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# the-liberties - Monday 15 July, 2019
'He lifted the gloom of the nation': Dublin says goodbye to Brendan Grace
The Liberties was shut down for the day as fans and friends gathered for the funeral of Brendan Grace.
# the-liberties - Friday 19 April, 2019
'A kick in the teeth for the community': Another 235 student beds approved for The Liberties
The new beds will be operated by Global Student Accommodation.
# the-liberties - Saturday 16 February, 2019
Work finally begins to refurbish The Liberties' Peace Park
There’s been disagreement over whether a First World War memorial should be placed in the ‘peace’ park.
Dublin 8 locals protest Harry Crosbie's Vicar Street Hotel development
Dublin City Council gave the green light to the 185-bedroom hotel last month.
# the-liberties - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
Locals hold out hope that Weaver Garden allotments will be saved over rapid-build Liberties apartments
“We’re planting something that’s going to grow in Spring, so we’re hoping we get to stay,” a spokesperson told TheJournal.ie.
# the-liberties - Saturday 24 November, 2018
'We need more of this, not less': Liberties locals up in arms over plans to 'bulldoze' allotments and community garden
Dublin City Council says it is ‘difficult’ to find an alternative spot for the allotment holders.
# the-liberties - Saturday 21 July, 2018
Growing up in The Liberties: 'We thought we were posh because we had our own hall door'
There have been some great characters in The Liberties over the years, writes Josie Sheehan.
# the-liberties - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
Double Take: The Bride St plaques featuring stories of life in Dublin 8
Quotes, stories and jokes from inner-city residents, all cast in bronze.
# the-liberties - Thursday 5 April, 2018
A building site was evacuated after an artillery shell was found in Dublin's Liberties today
It’s the second time in a week that the bomb squad has been called to an incident in Dublin.
# the-liberties - Saturday 31 March, 2018
Students living in €249-a-week accommodation offered partial refunds due to months of construction work
A number of students have complained about loud construction work ongoing since October.
# the-liberties - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
Fears The Liberties will become 'another Temple Bar' as latest student accommodation gets planning approval
Concerns have been raised at the pace of change in one of Dublin’s oldest areas.
# the-liberties - Sunday 11 February, 2018
Dublin City's Weaver Park nominated for a European urban park prize
The park, located in the heart of the Liberties, was opened in September last year.
# the-liberties - Thursday 28 December, 2017
A last-ditch attempt to save an old pub has stalled a €200m project to overhaul Dublin's Liberties
An Taisce thinks redevelopment of Newmarket Square will “erase” the area’s qualities.
# the-liberties - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
Market stalls in Dublin's Liberties raided this morning in counterfeit goods operation
Gardai confirmed a number of searches took place this morning.
# the-liberties - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
Diageo announces plans for a new urban quarter at St James's Gate
The quarter will be a mixed use area with commercial, office and residential space and will be fully integrated into the wider Liberties area.
# the-liberties - Tuesday 3 October, 2017
'It's been jammers': Dublin just got its first new public park in 8 years
“There’s a relationship between green space and mental health of those living around it,” one campaigner said.
# the-liberties - Monday 3 July, 2017
This is what the major regeneration of Dublin's Liberties will look like
The regeneration would sustain 1,700 permanent jobs, its planners said.
# the-liberties - Friday 3 March, 2017
'We've seen mistakes in Dublin in the past. We don't want the Liberties to become soulless'
We look at how business is faring in the Dublin neighbourhood as it undergoes regeneration.
# the-liberties - Friday 10 February, 2017
How a Norwegian street musician crashed her van in The Liberties, bought a horse, and was embraced by the community
The Musical Slave recently released a music video which focuses on the two and a half years she spent in The Liberties in Dublin and the people she met there.
# the-liberties - Friday 20 January, 2017
A wonderful mural in tribute to Carrie Fisher has just popped up in Dublin
It’s our girl Leia.
# the-liberties - Wednesday 18 January, 2017
Court challenge brought against use of Dublin community centre as homeless hostel
Dublin City Council says it is reacting to a “humanitarian crisis”.
# the-liberties - Tuesday 19 July, 2016
"The priests would have roast beef for dinner, and a fella would collect the drippings and sell it in his shop" - The songs and stories of Dublin's Liberties
A new programme has encouraged residents of the historical district to write about their area.
# the-liberties - Tuesday 23 February, 2016
The Liberties is getting a brand new cafe dedicated entirely to cookies
Dublin Cookie Co is coming to town.
# the-liberties - Thursday 7 January, 2016
Dublin 8 just got a new coffee shop but LOOK at the sausage rolls and pastries
Get in our bellies!
# the-liberties - Monday 24 March, 2014
€5m distillery planned for Dublin church
Multinational animal feed player to build distillery on site of St James’s church where Daniel O’Connell laid foundation stone.
In 2016 there'll be a new place for 500 students to live: Dublin's Digital Hub
Part of the historic Marshalsea debtors prison will also be refurbished to create more office space for tech firms.
# the-liberties - Sunday 15 December, 2013
'Secret Millionaire' community centre in Dublin's inner city closes down
The St Nicholas of Myra centre in The Liberties in Dublin’s inner city had become a hub for people in the area – but now it faces the same fate as so many community centres.
# the-liberties - Friday 8 February, 2013
GALLERY: Striking photos of inner-city Dublin and its residents
Photographer Karl Martini captured kids, shopkeepers and passers-by in The Liberties.
# the-liberties - Tuesday 23 August, 2011
Dublin writers' exhibition opens in the Liberties
W.B. Yeats was poor at spelling and Samuel Beckett was born on a Friday 13th…just some of the facts you will learn at the newly-opened Dublin Writers’ exhibition.
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Poll: Should Ireland vote against the Mercosur trade deal?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has suggested that Ireland could vote against the Mercusor trade deal with South American countries unless Brazil takes steps to protect the Amazon rainforest.
His comments follow international concern over the fires, with figures showing the area has seen the highest number of blazes for any year since 2013.
A vote on the deal is at least two years and and would take place under the EU’s Qualified Majority Vote system, where a vote needs at least four council members representing over 35% of the EU population to be blocked.
The controversial deal, announced in June, could save European companies billions of Euro in trade duties every year and would open up new markets for exporters.
However, critics believe that it will lead to products with lower standards being imported into the EU, and that it may have a negative impact on the environment.
Irish beef farmers in particular say the deal could threaten their livelihoods, as it would open up European markets to some South American beef producers.
So today we’re asking: Should Ireland vote against the Mercosur trade deal?
Poll Results:
Yes (474)
No (56)
I don't know/No opinion (30)
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Simon Coveney: The backstop is overwhelmingly supported. This gets little recognition in the UK Brexit debate
By Simon Coveney - @simoncoveney
A hard Brexit, if the UK chooses one, will be ugly and difficult, says the Tánaiste.
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
By Joseph A Moynihan
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
Katy Hayward: Why we should take note of the unexpected in Boris Johnson's letter to Donald Tusk
By Katy Hayward - @hayward_katy
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