Posts by Christine Bond

by Christine Bond on Mar 7th, 2018 - 2514 Views

St Catherine’s Sports Centre on Marrowbone Lane was an Extreme Cold Weather Emergency Shelter during the recent emergency. The work was coordinated by the Peter McVerry Trust. They were providing shelter to up to 81 people on Tuesday the 27th February. CEO of the Trust Pat Doyle was on the Sean O’Rourke... 

by Christine Bond on Feb 6th, 2018 - 8119 Views

    Only 18% of participants of JobPath have achieved full time work. The Governments highly criticised back-to-work scheme, JobPath, has revealed less than a fifth,18%, of it’s clients obtained full time work despite the scheme costing €84m. These figures are from the most recent release... 

by Christine Bond on Nov 22nd, 2017 - 1823 Views

Thanksgiving is a harvest festival, a festival of thanks for the bounty provided. On different days, it is now part of the culture in a number of countries including Canada, some Caribbean countries and Liberia. In the United States it is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in the November, coming it this... 

by Christine Bond on Nov 22nd, 2017 - 2479 Views

The birds are returning to gardens across the country in search of food to get them through the winter.Now is the time to stock up bird feeders and prepare yourself for BirdWatch Ireland’s annual Irish Garden Bird Survey. To quote their blog “the Garden Bird survey is a great way to really get... 

by Christine Bond on Oct 25th, 2017 - 1915 Views

  The Sunday Times reporter Justine McCarthy reported that the Board of the National Children’s Hospital has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanala seeking lesser coverage of water-sprinkler systems throughout the building and fire controls in the planned atrium. Dublin Council granted a fire... 

by Christine Bond on Oct 3rd, 2017 - 1788 Views

Events are being held in city libraries, Dublin Castle and other venues. All of the events are free but some that need booking have booked out. More information can be found at http://dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/ Dublin Castle has some big names coming to give talks: Martin Bell – the Death of... 

by Christine Bond on Sep 22nd, 2017 - 2194 Views

It’s Culture Night Again!! Tonight from 6 pm on Free Events all through Dublin. Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the big National Cultural... 

by Christine Bond on Aug 30th, 2017 - 3217 Views

Dublin City Council are sponsoring the return of the show that has featured photographs, archive footage and songs to transport you pack to the glorious day of Dublin’s finest theatre. The Programme will be narrated by Conor Doyle, Soprano Kathleen Noonan will sing along with baritone Gerry Noonan.... 

by Christine Bond on Aug 22nd, 2017 - 1892 Views

Butter is back in favour with a bang! The decision is that you cant beat the flavor. Butter is making news for another reason too, as prices keep rising. A steady increase in consumption is leading to a shortage on the European market, as reported in this Washington Post article (www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2017/08/11/europe-has-got-a-butter-problem/?utm_term=.6ea6975cdcdc).... 

by Christine Bond on Aug 22nd, 2017 - 2972 Views

Image Credit: Rick Fienberg, TravelQuest International and Wilderness Travel In this series of stills from 2013, the eclipse sequence runs from right to left. The center image shows totality; on either side are the 2nd contact (right) and 3rd contact (left diamond rings that mark the beginning and end... 

by Christine Bond on Jul 25th, 2017 - 2809 Views

Summer Concert with Anuna at Richmond Barracks 8pm Sunday 30th of July. Limited tickets left at €20. World famous vocalists Anuna are to perform a night of music at Richmond Barracks in Inchicore in memory of poet Francis Ledwidge. Ledwidge died 100 years ago on the 31st of July 1917 in World War... 

by Christine Bond on Jul 19th, 2017 - 4380 Views

  Four developments have applied for planning permission to start on some massive changes to Newmarket Square area in Dublin 8. In the beginning of July planning permission was lodged with Dublin City Council Planning for two large and one massive sites on Newmarket Square. All three of these applications... 

by Christine Bond on Jul 4th, 2017 - 2114 Views

We all can have needs for spaces at times. I have borrowed the upstairs of a friends shop to have a photographic exhibition, friends sitting rooms to sell vintage jewelry, attended exhibitions in an art gallery “This is Not a Shop” that provided gallery space in the front room of converted shop... 

by Christine Bond on Jun 13th, 2017 - 2151 Views

Last Few Days of NCAD 2017 Show !   I was able to drop in to see the Post Graduate students work at The Annex, 101-103 James’ Street, showing both the MFA Art in the Digital World and the MFA Fine Art. An interesting visit that especially if I wanted to see the three virtual reality pieces... 

by Christine Bond on Jun 6th, 2017 - 1788 Views

Players from  a number of areas influencing and creating that new work environment gathered for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for a fascinating one day conference on the “Future of Work” in Dublin Castle on the 12th of May. The main theme of the conference was that technological... 

by Christine Bond on Jun 6th, 2017 - 3054 Views

Another Aparthotel Proposal – for James Street this Time! Just as the plans for the conversion of the Tivoli Theatre site to Aparthotel was refused by Dublin City Council (builders have one month to appeal), an application was made for the building of similar units in James Street. Permission... 

by Christine Bond on Jun 6th, 2017 - 2085 Views

If you are looking to furnish a house or flat cheaply, if your sofa has chosen an inconvenient time to fall apart, if you like nicknacks, or have a small present you need to get for an old fashioned auntie, then heading to Herman and Wilkinson’s weekly house clearance auctions in Rathmines might just... 

by Christine Bond on Apr 12th, 2017 - 1693 Views

Team Dublin Clean Up is taking place this Friday (Good Friday) 14th of April between 11am and 1pm. Dublin City Council will provide the tools necessary from gloves to bins to shovels and grabbers. Contact our local area council. Ours came out within 1 hour to handover the tools! When finished with your... 

by Christine Bond on Mar 30th, 2017 - 3286 Views

New Advice! Exercise During Pregnancy Health advice from our mothers and aunties can be dangerously out of date. Especially when they are repeating the advice of doctors of 50 years ago. Then the advice was “take it easy, put your feet up” and ‘eat for two” for expectant mothers. That advice... 

by Christine Bond on Mar 28th, 2017 - 3274 Views

What to do when you have been stuck inside for too long? Feel the need to get outdoors and challenge yourself? Tired of seeing a grey, windswept and rainy city? At least with grey, windswept and rainy country days the wind and weather recharges my energy rather than dragging me down.  If the answer...