Tag: Lifestyle

The Vegan Terrorist: Clondalkin man put pen to paper on new book

The Vegan Terrorist: Clondalkin man put pen to paper on new book

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty A childhood passion for writing essays led Clondalkin author Chris Quinn to put pen to paper again in his late ...

TV People: Local band are gearing up for the release of their third single

TV People: Local band are gearing up for the release of their third single

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty Post-punk band TV People are currently rising through the ranks of the city’s burgeoning music scene, which has seen bands ...

Self-Portrait: Marcus Woods talks about his debut album

Self-Portrait: Marcus Woods talks about his debut album

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O’Flaherty Ambient, lo-fi beats drive the music that producer Ryan Cullen, aka Marcus Woods, creates, and three years on from ...

Nature on our Doorstep: Woody Nightshade

Nature on our Doorstep: Woody Nightshade

Arts & Culture

WOODY Nightshade is currently trailing over hedges, walls, or tall vegetation along riverbanks. As the plant’s small star-shaped flowers open, the pointed ...

Camera, action! Associate producer Jordan, living his dream

Camera, action! Associate producer Jordan, living his dream

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty F rom a childhood spent relishing the excitement of watching films, to spending the past four years working in the ...

Analysing the art of songwriting – Gavin helping budding musicians in Kylemore Abbey

Analysing the art of songwriting – Gavin helping budding musicians in Kylemore Abbey

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O’Flaherty Clondalkin musician Colm Gavin has been selected to lead a songwriting retreat, in the University of Notre Dame’s Kylemore ...

New novel from Fran O’Reilly has Clondalkin as the backdrop

New novel from Fran O’Reilly has Clondalkin as the backdrop

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O’Flaherty Families moving from the inner city and into new suburbs in the 1980s set the backdrop for author Fran ...

Nature on our doorsteps – The many uses of mint

Nature on our doorsteps – The many uses of mint

Arts & Culture

Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into the ...

Making a Time Difference: Pandemic created a moment for creativity

Making a Time Difference: Pandemic created a moment for creativity

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty A daily routine becomes inverted in the video for Ailbhe Reddy’s single ‘Time Difference’, which sees the Terenure woman clocking ...

Power of Dreams: Releasing new album auslÄnder later this year

Power of Dreams: Releasing new album auslÄnder later this year

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty Thirty years ago, a group of four teenage musicians in a band called Power of Dreams released their seminal debut ...