Category: Featured Stories
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Top tips to stay healthy as winter is upon us
With temperatures plummeting and evenings getting darker by the day, many people find motivation to exercise extremely difficult and as a result it simply gets lost in routine.
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Support Local with TheCity.ie’s Market Guide!
Supporting local has never been more important, with an increasing number of small businesses feeling the strain of the current cost of living crisis. TheCity.ie has created a guide to markets happening all over Dublin.
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“Looks like all our drivers are busy at the moment”- why is it becomming impossible to get a taxi in Dublin?
Taxi’s warn that the shortage of drivers will only increase over the Christmas period.
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Vendor’s fury as Dublin County Council aim to close food and wellness space
By Karl Steacy Chestnut Bazaar sits in the heart of the Liberties, nestled down a side alley on the busy Clanbrassil Street. Walking up to its entrance, it’s striking that it lies between a block of apartments and a derelict building, perhaps symbolic…
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Forget Amsterdam! Choose Rotterdam! : An alternative holiday.
By Megan Bell It’s official; everyone and their cousin has been to Amsterdam, and everyone who hasn’t been always talks about wanting to go. But what if you want something different? Something similar to Amsterdam but cheaper and without the swarms of tourists? …
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The Late Late Toy Show is always a major talking point, and this year was no exception.
Ireland’s beloved Late Late Toy Show returned to our screens this week. For many, the Toy Show is a Christmas tradition that simply cannot be missed. RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy took over presenting duties of the Late Late Toy Show from Pat Kenny…
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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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The Irish hospitality industry reacts to new late licensing reform
By Sadhbh McDonnell On the 25th of October, the Irish Government announced later closing times for pubs and clubs around Ireland, as part of a major new overhaul of licensing laws in Ireland. The new reform has been brought forward by Justice Minister…
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The issues surrounding Ireland’s low PhD stipends
By Megan Frances Bell. PhD candidates in Ireland are receiving lower stipends than most other European countries, creating inequalities in the current cost of living crisis. The average PhD stipend in Ireland is €18,500. According to the PhD’s Collective Action Union (PCAU), which…
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HSE Safe Nightlife programme may be baby steps towards solving an adult problem
By Chloe Seymour The HSE Safe Nightlife programme 2022 launched a pilot initiative in September of this year that provided a ‘back door’ drug testing service at the annual Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, County Laois. Pictures courtesy of the HSE. This service…
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