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An Artist’s Perspective on Dublin’s Changing Landscape in Before I Go: Vanishing Dublin
A new exhibition by artist Gerard Byrne highlights the impact of modernization on Dublin’s architectural character and cultural identity. By Peace Okolo An exhibition portraying Dublin’s evolving cityscape has opened at the Gerard Byrne Gallery on Trinity Street, with artist Gerard Byrne presenting a series of paintings that reflect the city’s architectural and cultural change. Before I Go. Vanishing Dublin focuses on Georgian and Victorian buildings…
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The number of reported adverse reactions to the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine looks like it will fall substantially in 2017, according to figures released by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). In information released under the FOI Act, HPRA records show that forty reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine were reported from January…
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Less than half the secondary schools in the Dublin area offer a modern European language, aside from French, Spanish, German and Italian, as a Leaving Cert subject. According to the Department of Education, out of the 80 secondary schools in the Dublin area, 27 offer only the basics of French, German and Spanish as subjects…
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This week’s edition sees host Leo McGuinn joined by regulars Shane O’Brien, Sean Meehan, Scott Howe and Daniel Osborne to look over Ireland’s play-off failure, Tony Pulis’ sacking and the seemingly unstoppable Manchester City, as well as looking at the insipid Irish rugby display against Fiji.
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Cara Croke and Conor Shields headed along to the Tola Vintage Kilo sale to see what bargains were up for grabs
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More than 15,000 people in the Irish labour force over the age of 15 have had no formal education, according to the 2016 census. 12,827 of these are Irish Nationals, which equates to 84% of the total figure. Of those who have had ‘no formal education’ (meaning that they never completed Primary School) the top…
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An amendment to the Adoption Act 2017 now recognises foster children, who were born to married parents, as eligible for adoption. The new legislation, which was implemented in mid-October, opens a new door for children in foster care to be adopted. Before this, they were not permitted to be adopted, even if they had spent…
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