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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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Diversity in children’s books has become a more and more popular topic over the last few years, with the majority of people in agreement that there is room for more stories about women and a wider variety of ethnicities in the genre. The issue was recently brought back into the spotlight by teenage American activist…
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Apathy appears to be the main word to describe the attitude of Irish football fans towards the national team these days. This may have played a role in the decision taken by the FAI last Wednesday to part company with Martin O’Neill as Ireland manager. It had been a dreadful year for Martin O’Neill’s men,…
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‘Housing crisis’, two words which are a bit sensitive for most Irish people in 2018. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that buying or renting in this day and age in Ireland is an utter mess. Demand far exceeds supply, and as a result, we have house prices rocketing. Rents have risen for a 25th…
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An estimated 80,000 fewer people are now smoking in Ireland according to the annual Healthy Ireland Survey that was published in October. This means the percentage of smokers has gone from 23 percent in 2015 to 20 percent in 2018. The survey, launched by Minister of State for Health Promotion Catherine Byrne TD and conducted…
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The ‘Solas Project’ is a community development organisation which tackles early school leaving and youth crime. The project has been in operation since 2007, and fundamentally, the belief is that tackling these issues will allow communities as a whole to benefit as they look to pursue a vision of Ireland where the youth of today…
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The advances made in recent web-based technology is quite remarkable, with almost everything you could possibly desire available to you on your smartphone, laptop or any other device. As a football enthusiast, I still remember the frustration of my favourite football team not having their game broadcast on live TV, and instead having to check…
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