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Chef and restaurateur Gaz Smith is to open a third restaurant, Michael’s Blackrock, in the south Co Dublin village. Photograph: Tom Honan
Chef Gaz Smith to open steak and seafood restaurant in Blackrock Village Centre

The chef and restaurateur Gareth (Gaz) Smith is opening his third restaurant, Michael’s Blackrock, in Blackrock Village Centre in south Dublin, where (...)

Former Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams shot dead six people in South Carolina. Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP
Sixth victim dies from shooting by ex-NFL player in South Carolina home

A sixth person has died after being shot by a former NFL player at a South Carolina home last Wednesday. Robert Shook, a 38-year-old air conditioning(...)

Mespil Road which was the city’s top blackspot for clamping in four of the previous five years does not even feature in the 2020 top 10. File photograph: Getty
City council clamping revenues stall as illegal parking down 50%

The number of vehicles clamped for parking illegally in Dublin city last year declined 50 per cent, according to Dublin City Council. Clarendon Stree(...)

Cider can claim to be one of the most ancient Irish drinks of all. Photograph: iStock Cider can claim to be one of the most ancient Irish drinks of all. Photograph: iStock
What’s the most Irish drink of all? It’s probably craft cider

We hear a lot about local spirit and beer producers, but possibly the most Irish drink of all is cider (and we are talking about craft cider here) whi(...)

Recy Taylor photographed in 2010. Her rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention in the US. Photograph: AP Photo/Phelan M Ebenhack
Sharecropper who fought for justice after 1944 rape in Alabama

Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old African-American sharecropper, was walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama, on the night of September 3rd, 1944, whe(...)

Artist’s impression of proposed new interior for Blackrock Shopping Centre.
Blackrock Shopping Centre owners get permission for €10m upgrade

The owners of Blackrock Shopping Centre in south Dublin have secured planning for a €10 million upgrade of the property, which will include a major i(...)

Blackrock village has not one but two shopping centres which take shoppers off its main street, a lovely stretch to amble along with shopping aplenty. Photograph: Paul Sherwood
Shopping spraoi: Blackrock

Blackrock village has not one but two shopping centres which take shoppers off its main street, a lovely stretch to amble along with shopping aplenty(...)