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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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A rally was held in Dublin on Monday evening in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme in the United States. The DACA programme was established by the Obama administration in 2012 to protect those who entered the US as minors from deportation. Donald Trump made the decision to end the programme…
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The annual Dublin Christmas lighting ceremony took place last Sunday on O’Connell Street, but not everything went to plan. Thousands of excited children, adults and grandparents lined the streets of Dublin to watch two festive parades, while hundreds more clustered around the forty-foot tree in the centre of O’Connell Street. This is the first time…
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Dublin City Council’s proposed redevelopment of Dalymount Park is currently in the process of procuring a consultant to appraise the redevelopment project. Following a Freedom of Information request, Dublin City Council Administrative Officer Jackie O’Reilly has said that the appraisal will “examine all aspects of the project and will guide Dublin City Council on the…
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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has taken in over €3 million in income from failed driving tests this year. To be categorised as a failed driving test, an RSA spokeswoman said that a person must have sat their test and failed it. This means that those whose learner permits may have expired pre-test or other…
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The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) launched their new women’s healthcare initiative #EveryWoman, on Thursday the 16th of November. As part of the National Strategy for Women and Girls (2017-2020), Ireland’s largest women’s welfare organisation, the NWCI put forward their initiative to be considered in the government’s Women’s Health Action Plan. The campaign, which…
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According to figures released by the HSE, Dublin has seen the most restaurant closures so far in 2017. Dublin accounted for 44 percent of the total closures in Ireland so far. Following Dublin is Donegal and Cork, each accounting for three percent of the closures. The lowest amount of closures took place in Laois, Kildare,…
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