Almost 50 years since it was built, demolition has started on Joseph Plunkett Tower, the last of the notorious Ballymun flats. BRIAN MONGEY, senior community officer with DCC talks to Mark Finnegan about this momentous occasion. Joseph Plunkett tower, completed in 1967, was one of seven 15-storey blocks, along with 19 of eight storeys and…
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EDDIE BOHAN of Dublin Community Television DCTV) joins Ger Leddin in studio. Eddie is the creator of a six part series called “Pirate Days” which documents the Pirate radio ...
29 Aug 2013
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OLIVE BARRETT speaks to Paula Wiseman about an exhibition taking place in the Talbot Gallery featuring photographersKaren Forester,Austin Hearn, Louise Marlboro and painter John Moore as well as Olives ...
11 Feb 2013
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Noel McGuinness visits the Rhythms of the Port exhibition on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay near Ringsend and chats with artist MAURA SWEENEY and NOEL BYRNE of the Dockworkers’ Preservation ...
08 Jul 2014
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JOHN HEALY speaks to LARRY O’ TOOLE about the Register Office closing down in the Northside Civic Centre here in ...
09 Nov 2011
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Mark Finnegan is joined by Transition year (TY) students SOPHIE O’ROURKE and SHANNON O’CONNOR along with Head Teacher SIOBHAN O’CONNELL from St Mary’s Secondary School in Baldoyle. Each year ...
11 May 2015