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  • As inflation and the high cost of living continue to shape consumers’ spending habits, second-hand fashion has emerged as one of the fastest growing retail businesses among young consumers in Dublin.   Globally, the second-hand apparel market is projected to reach $350 billion by 2028, growing three times faster than the overall apparel market, according to the ThredUp 2024 Resale Report.  Recent research by PayPal also shows that over 780,000 adults purchased second-hand clothes in a single year, totaling more…

  • Ireland-based Latinx collective Sobremesa en Disidencia claim the US should not receive ‘unconditional support’ from Ireland amid ICE violence and invasion of Venezuela.   By Kelly Smyth  Sobremesa en Disidencia organisers Catalina Hernández, Barbara Sena and Shoshi Chong. Photo Credits: Sobremesa en Disidencia.  As Taoiseach Micheál Martin is due his annual visit the White House this St. Patrick’s Day, activist group Sobremesa en Disidencia says the move is “very strange”.   The recently established feminist collective has emerged with strength in recent months, working…

  • The Dublin Card Show has established itself as the largest card convention held in Ireland to date with a headcount of nearly 5,000 people.  By Alex Cloud  The Dublin Card Show held on February 28th is quickly becoming a staple in the card collecting and hobbyist community. The show is amongst the first of its kind to host two floors in the Convention Centre…

  • Delivery cycling in Dublin, and the overlooked challenges of making a living on Dublin’s busiest road. By Samuel Adeleke  I Citizens’ concerns in Dublin are usually centered on motorists and pedestrians. Still, recent statistics from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) shows that the greatest share of serious injuries was among those cycling for social trips, at 76 per cent.     In addition, the statistics also revealed that 187…

  • A play depicting the lives of Irish actors Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Shields is currently running at Bewley’s Theatre Café on Grafton Street.

  • The ice hockey community in Ireland rejoices as Prime Arena Holdings is to submit planning permission for the country’s first ever “permanent, Olympic-standard ice facility”.