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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 City reporters Patrick Gormley and Andy Nally talk to Eimear Chamhanach of First Thursdays Dublin about the event in Temple Bar.
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By Liam Keegan Christmas has fallen upon Dublin city: the lights are out on all the main streets, hanging over people in their fashionably unfashionable Christmas jumpers. TheCity asks Dubliners to describe in one sentence, what Christmas is to them. “Lying on the couch with so much food and alcohol in my body that…
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by Martha Gberevbie The Royal College of Surgeons(RCSI) hosted the penultimate event in the Dublin City of Science 2012 festival, on Thursday 29th November. The public event was a huge success and throngs of curious school children attended. Interactivity was the order of the day and many live experiments were conducted.Interesting topics discussed included the…
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TheCity asked Dubliners their opinion on assisted suicide last week. A case is currently ongoing in the High Court where a terminally ill patient is petitioning for lawful assistance in ending her own life. The plaintiff is suffering from the final stages of multiple sclerosis. The Irish Human Rights Commission has offered to act as…
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Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas so TheCity decided to test run a 12 pubs of christmas route. Those of you out there in the blogosphere who are considering kicking off the holiday season with this pub crawl why not try out our route! The 12 pubs have been a festive institution in…
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All over Ireland, candles on Church Advent Wreaths are being lit as the weeks advance throughout December, stirring excitement in the hearts of parishioners. Thecity.ie reporter Sarah Reilly chatted with two Dublin Priests about the season of Advent and all that is Christmas. According to Fr. Ó Cochláin from St. Canices Church in Finglas, many people…
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