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  • Dublin Beatles Festival hits the city this weekend

    Dublin Beatles Festival hits the city this weekend

    The third annual Dublin Beatles Festival will take place this coming weekend from Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8 across the city. This year the event marks the 52nd anniversary of the quartet’s performance in the Irish capital on November 7th, 1963.…

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  • Majority of increase in burglary offences in Dublin

    Majority of increase in burglary offences in Dublin

    New figures show that burglaries are on the rise and our analysis shows that the capital accounts for the vast majority of this increase. The latest report on crime from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has found the Dublin Metropolitan Area (DMA) accounts…

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  • Dublin DJ unites Hozier and Noel Gallagher for charity

    Dublin DJ unites Hozier and Noel Gallagher for charity

    Hozier, Noel Gallagher and Florence Welsh, have weighed in to raise much needed funds for breast cancer research. Irish DJ Greg McQuaid who works on a popular morning radio show KFOG FM, in San Francisco, came up with the idea of a charity…

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  • A taste of the sea at Matt the Thresher

    A taste of the sea at Matt the Thresher

    By Aoife Lawless Seafood lovers of the nation, stop what you’re doing and listen up! If like me, the edible bounties of the sea linger first and foremost in your ideal culinary experience then I give you; Matt the Threshers of Pembroke street,…

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  • Welcome to The City

    Welcome to the new version of The City. We have a new team taking over and we have lots in store for 2015! As editor of The City I hope to bring you the stories you are interested in with a focus on…

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  • The Little Things

    The Little Things

    What are the little things you do when you’re down? For some people it may be going for a walk, or chatting to a friend.  The Little Things campaign was set up by the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention to get people…

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  • The Christmas CURE

    The Christmas CURE

    Just like a Christmas dinner, you may enjoy getting a little blitzed, canned, stewed, pickled, tanked, steamed, and/or sauced at this time of year. So as my good deed to the masses, I have asked the people of Dublin; what is the best…

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  • The rebirth of Rathmines

    The rebirth of Rathmines

    Ross O’Carroll Kelly once described Rathmines as a shanty town when compared to Ranelagh and Rathgar. However, these days Ranelagh is something akin to a ghettoised shopping mall of restaurants, and Rathgar seems to just trundle along with old money, old families and…

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  • TheCity sleeps…

    TheCity sleeps…

    TheCity.ie was produced by 4th year journalism students from DIT during the first semester of 2012, and, as dissertations and projects beckon in semester two, theCity.ie will be going into mothballs for a few months. But don’t forget us! We’ll be back with a…

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  • Christmas this year for different cultures in the city

    Christmas this year for different cultures in the city

    Christmas is a magical time for everyone around the world and especially in Dublin since we now have such a diverse multi-cultural city. Our ‘rainbow’ city is now home to almost over 188 different nationalities according to reports. The report of the non-Irish…

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