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With the mix of cultures we have in Dublin, it makes a great place for trying out different types of cuisine. Ranging from local Irish food to more European style food like Italian or French food. What’s even better is that some of the pubs in Dublin have a great menu for eating and you…

Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 The Smock Alley Theatre is featuring “Bronte by Polly Teale” from Mon 06 – Sat 11 March. “Destined to lonesome, isolated lives in the English countryside, three sisters (Emily, Charlotte and Anne) face their brothers decline into alcoholism and insanity. As chaos descends on the…

The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. I have been going around quoting Tony Robbins here in the feel good slot. That has a number of reasons: 1) A free seminar about his courses will be…

RBS 6 Nations is the 17th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. It is is the oldest rugby championship in the world, dating back to 1882. Originally held between the four United Kingdom countries England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, France joined in 1910 and Italy joined in 2000….

A fundraising Ceili will take place in the Teacher’s Club and all proceeds will go to Care4Calais who provide food, books and household supplies etc to refugees living in the camp in Calais in France. A Ceili is Irish dancing at its purest form. There will be a instructor who will explain the dances and…

The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) has fast become Ireland’s premier feature film festival, taking place in Dublin over 11 days each spring, 2016’s festival will turn the city cinematic from 18th – 28th Feb. DIFF continues its commitment to celebrating film as an art form by presenting over 120 films from the four corners…

VIEWTempleBar is an upcoming event in Temple Bar about arts and politics. It’ll run from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd November 2015.

This year’s Dublin Theatre Festival features a production of Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa by Lyric Theatre Belfast. Here’s how the theatre festival describes it: “Set in County Donegal in 1936 during the Celtic harvest festival of Lughnasa, the play tells the story of the five Mundy sisters and their brother Jack, who has returned…

Welcome back. After several quiet months, we’re back for the festival season. So, here are a few of the key dates ahead. Enjoy! Dublin Horse Show – 5th to 9th August Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival – 27th to 29th August in the RDS Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – 7th to 20th September Culture…

Mouth on Fire is a theatre company set up to perform the plays of Samuel Beckett. They’re in Smock Alley Theatre today at 3 pm and 8 pm with their production Men Like Us, featuring three Beckett plays: Matalang, Rough for Theatre II and The End. This approach of combining several Beckett shorts works well…