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Where are all the gaffs?

Where are all the gaffs?

Third-level students are struggling to find affordable accommodation. A new 368-room centre in the Liberties is the latest development to add some units to the equation. Dublin is experiencing one…

Making a show of the new voices of Ireland

Making a show of the new voices of Ireland

Ireland Music Week (IMW), the annual showcase of Irish talent providing opportunity for home grown musicians to network with international connects, returned on October 4th to 7th. The talented line-up…

Community book shop opens on Meath Street

Community book shop opens on Meath Street

Books at One is a collective of locally managed community bookshop and it has opened its first Dublin store in the Liberties.  The shop is a small chain that offers…

‘We should be building all the public homes that we can and not selling public lands’: CATU Ireland protests at City Hall 

‘We should be building all the public homes that we can and not selling public lands’: CATU Ireland protests at City Hall 

Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) Inchicore Kilmainham have been protesting at City Hall against the Dublin City Council’s plan to allow a private landlord to develop 91 units at St…

Living as a Ukrainian refugee in The Liberties

Living as a Ukrainian refugee in The Liberties

Millions of refugees have been forced to leave their homes and travel far to seek a life away from war, chaos, and unpredictability. Some people have found refuge in the…

Hercules goes zero to MMA hero

Hercules goes zero to MMA hero

Henry “Hercules” Fadipe, an MMA fighter from the Fantom club in the north inner city and a coach at TU Dublin, became an champion earlier this month by defeating John…

Flanagan’s Field reconstructs Grow Dome

Flanagan’s Field reconstructs Grow Dome

Volunteers at Flanagan’s Field Community Garden have spent weeks working on the new dome A greenhouse ‘Grow Dome’ is being reconstructed in Flanagan’s Fields Community Garden.   Located on Reuben Street…

Dublin scrubs up nicely

Dublin scrubs up nicely

Last Saturday local residents across the city came out to clean their communities, in an initiative dubbed ‘Team Dublin Clean-up Day 2022’. The previous week, Deputy Lord Mayor Joe Costello…

14th annual Liberties Fun Run moves to September

14th annual Liberties Fun Run moves to September

The Liberties annual Fun Run for St James’s Hospital Foundation – traditionally held on a Wednesday in July – will take place on Sunday, September 4th at 10am, starting at…

People Before Profit protest for Irish neutrality

People Before Profit protest for Irish neutrality

People Before Profit (PBP) held a protest outside the Dáil in late April to defend Irish neutrality and to condemn the attacks and invasions of Yemen and Ukraine. The protest…

Exploring what’s on your doorstep: Culture Date with Dublin 8

Exploring what’s on your doorstep: Culture Date with Dublin 8

‘Culture Date with Dublin 8’ is set to take place on 14th and 15th of May this year with events, tours, workshops, and activities planned for across the district. Culture…

Bridgefoot Street Park finally gets finishing touches

Bridgefoot Street Park finally gets finishing touches

Final touches are being made to Bridgefoot Street Park before its official opening next Wednesday, 4 May.  The park, a major new public space for the area of the Liberties…