Category: Arts & Culture

Exploring the Female Voice – Cessair at The Civic showcases diversity

Exploring the Female Voice – Cessair at The Civic showcases diversity

Arts & Culture

Cessair, the Civic Theatre’s most recent exhibition, opened with a song. The music guides the audience through the story of a woman ...

This Man is an Island : Civic Theatre performance explores friendships

This Man is an Island : Civic Theatre performance explores friendships

Arts & Culture

By Maddie Mueller A new audio story ‘This Man is an Island,’  from performers Keith Singleton and Larry McGowan, premieres at The ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Ginger Bumblebees

Nature on our doorsteps: Ginger Bumblebees

Arts & Culture

The Common Carder Bumblebee is a frequent visitor to our gardens and parks. It is instantly recognisable by the fluffy ginger-coloured hairs ...

Food with JP Passion: Spiced Carrot Cake

Food with JP Passion: Spiced Carrot Cake

Arts & Culture

By JP Kennedy Simply delicious spiced carrot cake is one of my favourite cake recipes and one I am constantly requested to bake ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Grasping the very useful Nettle

Nature on our doorsteps: Grasping the very useful Nettle

Arts & Culture

By Rosaleen Dwyer Almost everyone is familiar with the Nettle plant. It grows very well in places where the soil has been disturbed ...

Finding Myself – Get kozy at the button factory with Vj Jaxson

Finding Myself – Get kozy at the button factory with Vj Jaxson

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty Elements of pop and rock are the defining feature of Tallaght musician VJ Jaxson’s latest single, ‘Kozy Kid’, from his ...

‘Unwritten’ Pride – Local singer appears in British airways video

‘Unwritten’ Pride – Local singer appears in British airways video

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty A Tallaght singer appeared in a video for British Airways last month performing a cover of Natasha Beddingfield’s ‘Unwritten’ ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Letting the grass grow

Nature on our doorsteps: Letting the grass grow

Arts & Culture

By Rosaleen Dwyer When we let the grass grow in our meadows, grassy verges, and in our back gardens, the wildflowers that bloom ...

Food with JP Passion: Boulangere Potatoes with Fennel and Onion

Food with JP Passion: Boulangere Potatoes with Fennel and Onion

Arts & Culture

By JP Kennedy I am always looking for different ways to ramp up side dishes for the Sunday roast and break away from ...

Living the Dream: Local dancer Alan cast in Disenchanted

Living the Dream: Local dancer Alan cast in Disenchanted

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty From being a young dancer in a local stage school with dreams of being a star, to being cast ...