What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
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For some in Dublin, Christmas dinner still has to mean carp
“When you read the Bible, Jesus wasn’t eating chorizo, or goulash. He was eating fish,” says Rastislav Blazek.
“A kind of homely place, like a community”: Dublin 8’s Cathedral Café
The local spot has survived since 2011 on Dean Street, serving coffee, fry-ups, soup and other standards.
A Dublin start-up offers a new, technicolour take on pasta
The whimsical pastas from EGOpasta are bright and striped, spotted and swirled.
Miso and peanut butter, snickerdoodle, chocolate: what to bring to a cookie picnic?
For the first of her events under the “Dublin Picnic” header, Ali Roberts is planning a cookie-swap in Dublin 8 on Saturday.
An artist dishes up Dublin’s invasive species
Luke Casserly wants to reframe how we think about plants like Japanese Knotweed – with a cookbook.
Dublin City Council has seized unlicensed street furniture from 10 hospitality businesses this year
“We want people to enjoy being outside,” says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner. “But I think there is a free-for-all approach at the moment.”
In Cherry Orchard, a community garden threw a party to celebrate strawberries
“You have to leave some for the other children!”
Masala chai is spreading through Dublin’s flat-white city
From Chai Crew at Herbert Park to Chai & Chaat in Essex Quay, spiced teas once limited to diasporic kitchens are becoming easier to find.
Hundreds in queue for allotments across Dublin city, show figures
The current development plan sets an aim of doubling allotments, caveated, with “if feasibly possible”.
In the Liberties, an Argentine bakery is multiplying with a new café they plan to keep open in the evenings
“The area does get quieter in the evening. But we hope the new place will draw people,” says Florencia Pugliese.
Street Feast, Ireland’s biggest street party, is back on 24 and 25 May
The mission is to connect people, and “get people to realise that they have a lot more in common than they have differences”, says CEO Sam Bishop.