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23 Oct 2019
Film

Screening of Float Like A Butterfly (2018) at Draíocht

From the producers of ‘Once’ and ‘Sing Street’, comes ‘Float Like a Butterfly’, a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of classic film Billy Elliot and inspired vaguely by Katie Taylor, the film concerns a young 15 year old Traveller girl who, as a huge fan of Mohammad Ali, trains herself into a state of boxing excellence.

18 Oct 2019
Music

Jake Carter to take the stage in Draíocht

Fresh off the back of what has been a roller coaster 18 months for Jake Carter, the pop singer and Dancing With The Stars 2018 winner has enjoyed enormous success in recent times with his recent single releases, as well as packing out venues across the country including Dublin’s Vicar St. and Cork Opera House.

24 Sep 2019
Consultation

Council publishes proposals for the construction of a new Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge in Donabate

Fingal County Council has commenced a Part 8 procedure to obtain planning approval for the construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Dublin to Belfast Railway line at Corballis, Donabate. The proposed bridge will cross over the railway line south of Donabate Train Station, thereby facilitating a safe and segregated pedestrian and cycle route over the railway line. It will enhance connections between the development lands at Corballis, Donabate Village, the railway station and Newbridge Demesne.

16 Oct 2019
Film

Draíocht to host screening of Spliced

n a handball alley between three concrete walls, a conversation is taking place between a hurler, an artist and a musician. Timmy is contemplating life outside the sporting institution that raised him: the GAA.

10 Oct 2019
Film

Screening of Romeo & Juliet (1996)

The classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director Baz Luhrmann to a post-modern Verona Beach where swords are merely a brand of gun and bored youths are easily spurred toward violence. Longtime rivals in religion and business, the Montagues and the Capulets share a page from the Jets and Sharks of West Side Story when they form rival gangs. 

02 Sep 2019
ANCA

Aircraft Noise Competent Authority established

The Aircraft Noise Competent Authority is the new body responsible for ensuring that noise generated by aircraft activity at Dublin Airport is assessed in accordance with EU and Irish legislation.