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reviews
15 articles
The Harm Done: Community and Drugs in Dublin, reviewed
A Dublin social worker “reveals the challenges, failures, and conflict in the effort to build a community model to manage and address drug problems in under-resourced communities”.
Dean: Mandalus makes electronic music with Grand Theft Auto cool
The Dublin producer, also known as Des Foley, remixed a version of the Genesis song “That’s All” for the forthcoming GTA 6. Sort of.
Tarrac, reviewed
This “briskly paced, Irish-language sports film focusing on naomhóg racing” is “an underdog story that breezes past a lot of the generic formula”.
Titim Isteach, reviewed
The short about building a skateboarding half-pipe on Inis Oírr, is the first in series aiming to encourage discussion about the use of public space in Dublin and beyond.
Dean: Rebel Phoenix waited, witnessed, and finally released his opus
“The long-awaited Museum feels right on time, offering the scene a potent shot of adrenalin.”
Youth, Reviewed
“Despite the themes of hardship and inequality that run through the book, [it] is also a celebration of our young folk.”
I Must Away, Reviewed
Director Dennis Harvey explores the unequal meanings of migration, following his subjects as they move from country to country in search of work, family and refuge.
Dean: On his first solo album, Grian Chatten doesn’t compromise
With Chaos For the Fly, the Fontaines D.C. singer “looks inward, seeking emotional precision”.
Run with the Hare, Hunt with the Hound, reviewed
In this novel, Paul Duffy brings medieval Ireland to life in an epic tale of courage, tragedy, loss and betrayal.
Dean: Rapper Luka Palm’s new EP is fast and furious
It’s “an ode to boys who modify their Ford Fiestas with gleaming rims, booming sound systems, gaudy LED lights and spoilers the size of Samuel Beckett Bridge”.
406 Days, Reviewed
This documentary about the Debenham’s picket lines is an “inspiring and very human document of a found family brought together by a desire to help each other”.
Dean: Swimmers Jackson’s breezy guitar pop is right in time for summer
“One of the year’s best Irish albums so far … this is an album for summers outside of urban trappings, right in time for the season.”