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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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Watching Brendan, Dónal and Brian Gleeson in action in their performance of Enda Walsh’s ‘The Walworth Farce’ is a confusing, funny and disturbing experience. The play is kept alive for the duration of two hours thanks to Dónal’s noteworthy levels of energy and Brian’s thought provoking portrayal of a character living a nonsensical life out…
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The Wolf Tones are trying to reach the Christmas number one with a special release of their ballad ‘Joe McDonnell’, with all proceeds going to charity. Just a couple of weeks ago Football Association of Ireland CEO John Delaney was forced to make a grovelling apology, after he was recorded singing the controversial ballad in a Dublin pub following Ireland’s…
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Sitting in a casino on O’ Connell street, all sense of time and outside life is blocked out. There are no clocks, the temperature is constant. No one here seems to be able to tell you what time it is, or how long they have been here. There is no need; why would you want…
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Growing up blind was, for the most part, a positive experience for one young Irish woman. 21-year-old Noreen McInerney from Portlaoise has been severely visually impaired since birth. At times, however, she has found it ‘pretty stressful’ to do the normal things, like getting around by herself or having a social life. The City’s Áine Hennessy…
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Milan is Italy’s second most populated city and is the main industrial, commercial and financial centre of the country. The city is also a major world fashion and design centre, with the likes of Prada, Gucci and Louis Vuitton popping up on every corner. But this city has so much more to offer than designer…
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Christmas should be a time for casual idleness on the couch, where vigorous action requires little more than a stern digit on the R2 button. Here are three games that our readers will be playing this holiday season. Far Cry 4 This year, jump into virtual action in Kyrat, a region perilously perched upon the…
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