No longer ‘smothered by the 46a’
The iconic 46a bus that runs between Dun Laoghaire and the Phoenix Park via North Circular Road will disappear from bus timetables across Dublin as part of a new BusConnects…
A Liberties craft workshop with a social side
This time last year, Ciara Kavanagh and Billy Fagan launched a company with a difference, and their workshops have been filling up and selling out since February. The idea that…
Outcasts courtyard in Stoneybatter brings the heat
Outcasts occupies a Prussia Street courtyard and offers a coffee shop, pizza truck, a burger hut – and a sauna and plunge pool. Outcasts started out three and a half…
Time stands still in Nellie’s Flat in the Liberties
The Iveagh Trust gives us a glimpse of an original flat in the beautiful brick complex in the heart of Dublin 8 No 3b, Patrick Street, is a testament to…
Why become a physiologist?
The Liberty sat down with a student physiologist currently on placement in the north inner city to learn about this lesser-known health profession. Éabha Byrne, doing her physiology placement in…
Decline of Catholicism in the Liberties – a fading religion in the community
Having grown up in Ireland in the 1960s, Father Patrick O’Reilly has witnessed the dominance of Catholicism in Ireland, and its decline. “It seemed like everybody was just part of…
Keeping history on track: inside the Irish Railway Records Society
The Irish Railway Records Society has been keeping an archive of our railways almost 80 years. Look out towards the Pheonix Park on a train leaving Heuston Station and you’ll…
Young people and the general election – what do they know?
The 2024 general election is just weeks away and, with politicians knocking at our doors and promoting themselves across social media, the lead up is in full swing. As Friday…
City fashion at the cutting edge
Dublin Independent Fashion Week was a bright spark in a dark season. The Liberty captured the scene with the help of a young photographer, Daniel Byrne. Dublin Independent Fashion Week…
Coping with costlier vapes after the Budget hike
When the Budget was released on the first of this month, there were two things that were being discussed among my peers more than anything else. “Is the minimum wage…
Is Dublin fit for purpose?
Photo: Kelsey Doogan Dublin is located on the east coast of the green isle of Ireland, on the outskirts of Europe, with a population of nearly 600,000 people in the…
New Vietnamese restaurant coming to the Liberties
The Liberties is getting a brand-new Vietnamese street-food style restaurant called Madame Pho. The restaurant has a chain in Northern Ireland but now has decided to conquer Dublin city with…
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