Tag: Life

Nature on our doorsteps: Bees after the winter

Nature on our doorsteps: Bees after the winter

Arts & Culture

Over the next month or so, honeybees, queen bumblebees, and solitary bees will be emerging from their winter resting places. The fat ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Froggy Facts

Nature on our doorsteps: Froggy Facts

Arts & Culture

Mild weather in February brings a busy breeding time for frogs. They begin their steady journey back to the ponds where they ...

Live From The Library: Clerkin appointed library’s Musician-in-Residence

Live From The Library: Clerkin appointed library’s Musician-in-Residence

Arts & Culture

The Creative Studio in North Clondalkin Library has become something of a second home for Tallaght musician Luke Clerkin. The Ballyfermot College ...

Starlight – Reggae rhythms with a traditional feel

Starlight – Reggae rhythms with a traditional feel

Arts & Culture

A band led by Tallaght musician Shane Ó Fearghail have released their new single, ‘Starlight’, which deftly combines reggae rhythms with a ...

Nature on our Doorsteps: Sacred trees

Nature on our Doorsteps: Sacred trees

Arts & Culture

TREES were highly valued by our ancestors, and not just for the wood they provided for building, shelter, fires for cooking and ...

Skull The Pierre’s New Single

Skull The Pierre’s New Single

Arts & Culture

Crumlin-based hip-hop musician Pierre Miguel Fonseca, aka Skull the Pierre, recently released a single that looks at ignorance and racism, interspersed with ...

Nature on our Doorsteps: Signs of spring

Nature on our Doorsteps: Signs of spring

Arts & Culture

The traditional date for the start of spring in Ireland is February 1. The ancient Celts celebrated this day as the feast ...

GomBean: Niamh McGrath brings her comedic show to The Civic

GomBean: Niamh McGrath brings her comedic show to The Civic

Arts & Culture

A ctor, director and playwright Niamh McGrath will be bringing her comedic show ‘GomBean’ to the Civic Theatre stage from February 9 ...

Celtic Indie Sound: O Nualláin releases debut album ‘Divide & Conquer’

Celtic Indie Sound: O Nualláin releases debut album ‘Divide & Conquer’

Arts & Culture

Gary Ó Nualláin is perhaps best known for formerly portraying the role of angsty foster child Philip O’Connor on RTÉ’s ‘Fair City’, ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Nature’s prescription

Nature on our doorsteps: Nature’s prescription

Arts & Culture

More and more, scientific research is telling us that being connected to nature is good for our health. While many people will ...