Playlist for Wednesday 31.7.13

4-5
Smiths - Panic
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Moby - Run On
Edward Sharpe - 40 Day dream
Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Thin Lizzy - Cowbell Song
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
The Strypes - Hometown Girls

5-6
Blur - Coffee & TV
Paul Simon - Graceland
Hozier - Take me to church
Edwin Collins - Never met a girl like you
Boy - Little Numbers
Elbow - Grounds for divorce
Stars - A song is a weapon
Brian Deady - Sun Up

6-7
Daughter - Youth
Fryars - Cool like me
Kavinsky - Nightcall
OK GO - Here we go again
Come on Live Long - Mountains
Jake Bugg - Two Fingers
Villagers - That Day
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend

Playlist for Tuesday 30.7.13

4-5
The Cast of cheers - Animals
The Jam - Going Underground
Jake Bugg - Two Fingers
Field Music - Start the day right
The Pigeon Detectives - I found Out
Yuck - Rebirth
Strypes - Hometown Girls
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
Weezer - Undone
Vampire Weekend - M79
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Hozier - Take me to church

5-6
Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights
Come On Live Long - Mountains
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Alpine - Hands
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Walk Us Uptown
London Grammar - Hey Now
Waterboys - Fishermans Blues
Beck - I won't be long
Volcano Choir - byegone
U2 - Where the streets have no name
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds

6-7
Fryars - Cool like me
Rodriguez - Crucify Your Mind
Powderfinger - Waiting for the sun
Twin Shadow - Shooting Holes
The Frames - Pavement Tune
Les Enfants - Celeste
Bobby Womack - California Dreaming
Rhye - Open
Rage against the machine - Killing in the name
Director - Reconnect
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Le Galaxie - You feel the fire
Le Bien - Rise-Up

Playlist for Monday 29.7.13

4-5
Director - Reconnect
AC Newman - Miracle Drug
Pascal Pinon - One Thing
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Laura Marling - Master Hunter
Magic Man - Paris
James Vincent McMorrow - Breaking Hearts
Woodkid - Run Boy Run
New Order - Hellbent
Elvis Costello - Walk us uptown
Come On Live Long - Mountains
Teddybears - Punkrocker

5-6
Beck - I won't be long
Fryars - Cool like me
Volcano Choir - Byegone
The Strypes - Hometown Girls
NONONO - Pumpin Blood
Hozier - Take me to church
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Daughter - Youth
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Jagwar Ma - Come save me
Pogues - Fiesta
Shearwater - You as you were

6-7
Lorde - Royals
Steve Mason - Am I just a man
Yuck - Rebirth
Aeroplane - We can't fly
Conor Linnie - Crash Bandicoot Blues
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Jens Lekman - A postcard to nina
ACDC - Skies On Fire
Kodakid - Shake Skin
Ryan Vail - Sunlight
The Smiths - How soon is now

Kilshane Road Closure.

Kilshane Road will close temporarily for resurfacing works from Monday 12th August 2013 to Friday 27th September 2013

Diversions via:

(i) Kilshane Way, N2/N3 Link Road, Ratoath Road and North Road (R135).

(ii) North Road (R135), Ratoath Road, N2/N3 Link Road and Kilshane Way.

Plalist Friday 26.7.13

4 - 5

The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
Future Kings Of Spain - This Is The End
Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
Swords - Lions & Gold
Kings Of Leon - Supersoaker
Solange - Losing You
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Croupier - Carol Of The Bells

5 - 6

Neon Neon - Raquel
Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
Brian Deady - Over Like McGyver
Presidents of the U.S.A - Lump
Gemma hayes - Hanging Around
Billy Bragg - New England
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine

6 - 7

Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Imelda Main - Tainted Love
Feist - 1234
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours
The Vinylheads -  Everything under The Sun
Spook of The Thirteenth Lock - The Brutal Here And Now

Badly Flooded areas as of 18.20

These are the areas worst affected by flooding as reported to us so far. More as we get them.

Swords Rd before Santry Ave outbound at the Swiss Cottage. Customers of the Omni Park shopping centre are having difficulty exiting the carpark as a result.

Clanbrassil St Outbound at Kevin St Junction

M50 between J13 Dundrum and J12 Firhouse

Shelbourne Road at junction of Lansdowne Road

Swords Road – Just after Collins Ave

East Road off Sherriff St

Beresford Place Inbound

Russell St at Croke Park

Clontarf Rd at The Yacht and Castle Avenue. Seafield Ave is impassable onto Clontarf Road. Vernon Avenue badly flooded also. Very poor visibility.

Howth Road at Lawrence Road junction

Church Ave in Ringsend

Sean Moore Roundabout

Stockhole Lane in Cloghran flooding in both directions

Worlds Worst Junctions?

This actually gives me the fear looking at in. John Neary aptly described it as the inception of roundabouts. A roundabout within a roundabout within a roundabout. The worst part of this is that they made two more.

How about this little beauty in Shanghai, not for the faint hearted or the learner driver!

No post on crazy junctions would be complete with out the Arc de Triumph, Paris (Place Charles de Gaulle) Which haven driven through it with 2 years of my life two dogs and an unhappy girlfriend it is an absolute free for all. Brush up on your French Swear words they are as essential as an indicator here.

Those of you who can remember the old M50 before the improvements might recognise this kind of snarl up. Although this particular shot is from Italy during a strike.

Sao Paulo in Brazil has legendary traffic jams and junctions this is just a taster.

and

back to Europe for this one in Bucharest

Playlist for Thursday 25.7.13

4-5
The Cardigans - My Favourite Game
The Black Keys - 10am Automatic
Sultans of Ping - Give him a ball
Yuck - Rebirth
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Alpine - Hands
The Waterboys - Fishermans Blues
Eels - Looking Up
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Stars - Wasted Daylight
Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
Peter, Bjorn & John - Second Chance
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
Sea Pink - Following Wind

5-6
Ellie Goulding - Tesselate
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Laura Marling - Where can I go?
Gnarles Barkley - Crazy
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
The Strypes - Homeless Girls
Hozier - Take me to the church
School of seven bells - ILU
Lisa Hannigan - I don't know

6-7
Friends - I'm his girl
Paul Simon - Graceland
Fyfe - Solace
Soundgarden - Black hole sun
Van Morrison - Days Like This
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Ash - Kung Fu
Cayucas - High School Lover
Daughter - Youth
Bright Eyes - First day of my life
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Volcano Choir - Byegone

Opera in the Open 2013

It's something we look forward to every year and Opera In The Open is back once again.

Live and outdoors from the Amphitheater, beside the Civic Offices on Wood Quay, every Thursday lunchtime at 1pm for the month of August.

It's been running for 13 years years and this year features Tosca, Werther, The Turn of the Screw, L'Elisir D'Amore and Candide. 

So grab your lunch head down to Woodquay and enjoy a free opera performance!

Singers, for this year’s series, include Sandra Oman, Morgan Crowley and Elizabeth Ryan.

Dates and Operatic Performances:

1st August - Tosca

8th August - Werther

15th August - The Turn Of The Screw

22nd August - L'Elisir D'Amore

29th  August - Candide

Playlist for Wednesday 24.7.13

4-5
Brooke Waggoner - Ink Slinger
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Neil Young - Mr. Soul
The Cast of Cheers - Animals
Chairlift - Bruises
Cure - Just like heaven
The Strypes - Hometown Girls
Raconteurs - Consolers of the lonely
Kurt Vile - KV Crimes
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The cherry tree
C2C - Down the road
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
Funeral Suits - Colour Fades
Paul Simon - Kodachrome

5-6
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Supergrass - Pumping up you stereo
James Brown - Its a mans world
Dan Croll - From Nowhere
Ian Brown - FEAR
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
Hozier - Take me to the church
Santigold - LES Artistes
Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall
Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya
The Walls - To the bright and shining Sun

6-7
Lorde - Royals
Muse - Uprising
Daughter - Youth
Vampire Weekend - Obvious Bicycle
Cat Stevens - I love my dog
Tennis - Petition
Ash - Girl from Mars
Rose and howling North - Cuckoo
Brian Deady - Sun Up
Pulp - Disco 2000
Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds

Emergency Closure of The N1 Northbound Friday

Anyone using the N1 between the Shantalla fly-over (the flyover after Collins Ave) and Coolock Lane interchange (The mouth of the Port Tunnel) should take note that it will be closed from 12 midnight Friday until 6 AM to facilitate essential repairs to public lighting.

Traffic Management Plan:

Traffic travelling north bound will be diverted Old Swords Road and Coolock Lane.
A lane closure will be in operation on the south bound carriageway of the N1 as part of the emergency works with a Traffic Management Plan in place at all times.
Local access will be maintained at all times.

For more info go to HERE

Playlist for Tuesday 23.7.13

4-5
Brian Deady - Sun up
Blur - Beetlebum
Phoenix - If I ever feel better
Boo Radley - Wake Up Boo
Doves - Pounding
Rose & The Howling North - Cuckoo
The Frames - Pavement Tune
Tim Buckley - Once I was
Yuck - Get Away
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
Feist - 1234
Hozier - Take me to church

5-6
I am Kloot - Proof
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
The Tallest Man on Earth - 1904
T Rex - 20th Century Boy
Lorde - Royals
Minutes - Fleetwood
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Sparks - Let the monkey drive
Villagers - That Day
Daughter - Youth
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
White Stripes - Theres no home for you here

6-7
Bipolar Sunshine - Fire
Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle
London Grammar - Hey Now
Billy Bragg & Wilco -Hometown Girls
The Strypes - Hometown Girls
James - She's a star
The Riptide Movement - Thieves in the gallery
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Radiohead - High & Dry
UNKLE - Eye for an eye
The Pogues - A rainy night in Soho

Playlist for Monday 22.7.13

4-5
Conor Linnie - Crash Bandicoot Blues
Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress
Hozier - Take me to the church
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
Joe Banfi - Nomads
Beach House - Myths
Beats for beginners - You can't kill a dead man
The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love
Rhye - Open
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Graham Coxon - Freakin' Out
Chris Malinchak - So good to me

5-6
Daughter - Youth
The Fall - Touch Sensitive
Les Enfants - Celeste
Clash - Train In Vain
Bipolar Sunshine - Fire
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
Charlie Parr - 1922 Blues
O Emperor - Po
Beck - Go it alone
Laura Marling - Where can I go?
Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Saso - Type A Jitters

6-7
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
Portishead - Glorybox
Boy - Little numbers
Morrissey - Suedehead
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Hollies - I'm Alive
Pixies - Bagboy
Gregory Porter - Lions Song
Matthew E White - Big Love
Rory Gallagher - Born on the wrong of time
Vampire Weekend - Step
The Frames - Pavement Tune
Brian Deady - Sun Up

Playlist for Friday 19.7.13

4-5
The Minutes - Fleetwood
Queen - Don't stop me now
National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Vampire Weekend - M79
Bobby Womack - California Dreamin
Caravan Palace - Jolie Coquine
The Turtles - Happy Together
The Cast of Cheers - I am lion
Shearwater - You as you were
Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass
Whipping Boy - When we were young
Boy - Little Numbers

5-6
Ernie K Doe - Here comes the girls
New Radicals - you get what you give
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Phoenix - Lisztomania
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
White Lies - Death
The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight
Killers - All these things that I have done
Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
U2 - I will Follow

6-7
Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt
Volcano Choir - Byegone
C2C - Happy
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Rolling Stones - Doom & Gloom
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Lorde - Royals
Tom Petty - Runnin down a dream
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
Two door cinema Club - Undercover MArtyn
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Them - Gloria

Bray Summer Fest Air Show

OK so summer fest has been going very well so far this year but it really kicks into another gear this Sunday when the Air Show takes to the skies.

This is set to be another major traffic boiling point for the summer. With the weather the way it is, and the festivals popularity growing each year you can expect 80 - 100,000 people possibly making their way to the seaside town.

So what do you need to know?

Firstly the road closures: 

Strand Rd in bray will be closed on Sunday 21st from 1 to 7 PM

Secondly the restrictions:

From 12 noon to 7pm on Sunday the 21st July 2013 only residents and businesses will have access to the area east of Main St and Vevay Road from Seapoint Road to Newcourt Road.

Access to Quinnsboro Road will be restricted to local residents and to those using the car park at Florence Road / Quinnsboro Road. 

Access to the car park at St Thomas’s School will be available via Novara Avenue. 

Parking Restrictions

From 7am on the 21st July 2013 parking will be restricted in the following areas:
Seapoint Road (Emergency Route)
Putland Road from Strand road to Sidmonton Road. (Emergency Route)
Meath Road (West Side from Putland Road to Convent Avenue)

Convent Avenue (East Side) from Sidmonton Road to Meath Road.

Public transport: DART, Dublin Bus and Finnegan’s Bray services who are running a shuttle bus service from car parks at Southern Cross Road, the Dell site and Presentation School on Putland Road. Buses will drop passengers off at Convent Avenue and will operate on a circuit from Southern Cross Road, Vevay Road, Putland Road, Meath Road, Convent Avenue, Sidmonton Road, Putland Road Vevay Road and Southern Cross Road. Pick up points after the event will be at Meath Road. .

Free Car Parking:

Florence Road Car Park
Presentation School, Putland Rd
St Thomas School on Novara Avenue
Holy Redeemer Church Car Park on Herbert Rd
Old Dell Site at Boghall Road / Vevay Road
Carisle Grounds, Seymour Road

Don't try an abandoning your car shenanigans as strict enforcement will be carried out throughout the town and the day.

Access Routes

To avoid traffic congestion at the northern end of the town before the event traffic approaching Bray from the M50M11 will be directed by signage to use the Bray South (Southern Cross Road) exit. J7

Traffic approaching Bray from the Greystones and Southern Cross Road will be directed via signage and barriers to park in the Presentation College on Putland Rd. Access down Newcourt Rd and Putland Road will be restricted to residents only.

Traffic coming into Bray town centre from Killarney Rd will be directed to car parks at the back of the Holy Redeemer Church Herbert Rd and at St Thomas’s School Novara Avenue.

Traffic coming into Bray for the air show from Castle Street will be directed to turn left on to Novara Avenue and park in St Thomas School.

Playlist for Thursday 18.7.13

4-5
Kings of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Tom Petty - American Girl
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Jonathan Wilson - Desert Raven
Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
Harry Belafonte - Shake Shake Senora
Yuck - Get away
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Daughter - Youth
Jackie Wilson - I get the sweetest feeling
Smiths - How soon is now

5-6
C2C - Happy
Beck - Sexx Laws
Frank & Walters - After All
NONONO - Pumpin Blood
Noah & The Whale - 5 years time
They Might Be Giants - You're on fire
Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle
Bees - A Minha Menina
Them - Gloria
Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3
Lemaitre - Cut to black
Two Door Cinema Club - Something good can work

6-7
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
London Grammar - Hey Now
Edward Sharpe - Home
De La Soul - All Good
Little Green Cars - The John Wayne
Canned Heat - Goin up the country
The 4 of us - Sunlight
Architecture In Helsinki - Like it or not
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Frank Sinatra - Come fly with me
Kid Karate - Two Times

Stop Go System In Bray

A stop/go traffic management system will be in operation on the R761, Greystones/Bray Road, from the top of Windgates (at Templecarrig Junction) for approximately 1 km towards Greystones on Friday, 19th July, 2013, from 7.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. to facilitate pavement repairs.

Longitude Festival Traffic Info

OK so lots of you folks will be making your way to Longitude tomorrow and over the weekend in Marlay park. We personally hope you take public transport

There's a shuttle bus:
The shuttle bus will leave from Custom House Quay at 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, and 19:00.

The buses will return to the City Centre from 22:00 each day.

Return Tickets only being sold at €10 on the day or €9 for advanced online booking. http://www.marathonsportsbooking.ie/Tours/Marlay_Park_Coach_Service OR www.bushiredublin.net


Dublin Bus

These Dublin Bus routes serve the Grange Road entrances of Marlay Park immediately outside the concert site:

16

Airport / O’Connell Street to Grange Road

116

Burlington Road to Grange Road

161

Dundrum Road Luas Station to Grange Road


These Dublin Bus routes serve Ballinteer Shopping Centre approx. 15 minutes walk to the concert site:

14

Beaumont via Amiens Street to Ballinteer Shopping Centre

75

The Square Tallaght / Dun Laoghaire to Ballinteer Shopping Centre

If you MUST drive then

From Dublin city centre via Ranelagh, Clonskeagh, Goatstown, Sandyford, Grange Road and then onto College Road for car-parks.

From the M50 -

Option 1 - exit M50 at Junction 12 Interchange, signposted R823, Ballyboden.

Follow Scholarstown Road, Taylor’s Lane, turn right onto Whitechurch Road and then left onto College Road. Entrance to car-parks is off College Road.

Option 2 – exit M50 at Junction 13 Interchange (Dundrum).

Follow Brehonfield Road R133, direction Rathfarnham. Turn left at Naomh Eoin GAA Club onto R822 (signposted Ticknock). Turn right at traffic lights at Taylor’s Three Rock Pub onto College Road R113.

Entrance to car-parks is off College Road just be warned there is limited parking on site.

Playlist for Wednesday 17.7.13

4-5
National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
The Spook of the thirteenth Lock - Sweeneys Frenzy
Jet - Are you gonna be my girl
Josh Ritter - Good Man
Cayucas - High School Lover
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Daughter - Youth
Foo Fighters - Times like these
Funeral Suits - Colour Fade
Beatles - Back in the USSR
Bipolar Sunshine - Fire
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on fire
Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
Dusty Springfield - Son of a preacher

5-6
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
ACDC - Skies on Fire
Lorde - Royals
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
David Bowie - Sound & Vision
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Rodriguez - Crucify your mind
Lisa Hannigan - Knots
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Phoenix - Too Young
Michael Kiwanuka - Tell me a tale
Oasis - Don't look back in anger

6-7
Autoheart - The sailor song
Dire Straits - Money for nothing
Rhye - Open
Kodakid - Shake Skin
Alt-J - Dissolve Me
Teddybears - Punkrockers
Coldplay - Clocks
Tandem Felix - Tell yer loved ones
David Kitt - Say No More
NONONO - Pumpin Blood

Family Tree Advice Day

So lets admit it, lot's of us want to trace our family tree but never do. If you, like me have always wanted to do this then come along to a series of Genealogy Open Days in the Dublin City Library and Archive on 26th July, 9th or 16th August.

You can meet and get advice on your research from genealogists, including John Grenham (author of Tracing your Irish Ancestors). Drop-in anytime between 10.30am and 4.30pm to get information and a free search on family history resources.

Various Irish genealogy organisations will have information stands at the open days and Dublin City Library and Archive will also showcase its array of family history resources.

It’s all free and a great opportunity for anyone, beginners, experts and tourists, to start exploring their family tree.

When:

Fridays, 26th July, 9th August and 16th August from 10.30am to 4.30pm

Where:

Dublin City Library and Archive (conference room), 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Majors Works For Arklow Town

Major road works will be getting underway on Arklow Bridge in Arklow Town tomorrow Thursday the 18th of July between 9.30pm and 2am.

Crossing the bridge during this time should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

Playlist for Tuesday 16.7.13

4-5
Villagers - That Day
Twin Shadow - Shooting Holes
Mayer Hawthorne - A long Time
George Baker - Little Green Car
Bipolar Sunshine - Fire
Kurt Vile - KV Crimes
Kodakid - Shake Skin
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 day dream
Lorde - Royals
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Magic Man - Paris

5-6
Radiohead - High & Dry
Brian Deady - Sun Up
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
Buffalo Springfield - For what its worth
London Grammar - Hey Now
Rolling Stones - Doom & Gloom
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river

6-7
Audioslave - Cochise
Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
Tallest man on earth - Love is all
Les Enfants - Celeste
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
Commitments - Try a little tenderness
Laura Marling - Where can I go?
Jamie Woon - Night Air
Treesleepers - 21 Hookers
Two Door Cinema Club - Something good can work
Klangkarussell - Sonnentanz

Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show Competition

To celebrate the 140th Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show at the RDS from the 7 August to Sunday the 11th we are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Show.

This week on live drive 4 lucky listeners will get tickets to the show and one very lucky listener will not only get tickets but also will be sipping champagne and eating seafood at the event.

Tune in Wednesday and Thursday to the morning and evening Live Drives to be in with a chance of winning!

The Show is one of Ireland’s biggest sporting and social events with live music and entertainment, art, fashion, shopping and the best in national and international equestrian competitions. Highlights

• The popular FEI Nations Cup for award of the Agan Khan Challenge Trophy – Ireland are

• Over 300 trade stands with a wide variety of goods including Scarves and socks, chairs and chaps, prints and paintings, bracelets and bedspreads

• With over €940,000 in prize money during the five days

• Children’s Entertainment throughout the week

• The Land Rover Puissance featuring the famous ‘Wall’

• The Longines International Grand Prix

• Scurry Driving Displays and demonstrations by world renowned natural horseman, Honza

• Over 100 national showing and show jumping classes

Blossom Hill Ladies Day (Thursday August 8 to one of the world biggest fashion cities New York worth €8000, including €1,000 prize money.

Other prizes will be awarded ‘most colourful outfit’ and ‘most creative hat’. For the well-dressed males, there is also a prize for ‘best dressed man’

Guaranteed to keep your children entertained, the Kids’ Zone is a firm family favourite. Located behind the Grandstand at the Main Arena the entertainment includes pony rides, fun inflatables, face painting, Billy Bubbles and magic shows.

The best dressed Lady will win a fantastic trip for two!

Barnardos Wedding Run 5km in Phoenix Park

Barnardos Wedding Run takes place on Saturday July 20th in Phoenix Park. It's fancy dress with a wedding theme so brides, grooms, hens, stags, flower girls, page boys, priests and uncle John will be the order of the day. You can register now or at 9 AM on the day, with the race beginning at 10 AM. It's 5 km so even the first-timers will make it to the line.

For those driving to the event or for those who frequent Phoenix park with their car, take note of the following:

Road Closures:

Chesterfield Av (Mountjoy to the Phoenix) - 9:30am - 1pm

Ordnance Survey Rd - 9:30am - 1pm

Upr Glen Rd - 9:30am - 1pm

Furry Glen - 9:30am - 1pm

Gate Closures:

Chapelizod Gate - 9am - 1pm

Ashtown Gate - 9am - 1pm

Castleknock gate - 9am - 1pm

Playlist for Monday 15.7.13

4-5
Little Green Cars - Harper Lee
Daughter - Youth
Supergrass - Sun hits the sky
Belle & Sebastian - If she wants me
Muse - Feeling Good
Lorde - Royals
David Kitt - Say no more
Alt-J - Dissolve Me
Brenton Wood - Oogum Boogum
Come On Live Long - Little Ones
Josh Ritter - Hello Starling
Pearl Jam - Mind your manners
Sea Pinks - Following Wind

5-6
Matthew E White - Big Love
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
London Grammar - Hey Now
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Oasis - Whatever
Pixies - Bagboy
Groove Ramada - Hands of time
Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
Riptide Movement - Thieves in the gallery
Boy - Little Numbers

6-7
Damien Jurado - Texas to Ohio
The Avalanches - Since I left you
Lemaitre - Cut to black
Cast of Cheers - Animals
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Eddie Veddar - Hard Sun
Rose & The Howling North - Cuckoo
Rhye - The Fall
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out on the fields
Wild Party - When I get older
Conor Linnie - Crash Bandicoot Blues

Drumcondra Rd Stop Go System Tonight and Tomorrow Night

Drumcondra Rd was due to be closed tonight and tomorrow night from 7 PM until 6 AM but this has been changed to a stop go system.

This will be in place between Griffith Ave and Richmond Rd, buses will be diverted down Gracepark road. 

With a gig in the O2 on both nights, we are expecting extra volume on the route inbound and outbound. 

If it is your normal route use Ballymun Rd or Grace Park Rd as traffic should be running quicker on both these routes. 

Playlist for Friday 12.7.13

4-5
The Heavy - How you like me now
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in teh middle
Stornoway - I saw you blink
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Green Day - Basket Case
Boy - Little Numbers
Ocean Colour Scene - The day we caught the train
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House
U2 - Beautiful Day
C2C - Happy
Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
Frames - Revelate

5-6
Stevie Wonder - Uptight
King Charles - Bam Bam
ACDC - Back in Black
Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada
Queens of the stone age - In my head
William Shatner - Common People
Les Enfants - Celeste
James Brown - Get Up
Gorillaz - Feel Good
Ash - Oh Yeah

6-7
Van Morrisson - Gloria
Chris Malinchak - So good to me
Spiller - Groovejet
Frank Sinatra - I've got you under my skin
Jagwar Ma - Come save me
Michael Kiwanuka - Tell me a tale
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Brian Deady - Sun Up
Cure - Boys don't cry
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Teddybears - Punkrocker

Clontarf Half Marathon

For you runners out there things seem to be getting pretty busy.

This weekend a bunch of ye will be taking part in the Clontarf Half Marathon on Saturday July 13th.

The Half Marathon starts at 10 Am at Clontarf and Alfie Byrne Rd Junction, runners will run directly up the Promenade along Clontarf Road keeping to the walking path (beside the water). They will also be able to run on the grass beside the path where possible. This path takes them up to the Bull Island Bridge. They will then turn right and cross the bridge and proceed straight onto the beach.

From here they will continue along the sand to Dollymount. At Dollymount they will rejoin the road and run up  the causeway to James Larkin Road. Turning right onto the cycle and walk paths they will continue along the promenade as far as the Kilbarrack Road. They turn around here. This is a ¼ Marathon distance.

The return leg follows the same route.

As the runners will spend the majority of their time off the road the disruptions should be fairly minor, but we advise that you avoid the area until about half 1.

Traffic Restriction For Dublin This Weekend

There's a few things on around the city this weekend that will take it's tole on journey times and your patience.

First Up we have the extremely popular World Street Performers in Merrion Square.

As a result:

Merrion Square West, East & South, Merrion Street Upper, Fitzwilliam Street Lower and Mount Street Upper (from Merrion Square to James’s Street East) from Midnight on Saturday 13th July, 2013 to Midnight on Sunday 14th July.

Diversion will be in place but a simple rule will be to avoid the area.

It's the Leinster Football Final on Sunday in Croke Park and it's an early start.

Stiles Opening at 11 AM with the minor match between Kildare and Westmeath at 12 and the senior game at 2 between Dublin and Meath.

At least 60,000 people are expected to attend the games this will put a huge number of cars on the roads from early Sunday morning until at least 5 pm.

The noraml garda cordon will be in place around Croke park from 10 AM. Our advice avoid driving around Drumcondra and the surrounding area on Sunday morning and early afternoon.

Playlist for Thursday 11.7.13

4-5
Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
Presidents of the US - Lump
Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Phoenix - Too Young
Luara Marling - Where can I go?
Dire Straits - Walk of life
Minutes - Fleetwood
Les Enfants - Celeste
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
Wolfmother - Woman
Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend
Raconteurs - Old Enough

5-6
Lorde - Royal
ELO - Evil Woman
The Maccabees - Toothpaste Kisses
NONONO - Pumpin Blood
Fat Lady Sings - Arclight
Rhye - The Fall
Blur - Song 2
Curtis Mayfield - Move on up
This Club - I won't worry
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds

6-7
Manfred Mann - Blinded the light
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
The Cat Empire - Hello
London Grammar - Hey Now
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
The Drums - Lets go surfing
Queen - Somebody to love
Smallpools - Dreaming
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
Smiths - Charming Man
Oasis - Live Forever

Playlist 10.7.13

4 - 5

Don Henley - New York Minute
The Frames - God Bless Mom
The Pixies - Gone To Heaven
Austra - Lose It
Delorentos - Bullet From A Gun
M83 - Midnight City
Ham Sandwich - Models
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Len - STeal My Sunshine

5 - 6

The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Brian Deady - Over Like MacGyver
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours
ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Jetplane Landing - The Violence
Lorde - Royals
Swords - Lions And Gold
Roisin Murphy - Dear Miami

6 - 7

Kid A - Wasnotwas
Future Kings of Spain - Hanging Around
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Rose And The Howling North - Cuckoo
Hermitage Green - Golden Rule
Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
They might Be Giants - Istanbul
Fatboy Slim - Rockafeller Skank

Phoenix Park Closures for Mr Trousersnake

Justin Timberlake is in the Phoenix Park tonight.

Castleknock Rd is closed from Astonwn Gate to it's junction with the Navan Rd until 12.30. 

Chesterfield Ave is closed form Gough R/A that's the first roundabout after Parkgate St all the way to Mountjoy Cross. (From there the road to Cabra Gate which is left turn only until 12.30)

A contra flow is in place on Wellington Rd and military Rd, Ashtown gate is closed till 12.30 

Playlist for Tuesday 9/7/13

4-5
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
The Smiths - Charming Man
Lorde - Royals
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang
Gorillaz - Feel good Inc
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
London Grammar - Hey Now
Beatles - I am the walrus
Rolling Stones - Doom & Gloom
Conor Linnie - Crash Bandicoot Blues
Alpine - Hands
The Coasters - Down in Mexico
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus

5-6
Pearl Jam - Alive
Barry Louis Polisar - All I want is you
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers
Van Morrison - Gloria
Coldplay - Clocks
Kool & the gang - Jungle Boogie
Weezer - Say it ain't so
C2C - Happy
Modest Mouse - Float On
Knocking Ghosts - Distractions
Director - Reconnect

6-7
Money - Bluebell Fields
Nina Simone - My baby just cares for me
Funeral Suits - Colour Fade
Space - Female of the species
Radiohead - The Bends
Lemaitre - Cut to black
Tams - Be young Be foolish Be happy
Real Estate - Its real
Lisa Hannigan - Knots
Klangkarussell - Sonnentanz
Spoon - The way we get by
Le Galaxie - Love System

Playlist 8.7.13

4 - 5

Super Extra Bonus Party - Everything Flows
Metronomy - Trick or Treatz
Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl
Sea Pinks - Following Winds
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Lemaitre - Cut To Black
Come On Live Long - Little Ones
Asteroids galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heals
Dead Heavys - Lazarus
Final fantasy - This Is The Dream Of Win and Regine

5 - 6

Swords - Lions And Gold
Kid A - Wasnotwas
Simple Kid - Staring At The Sun
Hall And Oats - I Can't Go For That
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours
Jape - I Was A Man
Sigur Ros - Isjaki
Brian Deady - Sun Up
Beck - The New Pollution

6 - 7

Hudson Taylor - Cinematic Lifestyle
C2C - Tetra
Little Green Cars - Harper Lee
LCD Soundsystem - Time To Get Away
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
Tom waits - Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers
The Flamming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
The National - Mistaken From Strangers
Major Lazer - Get Free
Duck Sauce - aNYway
Tujaques - Tall Ships

Road closures for Justin Timberlake and The Killers concerts

To facilitate to upcoming concerts in Phoenix Park, Castleknock Road from the Ashtown Gate to its junction with Navan Road from 4.00pm to 12.00 midnight on Wednesday 10^th July 2013 and Saturday 13^th July 2013 and from 2.00pm to 12.00 midnight on Sunday 14^th July 2013.

The alternative route available for traffic from Blanchardstown is via Castleknock Road (Part Of), Auburn Avenue and Navan Road (N3).

The alternative route available for traffic from City Centre is via Navan Road (N3), Auburn Avenue and Castleknock Road. 

Local access will be maintained. Full details of the traffic management plan can be found on garda.ie

Playlist 5.7.13

4 - 5

Ash - Oh Yeah
The Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Green Day - Basket Case
Future Kings Of Spain - Venetian Blinds
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
Whipping Boy - When We Were Young
Rose And The Howling North - Cuckoo
Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Chromeo - Needy Girl

5 - 6

Major lazer - Get Free
Director - Reconnect
Cathy Davy - Sing For Your Supper
Futuer Islands - Vireo's Eye
Le Galaxie - Love System
Woodkid - Run Boy Run
TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
Grimes - vanessa

6 - 7

Twin Shadow - Five Second
Nanu Nanu - Pocket Of Gold
Tune-Yards - Powa
Little Green Cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River
The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock - The Brutal Here And Now Pt. 1
Wild Beasts - Hooting And Howling
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours
Bodyrockers - I Like The Way
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (Top Wear Sunscrean)

Playlist 4.6.13

4 - 5

Rollerskate Skinny - Speed To My Side
Groove Armada - At The River
Little Green cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River
Modest Mouse - Float On
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
Harry Holler And The Hooligans - One ear Up And One Ear Down
Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
NONONO - Pumpin Blood
Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days

5 - 6

The Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Tycho Brahe - Own Universe
Suede - The Drowners
Roisin Murphy - Dear Miami
Twin Shadow - Shooting Holes
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans

6 - 7

Kate Bush - Cloud Busting
Ash - A lIfe Less Ordinary
Les Enfants - Celeste
Pugwash - It's Nice To Be Nice
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours
Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine
George harrison - My Sweet Lord

Playlist 3.6.13

4 - 5

M.I.A - Paper Planes
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
A House - Endless Art
Arcade Fire - Rebellion
Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools
Heathers - Forget Me Knots
The Walkmen - The Rat
Villagers - Becoming A Jackal
Interpol - Evil
Mathew Herbert - The Audience
Brian Deady - Over Like McGyver

5 - 6

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
John Lennon - How Do you Sleep?
The Immediate - Ghost In This House
Michael Jackson - Beat It
The Frames - Fake
R.E.M - End Of The World As We Know It
Ian Archer - Song Bird
Johnny Cash - Hurt

6 - 7

Foster The People - Pumped Up kicks
Waiting Room - Denis
Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan
Metronomy - The look
The Walls - To The Bright And Shining Sun
We're From Barcelona - I'm From Barcelona
Duckworth Lewis Method - Sweet Spot
Haim - Falling
Hooray For Humans - Signature
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Walk Off Earth - Somebody I Used To Know

Skerries Road Races Closures

Motorcycle will be flocking to Skerries this weekend for the annual road races which take place on the 5th and 6th

As a result there will be a number of roads closed  from 3.00pm to 9.30pm on Friday 5th July 2013 and from 9.00am to 6.30pm on Saturday 6th July 2013.

The Roads which will be clsed are as follows: 

Portion of the R127 from Balcunnin Cross in a north easterly direction towards Skerries, past Milverton House to the first right hand intersection.

The Baldongan – Milverton Road in a southerly direction to the intersection with the Baldongan- Skerries Road (Golf Road).

Portion of the Baldongan – Skerries Road (Golf Road) in a south-westerly direction to Baldongan Cross.

Portion of Ladywell - Ballykea Road (Loughshinny Road) from Baldongan Cross to Balcunnin Cross.

Alternative routes:

The main diversion route for vehicles travelling from Lusk to Skerries is via the main roads Lusk to Rush and Rush to Skerries.

Balrothery to Lusk

Drogheda Road, Ballough Man O’War Road, Quickpenny Road

Balrothery to Rush

Via Lusk – the main Lusk to Rush Road.

Balrothery to Skerries

Rosepark, Cross of the Cage Road, Cross of the Cage Barnageeragh and Balbriggan to Skerries Road.

Playlist 2.6.13

4 - 5

R.E.M - Man On The Moon
Le Galaxie - Nightcaller (Feat. laura Smith)
Brian Deady - Sun Up
C2C - Happy
Mic Christopher - Listen Girl
Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
The Frames - Pavement Tune
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
Phedre - In Decay
Wild Beasts - The Devils Crayon

5 - 6

Santigold - Lights Out
Sea Pinks- Following Wind
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
The Hood - Sprawl of Glass
Wreckless Eric - The Whole Wide World
Daithi - Chameleon Life
This Club - This Club
Mike Snow - Black And Blue
Tahiti 80 - Darlin'
Future Kings Of Spain - You Dream In Solid Gold
Bjork - Play Dead

6 - 7

The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
The Pale - Walking On The Moon
Sea + Air - Do Animals Cry
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Villagers - The Waves
Feist - 1234
Boy - Little Numbers
Little Green Cars - John Wayne
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love

Playlist 1.7.13

4 - 5

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
Terry Reid - Tinker Taylor
The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Darwin Deeze - You Can't Be My Girl
Nick Lowe - I Love My Label
Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Black Keys - Lonely Boy
LCD Soundsystem - Watch The Tapes

5 - 6

Neil Young - Old Man
William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Air - Sexy Boy
M83 - Kim And Jesse
Final Fantasy - This Is The Dream of Win and Regine
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
Alt-J - Tessallate
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm,Mmm,Mmm,Mmm

6 - 7

David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Duck Sauce - aNYway
Lemaitre - Cut To Black
The Rolling Stones - Miss You
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Junip - Your Life Your Call
Metronomy - Love Underlined
Phoenix - Trying To Be Cool
Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving