Category: Arts & Culture

Nature on our doorsteps: Cannibal caterpillars

Nature on our doorsteps: Cannibal caterpillars

Arts & Culture

THE striking colours of the Orange-tipped butterfly makes it one of springtime’s iconic butterflies. The male of this species is starkly white, ...

World Class: Teen wins World Dancing title and secures film role

World Class: Teen wins World Dancing title and secures film role

Arts & Culture

A  Knocklyon teenager is making waves in both the acting and dancing industries, having recently been crowned a dancing champion and securing ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Enticing Violets

Nature on our doorsteps: Enticing Violets

Arts & Culture

WILD Violets are small plants, between 5-to-15cm tall. They grow in woodlands, on grassy banks, and along hedgerows. Despite their unassuming appearance, ...

Revolutionary Spirit: Spider releases new single ‘America’s next top model’

Revolutionary Spirit: Spider releases new single ‘America’s next top model’

Arts & Culture

Alternative musician SPIDER recently released her new single ‘AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL’, a guitar-heavy, high-octane track that is imbued with revolutionary spirit. ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Helping springtime insects

Nature on our doorsteps: Helping springtime insects

Arts & Culture

INSECTS overwinter either as adults, as larvae (caterpillars or grubs), or inside pupae (cocoons). They hide away inside hollow plant stems or ...

MISTER KYB: Lucan musician Mister KYB back with new single

MISTER KYB: Lucan musician Mister KYB back with new single

Arts & Culture

Genre-bending Lucan musician Mister KYB is back with his new single, ‘I Don’t Wanna’, following a two-year hiatus. The 30-year-old past pupil ...

Scéal? Collaboration project exploring respect and identity

Scéal? Collaboration project exploring respect and identity

Arts & Culture

AWriter and spoken-word poet Emmet O’Brien recently led poetry workshops in Coláiste de hÍde in Tallaght, as part of the Scéal? project. ...

Society for Old Lucan: Protect, Highlight and Promote

Society for Old Lucan: Protect, Highlight and Promote

Arts & Culture

A small but dedicated group of local historians and conservationists set up the Society for Old Lucan (SOL) five years ago, and ...

Easter week church services and mass times

Easter week church services and mass times

Arts & Culture

Here’s a list of the Easter week church services and mass times for Tallaght, Lucan, Clondalkin, Ballyfermot and surrounding communities.  

Speed The Plow: Classic show comes to the Civic with Female lead roles

Speed The Plow: Classic show comes to the Civic with Female lead roles

Arts & Culture

An all-new version of the classic satire ‘Speed the Plow’ will be brought to the Civic Theatre stage from April 5 to ...