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Dublins Q102 By Mike Gilmore The carpark at the Poolbeg Lighthouse has been closed for the remainder of the Level 5 restrictions.  The Gardai are hoping to deter people from leaving their 5km radius under the current Covid-19 guidelines.  Theyve explained that the walkway can still be accessed by locals who are staying within their 5km limit from their homes.  An Garda Síochána has outlined that they will be continuing its series of checkpoints and high visibility p...

Bull Island is just a baby. Before the completion of Dublin’s Great South Wall in 1795, and North Bull Wall in 1824, it didn’t exist. Afterwards, the walls caused deposits of sand and silt to pile up at the North Bull. Bit by bit, the island has grown into a billowy, sandy, grassy oasis that looks like it has been in Dublin Bay forever. This isn’t news to North Dubliners. For the rest of us, however, the notion of stepping on to one of the world’s younger islands, of exploring a hidde...

The Bathing Pier at Dollymount Strand, Dublin While Youre Here... Finish your day with a visit to Howth Harbour. Pick a cafe terrace (check ahead for Covid opening hours) and watch the boats come in. 2. Best Urban Lighthouse: Great South Wall, Co Dublin The Great South Wall guards the southern entrance to Dublin Port, and is one of Europes longest seawalls. Its a surreal experience following the 18th-century causeway into theIrish Sea, almost as if youre walking on water. Moody winter condition...

In 1960, Fergus Ryans father brought him, aged 12, to Dublin Airport to see the first Boeing 707 land. Ten years later, Ryan, an Aer Lingus pilot, was flying them. Then, having retired from the skies, he got a first class honours degree in Theology at Trinity College Dublin, but he always drew and sketched and in the 2000s he began "to paint professionally as I wished". His father taught him "to look, to notice things", and "Dublin was my visual theatre": "the GPOs Ionic pillars, Bank of Irelan...