New TV series based on ‘best Irish novel ever’ to screen this week
The book has been described as ‘unfilmable’. A new TV series adaptation of James Joyce’s legendary novel Ulysses will be screening this week in Dublin City as part of the Bloomsday Film Festival. This new adaptation is titled Ulysees, New York and is made by American filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (The Show About the Show). It […]
3 weeks ago
Man dies and another hospitalised after incident on busy Dublin city street
Gardaí say they were alerted after security personnel detained a male in connection with ‘an alleged shoplifting incident at a retail store’. Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in his 30s following an incident on Henry Street in Dublin city yesterday (Friday, 15 May). In a statement, An Garda Síochána […]
1 month ago
Two people hospitalised after fire at popular pub on busy Dublin city street
Seven fire engines and three ambulances are on the scene. Gardaí and emergency services are at the scene of a fire in Dublin city centre that has left two people hospitalised. In a statement to JOE, Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) said it received multiple calls at around 6.40am on Tuesday (28 April) reporting a fire […]
2 months ago
We could spend hours looking at this interactive ’60s ‘Google’ map of Dublin
Everyone in the JOE office is obsessed with this. Did you know there is a website that lets you compare what Dublin looked like in the 1960s with how it looks now? This site is called SpaceFromSpace and utilises “historic Cold War era declassified satellite photographs, high-resolution spaceport imagery, and aerial images”. This is so […]
2 months ago
Five premises at popular Dublin mall hit with closure orders over cockroaches and mice
In one of the Dublin city food businesses, two dead mice were found in a kitchen area. Five premises located within Moore Street Mall in Dublin city centre were issued closure orders last month by the FSAI (The Food Safety Authority of Ireland). The closure orders were served by Environmental Health Officers in the HSE […]
2 months ago
Gardaí issue new statement over ‘significant disruption’ caused by fuel protests
Protesters want the carbon tax to be abolished and fuel costs to be ‘brought back to an affordable level’. Both An Garda Síochána and the Dublin Fire Brigade have issued new statements regarding the fuel protests taking place across Ireland today (Wednesday, 8 April). A response to the recent, much-publicised surge in fuel prices, the […]
3 months ago