SIX artists feature in a unique outdoor exhibition which opens this week as part of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Festival. The street art initiative, titled A Better City, will see large-scale murals and printed pieces located in the city’s architectural “nooks and crannies and unused sites” Dublin City Council has confirmed. The pieces will be positioned in Thomas Street, Crane … [Read more...] about Street art exhibition brings public on a journey through Dublin’s ‘nooks and crannies’
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Teenager arrested after drugs worth €330k found on flight from Boston to Dublin
A TEENAGER has been arrested after a suitcase containing cannabis worth €330k was found on a flight from Boston to Dublin Airport. The drugs were discovered by Revenue officers, after the man, aged in his late teens, disembarked a flight from Boston in the US on March 10. The drugs were found in a suitcase on a flight from Boston to Dublin “As a result of risk profiling, … [Read more...] about Teenager arrested after drugs worth €330k found on flight from Boston to Dublin
‘Exceptionally talented’ Irish broadcaster Charlie Bird dies following battle with motor neurone disease
VETERAN broadcaster Charlie Bird has died at the age of 74 following a long battle with motor neurone disease (MND). The former journalist spent four decades reporting from across the globe for Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ. In Ireland he covered everything from the Troubles in the North to the Stardust nightclub fire tragedy in Dublin in 1981. Having retired from RTÉ in … [Read more...] about ‘Exceptionally talented’ Irish broadcaster Charlie Bird dies following battle with motor neurone disease
Tributes flood in for Vince Power
The Waterford man ran some of Britain’s top venues and festivals and has been credited with revolutionising live music Vince Power (Getty Images).jpg VINCE Power, the music impresario from Waterford, died last Saturday at the age of 76. Figures from across the music industry — in Britain, Ireland and internationally — have spoke about his vision that helped change the very face … [Read more...] about Tributes flood in for Vince Power
Man who drank more than nine bottles of rum over two days is jailed for causing death of ‘true gentleman’
A MAN who caused the death of a 77-year-old pedestrian after drinking more than nine bottles of rum over a two-day period has been jailed. A car driven by Tom Ferguson, 29, of no fixed abode, collided with Robert Palmer in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on the morning of November 9, 2023. Earlier that day, Ferguson had been asked to leave a hotel he had been staying in after … [Read more...] about Man who drank more than nine bottles of rum over two days is jailed for causing death of ‘true gentleman’