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The 250th anniversary of the Guinness Brewery has been commemorated by An Post, the Irish postal service, with a special postage stamp. A timeless Dublin landmark, the brewery at St James's Gate was f...
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Swimmers at Dun Laoghaire's Forty Foot, Dublin bay's famous swimming venue, have been victims of a spate of unprecedented attacks by seals. It is thought the attacks are being perpetrated by bull seal...
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Bicycle Scheme Comes to Dublin
By mid-September Dublin will join the growing list of European capital cities which encourage the use of the bicycle as a mode of transport in the city centre. Under the scheme, Dublin Corporation wil...
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Alley Theatre Discovered in Temple Bar
Artefacts belonging to Temple Bar's Smock Alley theatre (once known as Smoke Alley theatre) including part of the original building, have been discovered by archaeologists. The theatre, which dates fr...
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Rail commuters had a lucky escape when a potentially serious rail tragedy was averted as a viaduct collapsed into North Dublin's Broadmeadow estuary, between Malahide and Donabate.
The incident in...
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Rail commuters had a lucky escape when a potentially serious rail tragedy was averted as a viaduct collapsed into North Dublin's Broadmeadow estuary, between Malahide and Donabate.
The incident in...
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Stage set for Dublin's new theatre
The stage floorboards of Dublin's newest theatre have been ceremonially put in place at a media gathering involving Irish actor and honorary theatre director Gabriel Byrne. The theatre is located in t...
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Rush hour ban on Dublin centre city traffic
Plans to divert private cars from Dublin's College Green could result in major traffic disruption on Monday 27 July.
In an effort to boost flagging sales in the city centre, traffic planners at Dubl...
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The Worldwide Cost of Living Survey has ranked Dublin as the 25th most expensive of 143 cities, a drop of nine places since 2008. Conducted by Mercer to help multinational companies estimate rates of...
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Ireland's national theatre, The Abbey, finds itself in the midst of major restructuring and is making a quarter of its staff redundant. Although Abbey director Fiach MacConghail has stressed that...
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In a further sign of the times, passenger numbers using Dublin's tram service, the 'Luas' have fallen by almost 2.5 million so far this year. A statement from the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) has...
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Irish show more support for Lisbon Treaty
The Irish government will be relieved to hear that support for the Lisbon Treaty is beginning to consolidate, as numbers intending to vote yes in the referendum later this year continue to grow.
In...
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For the first time since the foundation of the state, Dublin will have a directly elected mayor by 2011, with similar powers to those of the mayor of London. Announcing the news, minister for the envi...
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National Gallery Purchases Orpen Painting
The National Gallery of Ireland has acquired a magnificent portrait by Sir William Orpen, of the famous Irish tenor Count John McCormack. Bought in London at Christie's, the gallery paid
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Queues for Affordable Housing in the Docklands
In scenes not witnessed since the height of Dublin's property boom, hundreds of people have been queuing for days in the hope of buying a home. About 800 people, all of them candidates for affordable...
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A move by Tesco, the largest retail chain in the republic, to reduce 12,500 prices in 11 of its stores along the border with Northern Ireland has prompted an all-out supermarket price war.
The strag...
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Dublin-based charity, Trust, has reported that Irish homeless people now outnumber non-Irish homeless people presenting every morning for hot showers and medical services. This change in ratio is in s...
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Irish economy set for sharp fall
A report just published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has predicted that Ireland is set for the sharpest fall in economic growth experienced by an industrialised country since t...
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Commuter chaos as bus strike continues.
An unofficial strike at Dublin Bus is causing chaos on the streets of Dublin. 150,000 people have been left stranded for two days in a row with no signs in sight of the dispute being called off. The s...
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After a lengthy dispute over traffic access from the M50, Dublin's first Ikea outlet is to open in July. Situated in Ballymun, it will employ about 500 people. As its managerial and supervisory positi...
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Radical plans to reduce traffic
A new 12-year plan endorsed by the minister for transport proposes to radically reduce traffic congestion on Dublin's streets. The controversial changes suggested include eliminating traffic entirely...
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Irish government sources have confirmed that plans to develop the National Museum at Collins Barracks have been postponed at the last minute as a result of budgetary restraints. The proposed project w...
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Ireland unveils savage budget.
Minister for finance Brian Lenihan has unveiled the toughest budget in the history of the Irish state. Addressing a full parliament in Dublin's D
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The Irish government has ordered an almost complete cessation in funding for road work until further notice. In a move designed to save billions of euro, the spending cut will affect 78 major construc...
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Lower Dublin house prices tempt first time buyers.
After a disasterous six month property standstill, Dublin house prices have now fallen by up to 25 per cent, tempting first-time buyers on to the property market. The price of apartments is down furth...
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The Irish post office has released two news stamps, one featuring Charles Darwin and the other John Millington Synge. The 82-cent stamp of Darwin is to commemorate the bicentenary of his birth and is...
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St Patrick's Day was celebrated in sun and style as an estimated 675,000 people from Ireland and all over the world thronged the two and a half kilometre route through Dublin's streets for the annual...
