Wexford Street fire

Four people were pulled from burning flats on Dublin’s Wexford Street early today. The blaze erupted on the first floor above Eddie Rocket’s City Diner at 4.15am. It’s not the first time there’s been a late night fire on the street. Remember the panic that went with the fire in the Village nightclub back in [...]

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Museum of Dublin to open this summer.

The cultural landscape of Dublin will change this summer, when the Little Museum of Dublin opens at 15 St Stephen’s Green. This new non-profit museum will tell the story of Dublin in the 20th Century, and the collection will be completed with the help of the public. In other words it will truly be a [...]

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“Like a real experience in a real place!”

Surely the best and cheesiest Dublin ad ever? Or at least since Dubliner cheese.

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The fixtures are piling up, and all is heating up.

In the course of two weeks, we will have gone from the Brandywell Bar to the Bray seaside, with three nights in Inchicore in between. If you want a cheap hobby, perhaps the League of Ireland isn’t it. Then again, on a good night, is there anything in Dublin better value? You’re not obligied to [...]

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We say 1916, they think a quarter past seven.

I’ve a lot of time for some Irish rappers. We had Street Literature from the northside on here before, but I love what Nugget has been doing on this site of the river. Hailing from Ballyfermot, this is a cracker.

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Hollywood Babylon – a new midnight film club for Dublin.

This looks excellent, a really good idea. Hollywood Babylon -Dublin’s Midnight Movie Film Club Running Saturdays fortnightly April to October 2011 and devoted to our favourite ‘disreputable’ movies. Roughly speaking- movies best seen after Midnight, in company and with beer. Curated guest screenings, re-imagined film posters by some of our favourite artists and designers, BYOB, [...]

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Time to move Charlie to O’Connell Street.

It’s often forgotten that the late and very great Charlie Chaplin has a statue in this country, located in Kerry, where he spent happy times as a visitor. In recent times, whenever I’m on the job and providing tours of the city to tourists, I’ve stopped at the statue to another great man, Jim Larkin. [...]

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Six years later

For the week that’s in it. A great snap of Free State soldiers in Dublin in 1922 during the Civil War. The flyposter beside them reads: EASTER WEEK REPEATS ITSELF – THE IRA STILL DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC. Notice the soldier’s sword as well.

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“These people weren’t concerned when it was a run down shop”- Lord Mayor Gerry Breen.

This is a great watch. As Patrick Cooney from the campaign to save Moore Street asks, in 2016 will visiting world leaders find the laneways of 1916 or a shopping centre? While I find it difficult to pay too much heed to politicians of green or blue stock, the relatives and campaigners, along with ordinary [...]

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Anarchist Bookfair 2011 at Liberty Hall.

The annual ‘Anarchist Bookfair’ is always a great event, taking place this year once more at Liberty Hall. In the past, the event has seen visiting speakers as diverse as historian Martha Ackelsberg and former blackpanter Ashanti Alston. This year another diverse range of stalls and talks will make up the bookfair. PM Press, AK [...]

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On the walk to the shops….

I’d been meaning to take the camera with me some day and photograph some of the more interesting pieces of street art appearing in West Dublin suburbia….

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Coming soon to a League of Ireland stadium near you.

8ft by 5ft. Can also double up at musical performances, though the choir aren’t up to much these days.

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