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by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 24th, 2015 - 1726 Views

Dublin 8’s Age Friendly City In Progress Life becomes more challenging once we get older, we physically stiffen up and become a little less mobile than we were in youth. For example, an outing to the shops can become a burdensome and difficult excursion. The Dublin City Age Friendly Strategy 2014-2019... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 21st, 2015 - 1793 Views

Anything Goes Exhibition 2015 It is that time of the year when St Patrick’s University Hospital (SPUH) has now opened entries for the “Anything Goes” Exhibition 2015 again. This will only be and exhibition and not a competition, so all the more reason to relax and get your piece of art to the... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 18th, 2015 - 1963 Views

Culture is a way of life, traditions people follow and their ethnicity in the society they live in. To understand the background of one’s country it is good to know its customs it has followed through the ages and where modern civilization has gone since the beginning of its origin. Friday the 18th... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 17th, 2015 - 2526 Views

Walk In My Shoes Radio St. Patrick’s University Hospital is located here in Dublin 8 on Bow Lane West and provides a service for those with mental health disorders. Walk In My shoes Radio was launched yesterday. It is Ireland’s only all-digital pop-up radio station and will aim at helping people... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 15th, 2015 - 2351 Views

Flags for Dublin 8 Schools for 1916 As part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, 20 Primary Schools in the Dublin 8 area will be presented with the National Flag and a copy of the Proclamation in the coming months. Yesterday, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny was in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, for the launch of... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Sep 10th, 2015 - 2739 Views

Children who attend the Cleft & Craniofacial Services both in Temple Street and the Orthodontic Unit on the St James’s campus joined Eilísh Hardiman, Chief Executive of the Children’s Hospital Group, to launch the new children’s hospital Information Centre on the South Circular Road, Dublin... 

by Gillian Kelly on Sep 10th, 2015 - 2697 Views

Are School Uniforms Too Expensive? Many parents are struggling financially with the cost of school uniforms, especially if they have more than one child attending school.  The St Vincent De Paul made a submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection in 2013.  The submission... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 10th, 2015 - 1972 Views

Tourism Rise in Ireland – Good News for Dublin 8 Tourism in Ireland is on the rise which potentially means that next year will be a positive one for Dublin 8’s 1916 Rising Centenary Celebrations. The area will be hosting many activities for visitors and tourists with the 1916 commemorations... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Sep 9th, 2015 - 2235 Views

Five New Companies Join The Digital Hub Team The Digital Hub is located at the old ‘Grainstore’ of what was Roe’s Distillery, which is currently under refurbishment and is planned to open later this year. Based in the Liberties area, the 19th century building will add a further 10,650 square... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Sep 9th, 2015 - 2673 Views

Fountain Summer Projects’ Big Day Out Snaps Took us a while to get them up but here our a collection of snaps from our youth project community days out in Marrowbone Lane and Basin Lane.   The kids had BBQ burgers, candy floss, face painting, a DJ set and three bouncy Castles.   Everyone had... 

by Alan Finn on Sep 8th, 2015 - 1986 Views

  Guinness Storehouse Victory The Guinness Storehouse which is situated here in our own wonderful Dublin 8 has been very busy recently fighting off some very stiff competition to become the Europe’s new tourist number one. It has already beaten some of the continent’s great hallmarks, the Eiffel... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Aug 27th, 2015 - 2978 Views

National Heritage Week 2015 This month Ireland is celebrating its 20th (1995-2015) National Heritage Week. But the history that is being celebrated is much older than that! Indeed, especially when we think of historical monuments and heritage sites, like Newgrange, which dates back over 5,000 years... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Aug 24th, 2015 - 2516 Views

Path to the Centenary: Dublin History Festival This year Dublin will be celebrating its third annual Dublin Festival of History. There will be of course greater emphasis on 1916 Rising on the lead up to next year’s Centenary. With little more than seven months to go many artists, performers and history... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Aug 20th, 2015 - 1816 Views

Animal Magic at the Fountain! As part of our ongoing summer project for the junior youth clubs, which has seen our area’s youth go to Funtasia, plenty of farms, the zoo, regal homes, the cinema, and all sorts of wonderful places, the kids this week got these some uncommon animals up close! The... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Aug 13th, 2015 - 2100 Views

The DRI (Digital Repository of Ireland), an online resource site for social and cultural data, was launched a little while ago. The NCAD (National College of Art and Design) is one of the organizations who have joined the repository adding two of their collections for display on the DRI website, the... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Aug 10th, 2015 - 1951 Views

Planning application for new children’s hospital on a shared campus with St James’s Hospital submitted today. The planning application for a new children’s hospital on a shared campus with St James’s Hospital was submitted today. The hospital – which will act as a catalyst for a new Model of... 

by Gillian Kelly on Aug 6th, 2015 - 1617 Views

(Image Credit: Irish Independent) Delay in TB inoculations for Our Babies Increasingly under fire Health Minister, Leo Varadkar has announced that TB vaccinations might not be available until March 2016.  There are currently 18,000 babies waiting to be injected with the BCG inoculations due to problems... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Aug 4th, 2015 - 3326 Views

The laying of the tracks for the last bit of the main Luas Cross City project commences today on O’Connell Street. This begins the rest of the €368 million project that will link the Luas Red and Green lines to the existing Luas lines. The lines will be able to add 10 million journeys per year... 

by Gillian Kelly on Jul 30th, 2015 - 2018 Views

Ministers were told yesterday by Eurostat, the EU statistical service, that Irish Water could cost us about €2.3 billion euro. David Duffy from ESRI said yesterday ‘for the taxpayer, this means that there is an extra €2.5 billion that will now have to be funded by the government. ‘‘Prior to... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Jul 28th, 2015 - 2445 Views

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, announced on the 27th July 2015, that PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL) is opening a new global decision-making hub for the Company in Kilmainham, Dublin 8. PAREXEL has plans to hire an additional 130 people over the next...