Each week, a couple dozen older Dubliners gather for breakfast in Bluebell, where they find fry-ups and community.
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Posted inMay 16th, 2018, Premium
Donal: It’s Time for a Monument for Speranza
A formative influence on Countess Markievicz and her generation, Lady Jane Wilde deserves of a plaque on her family’s former home on Merrion Square.
Posted inApr 18th, 2018, Premium
Then and Now
Given the city’s affordable housing crisis, how narrow a window of history should the Tenement Museum engage with in its tales of overcrowded living?
Posted inMar 14th, 2018, Premium
EU Briefs
Here’s some of what the EU has been doing recently that affects Dublin, from our correspondent in Brussels.
Posted inFeb 14th, 2018, Premium
EU Briefs: The Next Budget, Hate Speech, Card Fees, and Plastic Waste
Here’s some of what the EU has been doing recently that affects Dublin, from our correspondent in Brussels.
Posted inFeb 14th, 2018, Premium
The Clock Doctor
Nobody asks Julian Cosby back to Dublin. Each year, he has simply returned.
Posted inFeb 14th, 2018, Premium
Pride of Place
There are no statues of women on O’Connell Street, and none of 1916 leaders. Some Dublin city councillors say it’s time, at last, to change that.
Posted inJan 17th, 2018, Premium
EU Briefs: Funding Cities, Simpler VAT, and More
Here’s some of what the EU has been doing recently that affects Dublin, from our correspondent in Brussels.
Posted inJan 17th, 2018, Premium
The Diversory Anniversary
While some questioned the historical accuracy of celebrating Dublin’s millennium in 1988, at least it proved diverting during a tough time.
Posted inDec 13th, 2017, Premium
United Irishman
Cabra’s Liam Whelan, who played for Manchester United, died in the Munich air disaster nearly 60 years ago.