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by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2677 Views

Over the last two weeks many of the young people in our Fountain Youth Project have enjoyed a session of Football Zorbing! This crazy game has been popular amongst our youths, and has benefited them in many ways, including fitness, decision making, teamwork and more. Here are some photos that we took... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2700 Views

The Fountain Youth Project held it’s first disco at the weekend, with three of the youth club members djing on the night! Jason Fitzpatrick, Gerard Fox and Craig Hanlon took part in our recent Djing And Music Production tuition, held at our Fountain Youth Project premises on Basin Street in Dublin... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2253 Views

There is to be a candlelight service on the Sunday before Christmas at St. Catherines Church, which is located on Thomas Street here in Dublin 8. The service will be held at 7pm on Sunday the 22nd of December at the church, which is at the Bridgefoot Street Junction on Thomas Street. And there will... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 1879 Views

There is a very special event taking place next week at the Computer Clubhouse, which is run by The South West Inner City Network (SWICN), an umbrella organisation for groups such as ourselves in this part of the city. The SWICN Computer Clubhouse is to hold it’s annual showcase, which presents... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2875 Views

The UK rock group, Elbow, have announced that next year they will play at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, right here in Dublin 8. The gig is pencilled in for Wednesday June the 25th 2014, and tickets go on sale from Tickmaster.ie from this Thursday at 9am. They are priced at €49.50. The band are... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 1718 Views

Along with creating a relevant Newswire for the local Dublin 8 area, we want this website to become a repository of local information, so we are really glad to let you know that we have re-published three more issues of our Fountain News Digital newsletter over the past few days. Timeline of FRG Local... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 10th, 2013 - 6652 Views

Hello my name is Alan Finn from the Fountain News and I’m joined with Mary Hayes, from Beech House, a mixed hostel for homeless people, and Maple house a male homeless hostel for over 18’s, over on the north of the city. Note from editor: This was originally published as part of our March 2011... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 9th, 2013 - 5130 Views

The Sinn Fein TD chats about his origins in politics and Sinn Fein, plus how suicide has affected himself and others around him – Quite a personal chat! IMAGE: Alan Finn (FRG) and Aengus O’Snodaigh (TD, Sinn Fein) at the Fountain Resource Group (FRG) hq on James’s Street in Dublin 8 –... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 7th, 2013 - 9013 Views

Myself and Alan Finn took a trip down to the Liberty Market on Meath Street to see what kind of fare one of our local markets has on offer for local shoppers this Christmas. We were met by the general manager, Michael FitzGerald, and a pretty packed market! We were there from about 11am for an hour... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 7th, 2013 - 2547 Views

We are in the process of going through the old articles from the old Fountain News digital newsletter, and the plan is to add every single one of them to the Newswire on this site. We are about a third of the way through that, and in the process, revisiting some interesting local articles. One of the... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 6th, 2013 - 2230 Views

St. James’s Hospital have applied to implement large signs at both the James’s Street and Rialto entrances/exits. This is the first tangible visual sign locally of the impending new National Children’s Hospital, which is planned to be built on the St. James’s Hospital campus.... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 6th, 2013 - 2633 Views

The 4th issue of The Hub & Thomas Street News, the final issue of 2013, is out now. Published this week by The Digital Hub, the December 2013 issue of the local newsletter contains some very interesting locally-focused stories indeed! Download/Read ISSUE 4 of THE HUB & THOMAS STREET NEWS (August... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 6th, 2013 - 2131 Views

Following a term in intensive care, Nelson Mandela died last night in his Johannesburg home aged 95. The former prisoner of apartheid was suffering from a lung infection for a prolonged period before he died peacefully, president Jacob Zuma said. We’re not planning on covering global issues, but... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 5th, 2013 - 3961 Views

St. James’s Hospital, here in Dublin 8, has been making the news today after it released a major report, the first of it’s kind to be undertaken in Ireland. The 10 Year Cancer Audit basically compiles data from a period of a decade, relating to patients who have been treated for various... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 5th, 2013 - 2226 Views

Some of the young people who are members of our Fountain Youth Project/Junior Youth Project, on Basin Street in Dublin 8, have created some very special decorative baubles to add to their Christmas Tree. The ‘Tree of Remembrance’ will be lit up on December the 16th in honour of the late... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 5th, 2013 - 2142 Views

The Gardai have launched a smart phone app which alerts the public about missing children, and which also allows users to store photos and useful information relating to their own children, just incase they need to utilise photos/info for a future missing child alert. Pictured at the Launch of the App... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 5th, 2013 - 1895 Views

The Irish Planning Institute (IPI) is holding a special event in the city centre tomorrow, which is aimed at explaining the planning process here in Ireland to the general public. The IPI hope to be able to ‘demystify’ the whole process for everyday folks, with the hope that we may walk... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 4th, 2013 - 3235 Views

St. James’s Hospital have applied for planning permission to erect signs at the James’s Street entrance, and at the Rialto entrance near the rear of the hospital. These signs are to display information about the development of the planned National Children’s Hospital, and appear to... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 4th, 2013 - 1940 Views

You may remember that we posted news about our brand new Youth Club on Bridgefoot Street, called Busy Bees, announcing that we were looking for Youth Workers to staff the new community service for Dublin 8 residents. We currently still have a limited number of places left for locals who wish to get... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Dec 2nd, 2013 - 6709 Views

I have campaigned with Sandy Hazel of the Cork Street Park campaign (who spearheaded this campaign) to have a wasteland site converted into a park. Due to public support, and the response this campaign garnered, and with many community groups being involved, the Dublin City Council (DCC) has agreed...