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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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Ireland’s population is set to rise by nearly a quarter by 2030 according to a new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). According to findings in Projections of Demand for Healthcare in Ireland, 2015-2030, Ireland’s population of people aged 80 and over is set to rise by almost 94 percent. This, alongside…
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“The number of new cases of alcohol-related cancers in Ireland is expected to double by 2020.” This is the stark statement by the Irish Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Manager Kevin O’Hagan on the Central Statistics Office (CSO) report released on October 18th 2017. A grim picture was painted, which showed that in 2014, Irish people…
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Ireland’s sugar tax on fizzy drinks may cost the State €22m per year in lost revenue from cross-border shopping and the black market, said Colm Jordan, Director of the Irish Beverage Council. Mr Jordan’s comments come after the Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe announced during the 2018 Budget that a sugar tax will be…
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Looking for one last scare this Bank Holiday weekend? Get yourself down to Ireland’s number one Halloween attraction Farmaphobia before it closes for another year on November 1st. Based in Causey Farm in Co.Meath, Farmaphobia consists of a number of spooky attractions constructed on a traditional farm. The farmhouse, buildings and fields are all transformed…
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Leo McGuinn, Daniel Osborne, Eoghan McGrane, Shane O’Brien, Scott Howe, and Sean Meehan discuss the weekend’s Premier League results, Ronald Koeman’s sacking, and a look forward to both GAA club finals in the Capital.
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Basketball die-hards had followed the 2017 draft’s top trio of Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball and Jayson Tatum since before these prospects were old enough to watch Die Hard. As the build up to the draft reached its boiling point, those three names began to become the consensus top-trio. Fultz, a 6-6 wing out of Washington,…
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