Brand New Retro: Dalymount Park
Years before Croke Park, Marlay Park or the Phoenix Park, Dalymount was the only venue hosting major concerts.
Hemlines: A Tale of Two Richards
Both designers have also been entrusted with dressing extraordinary women this past year.
Book Review: Certain American States – Catherine Lacey
Lacey’s storytelling is so wonderfully delineated that it is easy to become wholly absorbed, to feel completely present amid the characters’ anxieties and actions.
Audio: Various Artists – A Litany of Failures, Vol. II
Returning with a second installment of undersung independent bands across the country, showcasing Ireland’s thriving music scene.
Barfly: The Open Gate Brewery
I like the feeling that potentially calamitous choices are just maddeningly out of reach. What if I were to pull that lever? Would a tsunami of Hop House 13 roar…
Flying The Flag: Electronic Sheep
Kaleidoscopic-knit purveyor Electronic Sheep was brought to life two decades ago by Brenda Aherne and Helen Delany
Bitesize: Belvedere Vodka Afternoon Tea
The curiously seasonal summer of 2018 continues to inspire some innovative responses from the city’s culinarians.
Hemlines: Ming Dynasty Robes and Dress-up Boxes
Fashion-history aficionados should flock to Collins Barracks on August 12, where the NMI’s treasure trove of garment archives will be unveiled from 3pm
Soundbite: Kevin Powell & Brian O’Keefe: Loose Canon
Beady-eyed foodies will have noticed the recent arrival of Loose Canon, an enticing new artisan cheese and natural wine spot which opened its doors last month.
Comic Constellations
The craft and graft of the comic creator can often be a solitary affair but the online world is reaping broader connections and an instantaneous feedback loop. We look at…
Shell Holden: Festival Director of Playstival with The Happy Pear
This month sees a brand new festival for children and their parents, that celebrates play, fun and imagination.
Restaurant Review: Rosa Madre
"The finest seafood carpaccio I’ve ever eaten, sweet, delicate, the flesh still firm. I can’t stop thinking about it."
From Del Boy to Del Diva: Ruth Ní Loinsigh
Ruth Ni Loinsigh, Dublin’s Queen of Colourful, Compassionate Retail, relives a remarkable two decades at Om Diva’s helm
Book Review: Playtime – Andrew McMillan
A triumphant collection of poems which refuses to be silent on carnality
Bitesize: The Dalkey Duck
The former McDonagh’s pub on Dalkey’s Castle Street recently re-opened as The Dalkey Duck.
Listen Now Again – Seamus Heaney
Listen Now Again reveals the literary legend while also painting a distinctly human picture of Seamus Heaney.
Roadmap: AIDS Memorial
The campaign to build a place of memory for whose lives were destroyed by AIDS has begun.