Features
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Getting our heads around sports concussions
On first viewing it appeared an odd question, and Ireland’s Chris Henry seemed just as bemused as the sharp hearing viewers at home who heard the referee ask ‘What’s my name?’. The Ulsterman quickly composed himself and answered “Nigel” before giving the referee…
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It’s time to reconsider your social media accounts – privacy is extinct in the digital age
The bus I was on had that horrendous familiarity; an elderly woman sat next to me, scanning The Herald — one eye on the paper, the other eye inquisitively purveying me while I texted; my knees were being impaled by the reclining chair…
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GE16 — The War of the Words
The 2016 general election is barely a week old, but already there are election posters suspended on nearly every lamp-post across the country and home-owners are well used to answering their doors to canvassers. With 26 February looming large, the political elites are…
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Is Ireland’s creative class being destroyed by third-level education? Introducing: The Dublin Yuccie.
We live in an age where investing in yourself means going to college. It’s about grabbing a piece of paper, posing for a picture with an awful blue background, posting that treasured picture on Facebook with a sappy ‘I did it!’ caption and…
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Local paper sticks with tradition
Since 1975, The Raheny News has brought the community of Dublin 5 together. The newsletter began in the home of Fr. Con O’Keefe on St. Assam’s Road, Raheny in February of that year. The small group of volunteers were led by Liam Flynn,…
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A look into Dublin’s BMX scene
Mark Twomey is part of TheBMXDays, a group of friends from Dublin who took up BMXing in the last five years and have since gathered a following on YouTube and Facebook. Here, Twomey discusses how he got into the sport, what the community…
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Alternative dates in Dublin
So you’re going on a date with your other half in our fair city of Dublin but you don’t know what to do? You’ve done the typical cinema date, a walk around St Stephen’s Green and grabbing dinner after. Looking for something a…
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The City’s finest thrift shops
It’s true what they say; one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I explored the best vintage and second-hand shops around the city in search of key winter pieces for a fraction of the cost. It was hip-hop artist Macklemore who catapulted ‘thrifting’…
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How does Dublin feel about Great Britain bombing Syria?
Just hours after parliament in London approved Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, British Tornado bombers conducted their first air strikes. The Tornados from the Royal Air Force targeted the IS-controlled Omar oil fields in eastern Syria.…
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Gerry’s Cafe – a local favourite thirty years in the making
Businessman Gerry Horgan opened his doors more than thirty years ago on Camden Street. In the three decades that he has been serving coffee on the street, he has witnessed Camden Street undergoing a dramatic change. Once a quiet market street, it is now…
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