In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
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19 articles
Luke: In new anti-Christmas comedy, father goes on one-man crusade against most commercial time of year
Here we are in early July, and "Murphy Vs Christmas" is set to premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh, followed by a wide release.
Dean: HAVVK make anxiety sound beautiful
"How do you engage a part of the brain that people fear, in a way that engrosses and rather than repulses?"
Dean: On Curtisy’s boundlessly imaginative blog rap
“This singular eccentric is on an exciting trajectory.”
Dean: Flynn Johnson’s debut album basks in beautiful nostalgia
“And Johnson is a good rapper, fluid and multifaceted, ‘fresh like a two back and sides’.”
The Harm Done: Community and Drugs in Dublin, reviewed
A Dublin social worker “reveals the challenges, failures, and conflict in the effort to build a community model to manage and address drug problems in under-resourced communities”.
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.
Tarrac, reviewed
This “briskly paced, Irish-language sports film focusing on naomhóg racing” is “an underdog story that breezes past a lot of the generic formula”.
Titim Isteach, reviewed
The short about building a skateboarding half-pipe on Inis Oírr, is the first in series aiming to encourage discussion about the use of public space in Dublin and beyond.
Dean: Rebel Phoenix waited, witnessed, and finally released his opus
“The long-awaited Museum feels right on time, offering the scene a potent shot of adrenalin.”
Youth, Reviewed
“Despite the themes of hardship and inequality that run through the book, [it] is also a celebration of our young folk.”
I Must Away, Reviewed
Director Dennis Harvey explores the unequal meanings of migration, following his subjects as they move from country to country in search of work, family and refuge.
Dean: On his first solo album, Grian Chatten doesn’t compromise
With Chaos For the Fly, the Fontaines D.C. singer “looks inward, seeking emotional precision”.