If you share the same Ebenezer Scrooge-approach to Christmas that I have, I’ve got a little something for you. For us Christmas-dislikers, the Bewleys Cafe Theatre is doing something nice: they are running the Santaland Diaries. It’s a classic story...

An extension to the Red Luas line opens today with four new stations George’s Dock, Mayor Square (NCI), Spencer Dock and The Point. It seems work has been underway on that extension for years now, in my mind it seems as if the construction has been...

Most times I take the bus in Dublin, I almost always come hurtling down the stairs. On Monday, I was about to descend from the penultimate step, when the bus sharply turned a corner. I grabbed the hand rail like it was a ballet dancer’s bar. I...

Today marks the return of the annual German Film Festival, presented by the IFI in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Irland and German Films Services + Marketing. Continuing a trend that has been much commented on, modern German cinema seems...

I recently came across a notice in the Irish Times seeking out attendees for a public forum on developing the Café Culture in Dublin. The topic for discussion was less about coffee quality and more to do with the Café becoming a “third place”...