Building a small business in Dublin 7
Loon Kaboon is a sustainable prints and illustration business that opened in Smithfield last year, selling handmade prints online and at Dublin craft markets. What started as a lockdown project…
Masamba Youth Project restarts free drumming lessons for children
Children over nine years old are now able to attend free weekly drumming workshops in Basin Lane, in the heart of Dublin 8. Masamba Samba School was founded in 1994 and has recently moved…
Heart of the city: D8’s healthy heart project
In partnership with the Irish Heart Foundation, Smart D8 aims to keep Dublin 8’s heart’s pumping with a new pilot programme. The new ‘Heart of our City’ project aims to…
‘My art began to suit the atmosphere of the country’
From drawing as a child in a small town in County Galway to learning in the Liberties and then having his artwork tour the world, illustrator David Rooney discusses his creative process – and a success rooted…
Pop-up walk-in Covid-19 test centres open
People without symptoms or close contacts can get tested until Wednesday in several areas where the virus has been active, including Grangegorman, Blanchardstown, Tallaght, Irishtown and Tullamore, Co.Offaly. Covid-19 tests are available free…
Mother and baby home survivor shares her views on the commission report
Valerie Dalton talks to The Liberty about the findings of the mother and baby home commission and her own hopes of learning more about her past. Valerie Dalton was only a few months…
The Little Flower Penny Dinners: “we are concentrating on survival”
The famous Little Flower in Meath Street has been forced to close its building and go fully ‘Meals on Wheels’ – while the number of people seeking their services has increased by…
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