Category: Archive
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Grafton Street Christmas Lights
By Gill Stedman, Aidan Knowles and Blaithin Henehan The City crew hit Grafton Street to capture the atmosphere at the Christmas Lights ceremony. Singer Brian Kennedy, along with the ugly sisters from the Gaiety Panto ‘Cinderella’ switched on the lights, marking the start…
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The “Hugging Saint” Amma’s recent visit to Dublin
First Person Opinion By: Sarah Reilly The ‘Hugging Saint’, Amma, recently ran a two-day “Embracing the World” programme in Dublin. The event was held in the National Show Centre, Swords from 17th – 18th November 2012. It was last month that I first…
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The New York City Marathon hits Dublin
[youtube.com=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7dJ4XYxVxw] Hurricane Sandy led to the New York City Marathon being cancelled, after many athletes travelled to New York to participate in this year’s race. The organizers behind Dublin City Marathon got together with the sponsors to hold a Dublin re-run on November…
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Hollaback launches new chapter in Dublin
[youtube.com=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EM1T-zp6OM] Hollaback, an international organization dedicated to ending street harassment, launched in Dublin on Monday 19th November. Individuals who experience street harassment in Dublin are invited to share their stories at dublin.ihollaback.org. Street harassment is a pervasive problem in Dublin. Hollaback Dublin is…
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Halloween in Dublin
Here is a compilation of some of the best costumes seen in Dublin city on Halloween. [youtube.com=http://youtu.be/6bngGe3FKgU] Produced by Liam Keegan
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National Library Day
National Library Day took place last week.The City crew (Jenny and Blaithin) took to the oldest library in Ireland – Marsh’s library to ask passersby if they have a library card? [youtube.com=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBE2WnQY-1M] by Blaithin Henehan and Jenny McGovern
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Pro-Choice march
Thousands turned out for the Pro-Choice rally and Savita vigil on Saturday, November 17th. The case of Savita Halappanavar first came to light on Wednesday November 14th and has resulted in a huge outcry from many Irish people with demand now growing for legislation…
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Dublin as a film set
For many years Ireland has set the scene for many of Hollywood’s great movies. Ireland has a wonderful history with the silver screen, let’s not forget John Waynes ‘The Quiet Man’ or what about the opening twenty minutes of ‘Saving Private Ryan’, which…
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Morning in Moore Street
Mid-week 9.45am meandering… A schoolboy, who ought to have been in school begged his Dad to buy him a watermelon,one so big that he struggled to lift it. “Please Da can I have it, they’re lovely so they are.” My heart went out…
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Online gambling addiction becoming an epidemic
On line betting is leading to a massive increase in gambling addiction amongst young people in Ireland according to a spokesperson for Gamblers Anonymous. This new form of betting is now a huge business, estimated to be worth €44bn globally this year. While figures…
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