Event Guide 259: Dublin Fire Brigade Parade, Bavaria City Racing, Mini Marathon, Shakespeare Festival

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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 259
| 01 June 2012 Subscribers: 10889
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Hi all!

It was an epic weekend last week with five big events and one better than the next. I spent most of Saturday and Sunday at the Dublin City Soul Festival and with good music and super weather, the weekend was outstanding. If you want to see for yourself, have a look at the Dublin Event Guide Facebook Page where I posted a picture that comprises the relaxed and entirely sunny atmosphere: www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide (While you are there, make sure you LIKE the Facebook page!

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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.

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Bank Holiday weekends are usually not the busiest because too many people leave Dublin for event organisers to be interested in running their event at this time. But there are quite a number of events taking place.

On Saturday I plan to go to the Science Gallery because the current Science Gallery Lab “Happy” is coming to an end this weekend. Then later the Dublin Fire Brigade Parade sounds like it will be an interesting spectacle. On Sunday then the main event is the Bavaria City “Racing” event in the City Centre. I am a little hesitant about the event, but will give it a go and see how it goes.

Monday will be monopolised by the Women’s Mini Marathon, but since I am not female and am not taking part, I will give this event a miss. :-) Instead I will probably go to Bloom, the gardening festival in Phoenix Park (Sean Moncrief on Newstalk called it “Woodstock for middle class people” :-D).

During the week, check out Green Drinks on Tuesday and definitely the Dublin Shakespeare Festival, which starts on Wednesday.

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YOGA CLASSES – CITY CENTRE – TICKET COMPETITION
Every Monday from 20:00-21:15, Karolina Guzek, a yoga enthusiast and certified and experienced yoga teacher is running a Yoga class in the Markievicz Leisure Centre, Townsend Street, Dublin 2, which is only about a 4 minutes walk away from College Green and very near Tara Street.
Karolina would like to share her passion about Yoga with you to show you all the benefits of it and her approach to yoga is a friendly, peaceful and down to earth one, making her classes accessible to people of all ages and abilities. You don’t have to be strong and flexible, instead her classes are designed so that Yoga can be enjoyed by everyone. Her Yoga classes are EUR 10 if you just want to drop in, but if you book 6 classes you only pay EUR 50 and if you mention the “Dublin Event Guide Discount” you will only have to invest EUR 45 for 6 weeks of a complete workout for your mind, body and soul! Classes are suitable for Beginners and Improvers! To book your place directly, send a mail to yogakarolina@gmail.com or call 087-7955175.
Karolina has made a number of tickets available and the following people won a free place on her class on Monday 11 June: Clare Phalan, Ylenia Morselli, Denise Kehoe, David Wheelahan, Marta Lewandowska and Brían Ó Murchú. Congrats and you will hear from me! www.facebook.com/YogaClassesDublin

BLOOM IN THE PARK
Bord Bia’s Bloom Festival is taking place from Thurs 31 May – 04 June in Phoenix Park. Bloom is Ireland’s largest gardening, food and family event and last year 90,000 people visited the event. Tickets for the Festival cost from EUR 15 (when bought online) and EUR 20 when bought at the door. Discounted tickets are still available on www.ticketmaster.ie/bloomdiscount (use the promotional code DEG12 to get a EUR 2 discount). Children get in for free!
Bloom has something to offer for all ages. It is showcasing the finest Irish food, drink and of course horticulture. Budding gardeners will get lots of inspiration and opportunities to pick up some beautiful plants, flowers, seeds and shrubs. Or if you want to explore growing your own fruit and vegetables then you’ll get lots of tips on how to start at the show. But if gardening isn’t your thing then you’ll still have plenty to keep you busy including the extensive Food Village with plenty of artisan producers; the “Best in Season” tent features growers of seasonal fruit and vegetables; the Chef’s Summer Kitchen will host live cooking demonstrations from some of Ireland’s much best known chefs such as Neven Maguire, Catherine Fulvio, Donal Skehan and Rozanne Stevens.
With an outdoor music stage, picnic area, engaging spaces, kids playground and lots more, the Bloom Festival is a great way to spend the bank holiday weekend. Find out all details on www.bloominthepark.com
I got some tickets to run a competition two weeks ago and the only reason why I mention this event again, is because the organisers asked me to clarify that tickets at the door are not EUR 15, but EUR 20. All ticket details are here bloominthepark.com/tickets/ and the opening times are 10:00-18:00 every day until Monday. Check out the parking and Shuttle Bus details on the website, because I expect lots of traffic delays in Phoenix Park and when trying to get through the City Centre. Plan your trip well!

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EURO2012 SPECTACLE – THREE ON THE QUAY
The mobile phone company “Three” are the Official Supporter of the Irish Football Team and that requires that they organise good support. To do that Three has organised a big fan event at George’s Dock in the IFSC (next to the CHQ building) on the days when the Irish Team plays. The events take place on 10, 14 and 18 June, when the Irish Team plays against Croatia, Spain and Italy on the respective dates. In addition to the Big Screen for the match, a festival of fun for all of the family with a host of entertainment, food and drink concessions, penalty shoot-out games, DJ, street performers will be provided and the festival starts at 17:00. (The matches start at 19:45.) The platform in George’s Dock can only take a relatively small number of people, so you have to apply for a free ticket to the event at www.3football.ie/support-events/three-on-the-quay/

MCDONALDS WILL MOVE INTO TEMPLE BAR
Mobile Phone shops at every corner or the curse of Spar, Londis and Centras everywhere, really is not a positive impact on our streets of Dublin. Now another development will impact a whole area negatively. I think the move of McDonalds into Temple Bar is bad news for Temple Bar. The new fast food restaurant will move into what was recently Frankies Steakhouse and Bar at 42 Temple Bar Square. Pity! jrnl.ie/471385

STREET PERFORMANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – CHANGE OF DATES
Many of you have been to the Street Performance World Championship in previous years. It is a brilliant and free festival in Merrion Square where you will see the best Street Performance shows over four days. But if you expected the festival to take place again in June as in previous years (and as originally indicated after last years’ festival: 14-17 June), you will be surprised to see that the new 2012 date for the SPWC is the weekend of 19-22 July. I had reserved the originally planned date and the new date doesn’t suit me at all, but the Street Performance World Championship is a MUST GO festival, so I need to see how I can re-arrange things. www.spwc.ie

CROKE PARK SKYLINE – OPENING
The new Croke Park Skyline opened on Fri 01 June and will be added to Dublin’s tourist attractions. Croke Park is hoping to make a lot of money with it over time, but had very high upfront costs (more than 1 mio). The tour starts with a Health & Safety Briefing, then will continue with a 100 step climb up to a walk way on the 44m high roof level of Croke Park. The walk is only 600 metres long and has 5 stops at platform where the audio guide will give you more information about what you see from that location of the platform. After the tour along the walk way, you climb down again on the other side of Croke Park.
I wasn’t one of the lucky people who were invited to the press launch of the walkway, so I haven’t experienced it myself and can’t tell you if it is great or not. But many of the tourist attractions you will see in a very far distance are well or better described in the (“open-top”) tourist bus tours for which you pay around EUR 16. Alternatively you can see all the locations from the Gravity Bar on the Guinness Store House for an admission of EUR 12.96 (when booked online). The added thrill of the skyline tour is meant to be the height of the tour, but that thrill comes with a tall price tag. The 2 hour tour costs EUR 25. So for me the tour is too pricey, but maybe it will soon be offered on Groupon (or similar) and then the picture could be different. Alternatively book it for the first two weeks and get a 15% discount, but check the instructions in the News section on the website under “Special Introductory Opening Offers”. www.skylinecrokepark.ie

PASSPORT TO FAMILY LEARNING – DUBLIN SITES
For 1000 families there will be great news this summer. Eight sites in Dublin got together and developed the “Passport to Family Learning” and will make it available for free to 1000 families. When you visit one of the eight sites, you present your passport and this will allow your family either free entry or entry at a discounted rate. The participating sites are St Patrick’s Cathedral, Chester Beatty Library, National Print Museum, Rathfarnham Castle, St Audeon’s Church, Marsh’s Library, Castletown House and Dublin Castle. The passport can be used from 01 June until 01 September and you can get it at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, but you better hurry, because 1000 passports is not a lot. I think the idea behind this initiative is great, but 1000 passports seems to be a rather small number, so maybe there are some improvements possible. In addition there should be a further incentive to get all the stamps. This could be a draw amongst all the people that send back their fully stamped passport or something similar. www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/passport-to-family-learning.aspx

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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie. For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.

INSTRUMENTAL ART – STEPHEN’S GREEN SHOPPING CENTRE
24 May-End of June – Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre (top floor), Dublin 2
Don’t miss this opportunity to see more than 100 instruments that were turned into pieces of arts. Guitars, violins and drums are the canvasses used to create this unique Instrumental Art Exhibition. All pieces will be soled and the proceeds will go to the Musical Youth Foundation, the charity behind the Dublin City Soul Festival. I am really impressed by many of the “arti-fied” instruments and really recommend that you have a look at the exhibition. Opening Hours are Mon-Sat 11:00-19:00.Thurs 11:00-21:00. Sun 11:00-18:00 www.dublincitysoulfestival.ie/art/instrumental-art-exhibition

VISUAL ARTS PRACTICE SHOW – IMMA IN NCH
31 May – 04 June: National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
The 1st Year Visual Arts Practice Show of the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) will take place. And it is the first show that will be in the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s (IMMA) new Galleries in the former Medical School, next to the National Concert Hall. The IMMA is closed for renovation for the whole year and it is great that a new space was found that can continue the great IMMA exhibitions. www.iadt.ie/en/InformationAbout/NewsEvents/News/Title,2600,en.html
Two other IMMA exhibitions will open in the same space as well and are described here: www.imma.ie/en/subnav_125.htm

FRAMING IRELAND – PHOTO EXHIBITION – EXCHANGE DUBLIN
01-14 June: Exchange Dublin, Exchange Street Upper, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
“Framing Ireland” is the yearly exhibition of the Irish Photo Collective and will take place in the Exchange Dublin. The exhibition will feature images of Ireland by photographers from 6 different countries. The formal opening with reception will be on Mon 04 June at 19:00. Admission is free. irishphotocollective.ie/

MELLA TRAVERS & MAEVE MCCARTHY – ST MICHAN’S CHURCH
25 May – 15 June: ‘The Gallery’ at St. Michan’s Church, Church Street, Dublin 7
“Reflections” is the exhibition of two artists, Mella Travers and Maeve McCarthy, who work in different mediums: Maeve McCarthy, painting and Mella Travers, photography. This is the first show in “The Gallery” at St. Michan’s, a new exhibition space for Dublin. Opening Times: Mon-Sat 10:00-17:00. www.mellatravers.com

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FEROCIOUS MINGLE MARKET
Fri 11:00-18:00 – 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto)
The Ferocious Mingle Market, a permanent indoor flea market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market. www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt

FUNERAL SUITS – IN-STORE EVENT – TOWER RECORDS
Fri 01 June: 18:00 – Tower Records, 6 – 8 Wicklow St, Dublin 2
“Funeral Suits” will be in Tower Records for an In-Store event.
entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

INDIE WEEK IRELAND
Wed 30 May – Sat 02 June: 19:30 – Throughout Dublin
The fourth yearly Indie Week festival takes place in Dublin and showcases the best in unsigned talent, both local and international. 24 gigs will take place in 4 locations and apart from the final on Sat 02 June (which is EUR 10), all gigs are free. The purpose of the event is to find the best band/performer of the festival, who will then travel to Canada to headline Indie Week Canada in October. This year Indie Week Ireland features acts from Canada, Poland, United Kingdom, Austria, the United States, and Italy.
The complete list of performers is here ireland.indieweek.com/category/artists/ and some of the better known artists are The Hot Sprockets, Moo, The Suburbians, and many more. The venues in Dublin are the Grand Social, The Mezz and Sweeney’s Mongrel and for the full schedule go to ireland.indieweek.com/schedule-2/
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LIVE MUSIC – CORNUCOPIA RESTAURANT
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant (19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2) host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics. www.cornucopia.ie

LIVE MUSIC – STILLORGAN ORCHARD
The Stillorgan Orchard at The Hill in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin has a full programme of live music. The upcoming gigs are:
Fri 01 June Donal Kirk Band
Sat 02 June Dead Ringer
Sun 03 The Hustlers
Admission is free and the gigs start at 21:00 unless otherwise stated. www.stillorganorchard.com/live_music.html
www.facebook.com/thestillorganorchard?sk=wall

EVENING BAT WALK – CABINTEELY PARK
Fri 01 June: 21:15 – Cabinteely Park. Meet in the Main Car Park
An Evening Bat Walk with Paul Scott from Bat Conservation Ireland will take place. At this dlr Biodiversity event, you will walk around the park to observe bats
flying and feeding in the area. Admission is free, but booking is required. Contact Paul on 086 3849967 or dublinbatgroup@gmail.com
dlrevents.ie/pdf/2333-DLR%20Bio%20leaflet-June-Aug%202012.pdf

LA CAVERNA JAZZ CLUB
Fridays 22:00 – La Caverna Restaurant, 12 Fownes Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
A new Jazz Club with Live Jazz Music by Lucille Blue (vocals) and Cormac McCann (piano/vocals) has been launched in the basement of the La Caverna Restaurant. Doors at 22:00 and the performance starts at 22:30 every Friday night. There are only about 50 seats, so you might want to book on 087 6739315

REGULAR EVENTS – FRIDAY
* James Sheeran (Acoustic/Rock/Trad) is playing from 18:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. And The Eastern Harps (Trad) are playing there from 20:00. Admission is free.
*Graeme McKenna is playing an acoustic gig (Trad to contemporary) every Friday in the Maldron Hotel, Kingswood near CityWest from 19:00.
* Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3) and every Monday from 19:00 in Blakestown Community Resource Center, Blakestown Way, Dublin 15 (next to Lidl). These are drop in classes, newcomers are welcome. For more information check www.coolspirit.info or www.sahajayoga.ie.
* Ruairi Maguires Bar & Organic Kitchen, Pembroke District, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum has every weekend live music from Friday until Sunday at 21:30. Sometimes the line-up is listed here www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000462805646&sk=wall often not.

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CAR BOOT SALES – TALLAGHT STADIUM
Sat 02 June: 08:00-12:00 – Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, gets up to 200 cars to sell goods from. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line terminal and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on www.irishcarboot.ie

MOTHER REDCAP’S INDOOR MARKET – COOLOCK
Thurs-Sun (Thurs-Sat 10:00-17:30, Sun 12:00-17:30) – Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17. – A new-ish indoor market is open in Coolock. Over 40 traders offer a wide range of goods and a café is on site as well. www.facebook.com/MotherRedcaps.Market

YOGA IN THE PARK – PHOENIX PARK
Saturdays 11:00-12:00 – Bandstand (behind the Tea Room, near the Zoo), Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
This will be the third year for “Yoga in the Park” and I think it is a brilliant initiative for a very worthy cause. From June until September, Fiona from www.twopalmsyoga.com invites to an hour of Yoga in Phoenix Park. No booking is required and you decide how much you give, the class is donation based. All proceeds go to the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that does invaluable work for the homeless people in Dublin. Just bring a mat or a towel, some water and (hopefully) even some sun protection to the class. Should the weather be bad, the bandstand will be shelter or even training location. The training is suitable for all levels, so even total beginners are very welcome. www.facebook.com/pages/Two-Palms-Yoga/129726813245

HA’PENNY FLEA INDOOR MARKET – GRAND SOCIAL
Sat 02 June: 11:00-17:00 – Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1. The weekly Ha’penny Flea Indoor Market takes place on Saturdays and stalls offer Vintage Men and Women’s Clothes, Contemporary Crafts, Books, Vinyl Records, Vintage and Handmade Jewellery, Vintage Hair Styles, Art, Photography and lots more. For more details, check www.thegrandsocial.ie/event/hapenny-flea-indoor-market

FEROCIOUS MINGLE MARKET
Sat 02 June: 11:00-18:00 – 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) – The Ferocious Mingle Market, a permanent indoor flea market, takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Oscar Verne Café and live music at the weekends are further attractions. www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt

SUN SHOW – ASTRONOMY IRELAND
Sat 02 June: 13:00 – Astronomy Ireland, Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Park, Swords, Co Dublin. – Astronomy Ireland are continuing their weekly Sun Shows at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Swords. Each Saturday, the staff of the Astronomy Ireland Shop will be showing you amazing views of our nearest star. Using special filters and some of the largest telescopes in Ireland you will get to see sunspots bigger than Earth and huge solar flare bursting from our nearest star. If it’s cloudy, there will be a telescope demonstration and you will find out how you can safely observe the Sun and undertake some daytime astronomy using your own telescope. astronomy.ie/sunwatch2011.php

CREATIVE WRITING HOUR – IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE
Sat 09 June: 13:30 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Writers’ Centre will be closed this bank holiday and the next Creative Writing Hour will therefore take place next week.
The Ink Slingers Creative Writing Hour now takes place every Saturday at the Irish Writers’ Centre. It is a free creative writing session that is organised and led by the Centre’s voluntary arts administrators. The hour includes writing exercises and prompts to get ideas flowing. It is open to everyone and is suitable for all levels of experience. www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

W.A.G. – PLAY READING – THE NEW THEATRE
Sat 02 June: 15:00 – The New Theatre, 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The second play by Gemma Doorly, a former Fair City resident is called W.A.G and a play reading will take place on Sat. Admission is free, but a donation of EUR 2 would be welcomed. The New Theatre supports New Writing. There is usually a free Playreading on the first Saturday of each month. www.thenewtheatre.com/tnt_php/scripts/page/reading.php?reading_id=13&gi_sn=4fc8a654a72a9|0

SONGS, ARIAS LIEDER – GOETHE INSTIUT
Sat 02 June: 16:00 – Goethe Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The Goethe Institut invites to e a Coffee Concert entitled: “Songs, Arias, Lieder through the centuries”. Students of the DIT Conservatory for Music and Drama are giving a concert and there will be some cake & coffee in the interval. Admission is free and donations are welcome for St.Finian’s Building Fund of the Lutheran Church. www.dublin.diplo.de/contentblob/3535230/Daten/2298657/Coffee_Concert_2012.pdf

MY FELLOW SPONGES – JAM ART FACTORY
Sat 02 June: 17:00 – Jam Art Factory, 64/65 Patrick Street (between Christ Church and St.Patrick’s Cathedral), Dublin 8.
The Jam Art Factory is a gallery and design shop and this Saturday the band “My Fellow Sponges” from Galway will perform a free live gig there. www.facebook.com/events/432927253399144/

DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE PARADE
Sat 02 June: 18:00 – Parnell Street to Dublin Castle
The 150th Anniversary of the Dublin Fire Brigade is celebrated until Sunday and on Saturday a celebratory parade will take place. Participants will assemble at Parnell Square at 17:00 and the parade will commence at 18:00. It will go from Parnell St down O’Connell St and Dame St before arriving at Dublin Castle on Castle St. Around 1,000 international fire fighters will travel to Dublin to mark the anniversary of the country’s first fire service and the Dublin Fire Brigade has restored an old fire engine – the one which was used during Michael Collins’ funeral procession. It has also built a replica of the very first ambulance vehicle ever used.
The Parade will finish at Dublin Castle by 19:00 to salute President Higgins and the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Dublin Fire Brigade Pipes and Drums will perform a Tattoo in the courtyard of Dublin Castle www.dublinfirebrigade150.ie/

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE – JAZZ – KC PEACHES
Sat 02 June: 20:00-22:30 – KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2
This is a new weekly Saturday night residency of a Jazz Quartet, featuring Michael Nielsen (guitar), Sam Comerford (sax), Cormac O Brien (bass), James Mackin (drums) in the basement Wine Cave of KC Peaches wholefood restaurant/café. Food will be served until 22:00 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated. www.facebook.com/KCPeaches

URBAN MOJO BLUES BAND – OIL CAN HARRY’S
Saturdays: 22:00-00:00 – Oil Can Harry’s, 31 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2
“The Urban Mojo Blues Band, a Dublin based five piece band drawing influences from electric Chicago blues and rock to produce a lively uptempo grooving blues will be performing every Saturday.” www.facebook.com/pages/The-Urban-Mojo-Blues-Band/87569518524 www.urbanmojobluesband.com

REGULAR SATURDAY EVENTS
* Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.
* The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2. www.supernatural.ie
* Dublin Food Co-op is open every Saturday (09:30-16:30) at Newmarket, Dublin 8 for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc. Additional Co-op opening Thursdays 12:00-20:00. www.dublinfood.coop
* The weekly Honest2goodness food market with fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, wines in Glasnevin is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre. (www.honest2goodness.ie)
* At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food + there’s free popcorn and ballons&facepainting for the kids. www.blackrockmarket.com/ Opening: Sat+Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, Sun: 12:00-17:30
* Blackhorse Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Saturday from 10:00-18:00 the Blackhorse Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line. theblackhorsemarket.com
* Nearly every day and especially at the weekend, the Porterhouse in Temple Bar is hosting live bands that are always worth a visit. www.porterhousebrewco.com/livetemplebar.html
* Trad Session – Schoolhouse Pub in 2-8 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge. Every Saturday from 22:00 singers, guitar, fiddle, banjo, accordion, whistle, pipers, bodhran etc are all welcome to join in. www.schoolhousehotel.com/
* The Black Sheep play Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Later Dj Glenn Brown (Dublin Calling). Admission is free.
* Havana Tapas Bar is inviting to a Salsa Night with afro-latin percussion every Sat night 22:30-02:00. Bachata, salsa, merengue, reggeaton with latin DJs. Food is available until 00:30 and usually there is plenty of room to get dancing and you are invited to add your own percussion. www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821

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PURE VINTAGE FAIR – FOOD CO-OP, NEWMARKET SQUARE
Sun 03 June: 11:00-17:30 – Dublin Food Coop, Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
The Pure Vintage Market is back in the Dublin Food Coop and it is what it says on the tin. A market/flea market for vintage items, which will take place on the first Sunday of every month. There will be vintage clothes, furniture, collectibles, jewellery and many more vintage items. Sounds interesting and with 30 stalls, it is well worth a visit. www.Facebook.com/purevintagefair

FEROCIOUS MINGLE MARKET
Sun 11:00-18:00 – 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto)
The Ferocious Mingle Market, a permanent indoor flea market, takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Oscar Verne Café and live music at the weekends are further attractions. On Sundays the Ferocious Mingle MARKET is a fancy dress market: In addition to stalls/tables for sellers, there are some “chalets” in the venue where regular sellers have set up. www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt

HABITATS IN HOWTH – IRISH WILDLIFE TRUST
Sun 03 June; 11:00 – Meeting Point: Howth DART Station
“Understanding Habitats in Howth” with Declan Doogue, one of the country’s leading botanists and author of “Wild Flowers of Ireland: The Habitat Guide”, will lead a walk through selected areas of Howth Head. Howth has a rich flora and a number of plant species that are not common in Ireland. The focus will be on some of the habitat types that are quite rare. However, we will also be looking at more familiar habitats like shingle ridges, coastal cliffs and the sea shore. Bring some lunch, and also sensible walking shoes, wet gear (if needed) and a magnifying glass as well as binoculars (if you have them). Admission is free, but booking is essential via dublinbranch@iwt.ie iwt.ie/events/

BAVARIA CITY RACING – CITY CENTRE
Sun 03 June: 12:00-17:00: Between Convention Centre and College Green
This sounds like a great spectacular and being interested in Formula 1, the Bavaria City Racing Dublin sounds like a great event for me. But then you start thinking and you realise that despite the name, there will NOT be any racing, just some show-boating. From early on I expected also that not too many drivers will come because it is just between two important Formula 1 races which take place on two different continents (Last week: Monaco. Next weekend: Canada). And it now turns out that only Jenson Button will come to Dublin. Better than nothing! But at the same time a bit disappointing. The event is free, but about 100,000 people are expected to come and if you have ever been at the St. Patrick’s Day parade you know how much you will be able to see if you are in the 5th row behind the barrier. So all this considered, suddenly the event doesn’t sound THAT cool anymore. BUT, I will still go and hope against probability that I will find this perfect spot and that all the other people will stay at home. ;-)
Instead of a City Race, there will be demonstrations of Formula 1, WRC, Superbikes, Stunt Drivers, Super Cars, Drifters.
Because the website is a little complicated, I have the FULL schedule posted below:
Bavaria City Racing Dublin – Event Schedule
11:55:00 Event Opening
12:10:00 Legend Sprint
12:30:00 Race Car Demo
12:40:00 Monster Street Mania
13:05:00 GP2 Sprint
13:15:00 JB off road Buggys Demo
13:20:00 Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren F1
13:30:00 Rally Car Display
13:40:00 Super Bikes
13:50:00 Group B Rally Car Parade
14:00:00 Caterham F1 car run
14:10:00 Pro Drift
14:20:00 Ferrari Owners Club parade
14:30:00 Legend Sprint
14:35:00 Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren F1
14:40:00 Historical Mercedes / Jenson track run
14:45:00 GP2 Sprint
14:55:00 Super Car Parade
15:05:00 Race Car Demo
15:15:00 Rally Car Display
15:25:00 Caterham F1 car run
15:35:00 JB off road Buggys Demo
15:45:00 Monster Street Mania
16:10:00 Super Car Parade
16:20:00 Superbikes
16:30:00 Caterham F1 car run
16:40:00 Ferrari Owners Club parade
16:50:00 Group B Rally Car Parade
17:00:00 Pro Drift
17:05:00 Show Ends
You see that there is not much racing going on! The route of the car parades will be from North Wall Quay, to Custom House Quay over Butt Bridge and onto Burgh Quay on the South Quays. From there onto D’Olier St, College St, around College Green, down Westmoreland St and onto Aston Quay before travelling back to North Wall Quay. A map is here www.bavariacityracing.ie/bcrd/route-map
There are two main grandstand performance zones, on O’Connell Bridge and Custom House Quay and they are for ticket holders only (EUR 75). There is Pit Stop access too, if you have even deeper pockets: Tickets are EUR 165. www.bavariacityracing.ie
The City Centre will be more or less closed down and if you need to get somewhere fast, you better check the details of the extensive road closures: www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Event-Guide/Bavaria-City-Racing-Dublin/Bavaria-City-Racing-Dublin.aspx

SUNDAY AT NOON – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Sun 03 June: 12:00-13:00 – Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Sundays at Noon Concert Series takes place in the beautiful Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. Now in its 36th year, this series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June. The next concert will feature “The Complete Haydn Piano Sonatas”. Over the next 2 years pianists, Fionnuala Moynihan and Peter Tuite will perform all 52 Haydn Piano Sonatas at the Hugh Lane Gallery. www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/629-sundaynoon-haydn-piano-sonatas

DUBLIN SKETCHERS – SUNDAY MEET-UP
Sundays 14:00 – Meeting point announced on website every week.
The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches. There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. In June they will run an exhibition of their works and I will list the details when I find out. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help! www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/

NATIONAL MUSEUM EVENT – COLLINS BARRACKS
Sun 03 June: 15:00-16:00 – National Museum (Decorative Arts & History), Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
A “Hands on History” event for all ages will take place in Collins Barracks. “Fun family learning with the Museum’s collection of objects; a handling session.” No booking required. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=2850

NATIONAL GALLERY LECTURE
Sun 03 June: 15:00-15:45 – National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The talk “Pointillism” with Natalie Voorheis will take place and admission is free. www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson

SUNDAY SKETCHING – HUGH LANE GALLERY
Sun 03 June: 15:00-16:00 – Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The next Sunday Sketching for 7+ Year olds has the title “At the Seaside – Rolling Waves”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended. Materials are provided. www.hughlane.ie/childrens-workshops/forthcoming

SAUCY SUNDAYS – THE GRAND SOCIAL
Sun 10 June: 17:00-23:00 – Grand Social (former Pravda), Liffey Street, Dublin 1 (near Ha’Penny Bridge). Saucy Sundays is a weekly live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. But because of the Bank Holiday this week it will not take place on Sunday, but on Monday. The next Saucy Sunday on Sunday will be on 10 June. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001494016795

BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY ROCK & ROLL PARTY – WORKMAN’S CLUB
Sun 03 June: 21:15-01:30 – The Workmansclub, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
A “Bank Holiday Sunday Rock & Roll Party” is taking place in the Workman’s Club on Sunday. Headline act is “Overhead the Albatross” and before that the line-up is The Screaming Demons of Thrashville, Cry Monster Cry, Princess, The Merciful Hour.
And the First Floor Party will feature Sister Lisa Marie and Friends playing rock and roll, hip hop classics and lots of 80?s and 90?s music until 03:00.
Doors 17:00, Main Room Door 20:00 and First Act 21:15. The First Floor Party starts at 22:30. Admission is free. www.theworkmansclub.com/2012/05/28/free-bank-holiday-sunday-rock-roll-party-030612/

FORRO DE LAMPIAO – BRAZILIAN DANCE – SWEENEY’S BAR
Sundays: 21:00-02:30 – Sweeney’s Bar, Dame Street, Dublin 1
Rogério from the Brazilian dance project “Forró de Lampião” here in Dublin contacted me with information about this event. Forró de Lampião is Brazilian music that has the same roots as Samba and there is a whole culture that has developed around “forro”. Every Sunday free dance classes take place in Sweeney’s Bar on Dame Street and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.
www.facebook.com/groups/forrodelampiaodublin/

COMEDY CRUNCH – STAG’S HEAD
Sun 03 June: 21:00-00:00 – Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. This Sunday’s line up is headliner John Colleary plus more guests. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

RHYTHM ROCKER – THE GLOBE
“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free. www.globe.ie/events.php

JAIME NANCI & THE BLUE BOYS – WHELAN’S
Sundays: 21:00 – Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys are playing a weekly gig in Whelan’s Front Bar on Sundays. Their music is swing, blues, bebop and doo wop. Admission is free. www.whelanslive.com www.facebook.com/jaimenanciandtheblueboys

SUNDAY ROAST – MERCANTILE
Sun 03 June: 21:00 – The Mercantile, Dame Street, Dublin 2
The weekly Sunday Roast is an event in the Mercantile where good live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The next Sunday Roast line up is Mojo Gogo, Champagne Animal, Dem Fools, If Memory Serves, Catherine Dowling. www.facebook.com/thesundayroast

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
* The Temple Bar Book Market is taking place every Sat+Sun on Temple Bar Square from 11:00-18:00.
* Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sunday from 10:00-17:00 the Jamestown Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line. www.jamestownmarket.com
* Afternoon Jazz in Café en Seine. The Stella Bass Jazz Trio play every Sunday from 14:00-16:00 in Café en Seine in Dawson Street. Admission is free. A video is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aKqtOB5S8 www.stellabass.com
* Sunday Roast is a weekly event in the Mercantile in 28 Dame Street from 21:00-01:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes. www.facebook.com/thesundayroast
* “Loose Change” play in Gibneys Pub, New St., Malahide every Sunday from 18:00-20:00.
* From 21:00 in The Bleeding Horse on Camden Street “The Apollo Sessions” is a free show featuring multiple styles of original music from local and international musicians and songwriters www.myspace.com/thebleedinghorsesessions
* Every Sunday “The Latin Beat” will take place in 4 Dame Lane in Dame Lane from 20:00-02:00. A band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) will be additional features. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/events/225904860831469/
* Comedy Crunch – The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
* The Burning Effigies are playing afrobeat, jazz, funk and soul every Sunday from 23:00 in Turk’s Head in Parliament Street. www.turkshead.ie
* The Gardiner Street Gospel Mass invites to a 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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BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Hurray! Another Bank Holiday Monday! :-) Make the most of it, because it is the last one until August. As far as events are concerned, the June Bank Holiday is an interesting one. Because many people leave Dublin or even leave the country for a short holiday or for going home, Event organisers shy away from running events this weekend. But there are a few things taking place and I hope you find something interesting to do. Most shops will be open and Pay&Display Parking is not enforced on a Bank Holiday.

CRAFT MARKET IN THE CRYPT – CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
Mon 04 June: 12:00-17:00 – Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church Place, Dublin 8
The Bank Holiday Mondays in June and August will see the new Craft Market in the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral. Stalls will be selling all sorts of fabulous handmade Irish craft items will help recreate that Medieval atmosphere in Dublin’s oldest structure. Admission is free and if the market isn’t exciting enough there are lots of other things to see in the crypt, including ‘The Treasures of Christ Church’ exhibition, costumes from the television series The Tudors, the famous mummified cat and rat or even the cathedral stocks. www.christchurchcathedral.ie

ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME – FILM SCREENING – IFI
Mon, Wed, Sat in May: 13:10 – Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 – The IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings. A number of free programmes will be shown at lunchtime on Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays. The first film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-21/and it will be screened sometimes on the Mondays. The second film is www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-21/ it will be screened alternating on Wednesdays. The Saturday double-bill will continue and all information is here: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-8/
Admission to all lunchtime screenings is free, just collect your ticket at the ticket desk. www.ifi.ie/2012/06/?post_type=film

DUBLIN WRITERS FESTIVAL
Mon 04 – Sun 10 June: multiple venues in Dublin
The Dublin Writers Festival will take place next week. There will be readings, discussions, debates, workshops, performance and screenings. Most events are not free, however, I was able to find a few free events as well:
+ Thurs 07 June: 18:00 (Lab Gallery): Tony Harrison Film Poems (two screenings)
+ Thurs 07 June: 21:30 (Odessa): Launch Night: The Stinging Fly & The Moth
+ Fri 08 June: 13:00+15:00 (Lab Gallery): Tony Harrison Film Poems (two screenings)
+ Readings for Children in the Gutter Bookshop on next Sat+Sun
+ Reading in the Irish Writers’ Centre on next Sunday
+ A workshop for Children in the Chester Beatty Library on next Sunday
These events are free, but booking is required (via the events page on the website) for some of them: www.dublinwritersfestival.com/events
www.dublinwritersfestival.com

WOMEN’S MINI MARATHON
Mon 04 June: 15:00 – South Dublin
The yearly 10km run for Women will take place on Monday, when the massive number of 40,000 women will run from Fitzwilliam Street, onto Lower Leeson Street, along Northumberland Road, passing by the RDS, Merrion Road, then turning right into Nutley Lane, at RTE turning left to run a loop to the UCD bridge and back and then through Donnybrook onto Leeson Street with the finish line at Stephen’s Green. The run is a charity run for most participants and while some participants take it very seriously, the majority has a great day out running for 10km. You can’t participate anymore, the race is full (and participation is not free anyway), but you can cheer the runners on along the route. Start time is at 15:00 and the baggage area closes at 18:00. If you are a participant, don’t forget to collect your race number etc at the Woman’s World Show in the RDS this weekend and have a great day on Monday! www.florawomensminimarathon.ie/

SAUCY SUNDAYS – THE GRAND SOCIAL
Mon 04 June: 17:00-23:00 – Grand Social (former Pravda), Liffey Street, Dublin 1 (near Ha’Penny Bridge). Because of the Bank Holiday, the Saucy Sunday is this week a Suacy Monday. The line-up will be: Fox E & The Good Hands, The Bambir, King Modo, Andy Early @ Band, Gavin James, Modern India, Davie Lawson. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001494016795

BANKED MUSIC FOR MONDAY – WORKMAN’S CLUB
Mon 04 June: 20:00 – The Workmansclub, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
A night of live music in the Workman’s Club will take place on Monday. The line up is Sample Answer, Rob Stratton, Marita Connolly. www.theworkmansclub.com/2012/05/29/music-for-a-monday%E2%80%A6banked-040612/

COMEDY CRUNCH – STAG’S HEAD
Mon 04 June: 21:00-23:00 – Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. This Monday’s line up features Emmet Quinn and Aidan Bishop plus guests.. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

ROCK & REGGAE NIGHT – HANGOVER CLUB – FIBBER MAGEE’S
Mondays 21:45-02:30 – Fibber Magee’s, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
Every Monday, a mix of musicians from bands like The Seven Deadly Skins / Animal Cracker / Upbeat Generation / Crete Boom & more come together to play a free night of Rock & Reggae. www.facebook.com/TheHangoverClub

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* Solar Trio Gig in Anseo (Camden Street, D2) on the first three Mondays of every month. Jazz standards along with totally improvised on the spot jams.
* Comedy Crunch – The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy in the Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
* Upbeat Generation is playing Soul/Funk/Rock Covers in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 from 23:30. Admission is free.

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IRANIAN CULTURE WEEK – CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
Tues 05 June: 11:00-13:00 – Chester Beatty Library, Garden of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. – An Iranian Culture Week Event will take place in the Chester Beatty Library: Traditional Iranian Music with The Band of Nassout will be performed. Listen to the ney, setar, daf and tonbak accompany songs based on Persian poetry. Contact the Embassy of Iran to book a free place on 01 2123636 or rezabakhtvar@yahoo.com as places are limited. The event will take place in the CBL. www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

GREEN DRINKS – MESSRS MAGUIRE
Tues 05 June: 18:00 – Messrs Maguire (Top Floor), 2 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2
www.leafliving.com and IWT bring you Dublin Green Drinks on the first Tuesday of every month. This month hear Catherine Keena speak about the role of farmers as stewards of the environment, and how they can contribute to enhancing and protecting biodiversity. Catherine is the Countryside Management Specialist with Teagasc. Catherine leads the Teagasc national biodiversity programme, gathering information from experts and organisations involved in biodiversity, co-ordinating and disseminating this information to agricultural advisers and farmers through, events, courses and the media. www.greendrinks.org//Dublin

CLIMATE. CULTURE. CHANGE. – CULTIVATE
Tues 05 June: 19:00 – Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Climate.Culture.Change is a series of provocative films and discussions which highlight the social dimension of climate change. Designed to challenge, illuminate and inspire, the series presents a panorama of interconnections from the causes of climate change to the roles of individuals and societies in addressing the issues. The films in Climate.Culture.Change are from six European countries giving an international perspective on the issues around climate change.
On Tuesday the film “People – Dreams – Actions / Menschen – Träume – Taten” by Andreas Stiglmayr (2007) will be screened. This is a documentary about a small ecovillage established in the East German countryside in the 1990s. A group of around 120 people set up Sieben Linden, an autonomous eco-settlement that satisfies all of their needs in harmony with nature. During the process they are confronted with organisational, financial and, above all, social difficulties.
The film screening is followed by a panel discussion with experts:
Michael Würfel is a Sieben Linden ecovillage resident, filmmaker and author of a new book on Sieben Linden.
Trish Kinsella is a Cloughjordan ecovillage member who has worked extensively on the ongoing design and operation of the project.
Jonathan Dawson is the author of Ecovillages – New Frontiers of Sustainability and Head of Economics at Schumacher College.
The full programme of all films is listed on the website. Admission is free, but booking is required via bookings@cultivate.ie cultivate.ie/learning-cultivatecentre-88889030/20-energy-a-climate/1165-climate-culture-change-film-series

COMEDY CRUNCH – EDINBURGH PREVIEW – STAG’S HEAD
Tues 05 June: 21:00 – Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Comedy Crunch will run Edinburgh Previews every Tuesday in June and July. Admission is free and this Tuesday the line-up will be Danny O’Brien & Totally Wired. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

REGULAR TUESDAY EVENTS
* Open Mic Night with The Last Tycoons in O’Donoghue’s on Suffolk Street every Tues from 20:00. It’s free and anyone can get up, sing a song or do whatever they like. www.facebook.com/pages/ODonoghues-Open-Mic/71834618844
* Live Jazz and Blues from 21:00 every Tuesday in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2.
* 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
* White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 22:00 in The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2

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TRANSIT OF VENUS WATCH – ASTRONOMY IRELAND – SKERRIES
Wed 06 June: 05:00 – Skerries Harbour, Skerries, North Dublin
Astronomy Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology, and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies are coming together very very early on Wednesday to watch the Transit of Venus as the Sun rises. Everybody is invited to come along at 05:00 as the Sun rises, where you can use telescopes fitted with special safety equipment under the guidance of experienced astronomers. For more details and a map of Skerries Harbour go to astronomy.ie/venustransit.php

TRANSIT OF VENUS WATCH – ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY – SOUTH DUBLIN
Wed 06 June: 05:00 – Fun Fitness Gym Car Park, new Lamb Doyles, Blackglen Road Sandyford, Co. Dublin. The Irish Astronomical Society (IAS) will have their own event on Wed also at 05:00. IAS members will observe the last 20 minutes of the Transit of Venus and the invite everybody else who is interested to it as well. There will be telescopes and solar filters to enable you to safely view the event. The next transit will be in 2117 so if you want to see it, this is the time! www.irishastrosoc.org/wordpress/

OLYMPIC TORCH IN DUBLIN
Wed 06 June: 09:10-12:20 – throughout the centre of Dublin
On Wed Dublin will become the only country outside of Greece and the UK to host the Olympic Flame. 41 torch bearers will carry the Olympic flame through the streets of Dublin when it tours the only city outside the UK in a six hour lasting peek across the border. Even the Croke Park Skyline will be part of the route. President Higgins will greet the first torch bearer in Howth, but the relay won’t start until the convoy has reached Croke Park.
The Olympic Torch Relay will go from Croke Park down to the North Circular Road before reaching Mountjoy Square, Gardiner Street, Grenville Lane, Parnell Square East and then making its way down to The Garden of Remembrance. The onwards to O’Connell Street passing through Cathal Brugha Street and Marlborough Street before heading up Eden Quay towards Custom House and Sherriff Street.
At 10:30 the torch will pass over the Samuel Beckett Bridge past the Grand Canal Theatre and down Pearse Street. Then on to Merrion Square, Fitzwilliam Square, Leeson Street, then along the canal until Harold’s Cross Bridge, then to St Patrick’s Cathedral, Christ Church, Dame Street, College Green, Kildare Street, Merrion Street Ely Place and the whole run will end in St. Stephen’s Green. After that the torch will be driven via Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and East Wall to the M1 where the journey ends at 12:20. Here is a map of the route www.visitdublin.com/pdf/torch-route.pdf www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0319/breaking18.html

NATIONAL GALLERY POETRY READING
Wed 06 June: 13:00-13:40 – National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The Poetry Reading “Introducing the poetry of W.B. Yeats”, with Professor Maurice Harmon and Kathleen Watkins will take place and admission is free. www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson

MODELLING THE ART OF PERCEPTION – IMMA LECTURE
Wed 06 June: 13:15-13:45 – Lecture Room, IMMA at National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. The lecture “Modelling the Art of Perception” by Dr Hilary Murray (author of Modelling the Art of Perception in the Time out of Mind exhibition guide) gives a short presentation informed by her research for a neuroscience doctorate. Murray’s talk explores through selected artworks (Michael Craig Martin’s Untitled, Marie Foley’s collection of works, Tacita Dean’s Presentation Sisters, and Neil Jordan’s Not I), how art is perceived and the interests and motives behind such perceptions. Admission is free, but booking is required here: www.imma.ie/en/page_212646.htm

DUBLIN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
06-16 June: Dublin Shakespeare Festival
The Trinity College Dublin Shakespeare Festival, which is now entering its fourth year, is the largest outdoor theatre festival in the Ireland with approximately 400 performers in over 50 outdoor performances. Performances might take place in spots as attractive as the Iveagh Gardens, as busy as Temple Bar and as calm as St. Stephen’s Green and are all brought to life by dedicated and enthusiastic performers. The headline performance, produced in a temporary outdoor theatre in the spectacular surroundings of Trinity’s Front Square, aims to bring people through the gates of Trinity for a unique and very special evening’s entertainment. This year, we are delighted to welcome Footsbarn Travelling Theatre (www.footsbarn.com) as our headline performers with Indian Tempest. In the context of the festival there will also be choral performances, circus acts, film screenings, public lectures, food and drink tasting and comedy performances. will feature prominently over the course of the event. Each performance and event will be announced by the eccentric and comical Town Criers. These actors, students from the college in elaborate costume, will also show audiences how to get to each venue using Shakespearean language and song. Most events are free and if you check the website here www.dublinshakespeare.com/timetable/ you will see all the events and only a few (the non-free ones) have “Book Now” behind them. So, spend a bit of time checking the website and looking for the events that suit you in time and location and then make sure that you give Shakespeare a chance this summer! You have 11 days to enjoy it. www.dublinshakespeare.com

FILM SCREENING – CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
Wed 06 June: 14:00 – Chester Beatty Library, Garden of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
The screening of the film “The Cat Returns” will take place. After helping a cat, a young girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette that comes to life. (75 minutes) English www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

GET INTO FILM – TALKS – FILMBASE
Wed 06 June: 18:00 – Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Filmbase invites to “Get Into Film, an evening of free talks on filmmaking. Filmbase describes: “The evening will include a session on post-production with our Post-production Training Manager Paul Schwer, there will be a talk on equipment, info on applying for funding and we’ll be inviting a number of Irish filmmakers to take part in a discussion on how they started out in film and what advice they have for any budding filmmakers. Filmmakers taking part in the panel session include writer/director Conor McMahon (The Disturbed, Dead Meat) who has recently finished his latest horror feature Stitches Grindle starring comedian Ross Noble. We’re also delighted that writer/director Kirsten Sheridan (Doll House, August Rush) will be taking part in the panel. Kirsten’s latest feature Doll House is currently doing the festival circuit with screenings at the Berlinale and South by Southwest to name but a few. The event is free but you must book by emailing your name and contact number to events AT filmbase.ie.” www.filmbase.ie/events/

FILM SCREENING – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
Wed 06 June: 18:00 – Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2. – “Canciones para después de una Guerra” (1971) by Basilio Martín Patino is the next film to be screened in the Instituto Cervantes. The film will be in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free. dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha81661_16_2.htm

FINANCIAL CRISIS – PUBLIC MEETING – SEAN MAC DERMOTT STREET
Wed 06 June: 18:45 – LYCS Community Creche, Old National School, Lower Rutland Street, Dublin 1.
The Event Officer from LASC, the Latin American Solidarity Centre, sent me some information about an event that is organised by “LYCS and ICON in partnership with Bloom”. Hmmm, I had no idea who these three organisations are and only found out the LYCS is the Lourdes Youth and Community Services, a community development project based just off Sean Mac Dermott Street in Dublin’s North East Inner City. The other two? No idea. However, the event sounds interesting. The organisations invite to a public meeting about the Financial Crisis. The meeting will be chaired by Vincent Browne (TV3) and the speakers are Hernan Mauro Langiotti (Social Activist from Argentina), Gary Gannon (Activist from North Inner City), Dr. Andy Storey (University College Dublin), Nessa Ní Chasaide (Debt and Development Coalition / Bloom ). The meeting will explain the “Financial Crisis” to you and will give you an update on where the country stands. More details about the topics to be discussed can be found here lasc.ie/content/public-meeting-financial-crisis-wednesday-6th-june

FLORENCE – ITALIA GRAND TOUR – ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE
Wed 06 June: 19:00 – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
“Visiting Florence across the centuries. Words and pictures” is the talk by Prof. Claudio di Benedetto (Director of the Uffizi Library in Florence) in which he “invites the audience to join him on a journey comparing their personal knowledge of Florence with the impressions of travellers from different languages, cultures and times. They were women and men – Irish, Spanish, German, English, American, French, Italian – who recorded their impressions of Florence several centuries ago or just a few decades before us in their notes and drawings, which show the city as it appeared through the centuries to the eyes of its visitors. At the end of the journey we will have an “anciently new idea of Florence” of the “Grand Tour”.”
www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=422&citta=Dublino

MENTIONING THE WAR – BOOK LAUNCH – WRITERS’ CENTRE
Wed 06 June: 19:00 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Launch of “Mentioning the War – Essays and Reviews (1999 -2011)” by Kevin Higgins published by Salmon Publishing will take place. Find all details about the author and his book here www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

4 DAME LANE MOVIE CLUB
Wednesdays: 20:00 – 4 Dame Lane Pub, 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The 4 Dame Lane Movie Club h as been moved from Thurs to Wed. It will feature a movie every Wed from 20:00. The upcoming movies are: 06 June: The Goonies, 13 June: Seven Pounds, 20 June: Coming to America, 27 June: The Money Pit. Admission is free. www.4damelane.ie/movieclub.html

POKER AT THE GREEN ROOM
Wednesdays: 20:00 – Green Room Bar, Liffey Trust Centre, 117-126 Upper Sherriff Street, Dublin 1.
Terry James tells me that he is organising a weekly poker tournament in the Green Room Bar. If you like to play Poker for fun and even if you are new to it, but want to learn more about it, you are welcome. There is an admission fee of EUR 2, but Terry tells me, this includes a free drink of your choice and free finger food. So in the end you get more than you have to pay. However, there is another charge – if I understand it right – if you want to play Poker. …and if you lose, it could cost you even more. ;-) www.facebook.com/PokerAtTheGreenRoom

BAD BOY JAKE – MOTHER REILLY’S, RATHMINES
Wednesdays 21:00: Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6. – Bad Boy Jake, a band from Dublin that draws influences from all over the music spectrum including Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, blues rock and classic rock, is playing every Wednesday in Mother Reilly’s.
www.dublinsessions.ie/motherreillys.html

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS
* The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:00-19:00 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English. www.havana.ie/opening%202009.htm www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
* “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 every Wednesday. www.hamletsweeney.com/events/
* Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).
* Seven Deadly Skins are playing Reggae/Ska Covers from 22:00 with DJ Dotsie later. The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2. Admission is free.

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PICTURE CLINIC – NATIONAL GALLERY
Thurs 07 June: 10:00-12:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
At this monthly event National Gallery Curators appraise paintings, prints and drawings brought into the Gallery. No appointments necessary. www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson

FEROCIOUS MINGLE MARKET – THOMAS STREET
Thurs 11:00-18:00 – 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto)
The Ferocious Mingle Market is a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character. www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt

ORIGAMI – DEMONSTRATION – CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
Thurs 07 June: 13:10 – Chester Beatty Library, Garden of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
The Art demonstration of Japanese origami with Ms Motoko Fujita will take place. Free, no booking required. www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN FILMS – ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE
Thurs 07 June: 13:00-15:00 + 18:00-20:00 – Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2
The screening of contemporary Italian films takes place over four weeks and you are invited to discover them with a glass of wine. Two screenings will take on each day. The first one at 13:00-15:00 and the second one at 18:00-20:00.
The film line up is
+ Thurs 07 June: “Lo spazio bianco” by Francesca Comencini (2009)
+ Tues 12 June: “Baciami Ancora” by Gabriele Muccino (2010)
+ Thurs 14 June: “La Passione” by Carlo Mazzacurati (2010)
All films are in Italian with English subtitles. After the evening screening a Q&A with Monica Insinga will take place. Admission is free. On the website you find a link to “Click here to download brochure”. In that brochure you can find more details about the movies. www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=420&citta=Dublino

FREEDOM OF SPEECH – LECTURE – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
Thurs 07 June: 18:00 – Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2
“Honour, Privacy and Presumption of Innocence against Freedom of Speech” is the title of a lecture by Antonio del Mora (Professor of Financial Criminal Law and a Judge of the Spanish Supreme Court). This conference will deal with topics such as justice and freedom of speech, which are the two of the main values of a developed society. Antonio del Moral will also talk about the concepts of honour, people’s reputation and in tim acy as the space that every individual wishes to protect from the rest of the world (priceless for public figures who are exposed to audiences and press) or even the principle of presumption of innocence.
dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha82048_16_2.htm

APPLE MAC DESIGNER – SHOW & TELL – SCIENCE GALLERY
Thurs 07 June 18:30-20:00 – Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
This is a unique once-off event with Jerry Manock, the man who designed the Apple Macintosh. All Start Ups are invited to bring their hardware/product design prototypes, mock-ups, and back-of-the-envelope drawings for this special “Show & Tell”. Jerry Manock was the corporate manger of the Product Design for Apple Computer, Inc., where he designed the Macintosh personal computer. He was also responsible for the Apple II, Disk II, the Apple III and the preliminary design of the Lisa. Jerry is named a co-inventor on the patent for the Macintosh Personal Computer and is widely regarded as the “father” of Apple’s Industrial Design philosophy.
Admission is free, but booking is required on jerrymanock.eventbrite.ie/?ebtv=C www.sciencegallery.com/events/2012/06/show-and-tell-your-stuff-man-who-designed-apple-macintosh

AIFRIC MCGLINCHEY & PAUL CASEY – BOOK LAUNCH – WRITERS’ CENTRE
Thurs 07 June: 19:30 – Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The launch of “The Lucky Star of Hidden Things” by Aifric McGlinchey and of “Home More or Less” by Paul Casey will take place.

MEMORY – LECTURE – NEW ACROPOLIS LECTURE
Thurs 07 June: 19:30 – New Acropolis, School of Philosophy, 34 Lennox St, Portobello, Dublin 8.
The “First Thursday Lecture Series” of New Acropolis, the School of Philosophy is a free lecture series and the topic of the next lecture is “Memory”. Memory is essential to life and to the inner growth of the human being. It is a source of learning enabling us to acquire new knowledge and remain flexible in our attitudes to life by integrating new experiences. The lecture will explore various types of memory so that we may gain a clearer view and a better understanding of the role of memory, how we can improve it and in doing so gain a better quality of life. Booking is not required and there will be some beverages and homemade cake to accompany the chat before and after the lecture. www.newacropolis-ireland.org/

DUBLIN WRITERS’ FORUM
Thurs 07 June: 19:30 – Twisted Pepper Café (Loft Bookstore), 54, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1. – The Dublin Writers’ Forum welcomes writers of all genres, of all ages and all levels of experience. DWF is an open group of writers who share a common passion for all things literary. It is a safe ‘working space’ where on a weekly basis writers can bring their work to be critiqued by other writers. More information can be found at www.facebook.com/DublinWritersForum

JAIME NANCI & THE BLUE BOYS – MERCANTILE
Thursdays: 21:00 – Mercantile Hotel, Dame Street, Dublin 2
Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys are playing a weekly gig in the Mercantile Hotel on Thursdays. Their music is swing, blues, bebop and doo wop. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/jaimenanciandtheblueboys

LEFT RIGHT & CENTRE – FRANK RYAN’S BAR
Thursdays: 21:30 – Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” plays a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll. www.frankryans.com

REGULAR THURSDAY EVENTS
* Lunchtime Market at Christ Church Cathedral from 12:00-15:00. www.irishvillagemarkets.ie/christchurch.php
* Quiz Night in The Lotts Cafe Bar, 9 Lower Liffey St, Dublin 1. Every Thurs a quiz night with great prizes is taking place at 20:00/20:30 depending on football. Participation is free.
* Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s, Dame Street (formerly Le Cirk) with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00 and the line up is here: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000163463304&sk=wall
* Songs from a Café is a Dublin singer-songwriter showcase session, dedicated to the art of contemporary songwriting. 20:00-22:00 at Brick Alley Cafe. www.facebook.com/songsfromacafe
* The Max Zaska group and the Patrick Groenland group will perform on alternating Thursdays from 21:00 in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street.
* “Thirsty Thursday” Open Mic Night from 21:00 in the Bridge Inn in Chapelizod Village. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bridge-Inn-Chapelizod/350005960758
* The Bionic Rats play live Reggae and Ska every Thursday in Turk’s Head from 22:00. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/TURKSHEADDUBLIN

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CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI – BOOK-SIGNING – EASON’S O’CONNELL STREET
Fri 08 June: 11:00 – Eason, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Christopher Paolini will be talking about his bestelling children’s fantasy series “The Inheritance Cycle” in Eason’s. Admission is free. www.easons.com/pid/page/events

CLASSICAL ACCORDION – ST ANN’S CHURCH
Fri 08 Jun: 13:15 – St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street Dublin 2
Evin Kelly will perform a Classical Accordion concert on Friday. He will play works by Rautavaara, Skrjabin, Scarlatti, Kusyakow, Seminow and Makkonen. Admission is free and donations are welcome. stann.dublin.anglican.org/concerts/index.php

ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL – LECTURE
Fri 08 June: 20:00 – St Patrick’s Cathedral, Saint Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8
The next free St Patrick’s Cathedral lecture will take place on Friday. The topic is “Random reflections: the shaping of the Church of Ireland, 1536-1660” by Dr Adrian Empey. www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/Talks-lectures-and-events.aspx

TRAPDOOR + KNOXVILLE MORNING – WORKMAN’S CLUB
Fri 08 June: 20:00 – The Workmansclub, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
Trap Door, Knoxville Morning and Ginola will perform in the Workman’s Club on Friday. Admission is free. More details at www.theworkmansclub.com/2012/05/30/barrygruff-presents-trap-door-knoxville-morning-ginola-080612-2-2/

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This section contains events that will happen in the future. Some of them require free tickets and it is mentioned where this is the case. Put the events in your diary and for the ticketed events hurry to request your tickets:

THE ARTVERTISER WORKSHOP – SCIENCE GALLERY
Sat 09 + Sun 10 June: 12:00-18:00 – Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
As an artist, have you ever wanted to reclaim advertising space, replacing billboard images and marketing slogans with your own work? The Artvertiser is a software platform for doing just that; replacing billboard advertisements with artististic work that can be viewed with augmented reality apps in real time. In a free two-day workshop at Science Gallery, selected visual artists will work with The Artvertiser creators – Julian Oliver, Damian Stewart and Arturo Castro – to create a city-wide art exhibition. Participants will be invited to hack advertisement space around the city converting it into interactive, electronic artworks, disrupting the relationship between the advertiser and the viewer on the street. The Artvertiser workshop is an early element of HACK THE CITY, the Gallery’s major city-wide summer programme that will call for citizens of Dublin to join leading artists, designers and scientists to retake control of the city. This two-day workshop is free and is open to visual artists upon invitation. If you would like to take part, please express your interest by sending a short bio to colm.ohehir@sciencegallery.com www.sciencegallery.com/events/2012/06/artvertiser-workshop

SERENDIPITOUS WALK – SCIENCE GALLERY
Sat 09 June: 15:00-16:00 – Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Serendipitous Walk is a guided walk around Dublin that’s all about finding new things while looking for something else entirely. It’s an iPhone app-guided experience but for two days Mark Shepherd, the artist behind the app, will be in Dublin to take people on the tour. This 45 minute walk will happen on Saturday 09 and Sunday 10 June, leaving Science Gallery each of those days at 15:00. Check www.sciencegallery.com/events/2012/06/serendipitous-walk because pre-booking for this free event is required.

SUNDAY TIMES OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL – TEMPLE BAR
The Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT) in co-operation with the Sunday Times have put together a great Outdoor Film Festival on Meeting House Square in Temple Bar. It will run from 10 May until 14 June and will see a popular movie being screened every Thursday night (Gates 21:45, Film Starts: 22:15). All tickets are free and can be booked online, but you can imagine that they are hot! ;-) The list of movies and the dates when the tickets come available is listed below.
07 June: Aliens (tickets available from Sunday 27 May)
14 June: Raiders of the Lost Ark (tickets available from Sunday 03 June)
More information can be found here templebar.ie/Event/OutDoorFilmFesta nd you can book tickets directly on entertainment.ie/tickets/meeting-house-square.asp

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DODGY IRELAND – UNDEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS!?
A few years ago, a friend of mine was working in Africa for a while and told me about election fraud that was happening everywhere because there was no reliable electoral role (a list with all voters) because people were registered a number of times and voters that had died were not taken off the list. And the worst was that there was no proper ID system to check if people had voted or not. Because of these problems election observers were regularly sent to that country and it was declared undemocratic.
On Thursday morning I found an article about the elections in Ireland on www.thejournal.ie. The article described that you do NOT have to bring your voters card to the polling office, that you don’t even need am ID in all cases and if you need an ID, a company ID card (which everyone with a laminator can easily fake) will do: jrnl.ie/469533 Is it just me, or does that system sound as reliable and trustworthy as the system in that African country a number of years ago!? Shocking! In the African country they then used indelible ink to make sure that nobody will vote twice. In Ireland you can still vote as often as you like if you are just ruthless enough. Incredible!

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Bank Holiday weekend! Make the best of it! And make sure that you check out the Dublin Event Guide next week. Ohhh, I think I will be on Q102 again this evening, just before 19:00. Let me know if you heard the tiny slot they gave me again. ;-)

Have an event-ful weekend,

–Joerg

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