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We're looking for people who've had to transliterate their names from another alphabet into the Latin one -- or who've even changed their name to one easier for English speakers to pronounce -- upon moving to Dublin. Want to talk, for an article, about the change: how you decided, how it feels?

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What now, Tesco?

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No I don't think anyone is left wondering where the US stands on Russia/Ukraine.

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Fantastic conversation on Bluesky's trust and safety from Bluesky's very own @aaron.bsky.team and @dublininquirer.com in the digital hub this evening #speirgorm.

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Announcing: Dublin Inquirer Summer School 2025. Come learn about navigating local government, making Freedom of Information Act requests, starting your own publication, and more. Supported by a community grant from Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social. dublininquirer.com/2025/02/19/a...

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Council Briefs: Spiffing up Capel Street even further, installing anti-illegal dumping CCTV, and protecting Drumcondra Library were among the things discussed in a meeting of the Central Area Committee recently.

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Rewriting Dublin’s nightlife – is Ray O’Donoghue the man to give us the night? Last year, Dublin finally got a night mayor. What has he been working on? dublininquirer.com/2...

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Come join us Thursday at the Digital Hub for a conversation with Bluesky’s head of trust and safety on the future of social media, algorithms, and speech. www.eventbrite.ie/e/...

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Vacancy Watch: The council’s current plan for the St Andrew's Court flats is to knock them and build new social homes on the site in the heart of the south-inner city by early 2028. dublininquirer.com/2...

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On a layover in Dublin, a filmmaker payed homage to Quackser Fortune. “We’re leaving here in three hours,” said Frank Durant, at The Gravediggers. dublininquirer.com/2...

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The council is planning a new statue to honour revolutionary women, on O’Connell Street. Councillors emphasised that it should be really large. “We have to be big and bold,” says independent Councillor Vincent Jackson. dublininquirer.com/2...

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Amid plans for food-delivery drones to spread across Dublin, some worry about safety. The company Manna has done about 200,000 food-deliveries by drone since 2021, a spokesperson said. Only three accidents have been officially reported. dublininquirer.com/2...

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Fingal County Council failed to use available NTA funds to improve bus stops. Regularly at council meetings, councillors ask for smarter bus stops and shelters for commuters in their areas. dublininquirer.com/2...

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A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway. In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.” dublininquirer.com/2...

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Far too often in Ireland, the threat of the cost of defending a lawsuit – even one we'd be sure to win – is used to bully journalists. Doesn't matter if it's the truth, or in the public interest if we don't have hundreds of thousands of euro to defend our case. Publish and be sued out of existence.

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Far too often in Ireland, the threat of the cost of defending a lawsuit – even one we'd be sure to win – is used to bully journalists. Doesn't matter if it's the truth, or in the public interest if we don't have hundreds of thousands of euro to defend our case. Publish and be sued out of existence.

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Trump declaring this the new Golden Age of America reminds me of the former leader of totalitarian Turkmenistan calling his era the Golden Age, when I was living there, 2004-2006. Clichéd dictator move, very derivative. Also, reader: it was not a golden age.

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I have twice this week seen people use "infamous" when they clearly meant "famous". Is "infamous" the new "inflammable"?

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I guess this is one solution to traffic congestion. Seems a bit radical to me though.

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“And you know what? At least he is doing something. It may kill a lot of people. It may leave others without homes or jobs. But I respect a man of action, regardless of what that action is and whether or not it’s going to make things better or worse.” @mikedrucker.bsky.social

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I just cannot get over the fact that tens of millions of Americans voted for this: the cruelty, the corruption, the incompetence, shitting on everyone to make these billionaires running the country richer. They voted to be shat on.

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If you’re looking for fiction that’s especially helpful in this perilous moment, I have a recommendation: Kalpa Imperial by the Argentinian writer Angélica Goridischer. Ursula K. LeGuin did the English translation. bookshop.org/p/books/kalp... 1/

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Webinar to cover Dublin City’s plan that is enabling move to a low-traffic city centre A one-hour webinar this Wednesday will cover the progress on the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan, with the speakers expected to go through how the plan was developed, the key measures and how the first…

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A small favour from any journalists that are out there, pls If you're door-stepping Patrick O'Donovan about the arts council overspend on the IT system, can you ask him how the procurement could have been improved (as he was the junior minister for procurement when the tender was released)?

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This is so good. Please someone write an updated version set in Ireland, or in the US even. I'd love to read it.

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Kid made himself a watermelon and bacon sandwich for dinner just now and I tried one too and it was honestly delicious.

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Public libraries are amazing! Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library? Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?

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This is alarming.

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Just started reading 'How to Hide An Empire: A History of the Greater United States' & already feel like I'm learning something new on every page.

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WSJ sub: “Indian Partition went smoothly enough, right? Will try to remember to check this before publishing.”

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Sri Lanka scrambled to restore its national grid after a monkey triggered a blackout that disrupted supply to the island's 22 million people reut.rs/3QiDbqM

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The @dublininquirer.com cycle nationwide collision tracker clocks up the numbers & locations. Impacts from vehicles or near misses act as a barrier to cycling. collisiontracker.ie

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Dublin city does not have enough bollards, it seems: the council has a tender out to buy more. www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/pre...

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A Wirecutter-type website, for Ireland? What do you think?

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The winner of our January photo of the month contest is this image by Alan Wolfe of a couple walking hand in hand on a foggy evening in Clontarf. dublininquirer.com/2...

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Council Briefs: Airport noise monitoring, “forever chemicals”, and ethical procurement. These were some of the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at their monthly meeting on Monday. dublininquirer.com/2...

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