Every week, we wait with baited breath as Phibsboro hotspot The Back Page announces which lucky names will get a free lunch at the popular establishment. Recently the Dermots, Deirdres, Lewises and Lauras of the city have been just some of the lucky ones to get their hands on some grub.  This week, we reckon […]

8 years ago

Updated 14.06: Dublin Live report that a toddler and young man have been hit in the shooting incident.  Gardaí are a the scene of a shooting in Blanchardstown this afternoon, according to reports. Michael O’Toole of the Irish Daily Star reports that there has been at least one casualty while other reports suggest that injuries […]

8 years ago

St. Stephen’s Green could be getting a new €40 million luxury hotel after Bórd Pleanála gave the green light for plans to convert Loreto Hall across from the city centre park.  According to The Journal, the building is set to become an 87-bedroom hotel despite appeals by the Department Of Foreign Affairs, which is housed […]

8 years ago

Dublin Airport is just getting bigger and bigger and has announced on Monday that it opened a new €22 million boarding gate area. The new South Gates area – which will be used mainly by Aer Lingus for flights to the UK and continental Europe – has five boarding gates serving nine aircraft parking stands. […]

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A new Daft.ie report has indicated that prices for three-bedroom homes along the new Luas line have risen by 15% in the past year.  The three most expensive stops along the cross-city line which opened on Saturday are Dawson (€519k), Trinity (€519k) and Westmoreland (€519k). The sample of comes from the period between January and November 2017. Taking in […]

8 years ago

With Conor McGregor being one of Ireland’s most high-profile exports for many a year, it’s only natural that visitors will feel obliged to mimic him on a trip to this shores.  Over the weekend, English League 1 side Bradford City popped over to Dublin for a Christmas bonding session and by the looks of it they […]

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The body of a man has been discovered in Ranelagh this morning, Today FM is reporting.  The discovery was made at about 4.40am on Monday. The 22-year-old man was found unresponsive with a head injury outside the Luas stop on Ranelagh Road.   BREAKING: The body of a man has been discovered in Ranelagh in Dublin. […]

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The new Luas Cross City opened at 2pm today, bringing passengers all the way from Stephen’s Green to Broombridge in Cabra.  The line will add 13 new stops over 5.6 kilometres of track and is expected to result in 10 million extra Luas journeys a year. There were huge queues for the first tram and plenty of […]

8 years ago

We wouldn’t wish driving in holiday traffic upon our worst enemies, so public transport is the way to go this December. The holiday timetables for Dublin Bus, the Luas and Irish Rail are all here at last, so take a look at ’em before you start planning this year’s Christmas shopping. If you are looking to […]

8 years ago

Services on the Red Luas Line are majorly disrupted at the moment due of a technical fault.  Trams from Saggart and Tallaght are only running as far as Blackhorse, and there are no services at all between Blackhorse and Smithfield.  There is a limited service running between Smithfield and The Point. Services on the Green […]

8 years ago

The new Luas Cross City line is finally launching this Saturday at 2pm, and The Back Page bar is going all out to mark the occasion.  They’ll be giving a free pint or cocktail to anyone who hands over their Luas ticket – because the new Phibsborough stop is just down the road from them, doncha know.  […]

8 years ago

During the summer, we heard talks about the big College Green project and how it would finally begin before the end of 2017. The 12-18 month construction plan was set to be given the green light with its €10m facelift turning the area into a car-free, pedestrianised plaza that will be able to accommodate events for up to 15,000 […]

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