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by Jack Croome on Nov 6th, 2025 - 126 Views

How Charity Shops Got Expensive Second hand isn’t second class anymore at least not if you ask Instagram. Scroll through TikTok and you’ll see it glossy “thrift hauls” perfectly lit outfit shots influencers hash tagging #SustainableStyle and #CharityShopFinds like they’ve discovered a new... 

by Jack Croome on Oct 23rd, 2025 - 218 Views

Buzz Off! Why Ireland Must Stop the Drone Takeover before its Too Late It starts with a faint hum. Then a high-pitched whine the kind that makes your teeth tighten. You look up and there it is a drone hovering over your garden lowering a cardboard cup of coffee like it’s the second coming of convenience.... 

by Jack Croome on Oct 9th, 2025 - 323 Views

Why Brendan Gleeson is right that the arts deserve a place in the headlines When Brendan Gleeson speaks people tend to listen. His voice carry’s the weight of both authority and empathy the same qualities that have made him one of Ireland’s most respected actors. In a recent interview Gleeson touched... 

by Patrick Ryan on Jul 28th, 2025 - 539 Views

Knighthood? How About A Punch On The Face? Patrick Ryan takes a look at the long, and controversial history of civic honours in Ireland.  Beloved of fans of Father Ted, singer songwriter Neil Hannon’s 2010 album title offers an insight into a slightly different version of Irishness.   Bang... 

by Jack Croome on Jul 15th, 2025 - 599 Views

Renaming An Bord Pleanála cost taxpayers nearly €77,000   An Coimisiún Pleanála formerly known as An Bord Pleanála has come under scrutiny after it emerged that the rebranding process cost the public almost €77,000. The expenditure which spanned everything from updated signage to promotional... 

by Patrick Ryan on Nov 5th, 2024 - 1119 Views

Poppies and Patriotism Patrick Ryan takes a look at the history of the Armistice Day poppy in Dublin, and the story of symbol that continues to divide public opinion here and in the UK. It started as a poem by a Canadian surgeon that inspired an American professor and a French language teacher to help... 

by Patrick Ryan on Aug 27th, 2024 - 1124 Views

A Long, Long Way from Inchicore To There Forget traffic changes on the quays and Guinness lorries having trouble passing down from Heuston Station, it seems the bus to Dublin 8 has just taken a detour via…London?!  Patrick Ryan tracks down the facts, and the fiction. Homesick Dubs could be... 

by John Healy on Jul 29th, 2024 - 1298 Views

Mary Aikenhead House Recently I attended the funeral of my friend’s mother (Betty). Her mother (my friend’s Grandmother) lived in Mary Aikenhead House and I loved when I got to visit. In those days (I’m going back fifty plus years) the flats looked smart and well kept. Built more than eighty years... 

by Jack Croome on Jul 4th, 2024 - 1305 Views

A Charming Quirk Strolling down Cork Street, one can’t help but notice the intriguing outline of a multi-floored wall adorned with fireplaces. This was once No. 9 Ardee Street on Saint Luke’s Avenue. Gazing up at these relics, one might feel as though they are peering into the lives of past... 

by Patrick Ryan on Jun 13th, 2024 - 1293 Views

Antisocial Behaviour Is On The Rise Whether it’s on the streets, on public transport or in the workplace there’s been a noticeable change in recent years regarding what is and is not acceptable in how we speak to and interact with others, but what lies behind it, and are there solutions? The... 

by Patrick Ryan on May 1st, 2024 - 1052 Views

High Time We Decriminalize Cannabis? Patrick Ryan looks at other countries’ experiences with drug control and decriminalization. The recent report from the Citizens’ Assembly on drugs use which recommends replacing criminal charges with a health-led approach based on the Portuguese model,... 

by Jack Croome on Apr 4th, 2024 - 1041 Views

Dublin 8 : OUR TOWN – Jack opines about Dublin’s planning decisions, our we losing our soul to poor planning? In the Dublin City Ramblers 1970s hit song “The Rare Ould Times” composed by Pete St. John and later song by the greatest of them all Sheriff streets own Luke Kelly we... 

by Patrick Ryan on Jan 10th, 2024 - 1058 Views

Two Feet Good – Patrick Ryan’s debut article for the Fountain Newswire’s questions our City’s policy to Pedestrians Ah, 2024. According to the talking heads on television over the last week it’s set to be the Year of Elections, as the public go to the polls all across... 

by Craig O'Reilly on May 11th, 2023 - 1193 Views

Reuben Street Aparthotel – Craig O Reilly reports on the recent controversy Plans have been submitted to Dublin City Council to redevelop a  five story building into a sixteen-bedroom aparthotel at Reuben House on Reuben Street in Dublin 8. There are already appartements on the third and fourth... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Mar 24th, 2023 - 1221 Views

Weekly Planning List 11/23 (13/03/2023-17/03/2023) All applications received will be considered by the Planning Authority to determine their validity in accordance with Planning and Development Regulations 2001. Any application pending validation listed hereunder, and subsequently declared to be invalid,... 

by Craig O'Reilly on Jan 17th, 2023 - 1720 Views

C The Problem with AI Art – A technological innovation but is it a replacement for the real thing? raig O’ Reilly opines… This year we will very likely see the first artificial intelligence generated short films, lf we haven’t already. I recently saw a short film clip generated... 

by James Traynor on May 14th, 2021 - 2855 Views

Clementine Lane – A Local Author with a Funny Story to Tell – Jimmy Traynor Reviews Eoghan Brunkard’s new novel  Clementine Lane is ambitious.  Its very ambitious.  Its world is bigger than just the lane that gives the book it’s title, or maybe the lane has more detail than... 

by Mahrosh Kanwal on Dec 21st, 2020 - 1936 Views

An Unusual Christmas As we all know that Christmas is the biggest event of the year throughout the world. Christmas festivity brings family, friends and loved ones together.  At Christmas time we see different events in all around the Dublin as like other parts of the country (Ireland).In Dublin we... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Mar 23rd, 2020 - 5076 Views

A Mother’s Love  By Yvonne Eccles Jackie glanced at the clock on the wall and sighed with relief time to shut down her computer and tidy her desk it was time to go home, muttering to herself another day another dollar, she reached for her car keys switching off the heater that she had clung to all... 

by Mahrosh Kanwal on Mar 10th, 2020 - 2271 Views

As we all know this century has seen many changes, in every field of life.  Even if we only went back 20 years, our present world is much different. Social behaviours and norms, values old traditions, thoughts, customs has changed very quickly. If we talk about women empowerment then we can see a huge...