Category: Arts and Culture
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Breaking down busking
By Isabel Colleran. Isabel Ní Challaráin explores what attracts musicians to busking on Grafton Street and Suffolk Street and asks, is it worth standing in the cold? A lot of famous names started their music career busking on Grafton Street including Bono, Keywest,…
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Pop in to the Pop Up Gaeltacht
By Isabel Ní Challaráin Tá an Pop Up Gaeltacht ag dul ó neart go neart, sé bhliana ónár thosaigh sé. Six years on from its first event in Bar Rua on Clarendon Street, the Pop Up Gaeltacht is still bringing people together to…
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Diwali- The Indian New Year
Diwali, (festival of lights) is a popular Hindu festival which celebrates the triumph of good over evil is celebrated in conjunction with the Hindu New Year all over the world. By Nimra Ahmed ‘Diwali’ or the ‘festival of lights’ is a religious festival…
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“In Turkey, they treat surgery like a production line” – The rise of cosmetic tourism in Ireland.
Cosmetic tourism is appealing as it is often cheaper to receive these treatments abroad, even when patients take the cost of flights into account. Like all surgery, this does not come without risk, andthe aggressive post-surgery complications of cosmetic tourism have been seen…
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Sexism and harassment in the opera industry: An interview with Jade Phoenix
By Katie Ward Opera singer, Jade Phoenix sat down with The City, to talk to Katie Ward about her experience in the music industry, sexism and sexual harassment.
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Dublin City lights up for Christmas
With another Covid Christmas ahead, Leigha O’Reilly Hughes, Jane Byrne and Shay Galon capture the uplifting spirits in Dublin City.
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An Post Irish Book Awards
By Samantha Dempsey The An Post Irish Book Awards, a set of industry-recognition awards set up by a coalition of Irish booksellers in 2007, took place last week on November 23rd. The awards are owned by Irish Book Awards Ltd, a…
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The Late Late Toy Show: The top moments that trended on social media
By Julia Brennan Every Christmas in Ireland, there is one show that many people cannot wait to see flash up on their screens once again and that is The Late Late Toy Show. The Late Late Toy Show has been a show of…
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Graffiti Around Dublin – Valid Vandalism?
Luke Gillis questions whether the graffiti and other forms of vandalism across Dublin City have a more politically charged message behind them.
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