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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 Scene and Heard Festival is taking place from the 13th of February to the 1st of March 2025. As part of the coverage of the festival, TheCity sat down with James Doherty O’Brien to talk about his experience writing and rehearsing his one man show “Your Heart is An Empty Room”.
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Five years after the global pandemic reached Ireland, TheCity looks back at how the Irish food and hospitality industry has evolved. On the 28th of February 2020, Ireland officially saw its first Covid-19 case, ringing in an era that would reshape Irish society. Although different sectors have undergone drastic changes during and after the global…
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Senators adapt and aspire to make notable impact in a term that signals opportunity for change. The 60 members of the 27th Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament) held their first sitting on 12 February 2025. Senators signed the roll of members and proceedings got underway in an atmosphere of energy and…
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Micheál Martin announced a replacement last week which sparked an uproar among renterconsensus. However, foreign investment might benefit the economy in the long run. The Taoiseach’s plan to establish a more attractive market for foreign investors did not resonate with renters over the last week, but his reasoning is not random. Many renters are benefiting…
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Congestion, infrastructure delays, and increasing demand continue to put pressure on Dublin’s transport system. To understand how effective these changes really are, TheCity spoke with Professor Brian Caulfield, a transportation expert at Trinity College Dublin. On January 26, 2025, the latest phase of BusConnects (Phase 6a) was introduced, including two new 24-hour routes (E1 and…
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“I had to leave the tree that fell on my barn’s roof,” said Paul (alias). It has been two weeks after storm Éowyn hit Ireland, now that power and water is mostly restored, farmers are battling to restart their operations. Paul, a third-generation livestock farmer in county Galway – who spoke to us on condition…
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