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by FRG.ie Admin on Jun 29th, 2017 - 1823 Views

Liberties Festival presents A Night at the Opera. This Years event will feature Opera in The Open & Special Guests performing In The Courtyard of St. Audoen’s Roman Catholic Church. Experience Your Favourite Opera Classics Amidst Dublin City’s Urban Soundscape. This spectacular and Unique... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Jun 21st, 2017 - 2257 Views

The Launch of Fayre in the Square will be taking place on Tuesday the 27th June. The market promises to to offer lots of delicious foods from paella to sushi. The market takes place in the CEO square outside the main hospital concourse from 11am until 3pm. Everyone is welcome and St. Jame’s Hospital... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Jun 21st, 2017 - 1801 Views

The Liberties Festival is one of Ireland’s oldest and longest running festivals. From modest beginnings in 1969 to snagging Festival of the year at the LAMA national community and council awards 2016. For many the Liberties Festival has become a highlight of the summer in Dublin with a series... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Jun 13th, 2017 - 1667 Views

The Bridgefoot Street Park Workshop will be taking place on the 15th June at St Catherines Church, Thomas Street from 11am – 12.30pm or 6.30pm – 8.00pm. The Bridgefoot Park Community Campaign has been working since 2015 to build awareness of the Bridgefoot Street site as a neighborhood park... 

by Gary Nolan on Jun 7th, 2017 - 2725 Views

If you’re ever in London and have an interest in modern art, the Tate Modern will be one of the first stops on your itinerary. The gallery is housed in the former Bankside power station, which was finally completed in 1963. It’s an imposing and overtly industrial structure that dominates the skyline.... 

by Christine Bond on Jun 6th, 2017 - 2924 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 Fountain Resource Group on Jun 1st, 2017 - 3626 Views

St James’ Brass Band Break Guinness World Record John Gannon aged 99 years young last Saturday 27th May has received an official Certificate from the Guinness World Records for being a registered member of St James’s Brass and Reed Band since 22nd March 1936, taking his continuous active service... 

by FRG.ie Admin on May 31st, 2017 - 1892 Views

This year The Liberties Festival are giving all you budding mobilephone photographers a chance to have your work exhibited at our annual photography exhibition on 17th July 2017. Distinguised street photographer Tim Bingham will host two free mobilep hone photography workshops that will culminate at... 

by FRG.ie Admin on May 31st, 2017 - 1703 Views

Street buy xanax cancun Feast is a day of local lunches across Ireland on the 11th June, hosted by you and your neighbours. They can be anywhere really- out on the street, in a local park or in your front garden. There are lots of good reasons to have a Street Feast, but its really just a great excuse... 

by FRG.ie Admin on May 23rd, 2017 - 1690 Views

Thursday 25th May 7.30pm – 10.30pm Save Kilmainham Mill Campaign Fundraising Bash, Patriots Inn, Kilmainham Kilmainham Mill is a unique, important and beautiful heritage site. We are fighting to have our say in its future use; once lost we can never get it back! It should be purchased by DCC and... 

by Jacqueline Spain on May 16th, 2017 - 1576 Views

This May the first Green Ribbon Month will take place nationwide with 500,000 green ribbons being distributed across the island. The Campaign is being organised by See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership and 90 other partner organisations. Green Ribbon Month will be about bringing awareness... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Apr 26th, 2017 - 2157 Views

Dublin, April 26th, 2017: The National Paediatric Development Board (NPHDB) and the Children’s Hospital Group Board (CHGB) today warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Health Simon Harris TD that Government has approved the construction investment decision for the building of the new... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Apr 12th, 2017 - 2171 Views

It was precisely a year ago that An Bord Pleanála gave the National Children’s Hospital permission to go ahead with the new planned hospital. The hospital is for some something they have been looking forward to for a long time, but some it caused much anxiety. The good news is that it will go... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Apr 12th, 2017 - 1804 Views

The Vhi Womens Mini Marathon will be taking place on the 5th May. The Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all women’s event of its kind in the world. It has grown from its beginnings in 1983 with almost 9,000 participants to a staggering 41,006 women participating in 2014. Since 1983... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Mar 6th, 2017 - 2180 Views

Exciting career options at the new children’s hospital showcased as part of Engineers Week Hundreds of students and unemployed attend Engineers Week ‘Careers Day’ hosted by NPHDB More than 300 Dublin 8 & Dublin 12 secondary school students and unemployed young people are attending an interactive... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Mar 6th, 2017 - 1876 Views

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone TD visited the offices of the Children’s Hospital Group and the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board this week to learn about the state-of the-art new children’s hospital which open on the campus shared with St James’s Hospital in 2021 and the new... 

by Christine Bond on Feb 16th, 2017 - 4545 Views

This is the time of year that tulips and daffodils are showing up in the shops and many of us start thinking about planting and growing our own. Us city dwellers don’t always have the garden space (or any growing space) to grow much, which is where allotments come in. When unused land is turned over... 

by Alan Finn on Feb 3rd, 2017 - 2459 Views

Justice for Mary Boyle 40th Anniversary Public Demonstration  A public demonstration will take place in Dublin City on Monday 20th March 2017. This demo has been called in light of a very tragic case known simply as Justice For Mary Boyle who will be 40 years missing this year. The meeting place in... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Jan 31st, 2017 - 2494 Views

Diageo has this week announced that they have plans for a whiskey distillery to be built on the premises of the old Power Station at St. James’s Gate. The new premium Blended Irish Whiskey called Roe & Co is about to be launched and will be distilled here in the future. This project is said to... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Jan 31st, 2017 - 2127 Views

The Digital Hub has become a business centre that is growing rapidly. New and innovative technology and web-based companies are joining the Hub every year. Technology and the internet is still a fairly new development, but the Hub is hiding something older – Ireland’s oldest fruit bearing pear tree. Last...