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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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The 2012 Dublin Flamenco Festival took place at the end of October in The Smock Alley Theatre in Temple Bar. Patrick Gormley from theCity.ie went along to to find out more.
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TheCity.ie covers the Dublin Marathon 2012, and gets insight and reaction from supporters of the annual event. By Gill Stedman [youtube.com=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bz4erFX8ESg#!]
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The 2012 Mature Students Conference was held in NUI Maynooth on October 13th by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Organized by Laura Harmon, the USI equality and citizenship officer, it was the second such convention held in recent years. Representatives from Maynooth, DIT, NUI Galway, Athlone IT and others attended, however attendance was…
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“Student Teachers want their say- equal work for equal pay” was the battle cry of an estimated 2,000 trainee teachers and Newly Qualified Teachers (NQT’s) Student teacher’s NQT’s and their colleagues marched in solidarity from O Connell Street to the gates of Leinster House in protest against education cuts and Separate Salary Scales for NQT’s.…
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By: Sarah Reilly There have been many scary headlines in national news outlets over the last few weeks regarding the substantial rise in the use of anti-depressants among Irish people. Headline examples include: “Sedation Nation” –Irish Times (27th October 2012) “Sedative and tranquilliser use increases 40% in five years”–Irish Times (24th October 2012) “Increase in…
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U.S. voters go to the polls on November 6th to elect their next president and vice-president. The two front runners for office are the incumbent Democratic candidate, President Barack Obama with his vice-president running mate Joe Biden, and challenger Republican Mitt Romney with his running mate Paul Ryan. TheCity.ie went on to the streets of…
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