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by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 24th, 2013 - 2009 Views

We would like to wish all our staff and all our readers a very Merry Christmas. We hope you have a wonderful festive period with your friends and family, and that Santy brings you all that you wish for! And after such a busy end of year, we would also like to thank everybody who has shown support for... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 21st, 2013 - 2048 Views

Our Junior Youth’s, with a little bit of help from their art teacher, Patrick Fay, have drawn another bunch of expressive digital art drawings! For Christmas 2013, they have given us the usual mixture of greetings. From those who wanted to specifically wish their Dad’s a Happy Christmas,... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 21st, 2013 - 16720 Views

Preface: Just To be Clear, My Own Position On A Cork Street Park Due to the articles I’ve written about the potential Cork Street Park, I’ve received some interesting ideas, via email and Facebook, for the use of the space that’s available, and I plan on presenting some of them here... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 21st, 2013 - 5511 Views

The CO-OP market in Newmarket Square, just off Cork Street here in Dublin 8, is a market one must visit. It’s the season of goodwill and a must for shopping! This market is run by volunteers, so therefore there are no big company behind it. It’s right in the middle of Dublin 8, and it sells... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 19th, 2013 - 2095 Views

There is not too much planning activity this week in Dublin 8. An application has been made to turn a street-front office on Usher’s Quay into a residential unit. There are quite a few empty offices on that part of the Quays, so it is no surprise to see landlords changing their usage, particularly... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 18th, 2013 - 5782 Views

You may wonder why we added the Dublin City Council (DCC) Public Notice yesterday? Well, after going through them for months, this is the first time that I have seen a public notice being publicised through the weekly planning updates section of the DCC website. So it is an unusual occurrence to see... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Dec 18th, 2013 - 2364 Views

The Future Creators 2013 kicked off on 5th November with 24 bright and brilliant teenagers from the Liberties and surrounding areas of Dublin. This year the Future Creators group is split almost 50:50, boys to girls, which has really encouraged the project coordinators who are The Digital Hub and the... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 17th, 2013 - 6623 Views

Here are a series of photos I took earlier today, of the interior of the newly refurbished St. Catherine’s Church on Meath Street. Whilst penning previous articles about the re-opening of the local church, I found it hard to locate images of the new interior online, so I decided to take some pics... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 17th, 2013 - 2981 Views

Dated: 11th December 2013 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000, AS AMENDED (SECTION 13) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 – 2012 NOTICE OF PROPOSED DRAFT VARIATION NO.16 OF THE DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 – 2017 Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 13 of the Planning and... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Dec 17th, 2013 - 3384 Views

This Christmas we have teamed up with some of the wonderful mental health advocacy organisations to present their Top Tips for your mental health this Christmas. If you need Mental Health advice, St. Patrick’s Support & Information Service is a telephone and email service staffed by experienced... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 16th, 2013 - 4254 Views

Kilmainham Superquinn held a Christmas Evening at their Heuston South Quarter store last Friday, the 13th of December, and Alan Finn and I popped along to see what all the commotion was about! Ultimate Chocolate Biscuit Cake!Two Love/Hate stars – Stephen O’Brien and Aaron Heffernan –... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Dec 16th, 2013 - 2599 Views

Prefaced by Eoghan Brunkard, information via FETAC There are four main types of legal format an enterprise start up may take. These are a Sole Trader, a Partnership, a Limited Liability Company, and a Cooperative. There are a number of factors, which influence a person decision as to the format their... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2408 Views

The reopening of St. Catherines Church has been getting a lot of mainstream media attention over the past few days, with the doors open for locals, and the media, to view the incredible restoration work that has taken place. The layers of paint that had built up over the decades were completely damaged... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 14th, 2013 - 4196 Views

After selling out the Academy, on Abbey Street lower, here in our wonderful city of Dublin, Conor Hamilton has a lot to be thankful for. Aged only 15 he is already making a name for himself as a singer songwriter and he has a few video’s up on his YouTube channel. So how did this young man at the... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2280 Views

A local man’s photo was chosen to be included on the 2014 Trident Holiday Homes calender. David Soanes, from right here in Dublin 8, is a photographer who has had exhibitions of his cityscapes in the likes of the Pearse Library on Pearse Street, the Central Library in Tallaght and the Ilac Centre... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 14th, 2013 - 6386 Views

Clondalkin motor tax office is to close on December 24th 2013. The popular office which is directly across the road from the Mill Shopping Centre will not be re-opening after the Christmas holidays. Staff will not loose their jobs as they will be moved to various other posts across the Council. Since... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2676 Views

Our Pre–School kids made the rather convenient trip (say nothing) to Jervis Street this year to see Santa Claus, and to demand that he cough up the goods this December 25th! It will be one of two appearances that Saint Nic will make to our playschool kids. The second will be next week on the Wee Tots... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2322 Views

The ‘Tree of Remembrance’ will be lit up on December the 16th at 4.30pm in honour of the late Marion Mulligan RIP and Becky Mullins RIP, both former members of the board of Management of the Fountain Resource Group, who were instrumental in securing funding for our Fountain Youth Project... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 13th, 2013 - 2400 Views

This Christmas Treoir are publishing their 12 Tips For Shared Parenting at Christmas, one tip per day, with the fifth one coming out tomorrow. The first four tips are really practical, useful and clear. Well done to Treoir for providing this excellent guidance to those who are attempting to co-parent... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 11th, 2013 - 2694 Views

Bull or Bear, a company that is based in The Digital Hub, has won the 2013 DIGITAL START-UP Eircom Golden Spider Award. Furthermore, one of it’s two current apps – it’s Bull or Bear League – was nominated within two other categories, USER EXPERIENCE and SPORTS. Based in the Digital...