Posts by David Carr

by David Carr on Nov 27th, 2015 - 4674 Views

The Oldest House In Dublin One ordinary looking house in Dublin 8 may have passed well turn out to be a lot more special than it looks. Number 130 Thomas Street may not be an address that rings many bells. It’s sandwiched between Agnes Browns public house and Massey’s funeral home and lies two doors... 

by David Carr on Nov 9th, 2015 - 2586 Views

Digital Hub to Open Doors to Homeless The Digital hub is set to open its gates to the homeless. This coming winter, former industrial premises just off Thomas Street will be acting as a nightly refuge for as many as 100 rough sleepers. The empty building is being made available on a temporary basis to... 

by David Carr on Nov 3rd, 2015 - 1662 Views

A total of 32 protesters made an appearance at the Dublin District Court on Monday afternoon. The defendants, who were been charged over three separate incidents relating to water charge and anti austerity protests, were met at the steps of the court house by a group of several hundred demonstrators. Speaking... 

by David Carr on Nov 2nd, 2015 - 2714 Views

“A People’s Park” The Cork Street Campaign If we’re in luck and we have a summer this coming year and a last few pieces fall into place, the people of this city will be able to slip off their shoes and walk on the grass of what was once Chamber street flats on Cork Street. This is... 

by David Carr on Oct 17th, 2015 - 2057 Views

IRISH WATER RETURNS TO DUBLIN 8 Irish water has returned to Dublin city 8 for the first time in half a year. Meter installers hit Altram Court in Inchicore on Thursday morning. The meter crew, Kelly’s contractors, appear to have completed much of their work, holes were dug and barriers erected, but... 

by David Carr on Sep 30th, 2015 - 2426 Views

The Bull Ring Market gets Revamped! Building work on Meath Street is nearing completion and is set to turn what was once the old Bull ring, through a massive refurbishment, into a brand new market. The facade of the aged building is to get a total facelift and the whole ground level will include a market... 

by David Carr on Sep 28th, 2015 - 1916 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 David Carr on Sep 18th, 2015 - 1966 Views

Is Laughter the Language of Love? Is the clearest path to a women heart is through a belly laugh? Recent studies seem to suggest it is and may well have confirmed a view held by at least half the world’s population, the more he succeeds in making a her laugh the more likely she’ll be open to that... 

by David Carr on Sep 7th, 2015 - 2070 Views

Is it Stalingrad for Irish Water? – Dave Carr opines about how the Irish Government as unsuccessfully lobbied the majority for support There comes a time in any conflict, a Stalingrad or a Gettysburg when historians look back and say “that was the point it all ended”. Yes of course there were... 

by David Carr on Aug 19th, 2015 - 2203 Views

The idea of providing a space where people can, under supervision, legally inject drugs would have until recently, it would be fair to say, alarmed a great many people. But attitudes may be changing. The Ana Liffy drug project and the Bar Council are right now working on draft legislation that would... 

by David Carr on Jul 24th, 2015 - 4629 Views

A distant image of Pluto taken from the Hubble telescope Pluto Unveiled On the 14th of July a space probe cut inside the orbit of the moon Charon and travelling close to 50,000 km per hour, screamed by the dwarf planet Pluto. After journeying for nine years New Horizons took just three short minutes... 

by David Carr on Jul 7th, 2015 - 3631 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 David Carr on May 22nd, 2015 - 2425 Views

An appeal is to be launched to find the owner of a sheep found wondering in Oliver Bond flats. A routine Garda  patrol spotted the animal being chased by a group of children in the flat complex on Wednesday night. The officers loaded the sheep into a Patrol car and transported her to Kevin Street station... 

by David Carr on May 21st, 2015 - 2020 Views

The Pet of the Future Are you the type of person who would love a dog but are not sure you could handle the responsibility? Maybe you live in an apartment, or your work hours might leave Rex home alone all day. If you find yourself watching wistfully as dog and dog owner stroll past, only to look away... 

by David Carr on May 15th, 2015 - 3671 Views

For years looking up at St James’ Church of Ireland left one feeling something was just not quite right.  Firstly, it was no longer used as a church or even commonly called St James’ Church but rather as ‘Lighting World’.  In fact, if you were to enquire of Saint James, you were likely to... 

by David Carr on Apr 24th, 2015 - 2497 Views

DEHYDRATION AS BAD AS DRINK DRIVING Dave Carr discovers drinking and driving is not a bad idea…drinking water that is! Fancy taking the car for a spin? Then you might consider a glass or two of water. A new study has found that taking the car on the road when dehydrated can be just as dangerous... 

by David Carr on Apr 17th, 2015 - 2045 Views

Protesters Maintain Pursuit On Irish Water Recent events in the ongoing water dispute put the Western ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid’ in this writer’s mind. For much of the film Paul Newman and Robert Redford are pursued by a mysterious group of bounty hunters. They’re followed over mountains,... 

by David Carr on Apr 10th, 2015 - 2936 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... 

by David Carr on Apr 2nd, 2015 - 2368 Views

         YOUR DOG CAN SEE HOW YOU FEEL Dog lovers seldom have any doubt about the smarts and sensitivity of their pets and many have claimed that their dogs can pick up on what they think and feel. But the world of science has taken a more sceptical view. Anthropomorphism, defined as when humans... 

by David Carr on Mar 27th, 2015 - 3371 Views

MASS EVICTION COMES TO DUBLIN Just as night must follow day a city that cannot provide affordable housing for its citizens will see a rise in homelessness. It follows on from this that if the same city has buildings lying empty and those building can be made liveable, then inevitably people will move...