What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
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Taking Back Control of Their Own History, Traveller Groups Map Places of Belonging – and Unbelonging – in Coolock
“It’s trying to create maps in which the Travellers are central to the story, and … challenging these histories of racism and marginalisation.”
The Zine “City Rocker” Remembers a Dublin of the 1980s and ’90s
“I don’t know, it’s to feel like you’re in a fantasy world of what Dublin used to be,” says Eddie Kenrick, on why he makes it.
Long Hidden, Don Wood’s Photos of Dublin’s Queer Community in the Early 1980s Emerge
Few of the photos have seen the light of day since they were originally taken, in 1980–83. Now they’re due to be presented to the Irish Queer Archive.
As Government Prepares to Wipe Historical Convictions for Gay Sex, Some Activists Say They Want It to Go Further
There should be, they say, a broader redress scheme for queer people who weren’t arrested and tried, but had their lives stolen by homophobic laws.
On Francis Street, Waiting for a Ruling on the Demolition of Two “Dutch Billys”
Owner Richard Smyth wants permission to replace the buildings dating back to the 18th century with a seven-storey complex including 24 apartments.
From Cromwell to Covid, a Walking Tour Journeys Through the History of Ringsend’s Pubs
In 1850 there were 12 pubs but only about 2,500 people in the area, says local historian Eddie Bohan, a former lounge boy, bartender and publican.
Forty years ago gardaí interviewed hundreds of gay men while searching for a killer – and they still have all the files
Gay activists say guards took the murder of Charles Self as an opportunity to work up dossiers on at least 1,500 gay men. “What murder has 1,500 suspects?”
Fifty Years On, a Tenants Union Is Putting Together a History of the 1972 Rent Strike
Faced with the prospect of rent rises, council tenants banded together to resist. CATU wants to hear from anyone who was involved back then.
One Man Works to Mark the Graves of Great Shamrock Rovers Players Long Passed
But for Robert Goggins to put up a gravestone for defender James Syms, he first needs to find a living relative.
A Walking Tour Highlights the Great Writers, Philosophers and Revolutionaries from the Dorset Street Area
People often head for Stephen’s Green to learn about Dublin’s great writers, artists and thinkers, but they miss out if they skip Dorset Street, says historian John Seery.
Sarah Cecilia Harrison: Artist, Social Campaigner and City Councillor, Reviewed
This new book charts the life and work of the first woman elected as a Dublin city councillor.
Council Puts Out Call for Working-Class Oral Histories of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
The “people’s history” project is looking for stories of shopkeepers, craftspeople, tradesmen, and people who worked on the boats, or in the big houses.