Calcutta Run Road Closures

Saturday May 25th sees yet another fun run in the Phoenix Park, this time it'sin aid of the Peter McVerry Trust and Goal.

There will be a number of closures within the park to ensure the safety of all those involved. 

Roads to be closed to vehicular traffic between 11am and 11pm:

Serpentine Road
Wellington Road
Islandbridge Gate Road

Gates to be closed between 11am and 1pm:

Islandbridge
Cabra
Chapelizod

Traffic will be halted or diverted at the following locations:

Junction of St. Mary's and Serpentine Roads
Junction of Chesterfield Avenue and Wellington Roads
Mountjoy Cross

There will be no left turn at Ashtown Gate

Best of luck to all those involved. 

Playlist for Thursday 23.5.13

4-5
Marc Bolan & T.Rex - Get It On
The Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified
C2C - Happy
Treefight for Sunlight - Facing the sunlight
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Vampire Weekend - Step
John Cale - Things
Knocking Ghost - Distractions
RL Burnside - Let my baby ride
Junip - Your life your call
Gorillaz - Feel Good

5-6
AC/DC - Skies On Fire
NONONO - Pumpin Blood
The Clash - Train In Vain
Matthew E White - Big Love
Stone Roses - She Bangs the drum
Lemaitre - Cut to black
Edward Sharpe - 40 day dream
London Grammar - Hey Now
Doors - Break on Through

6-7
Laura Marling - Where can I go?
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Neil Young - Mr Soul
Magic Man - Paris
Tallest Man on earth - Love is all
Reef - Place your hands
HAIM - Forever
Delta Spirit - White Table
Cast of Cheers - Animals

Africa Day Celebrations Phoenix PArk

Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park is hosting a FREE event this weekend.

It all starts at 11 AM and continues until 5 PM, There's a convenient shuttle bus from Heuston Station /Parkgate St to Famleigh.

For music fans you can look forward to 2 stages of live music throughout the day. 

The Main Stage will have  Colours Afrobeat Foundaton, No Limits, Stone & Jezreel, Gypsy Rebel Rabble, The Amazing Few and Madu. You will also have the chance to catch The Multiverse and Niwel Tsumbu with Shane O’Donovan and Peter Erdei plus at the end of the day the Discovery Gospel Choir will wrap everything up. t. 

Stage 2 has lined up loads of up and coming DJ's and rappers from Dublin such as,  DJ Wax, ShoBiz, Graciano Major, Funzo and loads more.

There's also an African Bazar, face painting, storytelling and lots lots more to do and see.

Africa Day events in Ireland are supported by Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Further information is available at www.africaday.ie.

Playlist for Wednesday 22.2.13

4-5

Booker T & The M.G's - Soul Limbo
Queens of the stone age - My god is the sun
Stevie Wonder  - Uptight
Magic Man - Paris
Frank Sinatra  - I've got you under my skin
Clap your hands say yeah - The skin of my yellow country teeth
Elvis Costello - Pump it up
Spiritualized - Do it all over again
C2C - Happy
HAIM - Forever
Steely Dan - Do it again
Twin Shadow - 5 Seconds
Teddybears - Punkrocker

5-6
NONONO - Pumpin Blood
Charles Bradley - The World
Beatles - Good Day Sunshines
Daughter - Youth
James Brown - Papas got a brand new bag
Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Vampire Weekend - Step
Chris Malinchak - So good to me
Oasis - Roll with it

6-7
Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
London Grammar - Hey Now
George Baker - Little Green Bag
The Minutes - Fleetwood
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
Les Enfants - Celeste
Beastie Boy - Intergalactic
Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
Chairlift - I belong in your arms
Laura Marling - Where can I go?
Blur - End of the century

Phoenix Park - North Circular Rd Gate Closure

The North Circular Rd gate of the Phoenix Park will be closed tomorrow (May 23rd)  from 10.30 Am to 12.30 PM traffic management will be in place.

Dublin City Soul Festival

It's back and in it's 7th year the Dublin City Soul festival will be grooving it's way around Dublin over the next 4 days.

It all starts tomorrow but the big event as always is the Soul Picnic which is on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of May in Merrion Sq. It is a free event but if you can, a donation of €5 is encouraged.

Soul Picnic Line Up 2013

Yet again the festival provides the lucky music fan with an eclectic lineup and even has a very top secret headliner on Sunday night.

Saturday

Halleluia Gospel Choir
Jason Clarke
Sal Vitro
The Eskies
Special Guests – to be revealed
Mary Stokes Band
Donna Dunne
To be announced
The Barley Mob
Fox E & The Good Hands

Sunday

Gardiner Street Gospel Choir
The Bionic Rats
Saint John The Gambler
Hozier
Carmen Browne
Rackhouse Pilfer
Miles Graham
The Blood Red Mountain Band
Very Special Guest – Top Secret
Soul Power v’s The Goods

There's loads on in the Sugar Club as well, for a full lineup check out the website by clicking HERE 

The Grafton St Improvement Details

Dublin City Council today launched the Grafton Street Improvement Scheme. A €4m project will see the street’s existing red brick surface replaced with high quality natural stone, new public lighting and street furniture. The stone will be granite in the main and a significant portion comes from the Dublin and Wicklow Mountains.

Works will begin in early June and finish in November 2014. They will play a key part in improving Grafton Street as a retail environment and a destination.

The full repaving is expected to take 18 months to complete. This includes an 8-week period during which works will cease in order to facilitate shoppers over the Christmas and New Year sales. The repaving is expected to finish in November 2014.The council will also install new public lighting and street furniture including sculptural pieces.

The following streets will be affected:

The Grafton Street Quarter is centred on Grafton Street and its supporting network of streets and spaces extending to one of the city’s premier squares - St. Stephen’s Green to the south, Trinity College and another major public space - College Green to the north, South Great George’s Street to the west and over to Dawson Street and Molesworth Street to the east. It corresponds to the Grafton Street Character Area highlighted in the Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 and connects into the city’s main civic thoroughfare linking the important retail, commercial and entertainment districts of Grafton Street, College Green and Temple Bar to O’Connell Street / Parnell Square, the Henry Street Area and the North Georgian City.

This is an estimation of when the different stages of the scheme will take place:

1 St. Stephen’s Green North to junction with Chatham Street June-Sept 2013

2 Nassau Street to junction with Wicklow Street Sept- Nov 2013

3 Wicklow Street to junction with Duke Street Jan-Apr 2014

4 Duke Street to junction with South Anne / Harry Street Apr-Aug 2014

5 South Anne / Harry Street to junction with Chatham Street Aug-Nov 2014

A Traffic Management Plan has been agreed and co-ordinated with LUAS Cross City to minimise traffic disruptions.