Dublin
Analogue Appreciation: For Those I Love
Carving The Stone — In an ever more digital, online world, we ask our favourite artists about their most cherished pieces of physical culture. Today, it’s post-club producer-songwriter For Those I Love.
Written by: David Balfe aka For Those I Love
Bohemian FC is more than a football club
Carefree, wherever you may be — With rock star friends, a fierce commitment to Palestinian solidarity and their very own climate justice officer, north Dublin’s fan-owned team make their presence felt far beyond the pitch.
Written by: Tiernan Cannon
Fontaines D.C. sponsor Ireland’s Bohemian FC’s new kit to raise money for Palestine
Made in partnership with the designers at the country’s oldest, 100 per cent fan owned football club, profits will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Gritty scenes of Dublin in the 1970s
In his new book, Dublin City, Suburbs & County 1970s, photographer Keith Nolan relives the spirit and warmth of the Irish capital.
Written by: Miss Rosen
How Dublin‘s public space problem hurts young people
Fenced in — The Irish Government’s attacks on outdoor space are disproportionately harming the city’s youth, who face exorbitant rent prices and already have very few places to go.
Written by: Kelly Doherty
Photos celebrating community spirit in everyday Ireland
The Light of Day — Photographer Tony O'Shea reflects on four decades spent capturing the reverie, isolation and humanity of Dublin and County Kerry.
Written by: Charlotte Rawlings
Sheriff Street: Gritty shots of '80s Dublin
Dirty old town — As a young man fresh out of school, Colm Pierce just like Dublin was going nowhere. Until he picked up a camera and began documenting life in one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Mark O’Connell’s guide to surviving the apocalypse
Notes from the end of the world — In his new book, Notes From An Apocalypse, the Irish author investigates our in-built obsession with the end of the world – meeting preppers, bunker entrepreneurs and would-be Mars colonists from around the globe.
Written by: Colin Gannon
A sold-out city? The fight to save Dublin’s nightlife
Take back the night — In the past year alone, 79 hotels were given the go-ahead for construction or large-scale refurbishment in Dublin – often at the expense of cultural spaces. As the threat of full-scale ‘hotelisation’ looms, we speak to the people fighting back.
Written by: Colin Gannon
Dublin activists are rebelling against slum landlords
’Need not greed’ — This month, protestors in Ireland are taking to the streets to demonstrate against the country’s housing crisis. Writer Michael Lanigan joins them on their quest for justice.
Written by: Michael Lanigan
Meet Subset: The street art collective taking back Dublin
A city reclaimed — With their bold ongoing project, Grey Area, Irish collective SUBSET are protesting the criminalisation and censorship of street art.
Written by: Michael Lanigan
Tales from Dublin’s notorious HIV/AIDS separation unit
Positive in prison — In the ’80s, Dublin's largest prison – Mountjoy Jail – created a separation unit for HIV/AIDS sufferers. Now, their harrowing stories are being brought back to life.
Written by: Simon Doherty
