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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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In 2017, Health Ireland (HI) conducted one of the largest social surveys in Ireland in recent years. They looked at general health and health behaviour. In their findings, they discovered that 62 percent of people are overweight or obese. To add to these shocking figures, only 49 percent of people who are obese or overweight…
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The Army Reserve fitness exam was the most common area of failure for applicants over the past four years according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. In order to be accepted into the Irish Army Reserve, candidates must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years, complete a fitness test, interview,…
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Last week, held on the fourth anniversary of the death of Johnathan Corrie, an estimated 10,000 people took part in a protest organised by the National Housing and Homeless Coalition, represented by about fifty different groups of homeless activists and unions. The protest began at the Garden of Remembrance on Frederick Street, and followed a…
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Grafton Street, full of hustle and bustle and shoppers weaving in and out of one another. There is hardly any time or space to stop and listen to the handful of buskers who play on Grafton Street every day. TheCity.ie ventured to the busy high street to speak to the musicians and find out why…
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Irish weather is ugly. That’s a topic I’m sure everyone here can agree on. “At times like this, I do miss Malaysia’s hot weather,” I thought to myself as Storm Diana kicked in. In the face of increasingly freezing temperatures and totally erratic weather conditions, I hold up my mug of hot coffee, reminiscing about…
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Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that almost 90 percent of horses seized in 2017 in the Fingal County area were euthanised. These figures show that 139 of 155 horses taken in around the Fingal area were euthanised with only fourteen being reclaimed by their owner and two horses being rehomed. To…
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