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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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A major social networking site is setting up its headquarters in Ireland much to the disapproval of the Irish public. Controversial site Ask.fm announced in early November that it is moving its head office from its current base in Latvia to Dublin. The move has sparked outrage among many, including Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan…
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Numerous cases of ‘catfishing’ have come to light in recent times, illustrating just how dangerous the web can be and highlighting a grave concern over just how safe an individual’s images and personal details are on the world wide web. A ‘catfish’ is an individual who pretends to be someone they’re not using a social media…
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State-owned Dublin Bus are examining and considering the possibility of introducing a 24 hour service, just weeks after increasing fare prices. Public transport users will benefit from services that will run throughout the night if the proposal to the Labour Relations Commission is approved. Dublin Bus is in talks to oversee that a service to…
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National organisation for LGBT in Ireland, BeLong To has launched an online campaign to urge young people to register to vote. The move coincides with the YES EQUALITY voter registration drive ahead of the Civil Marriage Equality Referendum that is set to take place in spring 2015. Recent polls indicate that young Irish people are…
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Ross O’Carroll Kelly once described Rathmines as a shanty town when compared to Ranelagh and Rathgar. However, these days Ranelagh is something akin to a ghettoised shopping mall of restaurants, and Rathgar seems to just trundle along with old money, old families and little passion. Rathmines these days is experiencing a renaissance of sorts or…
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NIGHTCRAWLER is a well directed, heart-pounding, pulse-throbbing crime thriller that’s storyline is the first of its kind to be transformed into a blockbuster movie. The suspenseful story acts as a mirror to what’s happening in reality in the realm of broadcast media and freelance journalism, with individuals stepping up to the mark and providing self-generated content. Set…
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