I loved Dublin. It’s the city of my birth, where my wife and I fell in love, and where we became parents. I spent four great years there from 1999-2003 and it broke my heart to leave. But I had to face the fact that I am a culchie. Like the salmon swimming back upstream […]
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Brought my kids to an exhibition on the occult at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Never too soon to start teaching them about the importance of heavy metal.
Any port in a storm
Hueston Station rn, no trains just overpriced scones and disappointment pic.twitter.com/KYJes7iEjl — Bill Linnane (@Bill_Linnane) October 16, 2017 We got to Heuston Station as the last train pulled out. It was only going as far as Portlaoise, so even if we had made it, we would still have had quite a walk back to Cork. […]
NinjaGo
Wetherspoon, whose cheap drink and food offers have proved popular in the UK, has been selling pints of Heineken lager and Murphy’s stout at prices around 40pc below the competition at its first Irish pub in Blackrock, Dublin. The pub chain, which last year outlined plans for around 30 pubs in the Republic of Ireland, […]
Marking a Guinness barrel in St James’s Gate brewery in Dublin in ye olden days.
Siamese & all breeds cat club of Ireland 61 st champion cat show pictured at Knocklyon Community Centre, Dublin…. Pictures by Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
People@things
People at the opening of Whiskey Fair and Venue in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
Hughie Lewis and the Jews
If this is shit, please tell me so: Hugh Lewis of People Before Profit brought a ladder to the seafront in Dun Laoghaire where flags from some 44 countries were flying to mark the European Optimist championship. The event is for under-16 sailors. Three girls and four boys from Israel took part in the four-day event which […]
Steamboat Willie
RNLI Dun Laoghaire were called to rescue a Mickey Mouse balloon mistaken for a paraglider floating in the water off the coast of Bray.
Done leery
Yule log. Santa’s Helper Sophie Shannon (aged 20) is joined by four delighted Santas to launch the Dún Laoghaire Santa Dash Shopping frenzy, which takes place in Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre on Saturday 7th December. Three lucky winners have two minutes to dash around Supervalu, Dún Laoghaire and grab as many grocery items as possible so their whole family can […]
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