Event Guide 69: Capoeira Festival, Oktoberfest, Simon Fun Run, Health Service Protest March, Moving Worlds, Sh-Opera

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 69
| 10 Oct 2008 ……………Subscribers: 2381
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Hi all!

How are you??? I ask this question on purpose as I imagine that in these times of negative news and doomsday scenario some of you might feel a little worse than normally. If you have concerns about your job stability or about your ability to repay the mortgage, I understand these concerns fully. For the rest, my advise is not to listen to ALL the bad news that the media spreads on a daily basis. No doubt, the situation is serious in some sectors, BUT in many other business sectors it is a normal and natural correction and many of you will luckily not be directly affected.

Either way, the doom and gloom will stay with us for another good while, so we need something to make us smile again, I think. How about some free events? Are you interested? How about leaving the wallet at home and ignoring the bad news while you are – guided by this Event Guide – enjoying an evening of free fun/music/exhibition etc? I hope this will put a smile back on your face – at least for a while. :-) And if you want to bring some other people on your trip to happiness ;-) tell them about this Dublin Event Guide and that they can subscribe by sending a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com.

More good news: Some of you I will meet soon!! Did you sign-up for the free Christopher Howard training course “Breakthrough to Success” that I had mentioned a number of times during the year? If you missed it, it unfortunately is to late for this course. But if you have signed up (more than 150 people from the Dublin Event Guide Community!!!) I hope that you will be able to come on the 17-19 Oct! Remember that the course starts on Friday at 09:00, so you probably need to take a day holiday on that day! Oh, and if you have signed up and are planning to come, please drop me a mail at dublineventguide@gmail.com with the subject “BTS”, so that I can tell you a bit more about the course AND so that we can arrange to meet up. If you are not sure if you should come and have signed up or if you have any questions, please send me a mail as well and I will try to answer your questions.

And another plan…we had two previous Dublin Event Guide Community Meetings before and it was great fun to meet others from the group. I think it is about time to organise another meeting but since the numbers have grown significantly, it would be good to get an idea of how many we might be. The previous meetings were just an informal get-together in a pub on an evening during the week. We met in the Porterhouse in Temple Bar previously, where there is free live music every evening, but if the interest is big, we might have to move to another pub. If you are interested in coming to such a meeting (it is free to come, but you have to buy your own drinks ;-) ) send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject “Meet-up” and let me know what day of the week would suit you best. No matter what day we will choose, some might not be able to make it, but at least I will do my best to consider the preferences of the majority.

Regarding the sending of the Event Guide, I wonder if you experienced any improvement or worsening of the situation? For me the use of icontact to send the newsletter was unfortunately not a miracle cure! There are still Spam issues, the Event Guide is still diverted into the Spam/Junk Folder with Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo (at least for some) and I have experienced bounced mails where a rejection should NOT have happened. Hopefully I can improve the situation further, but in the meantime I need you to add the address dublineventguide@gmail.com to your address book if you are a Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo or Eircom user, this will improve the success rate for deliveries. In addition please check your Spam/Junk Folder regularly, especially if one week you didn’t get the Event Guide. And if you talk to others that are subscribers as well, ask them if they get the Event Guide every week, because all these explanations here, are unfortunately not reaching the people who are experiencing the
Spam/Junk problems but don’t know about it.

Oh, and PLEASE if you don’t want to receive this weekly e-mail anymore, just click on the unsubscribe link at the VERY bottom of this mail. Don’t classify the mail in your mail system as Spam since that will spoil it for many others as well! If you do decide to unsubscribe and you want to tell me why, I would very much appreciate a mail…it will help me to improve the Event Guide.

Please note: This Event Guide is sponsored by Esme E., Cliodhna D., Brian L., Padraig S., Kathie S., Orla niF, Jef B. and www.stickyfingerstravel.com. The main sponsor is www.kravmagaireland.com, the self-defense training centre for everyone, which provides self-defence training for beginners every few weeks. I am grateful for every bit of support! – If you think this Event Guide is useful to you and saves you money, please consider a donation too. If everyone donated the small amount of the price of one or two pints of beer not per week or per months but just PER YEAR, I would be able to improve this weekly publication even further. If you want to help, please send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with “Donation” in the subject and I will reply to you with a link to the PayPal website where you can donate via PayPal or Credit Card. Alternatively you can contact me to arrange another route for your donation. This Event Guide is a hobby project and NOT a commercial enterprise, so
I do rely on donations.
In the context of support I have to mention as well Niamh Nestor who is helping hugely by sending me lots of event notices that she picks up everywhere! Thanks!

All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges or at least appear to be free unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no guarantee for correctness can be given.
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CONDEMNED: LETTERS FROM DEATH ROW – BOOK COMPETITION
Liberties Press has made another book available and the competition is still running for another few days. If you haven’t entered yet, you have another chance.
“Condemned: Letters From Death Row” by Sean O’Riain and Ray, is a unique collection of letters between two pen-friends. Sean is a retired school teacher from Cork and Ray, a prisoner on death row in the USA. The book, as Seán explains in the prologue, unashamedly denounces the death penalty as “biased, racist, cruel and repulsive” and provides a good few facts and opinions about the death penalty. Ray’s letters are extremely affecting in their simplicity, describing his daily life on death row, and his dreams, hopes and regrets. Throughout the book, Seán has written explanatory notes, and added case studies, which allow the ordinary reader a better understanding of this form of retribution. Ray has been convicted of killing a man, a crime he committed as a young man and that he freely admits and regrets. For Ray his sentence is death and what he seeks is not a pardon – or pity or freedom. Simply he hopes that his sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment without parole. For
most of us to hope for something so bleak seems unimaginable – but for Ray this is the focus of his appeals. Seán Ó Riain has been writing to Ray for several years and, while Seán’s careful letters are featured, it is the simple and heartfelt descriptions of life on death row by Ray that form the bulk of the book’s content.
I said last week already that I started reading this book and found it difficult to put it down and I read some more in it this week! It is really good!
Liberties Press (Thanks Sinead!) have made two copies of “Condemned” available to readers of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) and if you want to win a copy of the book please send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject “Condemned” and your name, phone number and postal address in the body of the mail. Your e-mail has to be with me by 13:00 on Tues 14 Oct.
www.libertiespress.com/index.php?option=com_cartage&main_page=products_all&disp_order=6

DREAMERS OF PEARL – TICKET COMPETITION – Hurry!!!
Last week’s ticket competition for the Dreamers of Pearl concert (the music of Michael Byron & Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, played by the celebrated New York pianist Joseph Kubera) was won by Amy Walsh and Margaret Gallery. Congratulations, I hope you enjoyed the concert. And thanks again to Benedict who made the tickets available!

All events in this Competition Section are non-free events, but the organisers are making free tickets available for you to win. I usually get lots of competition entries and unfortunately not everybody can win, so even if you are not the winner, please consider going to an event to support the organisers. :-) If you don’t win, and will go to the event, please help showing the organisers that promoting their event in the Dublin Event Guide is beneficial and mention to them that you heard about the event through “Joerg’s Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”. Thanks!

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COSY PUBS
During the week Simon C. sent me a mail asking if I knew any pubs that had an open fire to make the winter nights a bit cosier. I seem to remember that The Schoolhouse in Northumberland Road once had an open fire, but am not sure if it is still lit. So I suggested to Simon that I will put the question to all of you. Can anybody help Simon? If you know of any pubs that have an open fire and preferably a good atmosphere, then please send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the Subject “Fire”. Thanks for your help!

PUBS CLOSING!?
No, I am not talking about the pub closing time which was the main doom&gloom topic in the Irish media before the banks considered going nearly “belly up” (i.e. bankrupt – the expression “belly-up” comes from the floating position of a dead fish). What I AM talking about is the thread/forecast by the Vintners Organisation (an organisation of pub owners) for the future if the pubs are not better protected. I was this evening in a pub because Anna V. had her farewell party (Anna, you will be missed!) and with the current prices for alcoholic AND non-alcoholic drinks, I am not surprised that even Ron Blacks was more than half empty on a Thursday evening! You might have heard the “Viper Room” on Aston Quay closed its doors for good about two weeks ago!? It wasn’t the last one and in my opinion these pub and club closures will not have anything to do with taxes, credit crunch, closing times or smoking ban, but purely with the cost of going out.

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The event information I provide to you every week I get from a number of websites, some artists/curators/galleries or exhibition organisers and from some mailing lists. Helpful web sites – in case you want to make use of them yourself – are www.blackletter.ie, www.recirca.com and www.visualartists.ie.

NO MAN’S LAND – ORIGINAL PRINT GALLERY
>From 08-19 Oct an exhibition by Piia Rossi is on show in the Original Print Gallery in Temple bar. ‘No Man’s Land’ describes an area not assigned to any owner, an area that clearly does not belong to any subject. The exhibition is a unique participatory art installation/ intervention by Finnish artist Piia Rossi and a heterogeneous selection of invited collaborators. Rossi, will start the project by drawing a single longitudinal line around the gallery walls. Her collaborators will – over the week – evolve the work by drawing, printing, stamping their answer onto the blank canvas of gallery’s walls.
Also on show in the upper gallery will be a selection of Rossi’s new multilayered prints. (Gallery Details: Original Print Gallery, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, www.originalprint.ie, Open: Mon-Fri: 10:30-17:30, Sat: 11.00-17:00, Sun: 14:00-18:00)

FERGUS FEEHILY – GREEN ON RED
Painter Fergus Feehily is showing “Strange Mountain (Makeshift)” from 10 Oct – 15 Nov. (Gallery Details: Green On Red Gallery, 26-28 Lombard St. East, Dublin 2, www.greenonredgallery.com, Open: Mon- Fri 10:00 – 18:00, Sat 11.00 – 17.00)

KELVIN MANN – GRAPHIC STUDIO GALLERY
“Flock” is the title of the new works exhibition by Kelvin Mann from 02-25 Oct. This suite of fine art prints demonstrates a wide variety of print techniques and mediums. Furthermore Kelvin uses repetitive imagery to mirror the reproductive nature of printmaking. (Gallery Details: Graphic Studio Gallery, Through the Arch, Cope Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, www.graphicstudiodublin.com, Open: Mon-Fri: 10:00-17:30, Sat: 11:00-17:30)

RACHAEL GILBOURNE – MONSTER TRUCK GALLERY
>From 10-14 Oct from 13:00-19:00 “Digitalis” by Rachael Gilbourne is on show in the Monster Truck Gallery (Gallery Details: Monster Truck Gallery, 73 Francis Street, Dublin 7, www.monstertruck.ie, Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun: 13:00-19:00, Wed closed, Thurs: Opening night 18:00-20:00)

NIAMH O’MALLEY- PROCESS ROOM AT IMMA
Since 30 Sept and until 12 Oct, “Big Wheel” is a new exhibition by Niamh O’Malley. A real-time video projection is aligned with a large painting consisting of oil on primed aluminium and a temporary funfair outside Dublin is the chosen subject for O’Malley’s new work. (Museum Detail: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, www.imma.ie, Tues-Sat: 10:00-17:30, Sun+Bank Holidays: 12:00-17:30. from 05 June-18 Sept: Thurs: 10:00-20:00)

DAVE COMISKEY – TALBOT GALLERY
>From 09-24 Oct the Talbot Gallery is showing an exhibition of new paintings by Dave Comiskey. (Gallery Details: Talbot Gallery, 51 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, www.talbotgallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri 10:30-17:00, Sat 10:30-14:00)

PATSY DAN RODGERS – ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
An art exhibition of 45 works by Patsy Dan Rodgers is opening on 09 Oct in the Royal College of Surgeons, Stephen’s Green (Concourse area) and will be on show until 18 Oct. The works will be available for sale also. For more information communications@rcsi.ie and patsydanrodgers.littleireland.ie/Artist.htm

‘3 DIMENSIONS’ – LUCAN LIBRARY
The three artists Ann Gilleece, Bébhinn NicLiam and Angela Shivnen are exhibiting their works from 06 – 30 Oct in the Lucan Library. “The ‘3 dimensions’ exhibition is the result of three women artists coming together in creative focus. www.southdublinlibraries.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=63

FIONN MCCANN – ST. MICHAEL AND JOHN’S CHURCH
’28’, Dublin photographer Fionn McCann’s show to raise funds for Peruvian orphanage will be exhibited in St. Michael and John’s Church, 15-19 Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 from 10-12 Oct. ’28’ comprises 28 extraordinary images from a journey through South America. www.fionnmccann.com

JIMMY BURNS – MILL THEATRE GALLERY, DUNDRUM
The Guilty Pleasures of Creativity present “Georgian Encounters Dublin” in paintings, drawings and sculpture by Jimmy Burns. The exhibition will be opened by Olivia Mitchell, Opposition spokesperson on Arts, Sport and Tourism, on Sat 11 October 2008 at 17:30. Music on the night will be performed by Roisin Dexter and Ciaran Judge. For more information contact jimmyburns@eircom.net

DONNA MCGEE – RATHFARNHAM CASTLE
Donna McGee invites you to view an exhibition of paintings in Rathfarnham Castle from 13-19 Oct from 10:00-16:00 daily. www.donnamcgee.ie

HILARY ORPEN – SIGNAL ARTS CENTRE
Hilary Orpen will exhibit at Signal Arts Centre in Bray, Co. Wicklow from 14-26 Oct. “Present Past” is her exhibition of paintings, oil on canvas. (Gallery Details: Signal Arts Centre, 1 Albert Avenue, Bray, Co. Wicklow, www.signalartscentre.ie, Open: Tue – Fri: 10:00-13:00 & 14:00-17:00, Sat – Sun: 12:00-17:00)

GROUP SHOW – BACK LOFT
‘Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?’ is the name of a multi-disciplinary exhibition which questions if art, craft and design can be showcased together and be successful. The exhibition opens on Tues 14 Oct between 18:00-20:00 and runs until 18 Oct daily from 12:00-20:00. (Gallery Details: Back Loft, 7/11 Augustine Street, Dublin 8, www.lacatedralstudios.org)

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RMS LEINSTER COMMEMORATION
For the RMS Leinster 90th Anniversary Commemoration on Fri 10 Oct, the Garda Band will lead events in Dún Laoghaire marking the 90th anniversary of the worst ever disaster on the Irish Sea. Just one month before the end of the First World War over 500 people perished when the mail boat ‘RMS Leinster’ was sunk by a German U Boat shortly after it departed Dún Laoghaire Harbour.
This year’s events will commence at 12:00 on Friday 10th October – the actual date of the disaster – with a gathering in the local St. Michael’s Church.
Those attending will then be led by the Garda Band as they make their way to the anchor of the RMS Leinster, which to-day lies on the Dún Laoghaire sea-front.

GARY PALLISTER – BOOK SIGNING
Gary Pallister is signing copies of “Pally” in Eason’s in O’Connell St, Dublin on Fri 10 Oct from 12:30. www.eason.ie/events

TOWER RECORDS – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
“DC Tempest” will perform in Tower Records in Wicklow Street at 17:00 on Fri 10 Oct. www.myspace.com/tower_records

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ FORUM – THEATRE FESTIVAL
The Irish Theatre Magazine hosts its annual International Critics’ Forum, at which leading theatre critics from home and abroad get to grips with the highlights of the Festival programme. The panel will be chaired by playwright, poet and broadcaster, Vincent Woods, presenter of RTÉ Radio 1’s The Arts Show. Audience participation welcome. The event will take place on Fri 10 Oct in the Project Art Centre from 16:00-18:00 and admission is free.

CAPOEIRA IRELAND FESTIVAL
The 7th Capoeira Ireland Festival is taking place from 10-12 Oct. If you have never seen Capoeira you should have a look. It is a very interesting and exciting combination of dance, disguised martial art and acrobatics.
There are a number of events taking place over the weekend and some are definitely free, but not all are tagged with “free” or an admission price. So if you want to be certain check with them before you go. You can find their phone numbers on www.myspace.com/mundocapoeiraireland. I assume that WATHCHING is mostly free, while participating might cost some money.
The programme that I got says this:
10 Oct 2008 19:00-22:00
Byrne Hall (Synge Street, Dublin 8) – Festival Opening & Roda
11 Oct 2008 11:00 – 17:00
Capoeira & Samba Percussion Workshop @ St. Catherine’s Sport Center (Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8)
12 Oct 2008 12:00-16:00
Batizado & Troca de Corda (Free Admission)
12 Oct 2008 21:00
100% Festa Brazil with Live Samba, Capoeira Demonstration and DJ Sets in BackRoom @ The Cobblestone (North King Street, Smithfield) EUR 10
www.capoeiraireland.com

BRIDGING TWO CULTURES – ISTITUTO ITALIANO
At 18:00 on Fri 10 Oct the exhibition “On the Brink of two Cultures” will be opened in the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, D2. Seven artists, three Italian and four Irish, invite you to see their recent works. The provocation consists in inviting the visitors to discover by themselves the links and the cultural differences which characterize these artists and their works.
Featured artists are Jean Doyle, Paola Catizione, Paolo Pallaram Fabio Dall’Olio, Maddalena Barletta, Marian Reilly, Irene Barry, Adrienne M. Finnerty. The exhibition will continue until Thursday 16th October. Opening hours are Mon-Fri 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-17:00.
www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=212&citta=Dublino

PALESTINE – PUBLIC MEETING
“The Destruction of the Palestinian People and the Future for Palestine” is the title of a public meeting in Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, Dublin 1 on Mon 10 Oct at 19:00.
Speakers are Hedy Epstein (Holocaust Survivor and Gaza Boat Siege Breaker), Mohammad Alatar (Director of ‘The Iron Wall’ and ‘Jerusalem East Side Story’), Jack O’Connor (SIPTU President & ICTU Exec Member), Marie Crawley (Chair IPSC)
This event is co-hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and ICTU Trade Union Friends of Palestine. www.ipsc.ie

WORLDVIEW FILM CLUB
The Worldview Film Club (worldview.project.googlepages.com), which is inspired by the Bahai faith (info.bahai.org/), is inviting to a screening of the film “Shine” (1996) on Fri 10 Oct at 19:00. The topic of the discussion after the film is “Passion”. The screening will take place at 24 Burlington Rd, Dublin 4, Tel: 085 8188 482.

OKTOBERFEST IN DUBLIN
All week this week famous Munich Oktoberfest’s cousin is in Dublin. From 09-19 Oct George’s Dock in the IFSC is the home of the Paulaner Oktoberfest in Dublin. Once you get your head around the slightly confusing advertisement that talks about tickets and a price of EUR 52, you realise that the tickets and the high price (for not much!) is for the corporate event only and that the normal day programme and evening programme is free for non-corporate visitors. – But be prepared for high food and drink prices! (Especially if you are German or know the German Volksfest Preise, just double that amount and add another bit and you should come close!) But, hey, what can you do if you live in Ireland and are rich – by definition. :-S
The festival programme is described as
*Monday to Friday:
–Daytime 11:30-18:00
Browse the many authentic Bavarian food stalls and enjoy a free lunchtime concert of Bavarian Brass & Dance Music with Die Alpen-Show.
–Evening 18:00-23:00 (Thurs+Fri)
Enjoy traditional Oktoberfest activities, food and beverages including German Bretzels, Pastries, Black Forest sausages, Sauerkraut, Nockerln, Crepes, Love Apples and Ginger Bread Hearts. Meet our Oktoberfest German waitresses dressed in the traditional ‘Dirndl’.
*Saturday & Sunday:
–Daytime 11:30-19:00
Browse the many authentic Bavarian food stalls and enjoy a free lunchtime concert of Bavarian Brass & Dance Music with Die Alpen-Show. Family Entertainment activities with our host Sepp, include face painting & creating balloon animals.
–Evening 19:00-00:00 (Sat) and 19:00-20:00. (Sun)
Enjoy traditional Oktoberfest activities including; entertainment from the Bavarian Brass & Dance band Die Alpen-Show. Sample the many authentic German foods ranging from; German Bretzels, Pastries, Black Forest sausages, Sauerkraut, Nockerln, Crepes, Love Apples and Ginger Bread Hearts. And meet our Oktoberfest German waitresses dressed in the traditional ‘Dirndl’.
www.oktoberfest-dublin.com/
I am thinking about going there today (Friday) at 20:00. Is anybody interested to meet up there? Renata and Paola, you both indicated interest? Let me know by e-mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with “Oktoberfest” as the subject if you are interested in meeting at the George’s Dock Arch (the little “Arc de Triomphe” next to the chq building) at 20:00.

REGULAR EVENTS – FRIDAY
* Sahaja Yoga Meditation program is available for free every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street (bell 3, next to the IFI), Temple Bar. For more information contact Seamus on SHarten@upc.ie www.templebar.ie/home_ns_9_action_view_nid_229.html

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SIMON FUN RUN
On Sat 11 Oct at 10:30 the Simon Fun Run, an 8 km run to raise funds for the Simon Community, will take place in Phoenix Park. You can still register online or on the day in Phoenix Parl. Taking part is not free, but watching the event is. Large parts of Phoenix Park will be closed for traffic between 09:30 and 11:00. www.funrun.ie/

TALLAGHT BIG DRAW OPEN DAY
The Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) invites the public to create a collective work of art for THE BIG DRAW 2008 (6-11 October) by drawing, painting and marking in the paper-wrapped interior of its temporary arts centre at Village Square, Tallaght. TCA is ‘wrapping up” its temporary home at Village Square, Tallaght in preparation for the organisation’s move to RED, the new South Dublin Arts Centre at the end of 2008.
On Saturday 11 Oct from 11:00-17:00 The Big Draw Open Day will take place where the TCA gallery space, office and even a car will be wrapped up for adults and children to let their imagination loose on, drawing with paints, markers, colouring pencils, mosaics and more. See www.tallaght-arts.ie or call 01-4621501 for more information.

CECILIA AHERN – BOOK SIGNING
Cecelia Ahern is signing copies of her new book “Gift” on Sat 11 Oct from 11:30 in Eason’s in O’Connell St, Dublin. www.eason.ie/events

VANESSA GREENWOOD – BOOK SIGNING + COOKERY DEMO
Vanessa Greenwood of Cooks Academy Cookery School will give a free Cookery Demonstration at Hughes & Hughes Bookshop on Marine Road in Dun Laoghaire at 13:00 on Sat 11 Oct. 2008.
Vanessa will be demonstrating some of her favourite recipes from her new book Cooks Academy Cookbook: Recipes from the cookery school and attendees will be given the opportunity to win a place on one of the school’s renowned courses on the day. www.hughesbooks.com
www.gillmacmillan.ie/Ecom/Library3.nsf/CatalogByCategory/6D3AE49150214C3A8025745F005016F3?OpenDocument
Thanks to Emily from Gill & MacMillian for this information!

NATIONAL PROTEST MARCH FOR A BETTER HEALTH SERVICE
On Sat 11 Oct at 14:00 a protest march against the current Health Service will start at Parnell Square. It is expected that attendance at this protest march will be huge, if you are in town on Saturday, you will definitely see/feel/experience it and maybe you want to join in and support the cause. www.indymedia.ie/article/88303

GARY PALLISTER – BOOK SIGNING
Football legend Gary Pallister will be signing copies of his autobiography “Pally” on Sat 11 Oct at 15:00 in Hughes & Hughes in the St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre.
www.hughesbooks.com

LAB IN THE GALLERY: PAY ATTENTION! – SCIENCE GALLERY
The great Science Gallery – I am totally thrilled with the exhibitions and programmes offered and can’t praise it enough – is running a new programme from 04-31 Oct. (Tues-Fri 12:00 – 20:00 and Sat-Sun 12:00 – 18:00). The title is “Lab in the Gallery: PAY ATTENTION!” and it is a giant brain lab that awaits you.
“Do you sometimes walk into a room and can’t remember why? If so, that’s because you haven’t paid enough attention to the plan you made that brought you there. Our ability to pay attention is probably the most important part of being human – second only to language.
In the Lab in the Gallery, we would like you to take part in the most exciting challenge facing modern science – the nature of human consciousness. Attention is the royal road to consciousness, and when it malfunctions, it can cause real problems, including death in accidents, mental illness and billions of euro of lost productivity in the economy.
The studies we will be running in the Lab are real scientific studies where we need you to contribute by letting us look into your brain as you pay attention. By helping us, you will be helping science and the application of science to medicine, safety and industry. Thank you!
Lab in the Gallery:PAY ATTENTION! brings a working research laboratory to a public, gallery space for the first time. Become part of the research by registering to become the subject of research in any of the experiments outlined below. Please email your preferred experiment, your availability and contact details to lab@sciencegallery.com As numbers are limited please make sure that you let us know if you can’t make it as there will be a lot of interest in these experiments.” The Science Gallery Website www.sciencegallery.com/lab_gallery lists all the experiments. I was at the Science Gallery last weekend and it turns out that the really interesting experiments are for REAL research and are not really for spectators only. So watching is possible, but you will not see/understand too much. So in this case the Science Gallery is not providing an exhibition but a programme for participation. Still….VERY interesting! :-)
By the way, if you haven’t done so yet, you should register as a member (for free!). You will get lots of invitations to other events and most of them are completely free!

FAMILY EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
The National Museum’s brand new website is already broken. It looks nice, but never worked satisfactory and now the events for October are missing. Hmmm, someone better gets a grip of this! I hope to be back next week with more information again.
www.museum.ie – Still no improvement on the website. :-(

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
On Saturday 11 Oct from 15:00-16:00 a National Gallery Family Programme event will take place. The Family Programme provides an opportunity for adults and children to enjoy the excitement of learning about the arts through a wide range of free Gallery-based activities including exploring storytelling, music, art, poetry and drama. The topic of this week’s event is “I had a little nut-tree…” with Valerie Moffat. The programme takes place in the Baroque Gallery and is suitable for children from 4-10 years. www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html#3

TEMPLE BAR MARKETS
And as always: Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets (Temple Bar Food Market on Meeting House Square and the Temple Bar Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

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SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
The Sunday at Noon Concerts are back in the Hugh Lane Gallery. Every Sunday at 12:00 a free concert will take place in the gallery. No booking is required. This week a string sextet will play music from Brahms “String Sextet In B Flat Major”. www.hughlane.ie

CECILIA AHERN – BOOK SIGNING
Cecelia Ahern is signing copies of her new book “Gift” on Sun 12 Oct from 13:00 in Eason’s in Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin. www.eason.ie/events

FAMILY EVENT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
“Sunday Sketching” is a workshop for 7+ year olds. It will take place on Sun 12 Oct from 15:00-16:00. Frank O’Meara inspired autumnal scenes will be the theme for the day. No booking necessary. Early arrival is recommended.
www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=127

GLOBAL FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE FESTIVAL
The Global Forest and Climate Change Festival is running from 09 Oct – 20 Oct and will have its official launch on Sun 12 Oct at 14:30 in the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Organised by Forest Friends Ireland/Ghana, the “festival” is described as “An intercultural Festival of Forest Friends Ireland in association with Forest Friends Ghana with a packed week long programme beginning with a Childrens Trees and Forest drama workshop, a series of talks on “Trees, Gardens and Woodlands – Biodiversity and Community” presented by ecological experts, cultural evenings with music and story telling, and Rainforest Awareness workshops.”
The “packed” programme for the “festival” is here www.cairdenacoille.com/newsletter/Festival_October_08.pdf
www.forestfriends.ie

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
There are a number of regular live events every week and over the coming weeks I will try to gather more of them and include them as a regular feature:
*Live Jazz from 13:00-15:00 in Powerscourt Centre in South William Street. I got reports that this event was not taking place last weekend and will try to find out more detail!
*The Mary Stokes Band (Blues) from 18:30 in Bruxelles near Grafton Street and near the Westbury Hotel. I listened to them last Sunday and they are brilliant!
*Sunday Jazz in The Globe in George’s Street every Sunday from 17:30-19:30.
*Jazz in The George in George’s Street from 16:30-18:00: Jazz Band Zrazy.
*Sunday Roast is the event in Thomas Reads “The Oak” in Dame Street/Parliament Street every Sunday from 19:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes.
* Gardiner Street Gospel Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. Everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness. www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com

WEEKEND EVENTS
If you are just looking for Sunday events, please check the event list for Saturday as well. A good few events are taking place on Saturday AND Sunday, but it wouldn’t make sense to list them twice.

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FACES OF EUROPE’S CAPITALS – EXHIBITION
“The Many Faces of Europe’s Capitals” is a photographic exhibition in the Atrium of the Civic Offices that shows images of what is unique and special about each of the capital cities within the member states of the European Union. This exhibition is organised by Dublin on behalf of the Union of the Capitals of the European Union (UCEU). Visit the Exhibition in Dublin City’s Civic Offices in the Atrium on Wood Quay, Dublin 8 between the 13 – 25 October 2008. The Exhibition will be formally launched at 13:30 on 13 Oct in Civic Offices on Wood Quay to mark the visit of the Mayors and delegates to Dublin for the meeting of Europe’ capital cities.
More information from internationalaffairs@dublincity.ie or 01 222 5084

CECELIA AHERN – BOOK SIGNING
Cecelia Ahern will be signing copies of her new book “The Gift” on Mon 13 Oct at 12:30 in Hughes & Hughes in the Pavillion Shopping Centre in Swords. On the same day at 17:30 she will sign her books in Hughes & Hughes in Dun Laoghaire.
www.hughesbooks.com

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* From 21:30 in the International Bar in Wicklow Street: An acoustic singer-songwriter session hosted by Jacqueline Tuck. Entry is free. The music styles vary from pop to folk to traditional. www.myspace.com/jacquelinetuck

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ZBIGNIEW HERBERT COMMEMORATION
Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) born in Lviv (W. Ukraine; formerly Lwow, Poland) – is one of the most significant Polish poets of the post WW 2 generation. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death, the year 2008 has been officially designated in Poland ‘The Year of Herbert’.
The Polish Embassy and the Ireland-Poland Cultural Foundation will have a special event/seminar in Trinity College (the Swift Theatre) on Tues 14 Oct at 18:30 entitled ‘The Poetic Worlds of Herbert and Heaney’ – Polish poet, translator and literary critic, Jerzy Jarniewicz will be in conversation with Irish poet, Dennis O’Driscoll. The event will be bilingual and everybody is welcome to attend.

REGULAR TUESDAY EVENTS
* In the Bankers Inn on Trinity Street (off Dame Street) at 21:30: An acoustic singer-songwriter session hosted by Dave Murphy. A contribution is requested but not required. This is a listening club so is very quiet and features a lot of experienced songwriters trying out new material. www.myspace.com/davemurphyandfriends

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TOWER RECORDS – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
“Roses Kings Castle” with the drummer from Babyshambles will perform in Tower Records in Wicklow Street at 17:00 on Wed 15 Oct. www.myspace.com/tower_records

UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY – NATIONAL MUSEUM
Ireland, as an island nation, has a wealth of archaeological material relating to its rich miscellany of maritime history, tracing back many hundreds of years. In a series of public lectures to be held in the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St during October and November, visiting specialists and staff of the National Museum will explore a variety of topics relating to the Irish experience of underwater archaeology.
Admission is Free and Lectures take place at 13:00 and 18:30 in the Ceramics Room of the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
The next event is on 15 Oct 2008:
“La Trinidad Valencera – 1588 Spanish Armada wreck: Recent work at the site by the Underwater Archaeology Unit” by Connie Kelleher, Underwater Archaeology Unit, Dept. Environment, Heritage & Local Government.

POETRY LUNCHTIME READING
Organised by Seventowers a “Chapters And Verse Lunchtime Reading” will take place in Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, Dublin 1 on 15 Oct at 13:15 – 13:55. The contributors are Oran Ryan and Doog Wood and you can find more information on www.seventowers.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=212

FILM SCREENING – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
The Spanish Cultural Institute in Dublin invites regularly to interesting talks and film screenings. All talks and screenings are usually in Spanish but translation into English or subtitles (for films) will be provided.
On 15 Oct at 18:30 the film “The Butterfly’s Tongue (La lengua de las mariposas)” will be screened. This film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha51301_16_2.htm. The Instituto Cervantes is in Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 (just opposite the Dental Clinic at the back of TCD).

NEW MUSIC SALON SERIES – CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CENTRE
It’s that time of year again when composers and performers come out in strength to bring you the very best in contemporary Irish music. The Contemporary Music Centre is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its New Music Salon Series with a fresh line-up for Autumn 2008. The series begins on Wednesday 15 October 2008 at 18:00-19:00 with soprano Sylvia O’Brien accompanied on piano by Irish composer Seóirse Bodley. The are performing Seóirse Bodley’s “Earlsfort Suite”, Kevin O’Connell’s “Three Sacred Songs” and Ian Wilson’s “Hungry Ghosts”.
It continues on 05 November 2008 with pianist Mary Dullea and concludes with Ensemble ICC on 26 November 2008. Once again the series is being held in the Goethe Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
The series is designed to introduce the newcomer to contemporary music as well as capture the interest of those already familiar with it. Each performance takes place in an informal atmosphere in which the composers and performers invite questions and feedback from the audience.
All events in the Salon Series are free. However, as space is limited booking is advised. To book please telephone 01 673 1922 or email info@cmc.ie. For further information on all events please contact Aoife FitzPatrick, Promotion Officer, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, phone 01-673 1922 or email afitzpatrick@cmc.ie. www.cmc.ie

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS
* “The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week. www.thezodiacsessions.com/
* “The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 on Wednesdays as well. www.myspace.com/thesongroom

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MOVING WORLDS: CINEMAS OF MIGRATION
Part II of Moving Worlds: Cinemas of Migration runs from 16 October – 20 November, 2008. In this second series, the programme includes a rich range of dramatic and documentary stories about migration: from the lived realities of family reunification, to cultural expressions produced within immigrant youth cultures, or the complex power relations associated with human trafficking, in addition to the comparative histories of labour migration across Europe, and more.
Moving Worlds is an initiative of the Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS, School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology) in association with the Goethe-Institut, Instituto Cervantes, L’Alliance Francais and the Austrian Embassy.
Admission is free and open to all: To reserve a place for the screenings please contact series co-ordinator Dr Rashmi Sawhney, Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier Street, Dublin 2. Email: rashmi.sawhney@dit.ie, tel: 01-4023108
The first film in this series is “On N’est Pas Des Marques De Vélo (We Are Not Cheap Brands)” by Jean-Pierre Thorn. Set in France in the 1990s, the film offers a critical portrait of immigrant youth cultures and their negotiation of life in the ’banlieues’, set against their collective and creative self-expression through the medium of hip hop.
The screening is taking place at 18:00 in the Goethe-Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. After the film a discussion with Director Jean-Pierre Thorn and Bisi Adigun, Arambe Productions will take place. www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/en3760176v.htm

OPERA PERFORMANCE – POWERSCOURT CENTRE
Lord Powerscourt moved into his beautiful Townhouse on South William Street in 1774 at a time when Dublin was THE place to be. As a Member of Parliament his Townhouse provided musical soirees in what is now the Town Bride Shop, dinners in the dining room, now Spy and balls in the ballroom which is the Solomon Gallery for Dublin’s elite. The party continues in today’s Powerscourt Townhouse, with monthly musical themes Powerscourt Open the Centre invites to some great music performances. This October Powerscourt Open and Opera Ireland present ‘SH-OPERA’ every Thurs from 18:00-18:30. The dates are 16+23+30 Oct and the performers are:
09-16 Oct: Sandra Oman & John Molloy with Mairead Hurley
23-30 Oct: Claudia Boyle & Brendan Collins with Mairead Hurley
www.powerscourtopen.com

HAS DUBLIN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? – OPEN HOUSE 2008 DEBATE:
The economic boom of the past fifteen years has undoubtedly manifested itself in an architectural renaissance and the city has seen immense growth and development. But has Dublin really changed for the better?
A panel of speakers with a passion for our built environment will lead this public debate from an economic, political and social perspective.
Chaired by: Broadcaster and Historian, John Bowman. Speakers include: Senator Ivana Bacik, Jay Bourke, Entrepreneur, Ciarán Cuffe, TD, Ali Grehan, Dublin City Architect, Grainne Hassett, Architect, Jesse Jones, Artist, Don Murphy, VMX Architects. Come along and contribute. The Open Debate is your opportunity to have your say. The event is taking place as part of OPEN HOUSE in Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin 1 on 16 Oct at 18:30. Admission is free and no booking is necessary. However, seats will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis, so better arrive early. Open House Dublin: 16-19 October 2008, www.architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse

VENDANGES POETIQUES – POETRY READINGS
The 4th edition of the Vendanges Poétiques will take place on Thursday 16 October with an evening of poetry readings by four Irish and French poets: Gerald Dawe, Mary O’Donnell, Amina Saïd and Dominique Sorrente.
The event is jointly organized by Poetry Ireland and the Embassy of France in Ireland in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Ireland, the European Parliament Information Office in Ireland and the Alliance Française Dublin.
French texts that will be read on the night have been translated in English by Roger Little and will be available for free to the public. Collections of the poets’ works will be on sale and refreshments will be served after the readings.
Admission is free and the event takes place in the European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. More info: 01 708 8305 or scac@ambafrance.ie

CONNECTOR.IE – MEETING
Connor Lynch who runs the blog connector.ie and writes about people and communities in Ireland who connect online and offline organises a monthly meeting friends, contacts & connections to meet up and share a pint or two. The nest connector meeting is on Thurs 16 Oct in 4 Dame Lane from 19:00. All are welcome and the event is free. I plan to go to this meeting at least for a while (before I write the Dublin Event Guide that night again!) and if you want to join me, you can drop me a mail or just arrive to Connor’s meeting. www.connector.ie

ECUADOR FIGHTS BACK – LASC THURSDAY NIGHT TALK
The Latin America Solidarity Centre is inviting to a Thursday Night Talk on Thurs 16 Oct from 19:00-20:30 in the Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. The Topic of the evening is “Tackling the Global Debt Crisis from the South: Ecuador Fights Back”. Nessa Ní Chasaide, co-ordinator of Debt and Development Coalition Ireland has just returned from a meeting of the global debt movement in Ecuador. On Thursday 16th October she will speak on the problem of unjust debts and irresponsible lending and how the Ecuador Government is the first government of the Global South to audit its debts in order to ascertain the legitimacy, or otherwise, of its debts. The meeting will discuss the current thinking within the global debt cancellation movement on the recent Ecuador action and the new, alternative financial institutions currently being proposed by some Latin American governments.
The event coincides with the Global Week of Action on Debt and is planned to take place before the Global Day of Action Against Poverty. For more information contact: Nessa / Eimear 01 6174835 or Pepe 01 6760435. www.lasc.ie

INFORMAL URBAN SUSTAINABILITY – DISCUSSION
Belinda Tato and Edward Conroy will present some of their recent works and talk about the cities of our future and present. [ecosistema urbano] is an open system, dedicated to architectural research and design. It is characterized by a heightened sensitivity towards ecology and a commitment to sustainable cities and a sustainable planet. In contrast with passive architectural theory and opinion, [ecosistema urbano] takes an active role, starting from a critical and propositional look at reality, then using this position as a project guideline. Part of New ways of inhabiting the city series of talks, it takes place on 16 October at the Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin at 20:00. Entry is free.

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CULTURAL DIVERSITY – SYMPOSIUM
A free one-day symposium on ‘Cultural Diversity, Media and the Creative Arts’ is taking place in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle on Friday 17 October. Full programme of topics and speakers: www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/en3760176v.htm
The symposium is an initiative of the Goethe Institute and Alliance Française, supported by the French-German Elysée Cultural Fund, in collaboration with the School of Languages and the Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, Dublin Institute of Technology.
In conjunction with the launch of Part II of the FOMACS film series, Moving
Worlds: Cinemas of Migration, the symposium opens with a screening of
On N’est Pas Des Marques De Vélo (We Are Not Cheap Brands) by Jean-Pierre
Thorn on Thursday 16 October. Set in France in the 1990s, the film offers a critical portrait of immigrant youth cultures and their negotiation of life in the ‘banlieus’, set against their collective and creative self-expression through the medium of hip hop. The film director, Jean-Pierre Thorn, will be present at the screening.
The Thursday night film screening will be followed by a symposium reception at Alliance Française, Kildare Street and with the opening of a photographic exhibition ‘Faces of Ireland ’08’ ­ Photographers Ruth Medjer and Margaret Brown.
Conceived as an exploratory conversation between journalists, filmmakers, academics, creative writers, dramatists and visual artists, this symposium aims to explore the relationship between media, migration and globalization; the politics, potential and limitations of diversity programming, in addition to questioning contemporary usage and mediated representations of ‘cultural diversity’ against the backdrop of an increasingly widening gap between policy formulations and everyday cultural practices.
www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/en3760176v.htm
Registration: Barbara Ebert, Goethe-Institut Dublin, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Phone: 6611155 or email: ebert@dublin.goethe.org

MEET THE MAKERS – ABBEY TALKS
The inventive, award-winning theatre O discuss their ‘free and outrageous’ engagement with The Brothers Karamazov and Enda Walsh on Fri 17 Oct from 13:00-14:00 at he Peacock Theatre.
Admission free but booking essential on 01 87 87 222. www.abbeytheatre.ie/whatson/talks.html

GERRY RYAN – BOOK SIGNING
Gerry Ryan will be signing copies of “Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up” in Eason’s in O’Connell St, Dublin on Fri 17 Oct at 13:00. www.eason.ie/events

TOWER RECORDS – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
“Sweet Jane” will perform in Tower Records in Wicklow Street at 17:00 on Fri 17 Oct. www.myspace.com/tower_records

TOWER RECORDS – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
“Messiah J & The Expert” will perform in Tower Records in Wicklow Street at 18:00 on Fri 17 Oct. www.myspace.com/tower_records

OPEN HOUSE DUBLIN
This is a unique and hugely interesting event. For the third year Open House Dublin is taking place, this year on 16-19 Oct 2008. Over the 4 days a large amount of buildings (136!!) – most of them are normally not accessible – can be visited and guided tours are provided in most locations. All is provided for free and it is a bit like a 3-day Culture Night that focuses on buildings and architecture. Last year I was on top of Liberty Hall (there won’t be too many opportunities anymore if it will be demolished as planned), in the Department of Foreign Affairs, in the Taoiseach’s Office in Government Buildings and in Customs House. All is completely free and in most cases no booking is required but a first come first serve system and a bit of queuing works quite well. A printed booklet will be available from the Temple Bar Information Centre and probably other venues as well. In addition it is available as a PDF:
www.architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse2008/swf/OPENHOUSE_DUBLIN_2008.pdf For the events that require pre-booking you can do so between 09 Oct and 16 Oct, so you should have a look at the brochure over the weekend to plan your visits for next weekend.
www.architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse

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HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE – ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY
The Royal Irish Academy invites you to attend a conference “Human Rights in the 21st Century”, which will take place on the afternoon and evening of Mon 20 Oct 2008, in Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. The conference marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. There will be two panel discussions, one reviewing and one looking forward to the future for human rights legislation. The keynote address will be given by Harold Koh, Dean of Law at Yale, on “Human Rights and the next US Administration”.
All sessions may be attended free of charge, but early advance registration is strongly recommended as there are limited spaces available.
You can register here and registration closes on the 15 Oct 2008: shop.ria.ie/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=22&cat=event%2bregistration
The first two panel discussions are private conference sessions (at 14:30 and 16:15) at which attendance is by invitation only. The evening session (at 18:00) is a public Academy Meeting, at which Professor Harold Koh will give the keynote address and Professor Bill Schabas, MRIA will respond. Admittance to this session is by ticket only. For further information contact: humanrights2008@ria.ie or check www.ria.ie

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This is a new section for the Dublin Event Guide (for Free) and it is intended to provide space for some odd stories about events or life in Dublin. I am not sure yet, if it is a new long-term and regular “institution” or if this section will only appear occasionally or maybe only for a week or two.

If you have stories/experiences that are odd or puzzling or weird send them to me and I will include one every week of they are good.

This week I will start with a story that I experienced (indirectly) recently: A friend of mine has moved to Dublin to work here and for a little while she lived with me before she found a suitable apartment. Since starting in Ireland is somewhat challenging when you don’t have your own place (and who does in the first 1-2 weeks) I tried to help. To get a PPS number you need to prove your place of living. Since Ireland doesn’t have any registration system (odd in itself for most continentals!) the only proof of address is a household bill. Now this household bill is only being sent to the tenant/owner of a house or apartment and only after a few weeks or even months. So for a new arrival, who temporarily stays with a friend, this is a serious problem. Well, there is a way around it: With a letter from me and a Gas bill from me, my friend was able to get a PPS number. Now if the Department of Social Welfare deems such a letter and the bill of the writer of the letter as sufficient
proof of address, you would think that a bank accepts the same. Three years ago, this was the case but when a few weeks ago my friend arrived at the bank with the letter and my household bill, she was told that this was not sufficient. Instead she would need her OWN household bill to open an account OR alternatively she could bring – her PPS letter!!!! Get it? The original data on which the address on the PPS letter is based is NOT a proof of address, but the PPS letter which got its address from my letter and my household bill IS sufficient proof of address!?!?! This is not just odd, it is pure nonsense!
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That’s it for this week! Send me mail if you can help with the “Pub with fireplace” question in DUBLIN NEWS or if you want to enter the book competition (see COMPETITIONS) or if you are interested in coming to the upcoming Dublin Event Guide Community meeting (see introduction) or if you have an odd story to tell (see THIS IS ODD!!).

This weekend is not he busiest, but there ARE a few things to do, so don’t stay at home! :-) And, if you are not going to the Chris Howard training next weekend (17-19 Oct) make sure you plan your OPEN HOUSE weekend (16-19 Oct) well during the coming week! It is worth it!

Enjoy the weekend!

–Joerg

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