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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 National Gallery of Ireland is currently celebrating 150 years of existence. An impressive feat, I’m sure you’ll agree. So too is the manner in which they are celebrating this milestone. The Gallery asked 56 of Ireland’s most celebrated writers to contribute a piece of work to a collection of theirs. This new collection…
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It was a Kenyan double at Monday’s Dublin Marathon as Eliud Too and Esther Macharia won the men’s and women’s events respectively. Too finished the race in 2:14:47, a comfortable nine seconds clear of his nearest rival and fellow Kenyan, Paul Koech Kimutai. Russia’s Dmitriy Safronov finished third in the men’s event having led the…
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Newly appointed Wicklow football manager Johnny Magee plans to leave no stone unturned during his first season as inter-county manager. Former Dublin GAA player, Magee was appointed as manager earlier this month after being part of the teams backroom squad last year. “I was involved last year with the Wicklow team as a coach and…
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Orla Stafford explores the world’s oldest all-male fraternity, The Freemasons. Over the years The Freemasons, or freemasonry, has been regarded as a secretive society. But that is not entirely true. While the organisation has its secrets, not everything about it is shrouded. The Freemasons has around 800 lodges scattered throughout the country. Freemasonry is one of…
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We all know that girls love doing their make up on a daily basis, but the Halloween season allows us to get a bit more creative with the makeup brushes to create the perfect look. Makeup artists around the country have been preparing themselves for weeks for what is their busiest time of…
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Saturday November 1 saw a nationwide day of protest against the proposed introduction of water charges. Marches were organised in all the major cities and towns across the country, with the largest gathering taking place in Dublin. Smaller local marches took place throughout the greater Dublin region in the morning, with protesters then coming together…
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