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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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After winning the FAI Cup for the first time in 53 years, St Patrick’s Athletic captain Ger O’Brien sat down with The City to share his thoughts on the season gone by. The defender also spoke about his own future as well as other pressing matters in the League of Ireland.
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Dublin’s first city centre traditional Christmas market opened on 13th November outside the St Stephen’s Green Park. The market offers a selection of Irish crafts, including hand-made accessories, wood-crafts, jams, cookies and knitted jumpers. A large selection of food and drinks are also available, with crepes, hot-dogs, burgers, hot chocolates, mulled wine and lots more. The market is open…
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In February next year, it’ll be 25 years since Paul Kimmage took his first job in journalism. In that time, he’s written about several drug scandals and is now in the middle of investigating one in rugby. In this interview, he talks about that story and the reaction it’s been met with so far… On first viewing…
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Bad news for students this week as figures released by Daft this week have shown an average nationwide rent increase of €150 a month, a total rise of 11%. Over the last two years rent has risen nationally from €790 a month to €933. The report from Daft claims that the national drive in…
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Australia regained the International Rules Series title on Saturday November 22 after seeing off a late comeback from their Irish counterparts. Paul Earley’s side struggled to keep up with the Aussies for the first half, scoring only one point in the first quarter, and went in trailing 35-7 at half time. “Australia were incredibly accurate…
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Aoife Kelleher’s One Million Dubliners is a beautiful homage to the people of Glasnevin Cemetery – living and dead. Resident historian Shane MacThomáis, the obvious star of the show, is our guide throughout the documentary. With great wit, he tells the stories of Parnell, de Valera, Collins, Markievicz, Behan and the many other 19th and…
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