#Dublin8News

by Jacqueline Spain on Oct 12th, 2015 - 2862 Views

Plans That Never Were & Plans That Are The Irish Government, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and MediaLab Europe were the bodies back in 1999 who came together to initiate the Digital Hub Project. This was to be put in place as part of the Local Area Plan (LAP) for the regeneration of... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Oct 8th, 2015 - 2842 Views

Kilmainham Celebrating Our Past Though this news is somewhat late (I was caught napping), it should not go without some attention. The team at the High Road and Kilmainham Lane Residents Association have renovated the former side address to Kilmainham Mill.  The mill has a history going back several... 

by David Carr on Sep 28th, 2015 - 1847 Views

Fountain Resource Group Launches New Senior Citizens Service The Fountain Resource Senior Citizens Group has reopened! The group met up at St James Parish hall last Thursday to trash out the coming season’s activities. The local crowd of about thirty expressed an interest in card games and “Card... 

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 - 2742 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 Jacqueline Spain on Sep 9th, 2015 - 2251 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 - 2676 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 Jacqueline Spain on Aug 27th, 2015 - 2979 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 FRG.ie Admin on Aug 10th, 2015 - 1952 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 Alan Finn on Jul 20th, 2015 - 2245 Views

Between Generations, St Theresa Gardens Some years ago (though not too many mind!), I grew up in St Theresa’s Gardens.  A place, that myself and my family still have fond memories of and converse about regularly, though to others the name brings connotations of tough living. For some time now, the... 

by Gillian Kelly on Jul 13th, 2015 - 2213 Views

GoodBye Dublin 8, Hello Dublin 08! The Department of Communications are launching new postal codes today.  These will be called an Eircode.  It has cost €27 million to set it up. They have set up a website, www.eircode.ie. Homeowners can expect a letter in the post in 2 weeks time explaining this... 

by David Carr on Jul 7th, 2015 - 3512 Views

Rainbow Garden Childrens Hospital James’ Children Hospital the Plans, the Politics – In this expose, Dave Carr outlines the plans for the new hospital and how the locals are reacting For a long time now, the planned – for new children’s hospital had appeared to slip to the back of... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Jul 6th, 2015 - 2415 Views

Diageo’s Opening Brewery Bar to the Public! St. James’s Gate is where it all begins for the lovers of the greatest stout in the world. Diageo is world famous for developing new beers and other alcoholic beverages. Beer has to be worked on and experimented with before the right combination is made,... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Jun 29th, 2015 - 3704 Views

50 Years a Priest, 50 Years a Community Legend Today Fr Thomas “Tommy” Murphy celebrated his golden jubilee in St James’ Church in a ceremony presided over by Bishop Eamonn Walsh and past moderators and priests of the church (including, Fr Denis Laverty, Fr Ivan Tonge and Fr Jimmy Mc Partland). ... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Jun 22nd, 2015 - 3123 Views

Big Plans For Kilmainham Courthouse The Kilmainham Courthouse, located on Inchicore Road as become part of the Kilmainham Gaol in a redevelopment that is sure to increase tourist footfall to the area.  As a Courthouse it was active from the period 1820 to 2008. In July 2008, it closed its doors and... 

by Alan Finn on Jun 6th, 2015 - 1624 Views

Going up in Smoke, Locals Burn Water Bills You don’t have to saunter too far off the beaten course in the Dublin 8 to find out how strongly the local residents feel about Irish Water. “No water meters” signs adorn every second window down quite Rialto lanes, while installing water meters has been... 

by Alan Finn on Jun 5th, 2015 - 1987 Views

Flannigan’s Field Community Gardening Fete Over the June bank holiday, Flannigan’s Field opened its gates to the Fatima community. The popular community garden drew in a large crowd despite the weather turning nasty throughout the day. It all kicked off just past 2 pm, where, outside one... 

by Jacqueline Spain on May 1st, 2015 - 1993 Views

Plans for National Children’s Hospital Unveiled The plans for the new National Children’s Hospital that will be built on the grounds of St. James’ Hospital have been unveiled.  Reactions have been overall positive with some describing the structure as ‘breathtaking’. It was proposed in 2012... 

by Liberties F.C. on Apr 16th, 2015 - 1805 Views

  Liberties FC News BIRTHDAY BOY BARRY PUTS THE ICING ON THE CAKE – UNDERS HAVE DIVISION RUNNING SCARED!! AFL OVER 35’S DIVISION 2 Carndonagh 2 – 4 Liberties FC DDSL UNDER 17 MAJOR DIVISION 3 Knocklyon 3 – 16 Marrowbone Lane Celtic (Sixteen!!) It was another stunning performance... 

by David Carr on Apr 10th, 2015 - 2782 Views

RIALTO RACIST GRAFFITI & NEW IRISH FAR RIGHT? Local residents have covered over racist graffiti daubed along hoardings at James walk Rialto.  The graffiti was several feet high and was painted at several points along the length of the hoardings. Similar graffiti appeared over the Easter weekend...