Grand Theft Auto cool
The Dublin producer, also known as Des Foley, remixed a version of the Genesis song “That’s All” for the forthcoming GTA 6. Sort of.
At TU Dublin’s recital hall, a group of artists performs the city’s housing crisis as music
“Housing Data ~ Sonified” is a work in two parts. An introductory overture, and the main composition which is spread across 10 short movements.