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Get out and vote your voice matters Comment THE posters are up, the debates are done and dusted and the canvassers have pounded the pavement which means the only thing left to do is vote. Voting in the referendum is by far the most important decision many of us will make this year and given that we are in the midst of several years of centenary celebrations marking our independence, there is no
better way than to honour those who fought for our freedom. The events that took place 100 years ago gave us the gift of democracy and to ignore your right to take part in the process would appear disrespectful. As citizens of Ireland, we have the ability to have our say on how the State is run through referenda which is the only way to change our Constitution. On May 25, you will be asked to vote on a proposal to change
the Constitution concerning the regulation of termination of pregnancy. Every vote counts. Every voice matters. Yours could change this nation. In May 2015, we saw the power of the vote in action ZKHQ ,UHODQG EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW country to legalise same-sex marriage by public vote. Irish people came out in droves to have their say and together we changed our country and history for the better. Thousands of
young people cast their vote for WKH ¿UVW WLPH LQ WKH UHIHUHQGXP When you are heading to the polls encourage friends and IDPLO\ WR JR ZLWK \RX 2൵HU WR DFFRPSDQ\ D QHUYRXV ¿UVW WLPH voter or help an elderly person to travel to their polling station. Use your voice to help shape this nation and your future. Your vote is both a right and privilege - don’t let it go to waste. Make up your mind: Page 8
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news in brief UCD Festival returns in June 7+( 8&' )(67,9$/ will be returning on June 9 with a MDP SDFNHG VFKHGXOH RI PXOWL GLVFLSOLQDU\ HYHQWV LQFOXGLQJ an international food fair and a KRVW RI IDPLO\ IXQ DFWLYLWLHV 7KH )HVWLYDO LV D IUHH HYHQW ZKHUH WKH ZLGHU 8&' FRPPXQLW\ DQG WKH SXEOLF LV LQYLWHG IRU D ZRQGHUIXO GD\ RI HYHQWV IDVFLQDWLQJ WDONV LQWHUDFWLYH VFLHQFH H[KLELWLRQV DQG PRGHUQ WHFKQRORJLHV FUHDWLYH ZRUNVKRSV DQG OLYH SHUIRUPDQFHV 3HRSOH RI DOO DJHV DUH LQYLWHG WR UHJLVWHU IRU WLFNHWV WR H[SHULHQFH WKLV XQLTXH IHVWLYDO RI FUHDWLYLW\ LQQRYDWLRQ DQG GLVFRYHU\ 5HJLVWHU DW ZZZ XFG LH
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Michelle Heavey with Lorraine Monaghan with fellow AIB IFSC, Dublin team members painting a mural on the McMahon Bridge during the Docklands Volunteer Day. Pic: Jason Clarke
It costs ₏96 to get teeth out By Charisma Trant IF you don’t mind the travel you should get your teeth ¿[HG LQ 'RQHJDO A new survey has shown that the price for a great smile can vary greatly from one county to another, with 'XEOLQ RQH RI WKH PRVW FRVWO\ DQG 'RQHJDO WKH FKHDSHVW The average cost to get a tooth removed is ₏85 across the State, however a dental VXUJHU\ LV 'RQHJDO R྾HUV WKH VDPH VHUYLFH IRU RQO\ Ÿ :KLOH JHWWLQJ DQ H[WUDFWLRQ
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Three girls bitten as dogs attack By Charisma Trant TWO 12-year-olds and an 18\HDU ROG JLUOV VXŕľľHUHG VHYHUH injuries after being attacked by two dogs in an estate in Finglas. $OO WKUHH YLFWLPV ZHUH KRVSLWDOLVHG ZLWK ELWH PDUNV It was initially suspected that the dogs were deliberately GXPSHG DW WKH HQWUDQFH WR WKH $YLOD 3DUN KDOWLQJ VLWH EXW QRZ LW LV EHOLHYHG WKDW WKH GRJV KDYH HVFDSHG IURP D QHDU EDFN \DUG Âł, ZDV FRPLQJ XS KRPH DQG WKH WZR GRJV FDPH RXW RI P\ JDUGHQ 2QH ODWFKHG RQWR P\ DUP DQG WKH RWKHU JUDEEHG P\ leg,â€? Helen Collins (18) said about the attack. “I don’t know how I got one Rŕľľ EXW , KLW WKH RWKHU Rŕľľ WKH ZDOO DQG WKUHZ P\VHOI DW P\ DXQW\ÂśV JDWH DQG WKUHZ P\VHOI RQ WKH JURXQG DQG P\ FRXVLQ locked the gate. “After that I can’t really UHPHPEHU MXVW WKH SDLQ DQG EHLQJ IULJKWHQHG , ZDV QHYHU afraid of dogs, but after this I won’t be able to go near a dog.â€? One of the dogs has been put down while the other one UHPDLQV LQ D SRXQG DIWHU WKH RZQHU KDQGHG KLPVHOI LQ WR $Q Garda Siochana.
Five of our urban beaches described as ‘poor’ By Charisma Trant ),9( 'XEOLQ EHDFKHV KDYH EHHQ described as of being of “poorâ€? TXDOLW\ IRU VZLPPLQJ DQG YXOnerable to periodic pollution. 7KH (3$ÂśV %DWKLQJ Water report has found that out RI EHDFKHV 3RUWUDQH 5XVK 6RXWK /RXJKVKLQQ\ 0HUULRQ 6WUDQG DQG 6DQG\PRXQW 6WUDQG IDLOHG WR PHHW WKH PLQLPXP (8 PDQGDWRU\ VWDQGDUG 0HUULRQ DQG 6DQG\PRXQW Strands were unsuccessful due to polluted surface waters, GUDLQDJH ÂłPLVFRQQHFWLRQV´ DQG bird fouling. ,Q QRUWK 'XEOLQ /RXJKVKLQQ\ failed due to urban sewage and VHSWLF WDQN GLVFKDUJHV 3RUWUDQH due to septic tank discharges DQG VXUIDFH ZDWHUV UXQ Rŕľľ DQG 5XVK 6RXWK GXH WR VHZDJH discharges. 7KH UHSRUW IRXQG WKDW ÂżYH other north Dublin beaches are YXOQHUDEOH DQG KDYH WKH SRWHQtial to fail because of pollution LPSDFWV $QG WKH (3$ SRLQWV RXW WKDW RYHU WKH ODVW IRXU \HDUV QLQH RI 'XEOLQÂśV EDWKLQJ ZDWHUV KDYH shown deterioration in water quality. 7KH SUREOHPV DUH EHLQJ FDXVHG by periodic sewage discharges, SROOXWLRQ IURP FRQWDPLQDWHG
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Street plan scrapped By Charisma Trant 3/$16 to upgrade streets QHDU WKH 3UR &DWKHGUDO DQG 2œ&RQQHOO 6WUHHW KDYH EHHQ scrapped due to concerns about VDIHW\ RI WKH YLVXDOO\ LPSDLUHG 6DFNYLOOH 3ODFH &DWKHGUDO Street and two streets paralOHO WR 1RUWK (DUO 6WUHHW DQG link O’Connell Street to the QHZ FURVV FLW\ /XDV OLQH RQ Marlborough Street were supposed to be refurbished. 3DUW RI WKH XSGDWH ZDV WKH UHPRYDO DQG UHSODFHPHQW RI H[LVWing asphalt and concrete road
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04 | news in brief Dream job alert IF you love doughnuts, you now have the chance to be surrounded by them all day. Krispy Kreme is coming to Dublin this October and are currently recruiting for the following roles: Product Manager, Store Manager, Back of House Manager and Senior Retail Manager, and it gets better. According to the job posting employees are encouraged to enjoy the products during their break free of charge and can buy them after work for a 50% discount.
‘Yappy Hour’ Dublin’s BYOC Cocktail %DU QRZ RŕľľHUV D GRJ IULHQGO\ ‘Yappy Hour’ on Sundays. The bar is located in Dublin 8 and has recently made it possible for you to enjoy a few drinks with your mates and bring your furry friend with you. The dog friendly cocktail hour takes place every Sunday between 5- 7, but hurry places DUH ÂżOOLQJ XS IDVW If you are interested to come without your doogie, you can pay for a normal two- hour slot and bring your own booze from Thursday to Sunday. All cocktail lovers can either book a slot for â‚Ź25 per person for 2 hours or â‚Ź30 per person for 3 hours.
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Airbnb denies half of city rentals listed for tourists By Jake Maxwell AIRBNB has denied that more than half of the available rental properties in Dublin are being listed as short-term tourist lets. The claim was made by Daft. ie, which claims to be responsible for about 90% of long-term lettings in the capital. Daft.ie said it had 1,258 properties available for long-term rental on its site on May 15. Figures from the independent monitoring website Inside Airbnb showed the stock of properties to let on Airbnb from professional listers, as opposed to people temporarily renting their own homes, stood at 1,419. This means that 53% of homes in the Dublin rental market are currently not available to longterm tenants, Daft.ie’s Martin Clancy said. $LUEQE GLVSXWHG WKH ÂżQGLQJV claiming Daft.ie had used “inaccurate scraped data to make misleading assumptionsâ€?. “Entire home listings on Airbnb in Dublin last year represented just 1.1% of the avail-
Ollie Dingley at the announcement that Dublin Port Company is supporting the Irish Olympic diver for the next two years. Pic: Conor McCabe
able housing stock in the city, and the vast majority (88%) of hosts share the home in which they live with guests,� a spokes-
man said. Mr Clancy also claimed there was unlikely to be any overlap between the two VHWV RI ÂżJXUHV DV WKH RQHV RQ LWV
website were listed as long-term rentals while the ones on Airbnb were for short-term stays. 7KH ÂżQGLQJV FRPH DPLG IHDUV
that landlords in Dublin may be avoiding rent controls and other regulations by opting to let to tourists rather than to long-term tenants. At the momemt, there are just over 5,000 available nationally. This compares with a high of 15,355 in July 2009. In May 2016, the number had fallen to 6,438, and to 6,189 in the same month of last year. In Dublin, the high point was in July 2009, when 8,264 units were available but this fell to 1,611 in May 2016, and further to 1,422 in May last year. By the end of the year, the number is expected to drop below 1,000, a spokesman said. The most recent ‘Daft Rental Price Report’, published earlier this month, shows prices rose by an average of 11.5pc in the year to reach a new alltime high of â‚Ź1,261 per month - â‚Ź232 a month higher than the pre-crisis peak in 2008. In Dublin, prices rose by 12.8pc to nearly â‚Ź1,900 - up 30pc compared with 2008.
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Largest mosque plan gets green light for Blanch By Charisma Trant AN Bord Pleanåla gives green light for building Ireland’s biggest mosque with 29m high tapering steel minaret in spite of local opposition. The Shuhada Foundation of Ireland received the building approval for a four-storey mosque, community centre and primary school as the board believes it wouldn’t seriously harm local amenities or property or cause a WUDྜF KD]DUG The development will be on the site of Warrenstown House in Blanchardstown which was originally used as a HSE facility. 'U 7DX¿T DO 6DWWDU D 'XEOLQ based neurosurgeon, applied to EXLOG DQG ¿QDQFH WKH PRVTXH in memory of his late wife, 6KHKQLOD 7DX¿T ZKR GLHG DORQJ with their daughter Zainab
(19) and sons Bilal (17) and Jamal (15) in an arson attack in Leicester, England in 2013. The new mosque will be subsidised from Dr al-Sattar’s family fund, his life savings and donations from the Muslim community in Leicester and he DOVR FRQÂżUPHG WKDW KH SODQV RQ raising money from the medical community in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. )LQJDO &RXQW\ &RXQFLO ÂżUVW approved the plan last year but locals had opposed the original plans. Patrick Regan, a former local resident, appealed the decision and argued that the development would cause noise polluWLRQ WUDŕľśF FRQJHVWLRQ DQG ODFN of public consultation. He said: “The call to pray can often start as early as 5.30am and the last call to pray at 9pm,
causing noise pollution, with up to 150 worshipers attending at any one time during normal day prayers, without the celebration of Ramadan and other social events.� Other locals started a petition expressing concerns about the visual impact of minarets; excessive scale, overdevelopment and unsustainable development, lack of integration with the local community and creation of an exclusive community. The council argued that the minaret will not be visually interfering and noise disturbance would be monitored with the planning conditions. Furthermore, the appeals board was told that the Shuhada Foundation of Ireland has mentioned that the school and community centre will be open to public.
The Irish Society of Crohn’s and Colitis (ISCC) is calling on the Governemtn to double the number of specialist IBD nurses in Ireland from 14 to at least 28. Pictured outside Leinster House are Clara Caslin, Nurse Angela Mullen and Aoife Mulhall. Pic: Julien Behal
Bomb victims call for truth By Jake Maxwell THE victims of one of the worst days of atrocities in the Troubles should be told the truth, a campaigner has said. A wreath-laying ceremony took place earlier this month at a Dublin memorial to the 33 killed by loyalist bombers and their families want the British government to release FODVVLÂżHG VHFXULW\ ÂżOHV UHODWing to deaths in which state collusion is suspected. It marked the 44th anni-
versary of the blasts when paramilitaries detonated four no-warning bombs in Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May 1974. The Justice for the Forgotten lobby group has fought a long-running campaign for an open inquiry into allegations that British security agents colluded with the terrorists to plot the coordinated and sophisticated attacks. Spokeswoman Margaret Urwin said: “When people
talk about justice they are often meaning prosecutions and so on. “We have been campaigning now for 25 years, since 1993 basically. What the families have always asked for, demanded, is for the truth rather than prosecutions.� The British Government has begun consulting on measures to address legacy issues, including mechanisms to reinvestigate past wrongdoing and many unresolved killings.
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NOW OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT HARD CASES
Clare McCarthy abortion of perfectly healthy babies of perfectly healthy mothers. Government Ministers cannot justify this. Their best argument is that abortion pills are being imported into the country and that something must be done about this. But abortion pills are regularly imported into England in large quantities – and England already has abortion on demand. Their argument fails. This referendum also tests our respect for disability rights. If it passes it will be perfectly legal to abort disabled children. Ministers try to deny this. But their proposed abortion law allows for broadly accessible abortions up to six months. By then a diagnosis of disability is easily obtained. No doctor will be allowed to refuse an abortion because the child is disabled. So obviously aborting these children will be perfectly legal. In England 90% of children diagnosed with Down Syndrome in the womb are aborted, often via lethal injections into their hearts. We shouldn’t ignore the reality of what’s at stake when we go to cast our vote. Real lives of real children will be deliberately ended if we vote “yes�. Thousands of them, as a matter of choice. The 8th Amendment has kept the Irish abortion rate as easily the lowest in all of the EU. One independent report has estimated that the 8th Amendment has helped save the lives of 100,000 Irish citizens. They are alive today because we currently respect all lives, born and unborn. If the referendum passes the Irish abortion rate will jump dramatically. International experience shows that if we introduce abortion on demand our abortion rate will triple or even quadruple. If our abortion rate matches that of Britain we can expect 12-14,000 Irish abortions a year. In Britain 38% of abortions are second abortions. Children in the womb deserve better. As a society we can do much better than abortion on demand. The Government’s proposals are unnecessary, extreme and go much too far. That’s why we must vote “No�. Clare McCarthy of LoveBoth Campaign. Clare is a student in Trinity and lives in Dublin.
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he Government wants us to vote “yesâ€? in the abortion referendum in order to delete unborn children’s right to life and allow abortion on GHPDQG LQ WKH ÂżUVW weeks of pregnancy. Abortion campaigners claim that there is no human being yet alive by this point. That’s why they think abortion on demand is permissible. They are completely wrong. By 12 weeks the baby in the womb has a beating heart, can swallow and yawn, can kick, stretch DQG MXPS KDV DUPV OHJV ÂżQJHUV DQG WRHV KDV ÂżQJHUQDLOV DQG KDLU KDV DOO KHU YLWDO organs, has vocal chords, responds to touch, and has a fully formed face. He or she is a baby human being. This is a matter of basic science. What a baby at 12 weeks of age in the womb won’t have if we vote “yesâ€? is any kind of right to life. They can be aborted at will. Even up to six months of age it will be perfectly possible to abort unborn children under the Government’s proposals. It will be possible on the same grounds that have led to abortion on demand in England: the notorious “mental healthâ€? ground. Ninetyseven percent of British abortions occur on the “mental healthâ€? ground. In practice it amounts to unrestricted abortion. And it will be perfectly legal to abortion a child up to the point of birth, again on “mental healthâ€? grounds. So if the referendum is passed we will end up with a very similar abortion law to Britain’s, where one baby is aborted for every four that are born. And yet the Government talks about “careâ€? and “compassionâ€?. The fact is that if the Government’s proposals become a reality thousands of lives will be taken in our GPs’ clinics and in our hospitals. And we will fund this through our taxes at a time when our health system is already under massive pressure. Now obviously lots of people have legitimate concerns about hard cases. But this referendum is not about hard cases. It’s not about healthcare – we are already one of the very safest countries in the world for women to give birth in. Even abortion campaigners acknowledge this. It’s about abortion on demand, it’s about abortion as simply a matter of choice, and it’s about abortion up to six months and even up to birth in certain cases. If the Government wanted to put a restrictive referendum proposal to the people it could have. Easily. But the actual proposal it is asking us to vote “yesâ€? to is anything but restrictive. It is extreme. Voting “yesâ€? will meaning voting for the abortion of perfectly healthy babies of perfectly healthy mothers. In fact, voting “yesâ€? will mean that roughly 99% of abortions carried out as a result will be the
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VOTING YES MEANS WE WILL REGULATE ABORTION IN IRELAND, MAKE IT SAFER
e are just a few days away from the referendum on repealing the Eighth amendment. As a mother from County Wicklow, I will vote Yes on May 25. I’d like to explain why. This referendum is not a vote on abortion because abortion is already here. Everyone acknowledges that. Just look at the numbers. Between 2012 and 2016, 6314 women from County Dublin travelled to England to have abortions. That does not take into account those who did not list their home address, or who travelled to other countries to access care. Nor does it account for the many women who, unable to travel, choose instead to order unregulated abortion pills online from unknown sellers. These pills are safe when taken under the supervision of a doctor, but that’s not what is happening. The shame and isolation of this act means that girls and women taking abortion pills may delay getting emergency care when bleeding becomes severe. The threat of 14 years prison sentence if they are discovered means that many VX྾HU DQG SXW WKHLU OLYHV DW ULVN EHFDXVH they cannot access supported abortion care legally here at home. Many never even tell their doctors, or seek their support. And so, this is really a vote to decide if we will choose to regulate and make safe the abortion that is already here, and prove care to women. In the 35 years since its addition to our constitution, there have been far too many public cases of girls and women who have been harmed by the Eighth Amendment. This goes back to the devastating story of Miss X in 1992 when a young girl, just 14 years old, became pregnant as a result of rape. This experience was so traumatic and desperate that she became suicidal. In a time of unimaginable trauma for Miss X, the Eighth Amendment prevented her from being able to terminate her pregnancy in Ireland and start to heal the ZRXQGV RI KHU KRUUL¿F H[SHULHQFH It is cases like these and many others that led both the Citizens’ Assembly and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment to recommend legislation that allows access to abortion up to 12 weeks. After hearing hours upon hours of expert and personal testimony, regular Irish citizens and our elected of¿FLDOV ERWK UHDOLVHG WKDW LW LV QHDUO\ impossible to legislate for cases con-
Sarah Mc Kenna Barry cerning rape and incest. The most compassionate and logical laws we can creDWH R྾HU DFFHVV XQWLO WKH ZHHN PDUN The reality is that life is complicated – we all know this. There will be a time in all of our lives when we are forced to manage medical emergencies and uncertainty. When this time comes, everyone hopes for compassionate, supportive care from doctors that we know. We simply can’t reduce complex medical situations to two rigid sentences in a Constitution. But that is precisely what we’ve done with the Eighth Amendment. Rather than allowing our well-trained doctors to do their jobs, we have constrained their ability to provide the best care possible for their patients. That is why our nation’s top experts on women’s health, the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the vast majority of its members are all in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment. When faced with complex cases, their hands are currently tied by the constitution. The results of this can be disastrous for women. As polling day approaches, I ask you to think about a woman you love, and consider what you would want for her if she experienced the horror of rape or incest and became pregnant as a result. If she received the devastating diagnosis of a fatal foetal abnormality, what would you want for her? Finally, I would ask you to consider the fact that abortion is already here in Ireland, it is just unsafe and unregulated. Women - most of them mothers - are taking abortion pills at home alone without any medical supervision whatsoever. All the medical experts say this is dangerous. Voting Yes means we will regulate abortion in Ireland, make it safer, and provide care to women in Ireland who need it. For these reasons and so many more, I will be voting Yes. I would appeal to you to do the same. Because a woman you know might need your yes. Sarah Mc Kenna Barry, Churchtown, Dublin 14
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Legal Executive Of The Year winner Jennifer Weafer of Lavelle Solicitors with Miriam O’Callaghan at the 2018 Clinch Wealth Management Irish Law Awards at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road. Pic: Paul Sherwood
Ireland’s Fittest Family, Keith, Jonathan and Dearbháile Beirne and their father Michael with Éabha Devitt (7) (front right), a liver transplant recipient and her sister Muireann (9) at the launch of the Irish Kidney Association’s Run for a Life family fun run in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin. Pic: Conor McCabe
Molly (6) and Harry Beesley (9) launching the UCD Festival 2018 which is back on June 9 Pic: Marc O’Sullivan
Suzanne Jackson with Emily Shak at the launch of her new SOSU Dripping Gold Luxury Tanning Range at Fire Restaurant on Dawson Street. Pic Brian McEvoy
Keith Mahon and Fiona Thornton at the launch of Emirates Holidays in Ireland at Cliff Townhouse, right, Megan Virgo. Pic: Brian McEvoy
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Going Global!!!
How many birds can be seen in one day? Fancy being a Citizen Scientist for a day? Want to join thousands of others around the globe in trying to set a new world record? If you answered yes then you need to take part in the eBird Global Big Day this Saturday 5th May. Traditionally a ‘Big Day’ is a quest by teams of birders (bird watchers) to try and see as many species of bird as possible in a given time-frame (typically 24-hours) in a GHÂżQHG JHRJUDSKLFDO DUHD The folks at the Cornell Lab and eBird a few years ago thought to themselves: what if people around the world joined together for a single Big Day?
Goldfinch (Pic: Justin Ivory) Thus was born the Global Big day and last year a new record was set with a whopping 6,659 species of bird reported in a 24-hour period from over 20,000 participants in 150 countries around the world. That is an incredible 65% of all the bird species on the planet. As this is the Year of the Bird (bet you didn’t know that!), there is a big push on to top last year’s record so eBird want more people than ever to take part in this year’s event.
Blackbird (Pic: Justin Ivory) %HIRUH \RX VZLWFK R྾ this event is not just for FDPRXÀDJH EHGHFNHG telescope-toting, hard core birders and twitchers. Absolutely not, this is for everybody and you don’t need to be a bird expert, or go out all day long. Even 10 minutes noting the birds in your garden or what you see while walking the dog counts. So what you need to do now is go to the eBird website and sign up for an account and on the day follow the instructions for entering your sightings. Have fun!
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FILM of the week
SHOUT! -THE 60S MOD MUSICAL Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, May 31, 8pm, â‚Ź22/20
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This new musical follows five young female subscribers to a fictional magazine called Shout! - “the magazine for the modern woman�, as they come of age during the liberating 1960s that made England swing. From cover to cover, Shout! unfolds like a musical magazine and travels in time through the
decade, chronicling the dawn of liberation of women. The songs and each girl’s own unfolding story are tied together by hilarious sound bytes from the funky and colourful period.
KIDS FUN of the week
Funny power woman, Amy Schumer stars as Renee Bennett in this hilarious new movie. She plays a woman who struggles with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy on a daily basis. After suffering a fall at a spin class, she wakes up believing she is suddenly the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. With this newfound confidence she is empowered to live her life
THE SUCCESSFUL TD Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire May 25, 8pm, â‚Ź21/19
The Butlers Chocolate Experience is the perfect day out for chocolate lovers of all ages. On arrival, visitors will dress like a real-life Butlers chocolatier and gather to watch the chocolate movie, learning about the fascinating origins of the cocoa bean and the history of Butlers,
Based on The Letters of A Successful TD and An Irish Minister of State by John B Keane, The Successful TD follows the trials, tribulations, misadventures and hilarious antics of Tull McAdoo as he seeks re-election to the Dail in the “October Elections� to
BOOK of the week
PLAY of the week
SECRETS TO SUCCESS: INSPIRING STORIES FROM LEADING ENTREPRENEURS By Sean Gallagher
ASSASSINS Gate Theatre,Cavendish Row, Parnell Square, Dublin, April 12June 09, â‚Ź27/42
This book is a compilation of forty-five inspiring stories of successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. Sean Gallagher extracts valuable lessons from entrepreneurs about their journey from a start-up to successful business. We learn about their backgrounds and, how they came up with their
The multiple Tony Awardwinning Assassins lays bare the lives of nine people who assassinated (or tried to assassinate) the President of the United States. The nation’s most notorious assassins gather on stage to violently pursue a twisted American Dream.
killer business ideas, as well as the challenges that confronted them along the way, and they, all, without exception, have known times of bitter defeat.
Dail Eireann. Written by Keane in 1967, he displays an edge for humor and satire that are uncomfortably close to the politics of today. Good laugh!
THE HARDEST HARVEST RTÉ One, Wednesdays, 9.35pm
HAM SANDWICH The Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame St, Temple Bar, May 26, 7pm, â‚Ź22.50
An Irish farmer, forester and fisherman travel to the harshest of environments in some of the world’s poorest countries to live off the land and sea using nothing but their bare hands and basic tools. Can they cope with the gruelling day-to-day reality of subsistence living and the struggle for survival in subSaharan Africa? Cork dairy farmer Paula, Waterford forester Jamie, and Dublin skipper ‘Big’ John
One of the most enthralling live acts in recent times, HamsandwicH are well known for their incendiary live performances which has put them right at the top of the live acts to see today. With the combination of Niamh Farrell’s powerful vocal and Podge McNamee’s juxstaposing baritone the band are given it’s signature calling card.
Stephen Sondheim’s signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music combine in this bold, original, disturbing, and funny musical.
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If ever there was a band to feed off their audience it is HamsandwicH. Each show is a celebration with everything from balloons and confetti to their unique crowd interaction.
EXHIBITION of the week
PRODUCTION of the week
EMIL NOLDE- COLOUR IS LIFE National Gallery Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin February 14- June 10
LOOKING FOR BANG-BANG The Complex, 15 Little Green Street, Dublin, May 19, 2pm, â‚Ź5
Spend an afternoon in the colourful world of German Expressionist Emil Nolde at this exciting new exhibition. This is the first time Nolde’s engaging work has been showcased in Ireland in 50 years so, if you’re an art lover, you’re in for a special treat. At this exhibition,
Shadowbox has been invited to present Looking for Bang-Bang as part of the Stories from the city programme at the International Theatre Festival Dublin 2018. Looking for Bang-Bang is a play based on and inspired by the true writings and stories of older people, interwoven by Shadowbox’s particular theatre
you will explore Nolde’s world through scenes of Berlin cafÊ culture, calligraphic views of the River Elbe, as well as fantastical creatures to fire your imagination.
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GIG of the week
TV SHOW of the week
each leave behind family and friends to spend two and a half weeks living a hand-to-mouth existence in remote rural Africa, amongst the poorest of the poor.
fearlessly and flawlessly, but what will happen when she realizes her appearance never changed? This movie is a great reminder that we are all beautiful and is the perfect film to get the gang together for a fun and chilled girls night out!!!
COMEDY of the week
CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE Butlers Factory, Clonshaugh Business Park, Dublin,â‚Ź13.50 www.butlerschocolates.com
accompanied by delicious chocolate treats. Finally, everyone can decorate their own chocolate masterpiece to bring home. Prebooking is essential!
HOROSCOPES
Make repairs and renovations. Coordinate with your family for shared priorities. Get creative.
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style. During the play the actors switch between playing adults and children and take us on a journey of memories and discovery. Get your ticket now!
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