Category: Arts & Culture

Tacos: Debut recipe book by lily Ramirez-Foran

Tacos: Debut recipe book by lily Ramirez-Foran

Arts & Culture

Battling homesickness a few months after she moved to Ireland from Mexico in 2000 led Lily Ramirez-Foran to endeavour to bring authentic ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Special freshwater  springs along the Dodder

Nature on our doorsteps: Special freshwater springs along the Dodder

Arts & Culture

A particularly special habitat occurs along the River Dodder which is often overlooked as being just another wet marshy spot. From Glenasmole ...

The Disappearance of St Dominic: Acko releases debut solo album

The Disappearance of St Dominic: Acko releases debut solo album

Arts & Culture

After several decades in the music industry as part of pop-punk band Grasshopper and in previous years as a regular fixture on ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Trees recording time and weather

Nature on our doorsteps: Trees recording time and weather

Arts & Culture

During a tree’s lifetime, it can experience many weather challenges including gusty storms, rain, frost and snow, drought conditions, and temperatures ranging ...

Absentee’s New Day: Positivity and pushing through adversity

Absentee’s New Day: Positivity and pushing through adversity

Arts & Culture

The overarching message in rapper Absentee’s new single ‘New Day’ is one of positivity and pushing through adversity. Absentee, who’s from Perrystown ...

Fall in Line: Luke Clerkin is gearing up for headline show

Fall in Line: Luke Clerkin is gearing up for headline show

Arts & Culture

Tallaght singer-songwriter Luke Clerkin is gearing up for his first headline show since the pandemic began, when he will take to the ...

Food with passion: Irish Farmhouse Chicken Casserole

Food with passion: Irish Farmhouse Chicken Casserole

Arts & Culture

I have published this recipe previously, a few years back, but over the weekend as the weather was so dull, wet and ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Survival experts

Nature on our doorsteps: Survival experts

Arts & Culture

A ‘weed’ is simply a plant that grows where we do not want it to grow.  While many see a Dandelion in ...

Feel It: In the running for Irish song of the year

Feel It: In the running for Irish song of the year

Arts & Culture

Blessington singer-songwriter Bobbi Arlo’s upbeat, ethereal track ‘Feel It’ is in the running to be crowned Irish Song of the Year at ...

Rising Sons at The Civic: Genre-spanning, energetic show

Rising Sons at The Civic: Genre-spanning, energetic show

Arts & Culture

George Murphy and the Rising Sons will be bringing their genre-spanning, energetic show to the Civic Theatre stage on Saturday, February 19. ...