# O'Connell Street

All time

'Let Garth play': GPO protest over Brooks concert fiasco

Hope is fading that a resolution to the debacle can be found, with the parties at an apparent impasse after a compromise deal was rejected on Thursday.

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Jul 12th 2014, 7:36 PM

# the spire

Palestine campaigners to protest Gaza violence in Dublin rally

‘Operation Protective Edge’, which began on Tuesday, is Israel’s largest military operation against Gaza since 2012.

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Jul 12th 2014, 7:30 AM

# Capital Problem

Clerys boss: 'O'Connell street is a very cold environment'

The Jobs Committee was told that Dublin’s main thoroughfare is dangerous and dirty, giving retailers little chance.

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Jun 17th 2014, 3:55 PM

# dublin in a day

700 photos used to create impressive hyperlapse video of O'Connell Street

Seven hundred!

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Jun 8th 2014, 11:41 AM

# Dublin

500,000 people, 1 event… It’s the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in numbers

…and not a raincoat between them.

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Mar 17th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Dublin

Gardaí seize more heroin than any other drug on O'Connell Street

New figures from gardaí reveal the progress of Operation Spire so far.

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Mar 14th 2014, 3:39 PM

# Bomb

Photos: On this day in 1966 Nelson’s Pillar in O’Connell Street was blown up

At approximately 1.30am on 8 March a bomb exploded on Dublin’s main thoroughfare.

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Mar 8th 2014, 7:45 AM

# shneaky shnackbox

This dancing Supermacs video is strangely compelling

Just go with it.

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Feb 16th 2014, 9:09 AM

# up for the rising

An Post plan two-storey extension of GPO ahead of 1916 anniversary

Planning permission has been sought for a new exhibition, a gallery space and a landscaped outdoor area.

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Jan 27th 2014, 4:54 PM

# worth the wait

Pics: Hundreds queue around the block to see Commander Hadfield

Demand for Commander Chris Hadfield’s book was so high that Eason ran out of copies, leaving some people disappointed.

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Dec 14th 2013, 7:06 PM

# north earl street

Man 'serious but stable' after stab attack in Dublin city centre

The 23-year-old is being treated at the Mater. A 19-year-old has been taken for questioning at Store Street Station.

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Dec 11th 2013, 10:18 PM

# Sweeeeet

Dublin could be getting its very own chocolate museum

A very tasty prospect.

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Nov 28th 2013, 5:39 PM

# Dublin

Woman hospitalised after face slashed in O’Connell Street attack

It happened beside Clerys at around 8pm last night.

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Nov 11th 2013, 9:30 PM

# reopening

In time for Christmas: Clerys set to reopen on 21 November

The department store has been shut since it was damaged in flooding four months ago.

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Nov 8th 2013, 12:38 PM

# identified

The mystery of the girl found on O'Connell Street: what we know

Australian police have been drawn into the investigation after the girl was identified last night, almost one month after she was found in Dublin.

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Nov 6th 2013, 7:36 AM

# Budget 2014

Watch: Gerry Adams talks the Seanad, Dáil reform and Budget 2014

The Sinn Féin president says that his party will “ferociously argue” against budget measures that would “heap the burden” on families and carers.

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Sep 14th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Seanad referendum

'I can't kiss you on the lips': Little talk of Seanad as Gerry Adams canvasses in Dublin

The Sinn Féin president was popular as he walked the streets this morning but people were more interested in getting their picture with him than discussing the upper house.

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Sep 13th 2013, 12:34 PM

# good time emporium

Eminem's new video features a fight outside Dr Quirkey's in Dublin

Yes, our very own Good Time Emporium pops up in Berzerk.

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Sep 10th 2013, 9:04 AM

# 1913 lockout

Thousands expected to attend 1913 commemorations

President Michael D Higgins will lead today’s events in Dublin – marking 100 years to the day since Bloody Sunday.

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Aug 31st 2013, 7:15 AM

# man on bridge

Do you remember photographer Arthur Fields of O'Connell Bridge?

Fields took more than 185,000 photos of people on O’Connell Street and bridge from the 1930s-1980s – and a documentary-maker wants to track those pics.

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Aug 18th 2013, 9:15 AM

# Missing

13-year-old Sean Hynes found safe and well

Gardaí had asked for the public’s assistance in finding the teenager.

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Aug 16th 2013, 7:42 PM

# 1913 lockout

Dublin retailers angered over plans for 1913 Lockout commemorations

O’Connell Street is due to be closed for one full day on 31 August 2013.

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Aug 15th 2013, 9:25 AM

# caption this

Caption competition: What are these nuns saying to the garda?

What do you reckon?

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Jul 25th 2013, 3:45 PM

# Tom Cruise

Irishness, pints and craic: Tom Cruise's 24 hours in Dublin (pics, videos)

Far and away (geddit?!) the best 24 hours you can have in Ireland…

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Apr 3rd 2013, 9:26 PM

# Crash

Two incidents involving Luas in Dublin city centre

Five people, including the driver of one Luas, have been taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries.

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Jan 9th 2013, 12:52 PM

# Banner

PICS: Tribute to slain Alan Ryan in O'Connell Street protest

The face of the murdered dissident republican appears on banner in Dublin today during protest about prisoners’ rights.

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Dec 22nd 2012, 3:29 PM

# closed down

Guineys workers still in limbo over pensions

Many of the workers who lost their job when Guiney & Co closed down in September had more than 25 years service – but now their pension remains up in the air.

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Nov 25th 2012, 7:45 AM

# gammy

Christmas jumper world record attempt in Dublin... here's some inspiration

Geansaís galore.

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Nov 23rd 2012, 6:23 PM

Voices

Column: Miracle on O’Connell St – what the Clerys rescue says about Ireland

An institution was saved – which just goes to show how badly Irish homeowners are being treated in comparison, writes Arthur Doohan.

Sep 30th 2012, 8:40 AM

# Abortion

PHOTOS: 2,500 attend pro-choice march in Dublin city centre

‘Several thousand’ people are believed to have taken part in the march which called on the government to change Ireland’s abortion laws.

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Sep 29th 2012, 7:36 PM

# shop closure

Guineys workers told: 30 years service? Sorry, no pensions

The employees found out about the shop closure after a phone call on Monday telling them not to come into work the next day.

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Sep 22nd 2012, 8:00 AM

# dublin institution

So exactly WHICH Guineys is closing down?

There are three (count ‘em!) separate stores with the name Guineys on Dublin’s Talbot St – but which one is closing down?

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Sep 18th 2012, 12:34 PM

# dublin institution

Clerys taken over, saving 350 jobs - but Guineys is to close

Clerys was sold to an American private equity group last night, just hours after it was placed into receivership.

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Sep 18th 2012, 8:29 AM

# Drugs Seizure

Psychoactive drugs worth over €800,000 seized in Waterford

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after being caught in possession of the drugs.

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Sep 17th 2012, 5:49 PM

# Wireless travel

Varadkar wants to install Wi-Fi across all public transport in 2013

The Minister has set the target as trials are carried out on some bus and tram services this year.

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Aug 28th 2012, 7:23 PM

# Challenge 126

Charity runners cross the finish line 40 hours after setting off on 126-mile challenge

Brian Maher and Mike Sheridan took some time out from their entertainment day-jobs to jog from Limerick to Dublin.

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Apr 28th 2012, 2:49 PM

# Five Alive

A grand soft day: Entertainers lace up for 126-mile run in aid of Special Olympics Ireland

DJ and movie critic team up for a fund-raising, endurance jog. Nice weather for it too.

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Apr 26th 2012, 7:35 PM

# 1916

In pictures: Crowds gather to remember the 1916 Easter Rising

The Taoiseach and the President were amongst those at the event outside the GPO in Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

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Apr 8th 2012, 3:52 PM

# 1916

President and Taoiseach to attend ceremony marking 1916 Rising

A ceremony will take place outside the GPO on O’Connell Street in Dublin later today.

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Apr 8th 2012, 9:55 AM

# Makeover

Grafton Street in Dublin to be repaved in new colours

The capital’s iconic shopping street will be completely resurfaced and the red brickwork replaced with granite.

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Mar 6th 2012, 2:30 PM