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| DUBLIN EVENT GUIDE (for Free Events) No. 94
| 03 April 2009                      Subscribers: 3669
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Hi all!

If I remember right, I quoted this before: “Some day you are the bird and other days you are the statue!” I feel more like the statue this evening (Thurs) and am – for a change – not toooo cheery. :-/ But I guess we can’t always be happy and positive – and not so nice experiences do help us to appreciate the good times more. I do appreciate the good times a LOT, but when they don’t last long enough, then I too need a bit time to recover. All will be fine again in a few days or so and, hey, my little hiccups are not too serious. This weekend approx. 600 SR Technics workers will loose their jobs with relatively little prospects for getting another Aircraft maintenance job in Ireland in the near future. More is to come unfortunately. The budget announcement in a few days will hit us all hard and we will be all licking our wounds afterwards, and there are even worse news (health, accidents etc) waiting for some people this weekend. So, my little upset is nothing in comparison to that.

Whenever some bad news hit us, we ask the “What next?” question and nearly in ALL cases the next steps require us to move outside of our comfort zone and make some drastic changes. The 600 people from SR Technics need to look for new jobs in places that they hadn’t planned to go to or in jobs that they didn’t want to do. If someone gets bad news about health or other serious issues, the “next steps” are undoubtedly drastic and often life changing.

Is there “one size fits all” solution to this? Absolutely not! BUT there are little steps we can take. By taking our focus away from the bad news, we can maybe find some good aspects hidden beneath the rubble. New opportunities, new doors that we never had seen before, a new found strength in our selves, there is always SOMETHING good, but maybe we have to dig for it a bit. Once you have found the good thing, make it bigger and brighter and more colourful and more beautiful and focus on this good thing. Embrace it and use it as a motivator that gets you to search for MORE good things. And when you are surrounded by god things that you turned bigger and brighter and more beautiful, then look back to the bad news and change what they mean to you. Accept them and change the meaning! Loosing a job might be the kick in the back side that you always secretly hoped for so that you would pursue your REAL passion. Being told about an illness might be the message you needed to live more conscious or more healthily. Give the bad news a positive meaning and with that new found positiveness as a basis continue your life with a smile.

No, I know, it doesn’t change the badness of the original news. It doesn’t take it away, but nothing was going to do that anyway, so you have to deal with it either way. But you can deal with it by being upset or by seeing the future in bright colours. Which one feels better and enables you more?

On Tuesday (07 April) the Budget announcement with significant tax increases and with the expected reduction of benefits etc. will hit many people hard. More job losses could result from it and on top of all that are our small and big personal experiences and bad news. So before you enter the new week, have a look at all the good things in your life and find the areas that will still be good no matter what the news will be!

After this more-reflective-than-usual introduction today, let’s move to the events of the week. :-)

By the way, I am still experiencing some problems with Spam Filters. It seems that all Vodafone.ie users are cut off from receiving the Event Guide. I am working on this problem and hope to find a solution one way or another.

Thanks for the suggestions that people sent to me last week for improving this Event Guide. I will reply to all of you in the coming week and will summarise next week here.

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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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Since this newsletter is getting longer and longer with all the free events available, this section is meant to provide some help in picking and choosing the events I will or would go to. This is not the “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, so if it helps you I am glad, but feel free to ignore this section completely! :-) All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.

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Here are my plans for this week:

On Friday I recommend the Sidewalk Astronomer Event if stars and planets interest you and then – just in time to avoid the admission. ;-), go to the Phantom First Friday in Andrew Lane Theatre. On Saturday during the day I had quite a number of plans but they will have to get changed now. I was considering going to Howth or to Shankill to the sea if the weather is good and to the Jameson Distillery Museum if it isn’t, but I might leave that for another time and instead take it easy in the run up to our gig that evening in the Olympia. (I am singing in Kevin Doyle’s backing choir.) If you want to do some of the listed events here, then maybe the Franco-Irish Literary Festival is your thing? In the evening I will be in the Olympia (dedicating some songs to L.). On Sunday I will be at the Gospel Mass in the evening and during next week I will train my little heart out. ;-) This week won’t be tooo busy, but that’s a good thing every now and then.

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ESKIMO JOE – TICKET COMPETITION
Another opportunity to enter this competition:
Quadruple Platinum Selling “Eskimo Joe” will be in Ireland in the beginning of April and the organisers of their concert in Whelan’s have made a pair of tickets available for a lucky Event Guide subscriber. Their first UK tour was sold out in no time in December 2008, concerts in Amsterdam and Hamburg this month were sold out and now this Australian favourite is coming back to Dublin for a single concert. “The April tour is set to be a precursor to the release of a new album and will feature material from the bands highly anticipated new single (out on 06 April) and album, which both promise to show the bands new musical direction. Eskimo Joe will be showcasing their unique blend of brooding new wave tunes this April and reinforcing comparisons to classic bands like Coldplay, U2 and Snow Patrol. Catch this stadium band in venues this size for the last time while you can.”
Tickets (EUR 16) are available on www.ticketmaster.ie/event/1800417A9B984159 for their Whelan’s gig on Thurs 09 April. But with some luck you can win a pair of tickets here with the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). All you have to do is send an e-mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with ESKIMO JOE in the subject line and your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your mail has to be with me by 17:00 on Mon 06 April. www.youtube.com/eskimojoemusic and www.eskimojoe.net

KEVIN DOYLE SINGS HOLLYWOOD & BROADWAY – TICKETS
Kevin Doyle, Ireland’s best Elvis Presley performer, is diversifying slightly and has recorded an album with well known and popular Hollywood & Broadway songs. Kevin will perform these and a good few more songs in the Olympia Theatre on Sat 04 April from 20:00.
The album “Hollywood & Broadway” is in all good record stores tickets for the concert on Saturday are on sale here: www.ticketmaster.ie/Doyle-Sings-Hollywood-Broadway-tickets/artist/978937 Kevin made two pairs of tickets available for readers of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) and if you won, you will get a call from me today before 14:00. :-) If you didn’t hear from me by then, you can still buy tickets at the box office on Saturday for EUR 33.60 per person. :-)
www.doylemusic.net

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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ANGELA CONNER SCULPTURE IN GRAFTON STREET
‘Patefaction’, a large-scale sculpture by British sculptor Angela Conner is currently on view as the 5th in a series of sculptural installations organised by Solomon Fine Art with Dublin City Council at the Stephen’s Green end of Grafton Street. Angela Conner’s work was installed last week and will be on show for the next 12 months. The piece is 6m and is made of four stainless steel units suspended on a stainless steel frame. www.solomonfineart.ie and www.angelaconner.co.uk

EASTER WEEK
This week, there are a good few more exhibitions and less other events. I am not sure if this is just a coincidence or if it has to do with the fact that Easter will take place a week from now. And all will be preceded by Good Friday. In a country as catholic as Ireland you would expect that Good Friday is a bank holiday, but this NOT the case. Some employers do give their employees a day off on Friday, but in most cases you need to pay with a day of your holidays for this. But Good Friday is a scary day nevertheless! ;-) Grown up men go weak when they think of this day and especially of the fact that all pubs are closed in Ireland on that day and all alcohol sale is forbidden. So to survive a WHOLE day without alcohol people have to prepare themselves! You will be surprised to see a significant increase in purchases from off-licence shops on the Thursday evening before Good Friday! :-)

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I am still keeping that section open and if you have something you want to share, please let me know, but please note that it is for start-ups in relatively early stages, not for established companies/enterprises. If you are established and you want to reach the readers of this Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), you can talk to me about (very inexpensive) advertisement options.

F.I:T.T PERSONAL TRAINING
This week I want to introduce F.I.T.T Personal Training to you. This is a Personal Training service provided for women by Cathy Albanese. Cathy is a fully trained and experienced personal trainer and you don’t have to come to her, but instead she will train you where and when it suits you! Her one-to-one service is particularly helpful if you are interested in weight loss, body toning, physical fitness or in a “bride-to-be” programme. The website is www.fittpt.com and you can find out all the details and contact Cathy via phone, email or webpage.
Two additional programmes that Cathy offers are the Pink Platoon Bootcamp in Phoenix Park and the Yummy Mummy Club. The Yummy Mummy Club is an outdoor daytime exercise session for mums who have little or no time for exercise. You can bring your toddlers and meet other mums, have fun, mind the kids and exercise. The Pink Platoon Bootcamp is a 6-week training programme in Phoenix Park. It is starting on the coming Tuesday (07 April) and if you mention the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), you will only have to pay EUR 6 per class for the month of April. This is a brilliant offer!

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ELIZABETH PEYTON – IMMA
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is presenting ‘Reading and Writing’, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Elizabeth Peyton. It will run from 01 Apr – 21 June. (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)

GAVIN O’CURRY – GOETHE-INSTITUT
“The Lost American/Crying in the Chapel” is an exhibition of paintings by Gavin O’Curry in the Goethe-Institut Irland, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. The show will run from 02 Apr-16 May and will be open Tue-Thu 10:00-20:00, Fri+Sat 10:00-13:30.
www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/kue/bku/en4349608v.htm

GROUP SHOW – CROW GALLERY
‘We are protestant’ is an exhibition of painting, drawing and mixed medium work by Maurice Caplice, David McSwiggan and Fergal McSwiggan and it will run from 02-11 April. www.geocities.com/maxwiggan/weareprotestant (Gallery Details: Crow Gallery, 6 Crow Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, www.crowgallery.net, Open: 12:00-18:00)

GROUP SHOW – GALLERY ZOZIMUS
Gallery Zozimus is inviting to ‘Art of Clay – Personalities Taking Shape…’, an exhibition of work by 20 ceramic artists. The show will run from 02-22 April. (Gallery Details: Gallery Zozimus, 56 Francis St, Dublin 8, www.galleryzozimus.ie, Open: ??)

SHEILA RENNICK – AHSFORD GALLERY, RHA
‘Dodgy Heaven’ is an exhibition of paintings by Sheila Rennick. It will run at the Ashford Gallery at the RHA from 02-23 April. (Gallery Details: Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, www.rhagallery.ie, Open: Mon-Sat 11:00-19:00 Sun 14:00-17:00)

BORDER COUNTRY – ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
James Clancy’s Border Country concerns the emotional terrain tasting of the fear, the tension, the sinister, the fragility that evolves from moving into a situation where your control is minor and pain and confusion take over. The exhibition will be on show from 03 April – 16 May 2009. (Venue Details: Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, D2. www.alliance-francaise.ie, Open: Mon-Fri 09:00-19:30 and Sat 09:00 to 13:00)

ROBERT ARMSTRONG – KEVIN KAVANAGH GALLERY
‘blimp on the horizon’ is the exhibition of new work by Robert Armstrong that will be on show in the gallery from 02-25 April. The artist Robert Armstrong will be in conversation with Aidan Dunne at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery on Wednesday 08 April 2009 from 18:30. (Gallery Details: Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Chancery Lane, Dublin 8, www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie, Open: ???)

JONATHAN BARRY – PEARSE STREET LIBRARY
Dublin City Council is inviting to an exhibition of Dracula oil paintings by Jonathan Barry as part of the ‘One City One Book’ project celebrating Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula’. The exhibition also includes work inspired by other gothic novels, such as ‘Carmilla’, ‘The House by the Churchyard’, ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘The Fall of the House’. The exhibition will be on show from 01 to 30 April 2009.
www.jonathanbarry.net and www.dublinonecityonebook.ie

GROUP SHOW – BROADSTONE XL
‘Exit, Pursued by a Bear’ is an exhibition by emerging artists studying at IADT that will run from 02-08 April. The show features a large list of artists and the names can be found on the gallery’s webpage. www.iadtexhibition2009.blogspot.com
(Gallery Details: Broadstone Studios, Hendrion Building, 30-40 Upper Dominick Street, Dublin 7, www.broadstonestudios.com, Open: 10:00-20:00 every day)

CANDY COLLECTIVE’S ‘I FEEL…’ – CAMDEN STREET
‘I feel…’ is an outdoor installation of the thoughts of people throughout Dublin that will be on show around the Camden Street area of Dublin 2 until 05 April 2009. The collective results of the project will be presented on billboards and posters throughout the area on the street where the thoughts originated.
www.candycollective.com
www.myspace.com/ifeeldublin

TRÓCAIRE PHOTOGRAPHY – NO GRANTS GALLERY
‘Forced from home by war’ are images from Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign. The images will be on show at No Grants Gallery, Temple Bar until 9 April 2009. www.trocaire.org (Gallery Details: NGG (No Grants Gallery) in Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2)

JOHN KENNY – SEBASTIAN GUINNESS GALLERY
‘The Raven Mocker’ is an exhibition in the Sebastian Guinness Gallery in Temple Bar featuring work by IADT graduate John Kenny. It will run from 02 April – 01 May. (Gallery Details: Sebastian Guinness Gallery, 18 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, www.sebastianguinnessgallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri: 10:00-18:00, Sat: 12:00-18:00)

TOM HAMMICK – THE PAUL KANE GALLERY
‘Pro Tem’ is an exhibition of paintings by Tom Hammick. It will be on show in the Paul Kane Gallery from 07 April-02 May. www.tomhammick.com (Gallery Details: The Paul Kane Gallery, 6 Merrion Square North, www.thepaulkanegallery.com, Open: Tues-Fri 11:00-18:00 and Sat 12:00-17:00)

BRIAN BREATHNACH – MILL THEATRE GALLERY
The Mill Theatre Gallery Dundrum is presenting ‘ECCE HOMO’, an exhibition of painting, collage, sculpture and text by Brian Breathnach. The exhibition will be on show until 19 April. Work in the exhibition and the documentary film ‘Meeting Samuel Beckett’ can be viewed on YouTube at the Brian Breathnach Channel.
www.youtube.com/user/BrianBreathnach (Venue Details: Mill Theatre Gallery, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, www.milltheatre.com, Open: during theatre opening hours)

CHARLES TYRRELL – TAYLOR GALLERIES
‘Paintings and Etchings’ is an exhibition of new work by Charles Tyrrell that will open on Friday 03 April 2009 from 18:00-20:00. The show will then run until the end of May. (Gallery Details: Taylor Galleries, 16 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, www.taylorgalleries.ie, Open: Mon-Fri 10:00-17:30, Sat 11:00-15:00)

KAY CULLEN – PHOENIX PARK VISITOR CENTRE
An exhibition of pastel, oil and watercolour paintings by Kay Cullen will be on show at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre from 04 to 30 April 2009.
www.pastelsocietyofireland.org/members/kay_cullen/index.php

RACHEL RANDALL – SIGNAL ARTS CENTRE
‘Light Shadows’ is an exhibition of photography by Rachel Randall from 31 March to 12 April 2009. (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)

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EOGHAN QUIGG – HMV IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
Eoghan Quigg will be signing copies of his debut album, ‘Eoghan Quigg’ in hmv Dundrum on Friday 03 April from 17:00. Entry to event will be via wristband only and fans can pick up free wristbands at hmv Dundrum from 08:30 on Friday 03 April. hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1080

BALLYMUN YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL
The LiFT Ballymun Youth Arts Festival takes place from 01-08 April in the Reco and Axis. This is a programme of arts events for teenagers and young adults, with a focus on supporting and developing skills and introducing young people to new experiences. The programme includes film screenings, exhibition launches, workshops in drumming, rap, dj, creative writing, paper art and film making and a spectacular music gig in axis. Please check the full programme here: www.bryr.ie/eng/content/download/646/3749/file/LIFT_programme_2009.pdf
www.bryr.ie/eng/News-Events/LiFT-Ballymun-Youth-Arts-Festival

SPORT, SWEAT AND SCIENCE
Have you got what it takes to challenge some of Ireland’s top athletes?  For two days (02 -03 April) the Science Gallery will become a Human Performance Lab allowing you to pit your own athletic ability against the results of GAA stars Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Bryan Cullen. TCD’s Human Performance Lab, working with TCD Sports Centre, will measure endurance, strength and skill using the latest scientific processes. Find out more on www.sciencegallery.com/sport

WORLD HARMONY RUN – LUNCHTIME CONCERT
A free lunchtime concert is taking place in Temple Bar’s Meeting House Square on Fr 03 April. A team of 14 runners from all over the world will complete a 1400km journey carrying an Olympic-style torch around the coastline of Ireland.
To celebrate the event, there will be a lunchtime concert featuring music from cultures all over the world – African drumming, Indian ragas, traditional Irish music, choral singing and more! The concert will be held in Temple Bar’s Meeting House Square at 12:30. No tickets required, just come along and enjoy the fun!
The runners are part of the World Harmony Run, global relay event that seeks to bring people together through sport. Find out more about the run and concert here: www.worldharmonyrun.org/ireland
www.gumtree.ie/dublin/69/36818069.html

IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC – LECTURES
From 20 Feb 2009 to 1 May 2009 the Department of Music in TCD is running a series of public lectures on Irish Traditional Music. The background, forms instruments, practices and aesthetics of Traditional music in Ireland will be explored. The event is taking place from 11:00-13:00 in the Boydell Recital Room, Music Department, House 5, College. Further details from Gráinne at musicsec@tcd.ie or 8961120.
www.tcd.ie/Secretary/Communications/Noticeboard/ls_notices.html#12786

CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – UCD EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
The UCD Earth Systems Institute is inviting to a weekly seminar about climate change. The next public lecture will take place on Fri 03 Apr from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “The technology economy of the mid-21st Century: challenges and opportunities” by Professor Kenneth Dawson, UCD School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology. An overview over the whole seminar programme until June 2009 including links to abstracts is here www.ucd.ie/earth

FRANCO-IRISH LITERARY FESTIVAL
The Franco-Irish Literary Festival is taking place in Dublin Castle from 03-05 April. On Friday 03 April the following events will take place
14:00 Opening of the festival by H.E. Mr Yvon Roé D’Albert, Ambassador of France to Ireland
14:15-16:15 Panel discussion “Passion” with Moderator: Jean-Michel Picard and Colette Fellous, Alain Fleischer, Joseph O’Connor, Beatriz Preciado
16:30-17:45 Café Littéraire with Moderator: Joe Woods and Presentation of their latest work by: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Dennis O’Driscoll, Álvaro Uribe
18:00-19:30 Readings – Introduced by Sinéad Mac Aodha and with: Noëlle Châtelet, Olga Flor, Joseph O’Connor, Maike Wetzel
For all details and for the programme of the following days, check www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/2009/

SIXTEEN LAYERS – TOWER RECORDS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
On Friday 03 April, Sixteen Layers will be in Tower Records in Wicklow Street from 17:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

MOSAICS OF IDENTITY – ITALIAN LITERATURE DEBATE
The problem of identity in the recent Italian literature will be discussed on Friday 03 April. The information says that “after an intense day of debate at Trinty College Dublin, at 18:30 the Istituto Italiano di Cultura will open its halls to a poetic event dedicated to the problem of identity in modern Italian literature.” It is not clear what event in TCD is referred to, but I am sure you can find out more by ringing the Istituto on 01-662 0509.
The debate in the Istituto will be mainly focused on subjects like national or local identity, identity and globalization, psychological identity, rites of passage, anthropological adaptation, style and tendencies of specific Italian literary works. For more information pls check: www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=259&citta=Dublino

AMERICAN VOICES, OSKAR EUSTIS – ABBEY TALKS
The new Man to Man series of the Abbey Talks features Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater, New York, in conversation with Fiach Mac Conghail, director of the Abbey Theatre. The event wil take place on Fri 03 April from 18:00-18:45 at the Abbey Theatre. Admission is free but booking is essential on 01 87 87 222. www.abbeytheatre.ie/whatson/talks.html

PHANTOM FIRST FRIDAY
The radio station Phantom 105.2 is running a “First Friday” event every month and on 03 April the First Friday returns to Andrew’s Lane Theatre with live music from The Laundry Shop www.myspace.com/thelaundryshop , Royseven www.myspace.com/royseven and DC Tempest www.myspace.com/dctempest , followed by all of your favourite indie floor fillers going live across the city from midnight!
Admission is free before 22:00. After that it is EUR 7 in (or EUR 5 when you bring the First Friday ad from Metro). Doors open at 20:00.
www.myspace.com/phantomfirstfriday

WORLDVIEW FILM CLUB
The next Worldview Film Club screening is on Fri 03 Apr at 18:45. The film is the Mexican Drama/Romance “Like Water for Chocolate” (1992) and the theme of the discussion afterwards is TBA. Check worldview.project.googlepages .com/invitation (Googlepages URLs are suspicious to some spam filters, therefore you have to copy the address in your browser and then remove the space between “googlepages” and “.com”) or check www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27560436112
The Worldview Film Club is inspired by the Bahá’í Religion: www.bahai.ie. The event takes place in the National Bahá’í Centre, 24 Burlington Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

DUBLIN SIDEWALK ASTRONOMERS
The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers of the Irish Astronomical Society invite to a Public Sky Gazing event that takes place on Friday 03 April from 20:00-22:00 at Strand Road in Sandymount (near the Martello Tower), Dublin 4.
In the following night (Sat 04 April) the Astronomers will be in Glendalough on the Upper Car Park from 20:00-22:00.
A number of quality telescopes will be available for viewing the wonders of the heavens (provided that the skies are reasonably clear). With the Moon at first quarter, the Craters of the Moon will be well on view. By later in the evening (when it gets dark), the planet Saturn will be star of the show. Its rings are now a straight line as the planet is presented nearly edge-on. There are no charges to attend this event and to use the telescopes.
Dublin City Council Libraries will have their educational bus along at Sandymount, which will be a treat for children.
www.irishastrosoc.org/

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.
* Sahaja Meditation program 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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SEN HOLISTIC THERAPIES – OPEN DAY
The therapy centre “Sen Holistic Therapies” in Phibsborough is inviting to an open day with free seminars on Sat-Sun 04-05 April. Date posted: Saturday 4th April | Ad
On Saturday, you can avail of 30 minute treatments such as back, neck & shoulder massages, Energy Therapy (Reiki, IET, Magnified Healing), Tarot Reading and Acupuncture. On Sunday the centre is offering the following workshops:
14:00 Angel Workshop (Integrated Energy Therapy) – 15:00 Meditation – 16:00 Sundance. All treatments and workshops are completely free of charge, but you are asked to make a donation for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (www.imnda.ie). For more details and bookings contact Maria on 086 866 45 08
www.senholistictherapies.com

DEREK LANDY – BOOK SIGNING
Derek Landy will be signing copies of Skulduggery Pleasant Faceless Ones a number of times this weekend.
He will start in Eason’s, O’Connell St on Sat 04 April at 11:00 then he will continue
in Eason’s in Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum on Sat 04 April at 15:00. On Sunday he will then be at Hughes&Hughes in Swords where he will sign the same book from 14:00. www.eason.ie/events www.hughesbooks.com/

FRANCO-IRISH LITERARY FESTIVAL
The Franco-Irish Literary Festival is taking place in Dublin Castle from 03-05 April.
For all details and for the programme of the following days, check www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/2009/
On Saturday the events are
10:30- 12:00 Panel discussion “First Love” with Moderator: Dominique Le Meur and with Olga Flor, Deirdre Madden, Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Lucy Vincent
12:15-13:15 An hour with… with Moderator: Frédéric Ferney interviewing Assia Djebar
13:15-13:45 Signings
15:15-16:30 Panel discussion “Forbidden Love” with Moderator: Johnnie Gratton and with: Nicole Brossard, Noëlle Châtelet, Alain Fleischer, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
16:45-18:00 Café Littéraire with Moderator: Jean-Philippe Imbert. Presentation of their latest work by: Hugo Hamilton, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Maike Wetzel
18:15-19:30 Readings – Introduced by Éamon Ó Ciosáin, with: Colette Fellous, Claire Keegan, Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Álvaro Uribe
On Sunday the only event is:
12:00-14:00 Literary brunch “The End of Love” with Moderator: Lara Marlowe and with: Nicole Brossard, Assia Djebar, Frédéric Ferney, Claire Keegan, Dennis O’Driscoll
All events are open to the public and admission is free. The events are simultaneously translated in English and French.
www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/2009/

ORCHID FAIR – BOTANIC GARDEN
The Botanic Garden in Glasnevin is inviting to an Orchid Fair on Sat+Sun (04+05April). Come along and enjoy the fabulous orchid displays as part of their annual orchid fair. Learn all about orchids and how to care for them at free potting demonstrations. Orchid books and sundries will also be available. Free guided tours of the orchid collections at the National Botanic Gardens will be given at 14:30 each day. Admission is Free and the event takes place in the Gallery of the Education and Visitor Centre. (Venue Details: National Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, www.botanicgardens.ie, Open: Winter (mid-Nov to 16 Feb): Mon-Sun 09:00-16:30, Summer (17 Feb to mid-Nov): Mon-Sun 09:00-18:00, Admission is free)

DOUBLE TRIO CONCERT – MARLAY PARK HOUSE
“Double Trio”, a new work by composer Ian Wilson will be performed on Sat 04 April at 13:00 in Marlay Park House, Rathfarnham and at 20:00 in Kilternan Parish Church. Admission is free, but booking is essential. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is inviting to these two performances on 04 April and tickets may be booked through the Arts Office at 01-271 9530.
Double Trio was written during the summer and autumn of 2008 as the main focus of a one-year residency in the Glencullen area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County.  It is written for three improvisers – playing saxophone, double bass and drums – and three classical musicians – playing violin, vibraphone and harp – and takes its initial inspiration from speech rhythms and melodies. The musicians are Cathal Roche, saxophonist, Daniel Bodwell, bass and Stu Ritchie, drums alongside Mia Cooper, violin, Cliona Doris, harp and Richard O’Donnell, vibraphone. Double Trio lasts approximately 45 minutes and is in eight main sections.
www.dlrevents.ie/double_trio.htm

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS – NATIONAL MUSEUM
Shockingly the National Museum website claims that there are NO Events in April if you search the Calendar of Events. It seems that the staff at the museum has forgotten to tell people about their events. :-O Elsewhere I found this: “There is a mid-term programme at Collins Barracks, plenty of Easter workshops and an opportunity to trace the Holy Week and Easter through the collections at Kildare Street. Collins Barracks is continuing it’s popular series of Adult Gallery Talks, this time on the theme of ‘celebrating Irish furniture’. April also sees the Natural History Museum migrating north and settling at Collins Barracks, with an exhibition titled ‘The Dead Zoo – Treasures of the Natural History Museum'”. But unfortunately all this is useless information if you are not told WHEN and WHERE the events take place. With a LOT of luck this website www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events-arts-and-history.aspx will be updated TODAY before you start your weekend, but in all honesty, it seems someone in the National Museum dropped the ball and messed up! :-(

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL GALLERY
Nearly every Saturday from 15:00-16:00 a National Gallery Family Programme will provide 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 “Let’s go Fly a Kite!” with Kitty Rogers. The programme takes place in the Baroque Gallery and is suitable for children from 4-10 years.
www.nationalgallery.ie/html/programevents2.html

BIG LEBOWSKI DAY – BERNARD SHAW PUB
Jane Cassidy who is organising interesting events regularly sent me this notice: “It’s a Big Lebowski Day from 16:00 in the Bernard Shaw in South Richmond Street, Portobello. The film will be shown at 17:00 on a big screen accompanied by free popcorn. Fancy dress and dressing gowns are massively encouraged and to help things along there’ll be white russians, bowling and Creedence. The day is for both achievers and all those not yet acquainted with the film. The Dude abides.”
www.bodytonicmusic.com/events/toejam/2009/feb/17/quake/

BASQUE AND IRISH MINI-KORRIKA
Irish and Basque runners will stage a mini-Korrika (a “run” or “Walkathon”) in Dublin on Saturday 04 April and hold a fund-raising event after at the Cobblestone in order to raise funds for the promotion of the Basque language in the Basque Country. The Korrika is starting at 18:30 from the Ambassador cinema, O’Connell Street and will be finishing at 19:00 at the Cobblestone Pub, 77 North King Street where a fund-raising function (EUR 5) will be held. The documentary “Intimate journeys”, especially commissioned to celebrate this year’s Korrika, will be screened. Food and music will follow. Participation at the Korrika is free. www.korrika.org
www.indymedia.ie/article/91753

REGULAR EVENTS
* Don’t forget that the Temple Bar Markets (Temple Bar Food Market on Meeting House Square and – on a long break until 14 March – the Temple Bar 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
* The Dublin Food Coop runs a food market every Saturday (09:30-16:30) and Thursday (14:00-20:00) at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Fresh local and artisan produce, mainly organic, and other products for sustainable living are on sale. www.dublinfood.coop
* Enda Reilly (Acoustic/Rock/Trad – www.myspace.com/endaderoad) is playing from 19:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. Fiach (Acoustic/Rock/Soul – www.myspace.com/fiachmusic) is playing there from 21:00. Admission is free.
* Island of Tranquility – A meditation evening organised by the Worldview Project at 19:00. worldview.project.googlepages .com/invitationtotheislandoftranquality (Pls remove the space before the “.com” in the web address.) is taking place in 24 Burlington Road near the Burlington Hotel in Dublin 4.
* La Vie Latin Club – ObsessionSalsa are running this event every Sat in La Vie, 1-5 Exchequer Street from 22:00. Entrance is free. Best latin tunes, salsa, reggeaton, meringue, bachata will be played. www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33256271269
* 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 resident DJ Papi Chulo. Food is available until 00:30 and usually there is plenty of room to get dancing.

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GREAT IRELAND RUN 2009
The Great Ireland Run 2009 is taking place in Phoenix Park on Sun 05 April from 13:00. Participation in this 10 km run is not free and I am not sure if you can still register (Check on www.greatrun.org) but you can watch the run for free on Sunday in Phoenix Park. www.greatrun.org

DEREK LANDY – BOOK SIGNING
Derek Landy will be signing copies of Skulduggery Pleasant Faceless Ones a number of times this weekend.
He will start in Eason’s, O’Connell St on Sat 04 April at 11:00 then he will continue
in Eason’s in Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum on Sat 04 April at 15:00. On Sunday he will then be at Hughes&Hughes in Swords where he will sign the same book from 14:00. www.eason.ie/events www.hughesbooks.com/

CHILDRENS WORKSHOPS – PHOENIX PARK VISITOR CENTRE
Until December 2009 an impressive programme of workshops for children will be provided in Phoenix Park every Sunday from 10:30-12:30. Participation is free. The max number is 20 and the workshops are suitable for ages 5+ (Parental supervision required.) The children’s workshops combine art, nature awareness, history and heritage and are taking place at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.
The list of event titles that I had ran out on 29 March and consequently I don’t know what the title/topic of the upcoming events are. If anybody has a list for the events after 29 March, PLEASE send me a copy!! Thanks!
Bookings & Further Info: 01 6770095 or phoenixparkvisitorcentre@opw.ie
www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PhoenixPark

SUNDAY AT NOON CONCERT – CITY HALL
Every Sunday a free “Sunday at Noon” concert is taking place. Until recently that concert always took place in the Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square but it has now been moved to City Hall for a while. From 12:00-13:00 classical music will be performed for you. No booking is required. The next concert takes place on Sun 05 April: RTÉ Cór na nÓg: A selection of well known songs arranged for Children’s. www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=272

FAMILY PROGRAMME – NATIONAL MUSEUM
As described in the Saturday section: The National Museum website currently lists NO events for April or May, and seems in this aspect abandoned. Let’s hope that someone takes responsibility and provides details again. In the meantime feel free to ring the museum to find out and to complain: 01-6777444. www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?

FAMILY EVENT – HUGH LANE GALLERY
“Sunday Sketching”, the weekly workshop in Hugh Lane Gallery (Parnell Square) for 7+ year olds from 15:00-16:00 is this week entitled in Irish and therefore I can’t understand a word. Pity! You will have to check yourself and hopefully your Irish is better than mine! www.hughlane.ie/whats_on_detail.php?id=230

REGULAR SUNDAY EVENTS
*The Mary Stokes Band (Blues) from 18:30 in Bruxelles near Grafton Street and near the Westbury Hotel. I listened to them a few times and they are brilliant! It is not clear to me if the band is currently playing every two weeks or only once a month. I will try to find out.
*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 21:00. Provided are free live music, games & roast potatoes.
* “Loose Change” play in Gibneys Pub, New St., Malahide every Sunday from 18:00-20:00.
* The Tangenteers (Rock/Reggae) are playing from 18:00 in Peadar Kearney’s in 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2. Francois G reported that this 18:00 performance is not taking place. I am trying to find out more.
Ro Byrne (Acoustic/Rock/Indie – www.myspace.com/earthquakehair) is playing there from 21:00. Admission is free.
* The Brazilian Samba Rock Band +55 is playing every Sunday at the Odeon in Harcourt Street from 20:00-22:00, followed by a DJ playing Forro, Axe, and a mixture of Brazilian rhythms and salsa beats. Admission is free before 21:00 and EUR 5 after that.
* Songs of Praise, a Rock Karaoke is taking place every Sunday from 21:00 in The Village in Wexford Street, Dublin 2. www.getpraise.com
* 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
* Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass at 19:00 in Virgin Mary Church, Shangan Road, Ballymun.

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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RANCIERE & REPRESENTATION – PROJECTS ARTS CENTRE
On Mon 06 Apr from 17:00-18:30 you are invited to attend Rancière & Representation, a forum on Jacques Rancière facilitated through presentations by Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield, Tim Stott and an open discussion chaired by Sinead Hogan. Please register for the session on Monday by emailing hello@projectartscentre.ie www.projectartscentre.ie

AMERICAN VOICES: CHARLES ATLAS – ABBEY TALKS
The new series man to man in the Abbey Talks series sees pioneering film and video artist, Charles Atlas in conversation with choreographer, John Scott on Mon 06 April from 18:00-18:45 in the Abbey Theatre Admission is free but booking is essential on 01 87 87 222. www.abbeytheatre.ie/whatson/talks.html

REGULAR MONDAY EVENTS
* From 21:30 in the International Bar, 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
* From 21:30 a traditional Irish music session is taking place in Kennedy’s Pub in Drumcondra. Admission is free.

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JULIAN AND AUGUSTO BOAL – ABBEY TALKS
The Man to Man series in the Abbey Theatre sees founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal exploring the legacy of theatre with his son Julian on Tues 07 April from 13:00-14:00. Admission is free but booking is essential on 01 87 87 222. www.abbeytheatre.ie/whatson/talks.html

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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OUTDOOR SALSA – UCD
UCD Salsa is inviting to an Outdoor Salsa on Wed 08 April from 18:00-21:00 next to the Forum Bar on UCD Campus. The event is weather dependent and while mainly for UCD students, it seems others are very welcome too. The event is free and is organised by “J”, who is teaching Salsa classes in UCD. For all details, please check www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=28693014980&ref=nf

SPANISH CINEMA – INSTITUTO CERVANTES
The Instituto Cervantes, the Spanish Cultural Institute, wants to take you on a journey through Spanish cinema, from its inception to more recent productions, at the hands of directors that may be described as young, mythical, exceptional and internationally renowned… You can enjoy the best of Spanish comedies, drama, animation and documentaries. From 02 April – 27 May every week a film will be screened in the Café Literario of the Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 (near the National Gallery). The next film on 08 April from 18:30 is “El verdugo” (1963) by Patricia Ferreira All films are in Spanish with English subtitles. dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha53666_16_2.htm

VOLUNTEERING ADVICE SERVICE
On Wed 08 April from 17:00-20:00, Comhlamh’s Volunteering Options One-to-One Advice Service will be there to help you with your decision regarding volunteering. The organisers write: “Thinking of volunteering? – Finding it hard to make a decision? – Want to know more about the options available? – 20 minute appointments are available with Comhlámh staff to talk through options for volunteering for global development.” The event takes place in the Irish Aid Volunteering Centre, O’Connell Street. To book an appointment contact Kate on 01-4783490 or kate@comhlamh.org
www.activelink.ie/ce/active.php?id=3781

RELATIVES AND DEPRESSION – AWARE PUBLIC LECTURE
Aware is a voluntary organisation whose aims are to assist people that are directly affected by depression. Every month Aware is providing a public lecture about depression. The lectures take place at the Lecture Theatre, Swift Centre, St. Patrick’s Hospital, James’s St, D8 at 19:15. Paid parking is available in the car park at St Patrick’s Hospital (entrance via Steeven’s Lane), or alternatively take the Luas to Heuston Station. The lectures are always free and all are welcome.
The next lecture is taking place on Wed 08 April. It is entitled “Relatives and Depression”. www.aware.ie/lectures.php

REGULAR WEDNESDAY EVENTS:
* The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 17:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. The majority of people there are Spanish or English-speaking, but French, Italians, Polish and Chinese are sometimes coming to and everybody is welcome to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.
* “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 SOME Wednesdays. The frequency got less predictable in recent weeks/months and you should check the website before going. www.myspace.com/thesongroom

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PEAKIN TRIPPERS – IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
Tower Records will host an in-Store Performance of “Peakin’ Trippers” on Thursday 09 April at 17:00.

READING ABOUT SHOPPING -THEMED READING
“Reading About Shopping!” is the title of a themed literature reading on Thurs 09 April from 18:30-19:30 in Chapter and Verse on Parnell Street.
The participants are: Phantom 105.2 FM, and former Radio Caroline DJ, Steve Conway, Dublin poet, teacher and broadcaster Catherine Ann Cullen, New Zealand poet Ross Hattaway, Kildare novelist and short story writer Eileen Keane, Dublin poet Éamonn Lynskey, Wexford based poet, playwright and director Noel Ó Briain, Armagh born poet and essayist Barbara Smith.
www.seventowers.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=267

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GOOD FRIDAY!!!!

CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – UCD EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
The UCD Earth Systems Institute is inviting to a weekly seminar about climate change. There is NO lecture on Fri 10 Apr because it is Good Friday. The next public lecture will take place on Fri 17 Apr from 12:30-13:30 in The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The topic is “Plug-in hybrids – panacea or placebo?” by Dr. William Smith, UCD School of Electrical, Electronic & Mechanical Engineering. An overview over the whole seminar programme until June 2009 including links to abstracts is here www.ucd.ie/earth

SUPERJIMENEZ – TOWER RECORDS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
On Friday 10 April, Superjimenez will be in Tower Records in Wicklow Street from 17:00. entertainment.ie/venue_information/Tower-Records/32057.htm

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HAENDEL FESTIVAL
The Haendel Festival will take place this from 13-19 April. There are quite a number of free events provided, however most of them require booking. So I suggest that you have a look at the programme here
www.templebar.ie/docs/handelfestival09.pdf and decide which events you want to attend. This should help you to book your tickets early enough. www.templebar.ie/home_ns_28.html

LATIN AMERICA WEEK
From 14-22 April, the Latin America Week 2009 will take place. The title is “The Bittersweet taste of Globalised Food – local struggles and food sovereignty in Latin American and Ireland – Dublin – Galway – Limerick – Cork”.
The main events are
* Conference Sat 18 April (10:15-16:00) – The speakers are Alberta Cariño Trujillo (Mexican woman active in the “No Corn No Country” campaign) and Juan Cambindo Cuenu (Colombian sugar cane cutter and trade unionist) Venue: Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
* Photo Exhibition – It runs from 14-18 April and opens on the 14th at 18:00. The exhibition is open daily from 10:00-17:00 in the Irish Aid Volunteer and Information Centre, 27 – 31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
* X Annual Irish – Latin American Film Festival from 15-17 April from 17:00-20:00 in the Irish Aid Volunteer and Information Centre, 27 – 31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
www.lasc.ie/activities/law/law2009.html

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______This is odd!!______________

I asked last week if I should keep this section and to find out what you think about it and I was told by each and every one of the mails I received that you definitely want to keep this section. :-) I am happy to follow your request. :-)

And to make up for not having one story here last week, I have a number of This is Odd stories this week!

The first one is from Brian Th., who writes this:

“A colleague of mine went to Cineworld on Parnell Street to see the new Nicholas Cage movie. When she got there she noted that the admission price to the cinema and the price of the snacks had increased. When she asked to see a manager to inquire about the price rise, there was not one available. However, the member of staff she was speaking to said that the price went up because of the recession and because more people were going to the cinema instead of going out elsewhere.

I find this very puzzling. If more people are going to the cinema the price should be lowered. I think that greed is a factor that has got us into a recession and to charge cinema goers more money to see a film is not fair.”

I definitely agree: This is VERY odd! And then movie producers and distributors are surprised that people download movies from the Internet??

And here is something else:

Have you heard about the CRAZY idea of Car Free College Green by July? (www.rte.ie/news/2009/0330/transport.html) Dublin City, seemingly pushed by Dublin Bus and supported by the Green Minister Eamon Ryan came up with the idea to close Dame Street for private vehicles and to only allow buses and taxis. I am not totally against pedestrianising the city centre, but allowing buses and taxis still to use a street does NOT make sense especially since the buses have been reduced and the taxi drivers seem to love striking more than working (www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/eyaueyqlojcw/rss2/). If ALL vehicles – including bicycles – will be banned from using Dame Street, we can talk about giving the streets back to the pedestrians. But if hundreds of dangerous taxi drivers and buses were still allowed to endanger the pedestrians, it does not make sense at all!

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Have a good week and don’t let the (temporary) bad news of life pull you down. Look outside and see the sun and the flowers and spring arriving everywhere and enjoy life as much as possible!

–Joerg

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