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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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Bus Éireann services connecting East Meath towns to Dublin are still facing major disruptions causing headaches for commuters in the area. Bus routes 103, 111 and 109, which cater to those in Ratoath, Athboy, Dunshaughlin and Navan, are scheduled to run every twenty minutes. However, this hasn’t been the case for almost a month now…
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Pat Gilroy has been named as the new manager of the Dublin Senior hurling panel. The St. Vincent’s man will succeed Ger Cunningham following his appointment by the Dublin county board on Tuesday. Gilroy will take the reins at the capital on a three-year deal. He will become the first Dublin native to occupy the…
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Being an All-Ireland winning manager is something to brag about but Mick Bohan is not the type of man to do that. The Dublin ladies football manager described the week to ten days after winning the Brendan Martin cup as full of celebrations and a “massive sense of relief for the players”. Bohan is on…
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The 2018 budget has reduced taxes for earners right across the board as Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance, has delivered the first Fine Gael budget under the regime of Leo Varadkar. Budget 2018 sees the two Universal Social Charge (USC) rates decrease. The 2.5% rate of USC will decrease to 2%, with the ceiling for…
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An Post released a new €1 stamp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary, Ché Guevara’s death. The stamp in question depicts the iconic work of Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick. The image in question is of course Fitzpatrick’s famous two-tone painting of a photograph of Guevara by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda. The image itself…
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Dublin City must sadly bid farewell to one of its local icons – a quaint coffee kiosk in the city centre has been forced to close after 38 years in business. The Kiosk, which sits on a traffic island at the Leeson Street and Adelaide Road junction, has had a notice placed on its window…
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