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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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Hannah Cahill’s morning alarm sounds at the ripe time of 6 am. She hastily showers and gathers her belongings. Every morning Hannah comes from Ballybrophy – a small village just outside of Portlaoise – to Dublin. As commuter trains do not run every hour, Hannah must get the 6.30 am train to Heuston Station to…
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Ireland’s beloved Late Late Toy Show returned to our screens this week. For many, the Toy Show is a Christmas tradition that simply cannot be missed. RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy took over presenting duties of the Late Late Toy Show from Pat Kenny in 2009. The Toy Show was first broadcast to the public in…
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Many residents of East Wall took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the arrival of a busload of male asylum seekers into the old ESB building in East Wall the night before. The news, which first broke via a video on Twitter, has sparked controversy both politically, and online. Protesters are taking issue…
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By Isabel Colleran. Isabel Ní Challaráin explores what attracts musicians to busking on Grafton Street and Suffolk Street and asks, is it worth standing in the cold? A lot of famous names started their music career busking on Grafton Street including Bono, Keywest, Kodaline and Glen Hansard. Richie Smith from upstate New York was playing…
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In the last century, community pharmacy has undergone a transformation. Technology advancements and structural changes allowed pharmacy to move from an industry once dominated by independent pharmacies to larger, retail chains across the country. This allowed pharmacy as a career to become more family friendly and more accessible to women. Pharmacy has become a female-majority…
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