Offset 2016 – 4Creative
The work of 4Creative is immediately familiar to a huge audience, though perhaps without them knowing it. As the in-house agency of British television company Channel 4, 4Creative work has…
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Offset 2016 – Studio Dumbar
This year’s iteration of Offset may have moved to a later date in the calendar than we were accustomed to, but still takes place in the familiar surrounds of the
Offset 2016 – Assemble Studios
Doubtless one of the most intriguing studios to be represented at Offset 2016, Assemble are a collective whose work spills across would-be boundaries to the extent that what might be…
Dividing Lines – Spike Milligan’s ‘Puckoon’
Set in 1922, the fictional town of Puckoon on the Irish border finds itself partitioned by the Boundary Commission leaving the church and graveyard separated and, graver still, the drinks…
Agent of Change – Andrew Griffin Urban Agency
“We have to stop thinking of ourselves as an island connected by diaspora to America, and we have to get used to travelling as a nation to export our talent".…
Barfly – Irish Craft Beer and Whiskey Festival
We might have finally landed on a Paddy’s Day tradition none of us need be ashamed of. Well, except for maybe the lad who was stumbling around in a full…
Nice Gaff: Charlemont House
Now called Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Charlemont House admirably represents how a building can be sympathetically adapted and extended without disrupting its integrity.
Celebrating Free Events For All: Eventbrite Presents “FREE”
Starting on Monday, April 11, for one week only, Eventbrite showcases “FREE”, an exhibition of rarely seen photographs that provide a window on some of the most inspiring and seminal…
Cinema Review: Mammal
Mammal won’t offer its viewers any sense of satisfying progression or closure, but it will make for deliciously sensory, beautiful and emotive viewing.
Cinema Review: Dheepan
Dheepan develops into a determined character study of the survivors of war and explores these familiar cinematic themes through the fresh eyes of non-white, non-western protagonists.
Cinema Review: The Divergent Series: Allegiant
With Allegiant, the first of a two-part finale, the Divergent series limps toward the finish-line in an embarrassing display.of franchise fatigue.
Cinema Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane
Its somewhat objectionable focus on and treatment of the (often bound) female body aside, particularly in its earlier stages, this is a well-executed, scary piece of filmmaking of certain ingenuity.
Cinema Review: Court
Radical folk musician and poet Narayan (Sathidar) is charged with abatement of suicide after a sewage worker is found dead just days after he gave a performance in which it…
Cinema Review: Rock The Kasbah
“I’m not a loser; I’m a quitter!” - Bill Murray’s only decent line in the execrable Rock The Kasbah
Cinema Review: Sing Street
With Sing Street Carney expertly blends treacly yet heartwarming storytelling with a bare knuckle portrayal of Ireland in 1985.
Queen of the Ring: Becky Lynch Interview
“I never for a second even considered that I could be a wrestler. It was such an out-there dream.” Baldoyle’s Rebecca Quin is kicking ass and taking names across the…
Barfly – Open Gate Brewery
Against all odds, Guinness have hit on something genuinely exciting here, deftly balancing their enviable heritage and the demands of the present marketplace.