• 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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  • TheCity.ie were invited to learn about Boogie beast fitness with the founder Sly Boogie. Inspired by many forms of fitness including dancing, boxing, wrestling to even animal movement, Suleman explains to Ellen and Isabelle, what his new fitness style is and how he plans to take on the world with it.

  • Megan Kavanagh speaks to Jarlath Stevenson about the art of mixology and what goes into making a great cocktail. Over the years, the rise of the speakeasy’s popularity has drawn great attention to the way drinks are made. Which brings us to mixology. The word speakeasy was first coined in the US during the Prohibition…

  • Mileage expenses paid to former Ministers at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment for local travel between May 2016 and October 2018 amounted to €70,972.30, according to figures obtained by TheCity following a Freedom of Information request. The politicians are former Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten and Minister Seán…

  • Just over 85,000 college students received a grant under the 2018 Student Grant Scheme according to figures released by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) under Freedom of Information legislation. During the 2018 academic year, 98,508 applications for a grant were submitted to SUSI’s Awarding Authority. This means a total of 13,483 students were refused a…

  • Dublin Body Paint is a “one stop shop for all your body painting needs.” Set up by Orlagh Gilsenan and Caitríona Giblin in 2017, Dublin Body Paint is a specialist Irish face and body painting shop that also runs workshops and painting jams. These body painting jams encourage both painters and models alike to come…

  • This year, the internet went insane with the theory that our phones are listening to us. F.B.I. spy memes went viral and conspiracy threads clogged Twitter – everything we type/say into our phones is being read and heard by Mark Zuckerberg, the government and, if some Reddit threads are to be believed, aliens too. It’s…