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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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As Black Friday hit America by storm for another year, Ireland jumped on the bandwagon. It crashed onto our isle on waves of insanity as shoppers took to the streets in droves to avail of the discounts on offer. Black Friday began as a shopping day in the States in the early 2000s. It takes…
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John Walsh is one of the leading flamenco guitarists in Ireland. He has played at many prestigious venues in Spain and also composed music for, and performed with the National Ballet of Ireland. John has studied guitar in Dublin and in Algeciras, Spain where his musical hero and legendary tocaor Paco de Lucía was born. John spoke to The…
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The City talked to some of the protesters in Dublin City Centre, at the second mass-organised demonstration against water charges, and one of the latest large protests seen in Ireland in recent months. People came from around the country, with buses bringing masses of people from every county. Some marched with comical signs and outfits, and…
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So it’s the middle of the Irish winter and I’m a little bit bored. So how better to get the adrenaline flowing than to don a wetsuit and jump into the Grand Canal. Wakeboarding is one of the most popular water sports over in the US but it’s never really had a big following here in…
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Sweny’s, at the top of Westland Row, is a pharmacy featured in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Joyce’s main character, Leopold Bloom buys lemon soap in the shop. In recent years a team of volunteers have turned the shop into a shrine of sorts. They have restored the shop to appear as it would have done in…
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Nimhneach is a fetish or BDSM club night held in Dublin on the first Saturday of almost every month. The club boasts an age range from 18-80, and attracts men and women from all walks of life – although careers aren’t on the night’s conversation list. Instead leather, whips, dominance and submission are the focus of…
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