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Social enterprise a valuable addition at the heart of community Pricewatch: Rethink Ireland to run a Future is Social campaign in bid to build awareness about 3 hours ago   Adding the generally positive word “social” to another word is not always, as we all are wearily aware these days, a good thing. Social distancing is as miserable a phrase as we have right now while marrying social and network or social and media is, more often than not, a sure fire way of falling down a rabbit hole into a murky lake of misinformation, conspiracy, bitterness and anger. One exception is the word Enter...

Where is the plan for outdoor living in Dublin this summer? The lack of provision of public toilets is just a symptom of a much bigger problem about 3 hours ago Updated: about an hour ago   Over the past month, I’ve attempted to extract from Dublin City Council what their plans are for the capital outdoors this summer. It goes without saying that radical plans for outdoor living, businesses, socialising and recreation are a top priority for people in Dublin. Without this, the city centre will continue to be an empty, depressing, and unsafe area, and businesses already on their kne...

Holles St maternity hospital The firm has also been involved in numerous nationally important building projects, ranging from the former University College Dublin on Earlsfort Terrace which is now the National Concert Hall to the redevelopment of Smithfield Square. G&T Crampton was also behind the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street, the American Embassy in Ballsbridge and commercial schemes like Wynn’s Hotel in Dublin city centre – which was rebuilt after being set on fire by incendiary bullets during the 1916 rising. A photographic archive of hundreds of projects on which G&T C...

Hugh Lane Gallery “Many Irish people who live and work abroad love coming home for Christmas but unfortunately for a lot of them that’s just not possible this year,” said the Lord Mayor. “With this initiative we’re taking Dublin to them, so they can see a little bit of home from wherever they are in the world. In addition, as part of the Winter Lights Festival, Dublin City Council have commissioned a short film of all the festival sites in the City.” Short film available to view here: www.bit.ly/WLDiasporaVid “Dublin City Council is also delighted that for many citizens in Irel...

The campaign features ads across outdoor sites, print, digital, radio and social platforms. A video, featuring Dubliners and narrated by poet Stephen James Smith with music by Hudson Taylor, is available at: www.dublin.ie/christmas.  "Businesses in the city have been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic, let's support them in the lead up to Christmas," said the Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu. "We all have our favourite shops, cafes, restaurants that are as much a part of Dublin as the Liffey. So stay safe, but please do what you can to support businesses during these challenging times. We'...