• 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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  • WorldSkills Ireland 2025 returned to the RDS Simmonscourt in Dublin from September 17th to 19th. More than 180 finalists competed in 35 skill areas ranging from engineering to culinary arts as thousands of spectators watched on. The event demonstrated how skilled jobs may influence Ireland’s future.

  • A study conducted by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) in 2024, found that 92% of college applicants who entered during the 2022/23 academic year progress into the third year of their course, and subsequently their final year as well. The study indicates that gender also plays a part in the statistics on who is more…

  • Shelbourne celebrate European qualification after victory over Northern Irish side Linfield. Photo:Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile By Adam Pigott Shelbourne are set to kick off their UEFA Conference League campaign as they host Swedish side BK Häcken on Oct. 2. The team from Drumcondra will play in the group stage of a European competition for the first time…

  • Photo by Sergey Omelchenko on Unsplash It was heartbreak for France and New Zealand over the weekend as they saw their hopes of Women’s World Cup glory slip away.  France were without Axelle Berthoumieu following her 12 match ban for biting Ireland’s Aoife Wafer during their quarter-final clash. The flanker was a huge loss for…

  • De Profundis – a story of love, loss, anger and acceptance What an opportunity to feel the depth and sorrow of the love of one man for another. To celebrate 125 years since Oscar Wilde’s death, the Museum of Literature Ireland (MOLI), has produced in film key passages of the letter described as a love…

  • The mythical market coffee stand run by Wilem and Natalie is about to be sold on with bigger hurdles awaiting the potential new owners. Wilem Rijtsma was born to a working-class family in 1961. The north of the Netherlands was always characteristically distinct from the urbanised Holland. Gras lands, windmills, infinite fields of kaleidoscopic tulips…