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  • Owning your own home is as integral to the Irish Dream as drinking a pint of Guinness at a hurling match. Unlike extortionate New York, or even other parts of Europe where home ownership is unthinkable, putting down permanent roots is something most Irish kids grow up thinking they’ll achieve. Unfortunately these dreams of the…

  • “I don’t think we’ve met before, but I’m the referee on this field, not you. Stick to your job and I will do mine. If I hear you shouting for anything again, I’m going to penalise you. This is not soccer, is that clear?” This talking to dished out by Nigel Owens to a rugby…

  • St Pat’s secured their first derby victory of the year last night with a 3-0 home win over Dublin rivals Bohemian F.C. Speaking prior to the game Bohs boss Keith Long said he intended for his side to ‘take the game to St. Pat’s’, but this was not the case as early goals from Mark…

  • You’d think that in 2016 – a time when marriage equality and equal pay legislation are cropping up in the western world – that the pay gay between men and women would be non-existent. Gender gaps not only dominate the corporate world, but are heavily prevailing in the entertainment business also. Waking the Feminists, a…

  • In our second episode of Music from the Alley we met Dublin-based indie band Tabloid TV. Mark, Ultan, Senan, Moninne and Ian joined us in the alley for a quick interview (with a few awkward laughs) and live performance of their song Runaways.     Check out Tabloid TV on Facebook, Twitter and SoundCloud. BY: AOIFE…

  • Part of Smock Alley Theatre’s Scene + Heard festival, The WIN is a newly devised piece from rookie theatre company BANBHA. Directed by Cara Brophy-Browne and Tara Louise Morrison, The WIN is a concise and thoughtfully put together narrative focusing around stories from the Women’s Information Network (WIN) – a secret support line for Irish…