ireland
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A look at Fontaine’s D.C. ‘Dopamine chamber’
Fontaines D.C.’s fifth studio album Dopamine Chamber immediately isolates you in a new dystopian place with a feeling of unfamiliarity in their sound, along with engaging synth. The first track’s beats-per-minute (BPM) is the same rate as a resting heartbeat, kickstarting the…
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Brewing a Following: What Does Social Media Bring to Café Tills?
Hyper Goat Coffee spends €2,000 a month on social media, with its owner crediting online promotion with boosting sales. But how can cafés determine whether likes and views translate into money in the till? The café’s owner, Jonathan Maye, points to a…
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Remnants, Relics and Reasons to Remember Dublin Is Living: IAF 2026
Since 2005, Irish Architecture Foundation have opened up the doors of some of Dublin’s most iconic homes, landmarks and parks as part of the Irish Architecture Festival. This year, the festival centred on the theme “Dublin is Living”. As the title suggests, Dublin is…
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St Patrick’s Tower reopen – 160 years in the making
Joshua Harris – Photo Story – Historical piece After 160 years, St Patrick’s Tower in Dublin 8 has been reopened as a space for exhibitions and events. With the help of Dublin City Council, the site was renovated prior to opening to allow for…
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Dublin, Interrupted
The largest strike in Ireland in almost 20 years took place on October 14th. More than 300,000 public sector workers took action over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal. The 24-hour work stoppage caused widespread disruption, leading to the Government…
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Awaiting Deployment – Private Manus O’Reilly’s Story
“Lig Amach!” This command to the recruits, now fully trained and tested, in the square of Sarsfield Barracks, officially marked the ending of the 6-month training course. Tears, cheers and proud embraces followed as the 120th platoon trained under the 12th Infantry…
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Students Turn to SVP To Bridge Gaps in Government College Funding
Students receiving Government grants are still turning to charitable assistance to meet the costs of university, with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) reporting that its education bursaries support over 2,000 students. SVP said its Education and Training bursary fund had…
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Health Minister nationwide ban on supermarket loyalty schemes on alcohol
The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, has moved to ban loyalty card discounts on alcohol across all Irish supermarkets to curb excessive consumption. While previous legislation, which took effect in 2023, banned loyalty card points from being used on alcohol, many supermarkets…
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Chloe Michelle Howarth on Uplifting Queer Narratives Through Modern Irish Literature
COVID-19 arrives in March of 2020 with a peculiar pause as society closes its doors. In Dublin, IADT student Chloe Michelle Howarth begins to pack her bags to head back to her family home in West Cork to quarantine. Somewhere within that still…
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The Irish citizenship rules have been passed by Cabinet, but what do they mean?
“Citizenship should be about belonging and participation” says Sinn Fein TD Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh after Cabinet approval. Criticism arises from local TDs with Irish citizenship requirements changing and Cabinet approval ahead of being passed into law. The new rules under the ‘Irish Nationality…
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