“You’d even miss people spilling pints at gigs”: Scattered Ashes Band on Covid-19
“I can’t remember really what it was like before,” lead singer of Scattered Ashes Robert Dalton jokes on an early Friday morning Zoom call. On a freezing February morning I talked to Scattered…
Bringing weaving back to the Liberties
With a fabric tape measure around her neck, Marja Almqvist talks with passion about the textile history of the Liberties. Textile apparels going back to the Vikings era were found in this part…
Creativity in Adversity – Lockdown and the meaning behind ‘TheArtOfAsbestos’
“TheArtOfAsbestos”, often shortened to ‘Asbestos’ is the distinctive moniker by which a Dublin street artist operates in and around Dublin City Centre. Amassing 4,500 Instagram followers, the unidentified artist has experienced wide popularity with his ‘Lost’ series of…
Absolutely Bricking It! Dublin designer puts his childhood toys to good use
Dublin has never seemed so small, not since Gianni Clifford began rebuilding the city brick by brick… with Lego! The product designer and Lego-head caught attention online at the beginning…
€19 million investment into ‘Liberties Creative Campus’
Dublin City Council are to carry out a feasibility study into ambitious plans for a €19 million ‘creative campus’ in the Liberties area of the city. These proposals are part of an Urban Regeneration and Development Fund…
Add ‘Irish’ to your cart
Now more than ever it is so important to implement the shop local, shop Irish mindset. Supporting small Irish businesses is something that can be done in many ways and…
The Dog on the Dockside
A street artist whose work has appeared across Dublin – including graffiti-filled Liberty Lane off Kevin Street – has won new accolades for his latest mural of the President’s dead dog. …
Cancelled exhibition and being an artist during a pandemic with Neil Dunne
“Expanded print practise” is how Neil Dunne, a Liberties-born and raised artist would define his art. He started silk-screen printing while studying in NCAD (National College of Art and Design) where he obtained both his…
‘May Weekender’ for local culture falls victim to Covid-19 shutdown
By Jack Shanahan ‘CULTURE Date with Dublin 8’, which promotes the local area, has cancelled its ‘May Weekender’, planned for May 16th and 17th. The annual event celebrates the history,…
How International Women’s Day is celebrated in The Liberties
International Women’s Day globally celebrates the achievements women have made in social, economic and political aspects. This day has been celebrated for over a century and occurs every year on…
How walking keeps tourism alive in the Liberties
Local Liberties Tours creating Local Liberties Employment Dublin as a capital possesses many attractions for visitors from across the water such as the famous Leprechaun Museum, Dublin Castle, Temple Bar…
Streamable magic off Meath Street
Magic Minds In a flat just off Meath Street in 2017, Magic Minds podcast was born. “Brain-child” to lifelong Liberties resident Matt Burke, the podcast focuses on telling stories that…
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