• An Artist’s Perspective on Dublin’s Changing Landscape in Before I Go: Vanishing Dublin 

    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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  • By Gill Stedman (Images from Spotify.com) After four years of being exclusive to a select few European countries and of course the U.S., Spotify has finally arrived in Ireland. Just in time Spotify, we were starting to get a little tired of listening to friends across the pond raving about it. The City team decided to…

  • By: Sarah Reilly For its 2012 Christmas exhibition, the Talbot Gallery in Dublin has invited over 40 artists to create a new artwork using items purchased from discount shops. The fun exhibition is called “Fast Moving Consumer Goods” and was launched yesterday. With the recently released details of Budget 2013, the exhibition couldn’t have been…

  • by Martha Gberevbie US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in the RDS,Dublin on Thursday 6th December. In her ‘swan song’, she expressed concern for the future of the OSCE “I see a growing concern for the future of this organization and the values it…

  • By Gill Stedman and Blaithin Henehan The City crew took to the streets of Dublin to find out some of your Top New Years Resolutions for 2013. We know it’s a little early, but it seems the people of Dublin are thinking ahead and planning for an exciting 2013.

  • It’s only been a few weeks since Abercrombie and Fitch opened its 10th European flagship store in Dublin and despite the plummeting temperature outside it’s safe to say this store is heating up. Known for its scantily clad dressed topless models at the door and “casual luxury” clothing, Abercrombie and Fitch is going down very…

  •   By Gill Stedman and Blaithin Henehan The City team headed over to Parnell Square to check out the Moving Crib in St. Martin Apostolate. This charming Crib has attracted huge crowds over the past 55 years. It has over 100 figures and begins with the story of Adam and Eve and finishes with the…