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City Desk

Council Briefs: Plans for Lots of New Parks and Playgrounds

Literary parks, destination playgrounds, and a sculpture park are all mooted in a draft plan for parks that is out for public consultation at the moment.

Laoise Neylon Jan 11, 2017

Culture Desk

Brushing Up: The Heads at Pearse Street Garda Station

The century-old carved heads above the doors of the Garda station in central Dublin were put there by a stonemason from Ringsend.

Cónal Thomas Oct 20, 2016

Culture Desk

On Sheriff Street, a Sculptor Plies His Trade

You’ve probably seen John Coll’s work about town. His most famous? The canal-side sculptures of writers Brendan Behan and Patrick Kavanagh. At the moment, he’s working on a more contemporary subject.

Cónal Thomas Jan 20, 2016

Culture Desk

Brushing Up: Have You Ever Spotted Dublin’s Last Imperial Statue?

The government, filled with anticipation of the forthcoming commemoration of the 1916 Rising, is also hosting a grand old statue of Prince Albert.

Cónal Thomas Jan 6, 2016

Culture Desk

Brushing Up: Camera Obscura by Gerard Erraught

Until 16 October, at the Botanic Gardens, there’s a sculpture you can play with a bit. It’s a based on a 2,000-plus-year-old technology.

Damien Murphy Oct 8, 2015

Culture Desk

Brushing Up: Apples and Atoms by Eilís O’Connell

Sculptor Eilís O’Connell’s shiny “Apples and Atoms” commemorates the Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Ernest Walton – and also the man Ernest Walton.

Louisa McGrath Aug 19, 2015