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Thursday 3 December 2020
The peace bell was sounded at Áras an Uachtaráin.
There will be 14 light projections on buildings like The GPO and bridges like the Samuel Beckett bridge next month.
Dublin City Council granted permission for the banners in June.
Gardaí carried out a search on a house yesterday.
Previous award winners include David Walliams and Jilly Cooper.
An Post claimed visitor numbers to the GPO had almost halved in the past three years.
The free personal postal address service for people who are homeless was launched at the GPO today.
O’Connell Street is a hive of activity each Friday evening as groups provide services for those in need.
The Leinster lock’s great-grandfather was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers and Fianna Fáil.
The 1916 Proclamation was read by Captain Sean McCarthy in front of the GPO this afternoon.
The new exhibition opens later this month.
Kevin Shanahan sees around 20 people during each of his O’Connell Street nighttime sessions.
O’Connell Street is a hive of activity each Friday evening as groups set up to provide their services.
Bríd Smith TD said that the government has been “passing the parcel” on the issue of post offices.
A spate of reports of people falling from their bicycles in traffic, and suffering minor-to-more-serious injuries, have been reported at the site.
The Department of Arts says buying the letter would “not be the best use of taxpayers’ money”.
Hundreds of documents are being released to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.
Events were taking place around the country.
A bundle of keys for the GPO also sold for €3,400.
The parade attracted a large crowd in Dublin’s city centre.
There’s wide agreement that the national celebrations went quite well. But should they be repeated?
“The people that stood on this doorstep in 1916 did not stand for this,” Mick Keane says.
The proclamation, first read by Padraig Pearse on Easter Monday 1916, was re-read by Defence Forces Captain Peter Kelleher
They could all be yours.
It opens the day after Easter Monday.
A rubble-surrounded GPO now adorns the front of the jersey.
O’Connell Street has now returned to normal.
Two protests are taking place this Saturday – there are bound to be a clash of ideas, writes Julien Mercille.
The organisers of the protests claim that 20,000 people took part in the demonstration earlier in Dublin.
They say it will help in rejuvenation.
Thousands marched in Dublin with vigils elsewhere to remember the dead.
A slightly frazzled looking polar bear also lent a hand.
The Christmas plan for Dublin city has been confirmed. Here’s what’s going on…
Trinity College Dublin is giving the public a glimpse at rare photographs and items from the 1916 Rising.
All four of those arrested were men in their 20s.
The Old Borough in Swords will open its doors next week.
Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said the Defence Forces will be central to practically all of the events that will happen next year.
It was part of a special Raidió na Gaeltachta show on Easter Monday.
It concluded with an Air Corps fly past.
The glossy montage posted on the Government’s official site included cameos from the Queen and David Cameron, but made no mention whatsoever of any of the signatories of the Proclamation.
THIS YEAR HAS given us a lot of unexpected things, but one of the bigger cultural changes of 2020 has been the wide-scale move to working from home.
Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Arlene Vithaldas of the UCC Academy argues that it’s time for society to change its view of a workplace that includes commuting to offices.
Some people have found that working from home has given them more time, because they don’t have to commute both ways or end up getting stuck in the office after hours.
However, others miss the collaborative nature and social aspect of being in the office, as well as the chance to regularly be in urban centres where offices tend to be located.
Today we’re asking: Do you enjoy working remotely?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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