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  • ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ made its highly anticipated debut at The Gaiety Theatre on Tuesday, October 6th. The play celebrated its 25th anniversary this year so it was an obvious choice for the Dublin Theatre Festival. The play’s debut coincided however, with the sad passing of its author Brian Friel, so inevitably this run of performances has been especially…

  • New figures show that burglaries are on the rise and our analysis shows that the capital accounts for the vast majority of this increase. The latest report on crime from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has found the Dublin Metropolitan Area (DMA) accounts for almost 75% of the nationwide increase in reported burglaries and other…

  • Plans have been revealed for an overhaul of Dublin’s transport infrastructure, including extensions of the Luas to Lucan and to Finglas. The National Transport Authority (NTA) this week released details of its new draft Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016-2035. The strategy aims to set out a “cohesive and integrated transport framework to support…

  • By Matthew Colfer (@_Gogery)   This weekend, the National Show Centre in Cloghran, close to Dublin Airport, will host the fifth annual Invasion Dublin event. The award winning event is a chance for ‘Star Wars’ fans of all ages to see replica sets and props from the films and meet some of the cast from…

  • With this week’s Budget still fresh in the minds of many across the country, how are the measures announced going to affect the third level students of Ireland? Cian Gaffney is a final year Religion, History and Teaching student in Mater Dei who had this to say about the Budget as a whole: “I do think the budget was technically…

  • A leading homeless charity has hit out at the Government’s budget which they say fails to address the escalating homelessness crisis. In an attempt to address the housing crisis, €414 million will be made available for social housing along with an additional €17 million being earmarked for emergency accommodation. Finance Minister Michael Noonan also announced that…