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50 great family days out in Ireland
- Ireland
- June 1, 2019, 06:05
GET BACK TO NATURE Dublin City Farm St Anne’s Park, Raheny; free; dublincityfarm.com Dublin County Council’s first urban farm has only been open(...)

Why are there so few surviving artefacts relating to women’s suffrage?
- Heritage
- December 10, 2018, 06:00
Irish women have often suffered from limited historical representation in the material and visual records displayed in our museums. As a museum colle(...)

Rome's Colosseum vs Bunratty Castle: are Irish tourist attractions value for money?
- Transport & Tourism
- August 7, 2018, 04:54
If you’ve travelled abroad this summer, you may have handed over some of your hard-earned cash at one of the world’s leading tourist attractions. You (...)

From linotype to letterpress, the joy of hands-on printing
- Art & Design
- March 31, 2018, 06:00
Steven Spielberg’s film The Post is a forthright statement about the importance of journalism, with particular contemporary urgency, but its exci(...)

Downstairs Dublin on Culture Night
- People
- September 12, 2015, 11:45
Next Friday night is Culture Night, and here at the Magazine we are doing our bit to bring the capital alive, with some help from our friends in Th(...)

Fighting Words: graduates have their say
- Fighting Words
- April 30, 2015, 01:00
Hannah Gilmartin (20) English literature and classical civilisation, TCD There were days I didn’t want to go and days I played minesw(...)

Dutch designer and illustrator who made a home in Ireland
- People
- March 7, 2015, 01:00
When the graphic designer and artist Jan de Fouw, who has died aged 85, first arrived in Dublin from his native Netherlands in 1951, his skills were i(...)

Master printer who passed on old skills and traditions
- People
- November 29, 2014, 01:00
Con Devlin, who has died aged 79, was a master printer and typesetter. He had served a rigorous apprenticeship as a Monotype keyboard operator. Yet by(...)

Muddy boots and hands-on heritage to broaden minds
- Parenting
- August 19, 2014, 01:00
Overprotective parents are the butt of the joke in an advert released by St John Ambulance in the UK this summer that depicts a boy receiving a pre(...)

Vikings back in Dublin to celebrate World Book Day
- Books
- February 19, 2014, 01:00
Vikings are coming back to life to roam the city again for the celebration of the 16th annual World Book Day. Award-winn(...)