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Vikings Steakhouse, on the seafront in Clontarf, offers a wide range of juicy steaks (côte de bœuf and steak on the stone are specialities) along with seafood, chicken and vegetarian options. Super starters, healthy salads and a wide range of expertly made cocktails available, along with craft beers and an excellent wine list. Great value, friendly Read more online…

The goal at The Kitchen, is to deliver an innovative menu, a great selection of wines and Irish craft beers, in fun and stylish surroundings, at an affordable cost. Their Head Chef, Vincent Blake, takes pride in preparing dishes which are made from a selection of nutritious, healthy, and well balanced ingredients. Read more online…

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Pacino’s serves real authentic Italian food. Our Italian Chef Patron Luca Mazza has devised a menu that food critic Paolo Tullio awarded ten out of ten. Our food is made from locally sourced ingredients.Our head bar manager JC, won the Heineken star serve award in 2011 so you are guaranteed a great pint! He also is our sommelier and is Read more online…

The Spanish city of Zaragoza is any food lover’s idea of paradise. Zaragoza have taken some local delicacies along with some of Spain’s authentic specialties to create a unique dining experience…. seasoned with a generous helping of the homegrown hospitality they are famous for. So come down, sit back and explore the tantalizing recipes Read more online…

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The Mourne Seafood Bar Dublin will be serving fresh locally sourced seafood right on the canal basin; delicious food with spectacular views both day and night. The location could not be more convenient – directly across from the Marker Hotel and the Bord Gais Theatre, 5 mins walk from Pearse Street Dart Station, 15 mins walk to the. Read more online…

Awarded Best Restaurant in Dublin in the 2014 Irish Restaurant Awards and nominated as Best Restaurant in Dublin and Ireland for the past three years in Food & Wine Magazine Restaurant of the Year Awards, the National Hospitality Awards and Irish Restaurant Awards, Dax is lauded by food writers and critics as well as its many Read more online…

Located in Dublins exclusive Ballsbridge area, Belluccis is situated close to many of Dublins top hotels, across from the famous RDS venue and a short walk from the Aviva stadium. The restaurant is also close to both the American and British Embassies and is ideal for business lunches, pre and postevent suppers. The casual atmosphere Read more online…

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From Trinity to Baggot Street you’ll notice a trail of crumbs from Hansel and Gretel Bakery as customers stroll with freshly baked pastries and an Ariosa coffee a great combo to start the morning. Located just beside the National Gallery, this little bakery is the perfect spot to grab something to enjoy in Read more online…

rish Artisan Produce Retailer and a place to park your bum too. Nestled in the heart of Ringsend Village, the deli style grocer’s shop fronts a cozy Parlour. The menu is simple, but immaculately constructed around the finest of Irish & Spanish produce, sourced from independent Artisan providers. Combining a Read more online…

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Honor Fitzsimons

The happy prints

Did you always want to be a fashion designer? I did always really love clothes since I was small. I actually used to sleep in my wardrobe sometimes because we had a radiator in the wardrobe and the house was freezing! I was always drawing clothes. I just loved more the mood of people when they were dressed up, and everything was nicer. I wanted to do something related to that, something creative, but I didn’t know what. I really wanted to go to art college, but I didn’t think about fashion, it was more painting and sculpture that interested me. It was when I got older, I sort of fell into it rather than chose it, so you could say it was natural progression. Was style always important to you? Were there stylish women in your family? Well, everybody says the same thing about their mother… but my mother was particularly flamboyant in her dress sense compared to

people around where I lived. She was a bit more adventurous, she wore lots of really crazy prints, animal skins, but she looked really cool, everybody totally fancied her! I was always so mortified, but I think she definitely influenced me. I always liked the idea of women dressing up and going out and being in really good moods, how things could be transformed through a dress. That’s the bit about fashion I love – how it changes somebody, how differently they sit, how things have stories. Just even looking at old photo albums you can see different times and moods. It’s poetic.

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Multi award winning fashion designer Natalie B Coleman creates enchanting clothing which inhabit a dreamy world of memory and storytelling. Since establishing her label in 2011, her designs have been sold and exhibited internationally, and worn by Angela Scanlon, Lily Cole, Suki Waterhouse, and Marina and The Diamonds. Totally Dublin sat down with Natalie in her design studio based in the heart of Dublin city on a hazy Friday afternoon to find out more.

You are well loved for your uplifting designs – what are you drawn to for inspiration? I love the storytelling aspect, like a diary, [the inspiration] is always what’s going on. They’re clothes, you know? They’re not meant to be too heavy. I think it’s nice when you have nice

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Would you say that print is your favourite part of making a collection? It’s not my favourite part, but it’s probably where I see myself [as a brand]. Even though sometimes I think I’d like to do a collection all in black or whatever, I think that I’m kind of more known for the print. As a brand you kind of need to stick to those things and not deviate too much, as it can frighten your customer. I think my favourite part is the storytelling idea. You think of something that makes you laugh – I try to write down things as I go – like little sayings that I come across, or the words of a song, it all feeds into the inspiration. Like last night I was googling The Coquettes at two in the morning... so I don’t know what’s happening yet with SS16! Could you tell us a bit about your SS15 collection, Be Still My Bleeding Heart? Well it was my Mum’s anniversary, 21 years last year, when I started designing it for this year. So I was feeling quite sad, as it was just on my mind. She always loved roses and I started drawing them thinking about the ink falling from them, and the lines coming out from behind, and I developed prints and ideas from that. I repeated the rose print, and changed the scale, and colours of it. It’s girlie, a little bit 1970s influenced, simple, and quite feminine. It has some pleating which I had done in the last traditional pleaters that exists in the UK and Ireland, they’re really amazing. So it’s got some lovely details.

thoughts while you’re making something, nice that it’s not mass produced, and there’s an energy. You hope that the idea or the mood that you’re trying to create, that whimsy or whatever it is, transports from the hanger onto somebody. Day one of a new collection. What do you start with? Emm… I procrastinate! That’s my main thing! The last two weeks I’ve been so distracted, I’ve had so much to do and I’ve been going to more openings and starting to read new books, like I went to Julie Feeney last night, going to movies… I’m useless! [Laughs] I do always begin with a story, and I kind of

almost write out a collection in a way. I really need to be in the studio in order to work. For a while there, when my label was getting bigger, we were making the all the samples out at a factory, but it’s really nice to bring that process back in-house because most of the design actually takes place when we’re changing patterns, or sometimes something unexpected happens but then you find it really works well. Also print is important, even though I didn’t mean to start out designing print. I didn’t do it in college but I did always have print on the inside of linings. I like those little surprises. So I start with a story of something and hope that it all comes together.

What else are you working on? I’m currently working on a collaboration with a high-street store, which I’m quite excited about! Also, the AW15 collection is currently in Shanghai for Fashion Week there. The collection is called Make Believe and it’s inspired by a book by Enid Blyton called The Magic Faraway Tree. I loved it as a kid, and last year I was thinking a lot about childhood. I worked with Caroline Schofield on some hand-drawn illustrations for our prints. It started out as a project for the exhibition Second Skin, and I loved it so much I wanted to work on it more. There are all these little vortexes drawn on the light chiffon fabric that it ended up looking like a slightly hazy lace, like net curtains that you would have looked through as a child. It’s very dreamy and romantic. That will be stocked in Kalu boutique in Naas from September. The Second Skin exhibition, with the Design and Crafts Council, is still on in London at the moment. I’m also going to be judging Future Makers, which I’m really looking forward to. Natalie B Coleman is stocked at Dipili Boutique on Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin 1. You can see more of Natalie’s work online at www.nataliebcoleman.com

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Pierce Healy’s work is different jewellery for different beasts. A natural storyteller, he works intuitively to imbue the metal with dayto-day life, and creates layers of textures resulting in tactile jewellery which is as dark, industrial and raw as it is playful and fun.

Heavy metal How did you come to jewellery design? Well it’s a long story! As a teenager, I was just into music, it was all I cared about. I was in a band called Vocal Disorder, I wrote songs and played guitar, we played around Dublin and eventually we moved to San Francisco. I ended up being there twelve years, and one day I happened across a gold prospecting shop. They sold gold metal detectors, stuff for gold mining and jewellery making tools. So I bought a load of tools, some silver, and a book on the Navaho Indians’ jewellery and how to make it, and started experimenting. I always loved rings, I don’t know why exactly, a bit like holding on to your grandmother’s ring or such. I went on for years welding precious metals, and other different stuff. At the same time I was a draughtsman, I drew blueprints for engineers and architects, so that’s what

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comes in like a stew. It all just cooks up, and then when I get down to working, I’ll take my sheets of metal or silver and gold, and I would bash them up with bits of all this information, with engravings and textures. The jewellery isn’t really thought about at that stage, it’s just playing and happy accidents, and seeing what these layers of mark making look like. When I do chop up the sheets, I see which can become rings or pendants or whatever. Then upon that I add more layers of marks, and burn, bruise or melt the metal.

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free. It was all about getting you to go with your gut, to experiment, to play, to make things first, and then later maybe write some words about it or see what people think. It may not always work, but at least you’ve made something from your gut. Would you talk us through your processes? I was always interested in making a mark. With engraving I was doing that, and with drills and files too, it’s just now that I’m getting my drawings and ideas onto the pieces. As far as a process – I know everybody says that they start with a drawing, and then develop that, but for me it’s not so much like that. I get a lot of ideas while I’m walking around cities or wherever I am, and I just add up overheard bits of conversations or gossip, slags, whatever, and in particular Dublin slang, and all this stuff

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funded all this. Because I had a day job, I was able to experiment and not worry too much about the value of materials. I kept playing and playing and eventually I started making work that people liked and which I took to small galleries in San Francisco. I did a jewellery course there, and a couple shows. My engraving came in when I happened to meet an Armenian engraver, who was the only engraver in San Francisco. He was a great storyteller and so was I, so we got on really well! He agreed to teach me to hand-engrave, which has sort of brought me to the work I do now. When I came back to Dublin from San Francisco I went to NCAD and studied metals and design, and from there I went on to Stockholm to study at Konstfack. The department I was in was called Ädellab, which means ‘alchemy and magic’, so it was very

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How do you know when the piece is ready? You just know – you’ve had enough of it! Also, you don’t want to beat the metal too much, because that’s going to give it a shiny look, and I like the raw [look]. It’s like when you get a new pair of shoes and they’re all shiny, but then as they’re about to die they’re more comfortable, so why can’t you start with it being beaten up first, as people wear it? It will get shinier and take up the marks of their life. People aren’t as precious with my work because they’re already all scratched, it doesn’t scare people as much. I also re-melt people’s older jewellery and work with them to make or hack new, more interesting pieces. What are you up to next? I have an exhibition of my drawings at the moment in the Side by Side exhibition in Kilkenny, under my other name Otto Vanwinklepeterstein, which is then going to Paris, and will then be in Dublin Castle in November. I’m going to Iceland in August for an artist’s residency, to walk, talk, draw, experiment, and gather more stories to create some new work. Here in May in the Irish Design Shop, we are having a jewellers launch, where people are welcome to drop by. Pierce Healy is stocked at the Irish Design Shop on Drury Street, Dublin 2, above which is his studio, where he is available for commissions (or just a chat). For more on Pierce, see his website www.piercehealy.ie. The Irish Design Shop Resident Studio Jewellers Launch takes place on Tuesday 28th May.

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Hogans Hogans could easily be located somewhere in the East Village of Manhattan but to say that would be an injustice to its typically Dublin crowd. The large windows look out onto flower sellers and cycle chic passersby whilst inside remains the home to the laid back people watchers, good time seekers and newspaper readers. Brunch served 1pm-4pm Sat and Sun. Relax, chill and feast in your own time at this authentic Dublin imbibing emporium situated at the heart of Dublin’s Creative Quarter. Thursday to Saturday nights you can enjoy an eclectic mix of Live DJs till late downstairs at Hogans International Beat Basement.

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George's Street Arcade is Europe and Ireland's oldest shopping centre and is located in the heart of Dublin city centre less than 5 minutes walk from Grafton Street and Temple Bar. In this enclosed Victorian market you can enjoy boutique shops and stalls ranging from trendy clothing, jewellery, funky music, collectable items, souvenirs and much more along with wonderful dining and food options. Come and savour this w o n d e r f u l a r c a d e wh i c h h as b e e n s e r v i n g D u bl i n s i n c e 1 8 8 1!

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The Dublin Pub Guide REGULARS McDaids 3 Harry Street, Dublin 2 01 679 4395 McDaids is, if we’re honest, the kind of place where you’d call yourself lucky if you’ve nabbed a seat early in the night. Its much cosier, shoulderto-shoulder affair where an unbeatable Guinness is only a quick shuffle away and commenting on overheard banter is de rigeur. The perfect place for whiling a night away righting the world’s wrongs with a few close friends or quiet pint in Brendan Behan’s memory.

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Generator hails a return to the proud tradition of innkeeping; providing lodging, food and of course, drinks. A relaxed venue where you can enjoy a selection of craft beers, the trusted classics or something more suited to a backpacker’s budget. Expect to meet guests from all over the world as they stop over in the fair city. It provides a perfect opportunity to practice your rusty Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or German. Situated in the ever-present yet up and coming Smithfield Square, right on the Luas tracks, Generator is a refreshingly different interface beween Dublin and her visitors.

There’s a reason that Nearys has remained so consistent over the decades - the formula works. Housed in an elegant slice of Edwardian Dublin with its old-world interior still in pride of place, the early evening buzz in Nearys is a rare sight to behold. With a crowd ranging from theatre-goers and thespians from the nearby Gaiety to local suits and Grafton shoppers, Dave and his team of old-school barmen will take care of all your needs.

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One of the city’s most adored watering holes, Mulligans of Poolbeg Street was originally a shebeen before it went legit all the way back in 1782, making it amongst the oldest licensed premises in Dublin city and just a few years younger than Arthur Guinness’ famous brewery. Inside, the walls creak with the weight history and a thousand forgotten conversations long lost to the passage of time. But aside from that, it has a reputation for two things - great Guinness and great barmen. No music, no television, none of yer fancy stuff, only the essentials are present in this landmark establishment.

The Dublin Pub Guide PREMIUM & CRAFT BEERS Fritehaus Frites Haus, 87 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2 T: 087 050 5964 www.frite-haus.com @fritehaus1 Frite Haus offers a growing range of craft beers with wonderful authentic Belgian fries and sausages with an Irish twist in the heart of Dublin 2. They have put a great deal of thought in to their menu, from triple cooked house made potato chips, craft sauces and house made condiments, to their locally sourced artisan butcher sausages. Great ingredients, expertly prepared and served in a relaxed Belgian style ‘Chip Shop’ restaurant.

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lillies bordello Lillies Bordello 2 Adam Court, Opposite Weirs Jewelers, Off Grafton Street, Dublin 2 www.lilliesbordello.ie @lilliesdublin www.facebook.com/Lilliesdublin Bookings to guestlist@lilliesbordello.ie Lillies Bordello has been entertaining Irelands elite for over 21 years. Open daily from 5pm Monday to Thursday, Friday from 3pm and from 12pm on Saturdays and Sundays, Lillies offers a wide range of craft beers, cocktails and bites carefully selected by our award winning chef. Please ring the bell on our front door for assistance. Lillies Bordello is also the perfect setting for events, launches, birthdays and much more. There are 3 lavish rooms to choose from with a combined capacity of over 600. Our events team are always on hand to answer any request. We host events weekly from live music, movie nights, intimate sessions, to name a few.

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Neil Curran Performance/Comedy/ Festivals Comparing improv and stand-up comedy is a little like comparing rugby and football – that’s how Neil Curran, Ireland’s foremost champion of the vibrant improv underground, describes his chosen art. If you’ve never been to an improv show in Ireland, you might be surprised to find the extent of a scene that’s spreading rapidly beyond the basement club stage. When Curran was first initiated into the cult of improv, Cork’s Snatch club was the only dedicated outpost. He was plying his trade as part of a theatre group, but found the world of theatre ‘elitist’ and ‘rigid’ – improv’s collaborative spirit, grassroots enthusiasm and lawlessness was poles apart. Now, with Curran at the helm, we are hosts to one of the world’s fastest growing Improv Festivals, attracting artists from across the world. “A few years ago I was teaching a class in Shanghai,” he tells us. “I was working with friend who had moved over and learned Chinese through teaching improv. Naively, I presumed there was no real scene in Asia – then I found out there’s festivals in Hong Kong, Seoul, Manila. Naturally, I thought: why don’t we have one in Dublin?” The success of the festival has been built on the bedrock of years of hard work by Curran and the rest of the community. He leads from the front with his own show, Neil+1. The concept could strike the fear of god into any improv newbie: at each show he plucks an audience member, preferably one who’s never been to a show before (let alone performed) and invites them on stage to riff with him. For anybody who’s been on the receiving end of abuse by stand-ups, this may sound like hell. Curran is at pains to make the whole process

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Jette Virdi Food/Design/Community

“I don’t want people to pay money for the supper clubs to fill my pockets”

Did your parents tell you to never play with your food? We suspect that Jette Virdi’s didn’t. As we chat to this Southampton-born art director and food stylist, she’s putting the finishing touches on some onigiri sushi and coconut macaroons. Her creations look more like tiny works of architecture than the delectable nibbles they are. It makes sense that Virdi’s banquets are as much a feast for the eyes as the palette. “I come from a design background,” she explains, “so I’m much more visual than I am with weighing, measuring, working to precise recipes”. By not caring too much about convention, Jette has a made a profound impact on her adopted city in the year or so since arriving from Mexico (where she renovated and ran a onceabandoned hotel). All of her projects come from an urge to create new, open social possibilities and build a community of (adventurous people) dying for new experiences. One of those projects is Long Table Suppers, which connects people over one of those universal human needs: stuffing our faces with unbelievably delicious food. “Supper clubs are sort of the AirBnB of dining,” Virdi says. Combining her formidable culinary skills with a panache for dressing up out-of-the-ordinary venues, these evenings are a loud, lively alternative to the formalities of restaurant dining. Long Table is not just a showcase of gourmet pyrotechnics, however. “I don’t want people to pay money for the supper clubs to fill my pockets,” she says. The proceeds of each meal go towards fine causes, like Men’s Sheds and Marriage Equality. After the success of Dublin editions of the club, it is preparing to go on tour. Next up: Dingle, Amsterdam and London After the dishes are done and the banquet tables folded up, Virdi finds time to work on The Creatives, an open-ended organisation based around people from a plethora of different backgrounds pooling their expertise (and upperbody strength) to build new projects in their communities. There’s no such thing as a as a typical member: “One of the guys – I call him the man-help – he’s a cancer researcher. He’s in the labcoat all day, and then comes around with his tools and his ladders after work and asks ‘what can I do right now?’. Being involved has opened him up to learning photography from another one of the crew.” As with her own work, The Creatives is all about tracing those invisible connections, and having the trust in your instincts to knot them together. “What I’ll always tell people who want to be involved is: take a chance, take a gamble.” Doing it your own way – I ask her – does it always pay off? She doesn’t bat an eyelid: “Yes!”

Brendan Canty Film/Art/Music Iconic music videos become synonymous with the songs that soundtrack them - can you hear the Beastie Boys Intergalactic without a 20 foot robot smashing around your mind’s eye, or hum Sledgehammer without wanting to binge on Wallace and Gromit? In 2014 Hozier’s world-beating Take Me To Church joined that canon, thanks to the provocative, graceful video from Feel Good Lost, a Cork-based collective headed up by Brendan Canty. Before the entire world and its mum posted Take Me To Church to its Facebook walls, Feel Good Lost had been building up a reputation for gorgeous, abstract music videos thanks to their emotive visual accompaniments to tracks by Jape, MMOTHS and AlunaGeorge. Aside from these works of visual poetry, Feel Good Lost functions as a music label, a platform for art and a live projection collective. All of these faces make Canty’s company a powerful force for breaking new Irish music and video on an international stage. When we talk, Brendan is in a buoyant mood - he’s just finished work on a narrative video for Gavin James, a video he says is Feel Good Lost’s best yet. It’s been something of a pet project. “The second I heard the track I knew it was the song I’d been waiting for to make a video for,” he tells us. “It’s cinematic, it’s emotive… It ticked all the boxes I look for.” Canty stays true these criteria when it comes to taking on a new project: just before we speak, he’s turned down an Olly Murs video. “It’s not that we only we work with alternative artists. I think some of the best directors have worked on pop songs,” he says, citing Martin Thurah, a progressive videographer who’s worked with Will Young.

“It wasn’t even the worst Olly Murs song or anything… but I need something with lyrical subtlety, so we can read between the lines a little bit.” Turning down a pop star of the Murs magnitude as a company that began, just a few years ago, as a bedroom project, is an astounding position to be in. What attracted Brendan to music videos was the fact that there are ‘no limitations’ when it comes to the format. “Even though budgets were falling (when I started out), it was becoming much cheaper to make videos and to just put something up on YouTube and get some real attention.” Rather than post videos as a lone wolf director, he decided to create Feel Good Lost ‘like a band comes up with a name’ to define the work. The project has mutated over time, building close relationships with acts like Young Wonder, a band as remarkable for their visual sheen as the their polished electro-pop. Canty’s visual aesthetic is instantly recognisable: elegant, earthy and awash with emotional allure. It draws much of its power from the Irish landscape. “Our secret weapon was staying in Cork,” the director chuckles. “Everybody says you have to move to London to make it work. I can’t imagine not being a 20 minute drive from the beach, or the countryside – even in our towns, we’re rich with all these potential settings.” After the global success of Hozier, Canty says that “everybody is looking to Ireland”. Feel Good Lost is an able ambassador: Canty is distilling the beauty of the songs of our most talented musicians and the grace of our extraordinary landscapes into a refined, heartfelt document of the contemporary moment.

“It wasn’t even the worst Olly Murs song or anything… but I need something with lyrical subtlety, so we can read between the lines a little bit.”

BARFLY words Tess Brady photo Killian Broderick

Mix and match cocktails at

Candlelight Bar Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Dublin 16 (above Siam Thai) 01 2964500 candelightbar.ie

hile known as a bustling shopping hub, Dundrum Town Centre isn’t renowned for its vibrant bar scene, with most visitors making a quick exit after they’ve exhausted their budgets in the Gallery. For those in search of drink options beyond the standard offerings of Dundrum’s multiple restaurants, the Candlelight Bar offers a wide range of cocktails, wines and beers to meet the need of thirsty shoppers and those beginning their evening’s festivities alike. Located above the ever popular Siam Thai, the Candlelight Bar’s dimly lit interior seems to lend itself to close knit conversations. The sounds and scents of the downstairs restaurant drift up to the bar, enhancing the atmosphere at quieter periods. For balmier evenings, the balcony provides a comfortable setting,

@totallydublin

although there are undoubtedly more scenic Dublin landscapes to soak in while imbibing cocktails. We arrived at half six on a Wednesday evening, perhaps not the optimum time to appreciate the full experience of the Candlelight Bar, although the lull in patrons meant we had the full attention of the knowledgeable and attentive waitstaff. The bar didn’t fill up as we lingered over our drinks, providing a quiet and relaxing environment to have an unhurried catch-up. The content of the cocktail menu bears an Eastern influence, which prioritises style over being easily navigable for the discerning customer. Nevertheless, the 27 choices served up a multitude of tempting offers. We sampled both a gin cocktail with grapefruit juice and rose syrup, and a spicy and sweet vodka based concoc-

Blackrock 01 2889161 www.mcmahondental.ie

tion with gingerbread syrup and chilli bitters. The variety of non-alcoholic choices was a welcome surprise for our resident non-drinker with a refreshing selection of citrus based drinks. All three drinks were impressively presented, and left us eager to explore other options. Food comes courtesy of Siam Thai, with the starter choices delivered as finger food ideal for sharing. With prices averaging at around €8 for a plate, and not entirely generous serving sizes, the Candlelight Bar isn’t best suited to the hungry patron. The bill came to just over €40 for two cocktails, one virgin lemonade and two starter dishes. Ultimately, it’s the cocktails that are the stand-out feature of the bar, making it a welcome presence in Dundrum’s bar and restaurant scene.

Serving lunch Tuesday to Friday 12-2:30pm & Saturday 12-3:30pm Dinner served Tuesday to Saturday from 5:30-10pm Pre-theatre menu: Tuesday to Friday 5:30-6:30pm 2/3 courses €19/24 Bluesy Brunch every Sunday 11:30-4pm - with live blues music.

7 Saint Andrew’s Street, Dublin 2 01 485 3273 www.stanleysrestaurant.ie bookings@stanleysrestaurant.ie

Brasserie le Pont

Zaragoza

KAFKA

diep le shaker

26 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2

South William St // 01 6794020 // info@zaragoza.

236 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6

55 Pembroke Lane off Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2

01-6694600

com // @zaragozadublin // fb.com/zaragozadublin

01 4977057

01 6611829

Zaragoza restaurant is slap bang on buzzy South William St, Dublin’s hotspot for nightlife. The restaurant takes its name and culinary inspiration from the Spanish City and is a true food lover’s paradise. Treat yourself to a unique dining experience, as local delicacies are married together with authentic Spanish flavours. There is an enticingly extensive menu with Tapas and larger dishes. Choose from tantalizing charcoal tuna, tempura cod and a myriad of other dishes. You can also go for a cold platter and pair it with one of the delicious wines available. Explore, eat and enjoy!

Kafka offers affordable, wholesome, and well-made brasserie fare at a reassuringly reasonable cost. The sparse, minimal décor goes hand in hand with the delicious diner-style food; free of pretence and fuss. A varied but not overstretched menu touches enough bases to cover most tastes offering up anything from bangers and mash to porcini mushroom risotto. While their prices are easy on the pocket, Kafka cuts no corners with quality of their food.

@brasserielepon1 Located in the hear of Georgian Dublin where Fitzwilliam Place meets Leeson Street, Brasserie le Pont serves classic French cuisine in a stylish and elegant setting. A vibrant and fuss-free atmosphere has characterised this popular restaurant where you can enjoy a drink at their beautiful wine bar or on the heated terrace. Meanwhile the restaurant is the perfect place for business lunches, pre-theatre suppers, romantic meals or just casual get-togethers. Brasserie le Pont also offers private dining rooms and live jazz sessions at the weekends.

leshaker@diep.net www.diep.net Celebrating 15 years in business with its award winning cuisine, delicious cocktails and addictive atmosphere, Diep has again received the Thai Select Premium certification for the highest standards in cooking and service. The cocktails surprise with both classics and unique Diep cocktails such as the Shirt & Thai. Live music Friday and Saturday nights from Cat Burglars, Mob Fandango and Jamie Nanci. Lunches Tuesday to Saturday with a new dim sum selection. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday with a value menu available 5-7pm.

East Restaurant

The Box Tree Restaurant

The Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk, Dublin 1

Stepaside Village, Dublin 18

01 4338800

01-2052025

www.thespencerhotel.com/east-restaurant

www.theboxtree.ie info@theboxtree.ie

Introducing the new look, feel and taste of East Restaurant at The Spencer Hotel Dublin, East creates a whole new Asian fusion dining experience in Dublin’s IFSC, offering pre theatre lunch and dinner menus. East is ideally located if you are attending a show in Bord Gais Energy Theatre, 3Arena or The Conference Centre. Their head chef has developed a menu that combines old classics like Nuea Pat Si Ew Kao or Nasi Goreng. The result, a heady hi-lo fusion that combines the thrill and taste sensation of simple dishes complimented with an excellent wine menu.

The Box Tree Restaurant is at the heart of Stepaside’s vibrant, village community. There’s a commitment to providing a relaxed and intimate dining experience of high standards, where everyone is welcomed as a friend. The Box Tree chefs offer a modern take on Irish food, with dishes inspired by the local surroundings. They are competitively priced so that people can pop in often, without having to worry about the cost.

Umi Falafel

KC Peaches Wine Cave

13 Dame Street, Dublin 2

28-29 Nassau St, Dublin 2

01 670 68 66

www.kcpeaches.com

umifalafel.ie

01 6336872

@UmiFalafel

@kcpeaches

Umi Falafel want to share with you their passion for the freshest and most authentic falafel in Dublin. Their falafel are prepared fresh daily at their location on Dame Street with an old family recipe – ‘Umi’ is the Arabic word for mother after all. Umi Falafel is a fantastic eatery for vegetarians and vegans, as they serve mouth-watering salads, delicious Lebanese favourites such as hummus and baba ghanoush, as well as their favourites, the Palestinian or Lebanese falafel sandwiches served with a choice of salad and dips for a wholesome meal. Open 12pm-10pm daily.

Stanley’s Restaurant and Wine Bar

Stanley’s Restaurant and Wine Bar is located in the heart of Dublin, a short walk from College Green on St Andrews Street. They pride themselves on pairing modern Irish cuisine with an inspiring and unconventional wine list. Chef/proprietor Stephen McArdle has created a unique space across three floors, a modern ground floor wine bar, an intimately classic dining room, and private dining room to cater for all occasions.

KC Peaches Wine Cave is a true hidden gem located under Dublin’s busiest café on Nassau St. Outstanding chef Ralph Utto continues the philosophy of KC Peaches by designing tasty sharing plates offering seasonal, all natural, additive free and locally sourced wholefood. The wine selection follows the ‘nourishment by nature’ message, allowing you to choose from only the best but affordable natural, biodynamic and organic wines. The Wine Cave is Dublin’s best kept secret on the verge of being discovered as the ‘place to be’ in the capital. TueSat 5.30pmlate with live music every Saturday.

Vikings Steakhouse

Punjabi By Nature

COPPINGER ROW

Table Six

2nd Floor (Bram Stoker Hotel), 225 Clontarf Road, Dublin 3 01 853 2000 info@vikingssteakhouse.com www.vikingssteakhouse.com www.facebook.com/vikingssteakhouseclontarf

15 Ranelagh Avenue,

Coppinger Row, South William Street, Dublin 2

Templeogue Road, Templeogue, Dublin 6W

Dublin 6

01 6729884

01 4905628

www.punjabibynature.ie

www.coppingerrow.com

reservations@tablesix.ie

t: 01-4960808 Nestled away in the middle of Ranelagh Village, food connoisseurs can find a comfortable Indian restaurant unlike any other in Dublin. Punjabi By Nature offers a unique experience that reflects traditional Indian home cooking. Head chef Kaur’s family has long been rooted in a tradition of home cooking and quality food, with Kaur learning her techniques by watching her mother, father, and other members of her family cook. Taste the difference for yourself.

Coppinger Row, named for the lane off South William Street where the restaurant is located is in the heart of the city centre’s shopping district and is known for it’s Mediterranean cuisine, it’s relaxed, funky chic and also it’s cocktails. The menu relies on simple values of quality taste and seasonal change to keep the dishes fresh and appropriate. Between the food and ambience, Coppinger Row is an ideal spot in which to start a night out in the city centre.

7, St. Andrews Street , Dublin 2 // t: 01-4853273 // @stanleysd2 FB: Stanley’s Restaurant & Wine // www.stanleysrestaurant.ie

tablesix.ie / fb.com/TableSixDublin @TableSixDublin Table Six is a modern European bistro situated in the heart of Templeogue Village. They take their inspiration for dishes from around the Mediterranean coast, and put a new twist on some excellent classic dishes uses the best local ingredients and changing the menu seasonally. Table Six always has a quaint buzzing atmosphere in their dining room, which is brightly decorated with pieces of artwork created from cutlery.

outdoor seating

vegetarian

kid-friendly

full bar

wi-fi

booking recommended

red luas line

green luas line

ely bar & brasserie, IFSC

CAFFE ITALIANO

The Kitchen Restaurant

The Brasserie at The Marker

the chq building, IFSC, Dublin 1

7 Crow Street - Bazzar Galley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

3 Anne Street South

Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2

01-6720010

www.caffeitaliano.ie

eat@thekitchen.ie

01-6875104

elybrasserie@elywinebar.com

01 5511206

01 677 4205

bookyourtable@themarker.ie

thekitchen.ie

@themarkerhotel A refreshing addition to the Grand Canal restaurant scene, The Brasserie starts with its stunning interior. Comfortable modern, minimal furniture, including the legendary Panton chair, the spectacular grey marble table, and private booths and banquette seating, creating the right amount of privacy for intimate dining. In Ireland, the traditional way of cooking is simple dishes, built around one great ingredient. The Brasserie is no different. From succulent rare breed pork or prime dry-aged beef, The Brasserie stays true to Irish roots. For a unique night out visit The Marker Brasserie for one of Dublin’s best dining experiences.

@elywinebars ely bar & brasserie, awarded ‘Wine Bar of the Year’ and ‘Wine Experience of the Year’ in 2014 is located in beautifully restored 200 year old wine vaults. Since 1999, ely has a commitment to food provenance, with their own organic family farm. Whether it’s dinner for two or drinks and bar bites with friends, ely bar & brasserie offers one of the most unique and atmospheric dining experiences in Ireland.

Right in the centre of Temple Bar you’ll find one of Dublin’s best kept secrets, the haven that is Caffe Italiano. The philosophy here is fresh food seven days a week using the best ingredients at affordable prices. All the food and wine comes directly from Italy, from cheese and cured meat boards to lamb cutlets with Black Forest sauce, they believe in doing things the traditional way to capture truly authentic flavours. There’s live music at weekends making this one of the capital’s hotspots, whether it’s for a coffee, a refreshing beer, a chilled glass of wine or a memorable dinner.

www.facebook.com/thekitchendub The goal at The Kitchen, is to deliver an innovative menu, a great selection of wines and Irish craft beers, in fun and stylish surroundings, at an affordable cost. Their Head Chef, Vincent Blake, takes pride in preparing dishes which are made from a selection of nutritious, healthy, and well balanced ingredients. The Kitchen’s style of food is influenced by many world cuisines. The secret to their food having such great flavour is their use of fresh herbs, and a delicate balance of spices

SALAMANCA

ELY WINE BAR

St.Andrew’s Street,Dublin 2 // 01 6774799 // info@

22 Ely Place, Dublin 2

salamanca.ie // www.Salamanca.ie //

01-6768986

facebook.com/salamancatapas // @SalamancaTapas Salamanca brings the taste of Spain to downtown Dublin, providing a wide range of quality Spanish tapas and wines. Their aim is to whisk you from the mundane to the Mediterranean with every mouthful. Located on St Andrews Street, right beside the relocated Molly Malone, just off Grafton Street. Taste the sunshine and sea in the tapas on offer on the menu, such as Jamon Iberico, fried calamares and Prawns in Olive oil, also found in the signature dish, Paella de Pollo There are great lunch and early Bird offers, seven days a week. Also try their Cava & Tapas Platter nights which run from Sunday through to Wednesday. Check it out and transport yourself to Spain, without the check in!

elyplace@elywinebar.com

Asador

Johnnie Fox’s Pub

1 Victoria House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4 // t: 01

Glencullen, Co Dublin 01 29555647 info@jfp.ie www.jfp.ie

@elywinebars Since 1999, ely wine bar has been at the forefront, being the first to truly deliver great wines by the glass. In its 15th year ely wine bar continues to be Ireland’s favourite, awarded ‘Best Wine Bar’ and ‘Best Wine Experience’ in 2014. Their commitment to food provenance is seen throughout their menus with ely’s organic beef, pork and lamb all sourced through their own organic farm in the Burren.

2545353 // www.asador.ie / fb.com/Asador reception@asador.ie // @AsadorDublin Situated on the corner of Haddington Road and Percy Place, just a stone’s throw from Baggot Street Bridge in the heart of D4, Asador is known as a true barbecue restaurant where the best of Irish fish, shellfish, and of course steaks are cooked over fires of oak, apple woods and charcoal. It’s an authentic barbecue experience where the open kitchen allows guests to watch the chefs work the bespoke 7 foot ‘asado’. Go for the great flavours you get from cooking this way, stay for the craft beers and cocktails.

Located in Dublin’s exclusive Ballsbridge area, Bellucci’s is situated close to many of Dublins top hotels, across from the famous RDS venue and a short walk from the Aviva Stadium. The restaurant is also close to both the American and British Embassies and is ideal for business lunches, pre and post-event suppers. The casual atmosphere coupled with great Italian food and service set the scene for a cosy romantic meal. The large outdoor area is ideal for al fresco dining or enjoying one of the something from the extensive cocktail menu.

One of Ireland’s oldest traditional pubs is just half an hour’s drive outside of Dublin. Located astride a mountain in Glencullen, it’s also the highest pub in Ireland. A great destination for locals and tourists alike, transporting visitors to bygone times with trad music performed every night and during the daytime on weekends. All the produce this green isle is famous for features on the menu: oysters, mussels, crab claws, seafood platters, steak and lamb, as well as vegetarian dishes. The Hooley Show features live music, Irish dancers and a memorable four course meal. Johnnie Fox’s should be on everyone’s bucket list.

le bon crubeen

The Artisan Parlour & Grocery

BLOOM BRASSERIE

The Revolution

82 Talbot Street, Dublin 1 // www.leboncrubeen.ie //

11 Fitzwilliam Street, Ringsend Village, Dublin 4

11 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4

10 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6

@LeBonCrubeen // 01 7040126

01 598 4000

01-6687170

t: (01) 492.6890

@artisanparlour

www.bloombrasserie.ie

w: www.therevolution.ie

This award-winning brasserie in the north of Dublin city centre is well known for delivering some of the best value for money in the city. The menu delivers a grassroots experience, sourcing ingredients from the very finest Irish producers delivering consistent quality. The pre-theatre menu is hugely popular with diners visiting the nearby Abbey or Gate theatres while a diversity of offerings mean vegetarians, coeliacs and those looking for low calorie options are also catered for. Shortlisted as finalist in 2012 of the Irish Restaurant Awards’ Best Casual Dining Restaurant.

Bellucci’s Sweepstakes Centre, 22-30 Merrion Road, Dublin 4 // 01 668 9422 // www.bellucci.ie

@rathgarcraft

www.artisanparlour.ie Artisan Parlour & Grocery is a labour of love by food lover and former club night impresario Martin Thomas along with the boss, Venetia & the 3 Amigos. In the heart of Ringsend Village, the deli style grocer’s shop fronts a cozy parlour. The menu is simple, constructed around the finest of independent, artisan Irish & Spanish produce. Choose from awesome sambos and charcuterie, cheese and seaboards. The parlour serves a ham and cheese toastie, redefining the art-form. Here is an obvious indicator that the criminally overlooked Ringsend village is about to become just, a little fabulous.

Bloom Brasserie is a restaurant with lofty ambitions. Well versed in the traditions of French cuisine, Bloom’s offers up accessible cuisine that accentuates their quality local ingredients. Head chef Pól Ó hÉannraich has lovingly assembled a menu that sees Angus Beef carpaccio alongside Caramelised King Scallops, and Roast Seabass. All dishes are freshly prepared and cooked to perfection.

The Revolution specialises in artisan stone baked pizza and craft beers. Located just south of the city in Rathgar, they offer creative styles of food including pizzas, steak and tacos, a vast selection of both local and international craft beers, and an array of quality wines by the glass. Their friendly staff will go the extra mile to make your time at The Revolution unforgettable. All their bread and pizza dough are made inhouse daily, and their ingredients are sourced locally when available. At The Revolution, it’s all about good food, good beer, and good people.

Kinara Kitchen

Upstairs@57

The Port House Pintxo

17 Ranelagh Village, Dublin 6 // @kinarakitchen //

56/57 Lower Clanbrassil St, Dublin 8

12 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

01 4060066 // kinarakitchen.ie

01-5320279

01 6728950

57theheadline.ie

www.porthouse.ie/pintxos

Located above 57 The Headline Bar on Clanbrassil Street Dublin 8. Upstairs@57 offers a food menu which is varied and influenced by the seasons. The eclectic wine list has been chosen carefully to offer great choice, and to compliment the food offering. Upstairs@57 also has a full bar which boasts 24 Irish Craft Beer taps and a premium Irish Whiskey List. If you look for comfort and quality when dining, look no further.

The Port House Pintxo in Temple Bar serves an array of authentic Spanish Tapas and Pintxos plus a wide and varied selection of wines from Spain, Portugal and the Basque Region. With an impressive garden terrace overlooking Meeting House Square the soft candle light creates a romantic and relaxed atmosphere. Does not take bookings

Kinara Kitchen, featured in the Michelin Guide 2015, is the award winning Pakistani restaurant serving tantalising traditional food, paired with delicious cocktails and wines. Offering a great value lunch with ethnic naan wraps and thali style meals, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and open 7-nights for dinner, with early bird available Monday - Thursday for €21.95 per person for 3 courses. Above Kinara Kitchen is Upstairs Bar & Roof Terrace. The award winning vintage-themed ‘secret’ cocktail bar is perfect for brunch or aperitifs in the sun. Call to find out about their cocktails classes and booking highly recommended.

Il Posto

Mourne Seafood

10 Saint Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

Millennium Tower, Charlotte Quay, Dublin 2

t: 01 679 4769

t: 01-6688862

w: www.ilpostorestaurant.com

w: mourneseafood.com <http://mourneseafood. com>

Situated on Dublin’s landmark St. Stephen’s Green, Il Posto has been cooking delicious contemporary and traditional Italian Mediterranean dishes using the best local and international produce since 2003. A firm favourite for business lunches, romantic dinners, pre-theatre meals and great nights out. Il Posto offers an intimate and elegant setting, an informal relaxed atmosphere and sumptuous food, all served with a generous helping of warm hospitality.

@mourneseafood Situated right in the heart of the city’s thriving canal basin district, Mourne Seafood Bar is an oasis of calm but a hop, skip and a jump from the city centre. The masterminds behind Mourne’s reputations precede them, having earned huge plaudits for their restaurants in Belfast and County Down. With stunning views and remarkably competitive prices, considering the sheer quality of the produce on show, Mourne Seafood Bar is undoubtedly one of the most exciting newcomers to the capital’s culinary landscape.

mexico to rome

The Green Hen

23, East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

33 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2

01 6772727

01 6707238

www.mexicotorome.com

thegreenhen.ie

facebook.com/mexico2rome // @MexicotoRome Across from the Temple Bar Pub, is Mexico to Rome, the Bandito’s Grill House. They serve up wonderful mouth-watering Mexican dishes with a twist with tasty European and Italian dishes available. On the menu are sizzling fajitas, burritos, tacos, chilli con carne, steak, fish, pasta dishes and their famous Tex-Mex baby back ribs with Southern Comfort BBQ sauce. The extensive menu suits big and small groups. All cocktails are €5 and there is a great Early Bird (starter and main for €13.50) and a Lunch Special (starter, main and a glass of wine for €9.95). Well worth a visit!

Kokoro Sushi Bento 19 Lower Liffey Street, D1, 01-8728787 51 South William Street, D2, 01-5470658 Unit N, Liffey Trust Centre, D1, 01-5474390 FB: @Kokoro Sushi Bento w: kokorosushibento.com Kokoro Sushi Bento takes pride in preparing not only the freshest, but most affordable sushi Dublin has to offer, freshly-made every day. Home to Ireland’s only pick ‘n’ mix sushi bar, at Kokoro you can enjoy delicious Japanese hot food favourites such as Katsu Curry or Yaki Soba. In using premium ingredients, together with highly trained staff, Kokoro has forged a reputation as Dublin’s finest independent sushi restaurant.

Located in the heart of the city on Exchequer St., The Green Hen specialises in classic French cuisine with an Irish twist. It is known for its gallic décor, an extensive drinks list of wines, bottled beers, draughts and of course its legendary cocktails. Open 7 days a week, you can try the three-course early bird for €22 from 5.30-7pm from Thursday to Sunday. Delicious food, a lively atmosphere, personable staff and a unique quaintness set this restaurant apart from the rest.

Yamamori Izakaya

Marcel’s Restaurant

coda eatery

Viva

13 South Great George’s Street, Dublin

1 Saint Mary’s Road

The Gibson Hotel, Point Village, Dublin 1

27 South Richmond Street, Dublin 2

016458001

Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

01 681 5000

t: 01 424 4043

www.yamamori.ie

01 660 2367

thegibsonhotel.ie

w: www.vivaespanatapas.com

Yamamori Izakaya is located in what was originally Ireland’s very first café on South George’s Street. The mix of old Irish architecture, oriental decor and soulful tunes set the scene. Downstairs is the Japanesestyle drinking house, serving small Japanese tapas dishes (‘Japas’), the famous Izakaya cocktails, and plenty of Japanese whiskys, beers and sake. Walls adorned with 1940s beer ads, movie posters and black and white movies provide a visceral back drop to compliment the eclectic mix of tunes from Dublin’s favourite DJs.

Marcel’s is the new restaurant on St Mary’s road in the location of the former Expresso Bar. It is the sister restaurant of the Green Hen. There is much change in the decor, which is very attractive with inviting sit-all-day orange dining chairs. The menu is quite simple, yet appealing. However the food delivers with great, clean flavours. Open all week for both lunch and dinner, it is well worth a visit.

It’s the final studio album by rock giants, Led Zeppelin and it serves pretty legendary food too! At Coda Eatery the ingredients speak for themselves. Their menu offers a wide range of meats for example; dry aged rump, sirloin, rib eye and flat iron which are cooked over burning lava rock at a high temperature to create a charred and smoked finish. They’ve kept things simple serving these prime cuts with well prepared sauces and seasonal sides.

Situated near the canal in Portobello, Viva brings a slice of Spain to Dublin. This Family run restaurant is filled with Latin colour and a vibrant bohemian atmosphere. Serving authentic Spanish tapas from our extensive menu and a delicious selection of Spanish wines, Cava and Cava cocktails, Spanish coffees, a good range of teas and real Spanish hot chocolate. Viva places an emphasis on flavour and wholesome homemade dishes, delicious seafood and paella made to order in a warm, relaxed casual dining space making it the perfect place to share a great meal for any occasion with friends.

GARETH MULLINS FROM THE BRASSERIE AT THE MARKER HOTEL How long have you been at the Marker? We’ve been open for two years in April. I started in the January about three months before doors opened, so myself and the then Food and Beverage Director had to put the place together. It was a huge challenge, especially because I wanted to bring some new concepts to Dublin. There was a definite shift in trends, that’s why it’s so important as a chef to keep changing and developing. That’s why at the bar we’re about to launch a new healthy menu in conjunction with the existing one. I think we’re going to call it the Nutrimenu, and on there we’ll have things like a Nutribox, which is some clear soup, a salad, 100 grams of protein and and a raw juice. It’s a lighter lunch that’s proven successful and prompted this whole idea. I also do some paleo balls for people to have after training. At the moment I’m trying to develop a healthy burger. On the bar menu at the minute, we have a burger that’s probably one of our best

sellers. It’s on a brioche bun with some bacon and cheddar with rosemary fries. I’m trying to do something with the same beef patty but with a bit of avocado and cress, maybe some pickled red cabbage and a gluten free bun, with oven baked sweet potato fries on the side. Is there responsibility as a chef to take on board these changes in attitudes towards healthy eating? You always have to listen to your guests. The Nutribox was originally designed for the January blues. We were asked to come up with something for the other side of Christmas and you’ve had a bit too much of everything. It was originally meant to be on the bar menu for four weeks and now it’s been there for 18 months! It’s just a reflection of what people want to eat. I’ve always had a consumé and a steamed fish option on the à la carte menu, for example, for those who want to eat light. Saying that, you can come and get a nice steak and béarnaise if you want to. Also, the Marker Hotel is all about offering experience to people. The Brasserie is a destination restaurant. You can come down here on a Saturday night, start your evening off with a drink in the bar, then stroll over to the restaurant and get something of the à la carte, or if you’re going to a show try our pre-theatre menu, then finish the evening off on the Rooftop and drink cocktails ‘til your heart’s content. We’re very lucky here in that we’ve got five different food outlets – the brasserie, the bar, the rooftop, inroom dining and then food for conference and events. The more

people come in the more they realize we aren’t what people expect from a 5 star hotel. We’re very approachable here. That’s refreshing to hear! Well it can be a challenge. Often, people think of a 5 star hotel and maybe they assume they’ll have to wear a shirt and tie, which is ludicrous if you think about it. If you look at the price points in the restaurant, they’re the same as what you’d pay around town. The misconceptions about 5 star hotels being unapproachable drives me crazy. When you go to London or Paris or Sydney, they just don’t see them the same way. We do Le Drunch here on a Sunday which is a hybrid between lunch and dinner with a DJ here on a Sunday playing some nice relaxed tunes as well, no strobes or anything [Laughs] Tell me about the Rooftop. We’re just about to reopen the rooftop for summer and we’ll be serving food up there from May. The concept I designed for up there was a taste plate concept. So the idea is that people sitting around drinking cocktails might not want a full dinner or a big heavy meal. So it’s smaller type grazing dishes. You might have a couple of tasting plates, maybe a few drinks, a couple more taste plates, a bit of cheese. The Brasserie at The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, D2, themarkerhoteldublin.com

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6608616. Twitter -- @kanumthai Kanum Thai is an Irish owned authentic Thai food and noodle bar, which also provides take away or delivery to your home. Kanum uses only Irish meats and there is no MSG used in their food preparation. All of the food is cooked to order and is low in fat. Kanum pride themselves on giving their customers restaurant quality food at takeaway prices. Eat in, Takeaway or Home/Office deliveries from Noon until late 7 days a week.

The Mango Tree is all about authentic Thai flavours, spearheaded by Head Chef Nipaporn, trained by her mother, herself a successful Thai food chef in Thailand and Sweden, Chef Nipaporn has brought he skills acquired around the world to The Mango Tree. With branches in Rathfarnham, Lucan and Greystones, the Mango Tree covers huge areas of both sides of the city. Favourites include traditional Thai dishes such as Pad Thai and Green Curry.

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Quality food, delivered! Pizza Republic have taken their favourite features of Italian and American style pizzas and perfected the Pizza Republic style, crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, the way pizza should be. They guarantee fresh, delicious food, collected or delivered! Everything on their menu is of the highest quality and freshly prepared daily. They’ve created a mouthwatering menu full of choice including vegetarian options. Order online for collection or delivery from www.pizzarepublic.ie

Base stands for honest, handmade, contemporary pizza. Base founder, Shane Crilly’s, wanted to improve the standard of pizza he could find in Dublin, and to create a pizza that he would be happy eating himself. They only use fresh ingredients, handcrafted every day. They never use anything that is frozen or pre-packaged. Base strives to honour the heritage of traditional pizza, follow them on their journey of creating pizza with real integrity. Ballsbridge to Ballsbridge, UCD Bellfield, Clonskeagh, Booterstown, Ringsend, Irishtown, Donnybrook, Iveagh Gardens, South Dublin City Centre. Terenure to Terenure, Rathfarnham, Darty, Ranelagh, Knocklyon, Templeogue Rathgar, Kimmage, Ballyboden, Churchtown, Portabello, Walkinstown.

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Diep is authentic Thai food of the highest standard. With 7 locations in Dublin, Diep provides the best Thai cuisine direct to your door. If you feel like venturing out then take a seat at one of our Diep restaurants in Blackrock, Dundrum, Drumcondra and Templeogue. Our food is cooked by a team of skillful Thai chefs and we have 15 years experience serving the best in Thai food. Our chefs are on regular trips to Thailand to source the most interesting and innovative ways to create new dishes for you.

Leeson Street delivers to South City Centre, Trinity College, Grand Canal Dock, Temple Bar, Portobello, Ranelagh, Rathmines, Rathgar, Harold’s Cross, Milltown, Clonskeagh, Belfield UCD, Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Ringsend, Irishtown t: 01 660 3367 Sun-Thurs: 12:00-23:00 Fri-Sat: 12:00-01:00 Dublin 18 delivers to Cornelscourt, Cabinteely, Carrickmines, Foxrock, Deansgrange, Leopardstown, Ballyogan, Stepaside, Kilternan, Sandyford, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Stillorgan, Goatstown, Blackrock, Mount Merrion t: 01 207 0000 Mon-Thurs: 16:00-23:00 Fri-Sat: 12:00-0:00 Sun: 12:00-23:00

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If you’re looking for more from coffee, The Dublin Barista School is the place. A dedicated training centre, offering two-hour lessons in espresso basics or an intensive threeday course to earn their Qualified Barista Award. Dublin Barista School is also the place to pick up any coffee accoutrements, whether you want to weigh it, grind it or pour it. As well as offering the knowledge and the gear, they serve up incredible value take-out coffee which they roast themselves (everything is €2), or even a filter coffee which they source their beans from The Barn, a Berlinbased roastery. Open Mon-Sun 9am-4pm

Roasted Brown quickly established itself as one of Dublin’s top coffee spots and one of Temple Bar’s nicest hangouts. Baristas Ferg Brown and Rob Lewis serve beautiful coffee using a variety of beans and brew methods. But it doesn’t stop with coffee, Roast Brown’s food is all prepared on site; gourmet sandwiches, organic soups and delicious sweet treats. They also serve a top notch brunch on weekends and have recently begun roasting their own beans too.

Talk about not even knowing what you were missing until it is right in front of you! The latest addition to the Dublin cafe scene is the wonderful and quirky Sasha House Petite – a micro-roastery, French/Slavic pastry bar that will entice even the most diligent of dieters with the mouthwatering “signature desserts” and breakfast menus. Sasha House Petite’s specialties – from the Sacher Torte to the Pork Belly Bread – are delightfully refined and fresh; and if you’d rather go for some specialty coffee, you’ll be able to choose from a selection of several aromas and tastes, carefully picked and micro-roasted in house.

19a South Anne Street, Dublin 2. t: 01-6778756 w: dublinbaristaschool.ie @dubbaristasch

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A Dublin institution according to some, The Bretzel Bakery first began baking in Lennox Street in Portobello in 1870. It has recently expanded to include a café, offering not only freshly baked, hand-made bread, buns, cakes and confectionary, but a range of freshly made sandwiches and bagels on its signature loaves, not to mention they’ve a good strong cup of coffee or freshly brewed tea. With warm and inviting decor and friendly staff, the café is well worth a visit to beautiful Portobello – even if it has been a long time coming! Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat/Sun 9am-4pm 1A Lennox Street, Portobello, D8 t: 01-4759445 w: fb.com/the-bretzel-bakery

Drury Street Car Park, Drury Street, Dublin 2 www.shpetite.ie t: (01) 672 9570 @SashaHouseDub

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Clement & Pekoe is your local coffee house in the heart of the city. Pop by for a morning fix or an evening winddown and watch the world go by on South William St. Choose from an array of loose leaf teas and seasonal coffee from select roasters. The owners, Simon and Dairine, are on hand to advise on how to enjoy tea or coffee at home too. Clement & Pekoe are now also open in Temple Bar, housed in the contemporary surroundings of Indigo & Cloth on East Essex St.

Nearly one year ago this cosy café opened in College Green to offer Dubliners an authentic Italian experience of really good artisan coffee and Italian premium quality food and products. The cakes and biscotti display in the window captures the eyes of every gourmet passing by, and the scent of panini and pizza (freshly baked everyday) invite you for a tasty lunch. The perfect place to buy the finest cured and cooked meats and cheese. Open Mon-Fri 7.30am-7pm. Sat: 10am-7pm. Sun 11am-7pm.

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An arty Bohemian café long established on George’s St, Simon’s place attracts an eclectic mix of students, musicians and working stiffs. Heart-warming lunches of old-school doorstep sandwiches and home-made soups will always keep winter at bay. Try the cinnamon buns !

Warm, cosy and friendly, The Birdcage Bakery stands out at its Harcourt location as one of the area’s finest cafes. With inviting, comfortable décor, the friendly staff offer a selection of homemade pastries, desserts, cakes and bitesized treats all made from scratch daily. The savoury lunch menu is enjoyed all week long and offers an original take on classics such as meatballs and smokey bacon & cabbage among others. With top quality coffee, freshly roasted from the kiosk, enjoy one house blend and one single origin on offer daily, alongside a selection of teas from Clement & Pekoe. Open Mon-Fri 7.30am-3.30pm

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With their funky vintage Citroen HY and friendly staff Mexico K Chido serve up delicious, authentic Mexican street food in an unconventional location! Parked in the entrance of Fegans Foodservice warehouse, K Chido creates a comfy (heated!) space with cushioned upcycled pallet furniture. Gustavo’s home-made marinades and salsas make it truly Mexican, firing out traditional classics such as pulled pork tacos, nachos and tortas weekdays, and transforming into a Mexican Bruncheria on weekends, offering a chilled atmosphere with your huevos rancheros. Freshly ground Ariosa coffee rounds off a perfect café experience. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-6pm

Base has won over the coffee lovers of Ballsbridge. With their House Blend and rotational Single Origin, there’s always something new to try here. They use the very best coffee sourced internationally from Dublin roasters 3fe. You can also grab a Base signature wood fired sandwich or salad or cake from Dublin micro bakery, Wildflour to make it the perfect working lunch hour.

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From Trinity College to Baggot Street you’ll notice breadcrumb trails leading to Hansel and Gretel Bakery on Clare Street. Located just beside the National Gallery, this little bakery is the perfect spot to grab something to enjoy in Merrion Square. The freshly baked pastries (especially the almond croissants) and coffee from Ariosa make a great combo to start the morning, especially with the local office crowd. Everything is handmade from scratch with the ingredients sourced from small local producers, from their breads to their pastries to their delicious cakes.

SPILL THE BEANS OLIVER T. CUNNINGHAM FROM WALL & KEOGH You’ve been here for five years and it seems you’re going strength to strength. You must be kept busy on the wholesale end of things? Yeah, the café is great, don’t get me wrong, but since we started I’ve always considered us primarily a wholesale operation. That was the original idea. I wanted to be part of an indigenous supplier, something that was our own and we could be proud of. There really was a gap in the market back then. Well the quality of teas you saw back then was just terrible. It’s funny, you go to wholesalers now and you see big household names doing loose leaf tea and it just wasn’t there at all when I started. So obviously things have changed massively and that’s a good thing. We’re lucky now that we were set up before the likes of the Fumbally or Brother Hubbard, and the folks behind them would’ve been in here before, so once they got going they all started stocking our teas. There were no ‘cool’ cafés when we got going and now they’re constantly popping up! With the craft beer or artisanal coffee movement, you can see people really looking to challenge their tastes in a realm they’d have been familiar with previously to some extent. It’s a funny one alright. I was in Camden Exchange only last night and it’s almost like we’ve reached craft peak. If you put that pub in that location a few years ago it would have been huge news and there was barely a flutter about it. It’s as if people have totally accepted the craft thing now and it’s part of the mainstream. When we opened five years ago you’d really

have to explain to everybody that came through the door what was going on. There was no understanding that white tea, black tea and green tea were the same plant. That’s changed. People come in and have a pretty good idea of what they’re talking about and a much keener understanding of what they’re looking for. Even our food menu is very closely curated, since beginning our entire range of cakes has been gluten free and you see more and more of a demand for that as time goes on. Really though, when you stand over what you do and focus on quality and consistency, which I like to think we do, there’s very little that can go wrong. One of the benefits of what you guys do is that there is such a visual element with all the teas in the jars, between that and the seasonally changing selection, there’s always something for customers to get excited about. That’s one of the key reasons we display our teas in big glass jars. We’re all about providing accessibility to the product. Traditionally, it’s good to avoid exposing teas to any sort of light at all but I’d counter that argument with the sheer speed of turnover we have, thanks in no small part to people getting to have a look at the tea in the jar before they make an investment. Nothing’s in the jar long enough to experience any ill effects from being in there. The benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. The thing about the other approach, of having all your teas in tins behind the counter, is that you end up embarrassing people into buying things they don’t want, or aren’t sure they want. We’re all about accessibility and the jars being front and centre is a reflection of that.

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The Punnet is a health food shop that offers customers a comprehensive range of healthy lunches, snacks and products difficult to find anywhere else nationwide – and if they don't have what you’re looking for, simply ask and they will find it for you! The Punnet's range of detox programs are also second to none, with 3/5 day fruit and veg or veg only juice cleanses and 5 day salad plans that take care of your food concerns for the week while all the nutrients and goodness take care of you. The Punnet is the only place in Ireland to offer such a service dedicating itself to fresh, quality food and juices and rich flavourful coffee including the 'Bulletproof'.

20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 w: facebook.com/HanselandGretelBakeryPatisserie t: 01-5547292

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A well-made sandwich is a wonderful thing and not easy to find, unless you’re talking about Doughboys. This bustling counter-service sandwich and coffee shop serves up delicious breakfast, lunch and coffee. All sandwiches are made fresh in-house with popular favourites such as meatball marinara and porchetta on the menu. There's Cloud Picker Coffee to fill your cup in the morning and freshly made lemonades at lunchtime. And not to forget their brekkie sandwiches – with smoked streaky bacon or breakfast sausage, poached egg and American cheese on a Arun brioche bun – a fine way to start the day!

Located at the back of the Powerscourt Town House, Berlin D2 is a new cafe that is saying a big “Hallo” to Dublin’s city centre since it opened earlier this year. Serving Ariosa coffee, Berlin D2 has a relaxed vibe in the style of the city from which it takes its name. Also on the menu are a selection of sweet treats, and a some accoutrements straight out of the German capital: a DJ booth playing crisp electronica, Sunday markets, morning yoga classes, ping-pong competitions and an fledgling bookshop with art and photography books and magazines. Recently they’ve added a beer license (serving predominantly German beers) with Fischers Helles and Guinness on draft as well as an evening menu with schnitzel, bratwurst and marinated chicken.

Charlotte Way, Dublin 2 t: 01-4022000 w: fb.com/DoughboysDublin Twitter: @DoughboysDublin

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The newly opened Cafe is a collaboration with our good friends Clement & Pekoe. It sits on our ground floor and has seating for 6 to 8 people. You can grab a perch in the window or at the larger community table, enjoy the surrounds or grab something to read. Serving Climpson & Sons beans as our House Blend, choose from an ever changing filter menu, loose tea and some delicious cakes too. We hope you like it as much as we do. Open Mon–Sat 10am–6pm & Sun 12 – 5pm 9 Essex St East, Dublin 2 www.indigoandcloth.com/cafe www.clementandpekoe.com @indigoandcloth t: 01 670 6403

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Café Gray opened its second outlet on Dawson Street and is attracting a lot of interest. Owned by Robert Gray, it serves legendary 3fe coffee, loose leaf teas from Clement & Pekoe as well as cold pressed juice from Sprout Food for non-coffee drinkers. Their food offering is based on the best Irish artisan producers and the sandwiches, soup and salad are some of the best in town and the prices are very keen compared to the chains. Go before the crowds do!

147 Deli is a small independent delicatessen that is passionate about local, seasonal ingredients and great coffee, located in the heart of Chinatown on Parnell Streett beside North Great Georges Street. Everything is cooked and prepared on-site which includes smoking their own meats and fish for their mouthwatering sandwiches and salads. The menu includes sandwiches, soups, salads and freshly made juices with weekly specials. Great decor, friendly staff, good music and big in the game when it comes to sandwiches.

Located on Molesworth Street, Busy Bean Café is a very welcoming home from home. Amongst the favourites on offer is an array of fresh baked scones and breads, homemade soups, daily carvery sandwiches, pasta dishes, salads and a plethora of gourmet signature sandwiches. Simply put, their philosophy is to serve real food and real coffee at a real price where you will always be made welcome. Busy Bean Cafe also offers catering for offices and events. Open Mon-Fri 7am-5pm and Sat 9am-5pm.

Kaph, the newest addition to the creative quarter at 31 Drury Street is an independent speciality coffee shop with a difference. From its red industrial stools, upcycled mannequin window display cushions, to an aged copper bar, the café flirts with Scandinavian minimalism, playing an eclectic mix of new folk and electronic. For the folks at Kaph, it’s all about the coffee, from the Anfim grinders to the Nuova Simonelli mothership, they are dedicated to serving you the best brew.

147 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 t: 01 872 8481 w: facebook.com/147deliparnell @147cafe

37 Molesworth St, Dublin 2 t: 01-6789793 w: facebook.com/BusyBeanCafe

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Wall and Keogh is the original. It’s the tea company that made loose leaf tea important again, with a location to enjoy your cuppa in that compares to no other. They have a full café attached and all the baked goods are homemade. Just go see for yourself, it’s wholesale & retail tea of the highest grade.

A New York-style loft newly established on Dame Street, KC Peaches is the ultimate hangout for tourists, students and working professionals. Serving natural, wholesomely enhanced all-day dining options, you leave the cafe feeling truly nourished by nature. Unlike anywhere else in Dublin, their hot and cold buffet options are delicious, convenient and affordable. With everything priced per plate size you can pile high on that wholesome goodness but make sure to leave room for their famous cheesecake brownie. The philosophy is simple: ‘Eat well, live well.’ Mon 8am-8pm, Tue-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 11am-6pm

Grove Road is the latest addition to the flourishing Dublin speciality café scene and is apparently the new place to be seen in Dublin 6! It boasts a bright and inviting space with a rugged yet contemporary interior, and sweeping panoramic views of the canal. At Grove Road they are very proud of many things: their consistently great coffee which is supplied by Roasted Brown in Temple Bar and their fresh delicious food and treats to name but a couple. It has also been said that they have the friendliest staff the city has to offer! Mon-Fri 7.30am-6pm. Brunch Sat 9am-4pm.

Set in the super-cool surroundings of Science Gallery, Science Gallery Café is one of the city’s most interesting meeting places. This bright, contemporary space is home to an enthusiastic team serving up fresh food and great coffee. In fact, café owner Peter is so passionate about coffee that he decided to roast his own, and Science Gallery became the first place in Dublin to serve the amazing Cloud Picker Coffee, handroasted here in Dublin City Centre. You can also choose from a great menu that includes everything from Peter’s Mum’s Beef Goulash Stew to the student takeaway soup-sambo-fruit combo deals (for only €5!)

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Pearse Street, Trinity College, Dublin 2. t: 01 8964138 www.sciencegallery.com

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May 30th – June Bank holIday Weekend We Love the Lanes We Decorate the Alleyways We are Bloom Fringe

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AUDIO REVIEWS Ivan Deasy Ian Lamont Danny Wilson

Cloud Zen Summer [Paper Trail]

Braids Deep In The Iris [Arbutus]

Simon Joyner Grass, Branch & Bone [Woodsist]

The much anticipated first release from Dublin DIY label, Paper Trail, has finally landed and it’s been worth the wait. From the get-go Zen Summer elicits the feeling of toasting one’s forearm out an open car window, moving quickly, squinting into the horizon, destination inconsequential. The sophomore release from the New York based bedroom-pop concern exponentially increases in scope from debut Comfort Songs. Where previously Cloud leant heavily on the tropes of ’90s indie rock – from Pavement to Galaxie 500 – they now draw from the majesty of Panda Bear’s seminal Person Pitch, albeit without merely aping Mr. Noah’s masterpiece. Points of auditory inspiration, though pronounced, intertwine to create a satisfyingly individual whole. Even though the dream-pop/chillwave boom of recent history managed to go from refreshing to borderline insufferable in what felt like record time, Zen Summer’s trails through similar sonic terrain retain a sense of vital singularity or, at the very least, the individual voice of an artist as opposed to another faceless proponent of an imagined, tumblr-centric scene. Guitars chime, half overheard conversations waft in over soothing synth washes, and the whole thing exudes a contented calm; an inviting canvas imploring listeners to ‘create memories here’. –DW

For an art-pop band (think Gang Gang Dance, Björk, Animal Collective) who favour abstraction over articulacy, the key track here, Miniskirt, is unusual: it’s an in-your-face expression of personal and political discomfort from vocalist Raphaelle Standell-Preston that rings true at a moment when patriarchal power-structures are under widespread examination. While occasionally lyrically clunky, it’s a standout tune on this record, and for 2015. IL

Joyner returns with another heartbroken transmission from a dank Midwestern basement. Fuller in sound than older, explicitly lo-fidelity entries in his catalogue, Grass, Branch & Bone possesses a more mature world-weariness in place of the raw-nerve naval gazing he made his name with. As a pedal steel wheezes alongside a doleful fiddle, one can feel the rollie smoke yellowing the brim of his cowboy hat. This feels like it will be cherished by a few and unduly overlooked by too many. DW

Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld Never Were The Way She Was [Constellation]

Metz II [Sub Pop]

If you know Stetson’s solo oeuvre, you’ll know what to expect here: exquisitely captured saxophonic pulsations full of grunts, growls, skronks and elephant roar melodies. On Never Were, Stetson is joined by fellow Arcade Fire family member Sarah Neufeld who intertwines minimal, repetitive violin parts and ethereal (sorry, but they are) vocals with Stetson’s guttural voice-box yelps. A consistently powerful and exciting sonic landscape, Never Were is a thing of rare beauty. IL

Channeling their Sub Pop forebears and the Amphetamine Reptile stable of disenchanted suburban musical losers, Metz punch your face in repeatedly with angry man music over the course of 30 gloriously ugly minutes. Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck is at the helm once again engineering-wise, and gives the record a live, unadorned feel which suits the relentless dirt of the tunes perfectly. Stick the immersion on. ID

Like this? Try these: Panda Bear – Person Pitch Alex G – DSU Virgo Indigo – Fog Lake

AUDIO REVIEWS

Nils Frahm Solo [Erased Tapes]

Not Squares Bolts [Strange Brew Rekkids]

Jim O’Rourke Simple Songs [Drag City]

Released online on Piano Day – March 29th, Frahm’s own invented holiday on the 88th day of the year – Solo is elegant without ever thrilling like the layered productions found both on his previous record Spaces or his breathtaking live performances, where he’s often found riffing madly on two keyboards at a time over tape-delay rhythms conjured on the fly. Solo’s opaque harmonic limitations wear a bit thin over 40 minutes, with only the sledgehammer smash of Wall breaking the mood of Satie-flecked ambience. IL

Belfast trio Not Squares’ second LP flows as a single piece from start to finish, with sonic interludes breaking up the main tracks. Given their proclivity to mix live performance and electronic structures, it’s easy to reach for touchstones like LCD’s 45:33, and throughout there’s a DFA-ish vibe to Bolts, with heavy use of vocoders calling to mind Shit Robot (and inevitably, Daft Punk). The conceit of original-album-as-DJ-mix is interesting, but Bolts does not quite reach the heights of James Murphy’s jogging opus. IL

Skelocrats Bella Bella [Popical Island]

Róisín Murphy Hairless Toys [Play It Again Sam]

Our very own little local super-group, Skelocrats, are back with their first LP proper, and it is, of course, a belter. Traversing the varied topography of indie-rock from swooning Belle & Sebastian twee to politely garagey numbers, Bella Bella consistently benefits from the luxury of having not only wealth of gifted songwriters taking turns at the rudder, but also an array of varied, engaging and instantly recognisable vocal talent. An early front-runner for Irish album of 2015. DW

Hairless Toys is a suitably auspicious return after eight years since her last full LP. Emblematic of Murphy’s effortlessness with pop structures is the nine-minute Exploitation. It begins with a clunking kit before that breaks down into a super-minimal house groove, until about halfway in a burst of flicky-wrist guitars take it to another level. Better still is closer Unputdownable’s surprising Joni Mitchell-channeling chorus. IL

On the last song of Simple Songs, Jim O’Rourke repeats the line ‘All your love/will never change me’ as a mantra and indeed it is as if the old Jim O’Rourke is back, unchanged. This is the one who released a trio of delicately orchestrated, misanthropy-soaked, Nicolas Roeg-referencing masterpieces (Bad Timing, Eureka and Insignificance) on Drag City around the turn of the century, rather than the one who subbed in for late-era Sonic Youth or made impenetrable electro-acoustic improv records with Merzbow and Fennesz. Simple Songs feeds directly into the lineage of his Drag City material. While 2009’s The Visitor was cut from the same sonic cloth, that cloth was used to make curtains, or wallpaper, or something that slipped off into the background too easily. This record instead picks up the baton seamlessly from Insignificance, with songs that are equal parts prickly and pretty: O’Rourke spits barbs like ‘You can tell from your face/that you’re a charity case’ (perhaps even aimed at himself) over a sweetly lurching piano groove that’s decorated in gnarled ’70s rock leads and parping chamber ensemble arrangements. The highlight of this warmly welcome return is when JO’R reaches up in his vocal range into his seldom used growl during Hotel Blue, hinting at the wellspring of heart behind his churlish façade. IL

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Tuesday 5 May Elvis is my Daddy The Sugar Club 8pm, €12.50 Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O’Donovan Whelans Doors: 8pm Tickets: €27.50 Wednesday 6 May TOPS Whelans 8pm, €13 The Foghorn Stringband Upstairs in Whelans 8pm, €15 Kate Miller-Heidke Sugar Club 7.30pm, €14 John Fairhurst The Grand Social 8pm, €10 The Staves Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €25 Amber Run Academy 2 8pm, €15 Thursday 7 May The Once The Workman’s Club 7.30pm, €12 Laura Marling Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, from €27 Friday 8 May The Lost Brothers The Unitarian Church 7.30pm, €16 Vann Music Whelans 8pm, €12.50 adv / €15 door Take That 3Arena 6.30pm, €76.90-115 The Loafing Heroes with Rebecca Collins, The BQ Trio and Horns The Sugar Club 8pm, €10/12.50 Race the Flux The Workman’s Club 8pm, €7 Olympians EP Launch The Late Sessions: GANGS The Workman’s Club 12am, €6/€5 Old Hannah The Button Factory 7.30pm, €10 Daddy Long Legs

The Grand Social 8pm, €15 Jennifer Cardini The Grand Social 11pm, €TBC Saturday 9 May Tom Paxton - 50 Years On Vicar Street 7.30pm, €36.50 Sunset Sons Whelans 8pm, €13 The Primitives The Workman’s Club 8pm, €13 The Smiths Indeed The Button Factory 7.30pm, €20 The Burlesque & Cabaret Social Club The Sugar Club 7.30pm, Free (ticketed) Take That 3Arena 6.30pm, €76.90-115 Ben and Hollys Little Kingdom Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, from €22.65 Sunday 10 May Tobias Jesso Jr The Unitarian Church 7.30pm, €16 Ben and Hollys Little Kingdom Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, from €22.65 Niall Connolly - ‘All We Have Become’ The Workman’s Club 8pm (The Vintage Room), €12 Wednesday 13 May Tyler Oakley Slumber Party Vicar Street 7pm, €44 Roesy Whelans 8pm, €11 Viet Cong The Workman’s Club 7.30pm, €15 The April Verch Band The Sugar Club 8pm, €13/18 Thursday 14 May Mary Gauthier The Button Factory 7.30pm, €19.10 Clockwork Orchestra, Admission & Starling Army The Workman’s Club

8pm, €8 Chris Smither Whelans 8pm, €28 Mark Knopfler & His Band 3Arena 7.30pm, €54.65 Alien Envoy & Nick Kelly The Button Factory 7.30pm, €16 Paul Brady Vicar Street 7.30pm, €38.05 Tandem Felix The Workman’s Club 7.30pm, €10 Rae Morris Academy Green Room 8pm, €16 Fierce Mild (EP Launch) The Grand Social 8pm, €TBC Saturday 16 May Duke Special Vicar Street 7.30pm, €25 The Eskies Whelans 8pm, €10 Album launch Jam City (Live) Upstairs in Whelans 8pm, €11 Thomas Jack The Button Factory 11pm, €10-15 Hollie McNish The Sugar Club 7.30pm, €12.50 People Under The Stairs The Sugar Club 11pm, €15 O Emperor The Workman’s Club 7.30pm, €16 Chris de Burgh Bord Gáis Energy Theatre 7.30pm, from €44.50 Hollie McNish The Sugar Club 8pm, €12.50 Wozniak/Makings The Grand Social 8pm, €TBC Sunday 17 May Paul Brady Vicar Street 7.30pm, €38.05 Indiana

The Workman’s Club 8pm, €13 Mary Coughlan Whelans 8pm, €20 Leon Somov The Button Factory 7.30pm, €35-50 Indiana The Workmans Club 8pm, €13 Monday 18 May The Cribs Whelans 8pm, €22 Tuesday 19 May King Creosote The Button Factory 7.30pm, €16 Misterwives Whelans 8pm, €13 Needtobreathe Whelans 8pm, €16.50 Rivers In the Wasteland World Tour Brandon Flowers Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, from €30 Wednesday 20 May Villagers Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €27.50-30 Calvary Whelans Upstairs in Whelans 8pm, €10 Thursday 21 May Villagers Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €27.50-30 Steve Gunn The Workman’s Club 8pm, €13 w/ guests Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler Doldrums Whelans 8pm, €13.50 Sleep Thieves The Grand Social 8pm, €TBC Friday 22 May The Academic The Workman’s Club 7.30pm, €12 Sidney Charles The Button Factory 7.30pm, €TBC

Kitty Daisy and Lewis Academy Green Room 8pm, €16.50 Jon Kennedy The Grand Social 11pm, Free Fucked Up Hangar, Andrew’s Lane 7.30pm, €16 w/ Bitch Falcon & Strong Boys Saturday 23 May An Evening with Toto Vicar Street 7.30pm, SOLD OUT! Roisin O The Workman’s Club 8pm, €13 Mundy Whelans 8pm, €20 Jon Allen Whelans 8pm, €15 Arthur Russell’s ‘Instrumentals’ directed by Peter Gordon The Button Factory 7.30pm, €25 Kormac’s Big Band The Academy 8pm, €19.90 Pity Sex Academy 2 8pm, €13 Sunday 24 May Dar Williams + Lucy Wainwright Roche The Workman’s Club 8pm, €15 Monday 25 May Swans Button Factory 7.30pm, €26 w/ Okkyung Lee JP Harris & The Tough Choices Whelans 8pm, €15 Tuesday 26 May Torche The Grand Social 7.30pm, €15 Wednesday 27 May Emin Sugar Club 7.30pm, €10-30 Little May Academy 2 8pm, €13 Sam Lee The Grand Social

8pm, €TBC Thursday 28 May 5SOS 3Arena 6pm, €38.05-44.05 Little Hours Whelans 8pm, €13.50 Featuring X Upstairs in Whelans 8pm, €5 Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss Academy Green Room 8pm, €15 Toy Soldiers The Grand Social 8pm, €TBC David Kitt (solo) Odessa Club 8.30pm, €12.50 Friday 29 May Tom Baxter The Sugar Club 8pm, €20 Hamsandwich Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €20 Wilko Johnson The Academy 8pm, €25 Steven Sharpe and The Broke Straight Boys The Workman’s Club 8pm, €10 The Geddes Whelans 8pm, €12 5SOS 3Arena 6pm, €38.05-44.05 Colm Mac Con Iomaire Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 8pm, €20 Saturday 30 May Suzi Quatro Vicar Street 7.30pm, €39.05 Foo Fighters Slane Castle, Meath €79.50 Hudson Taylor Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, €19-22 The Moves The Workman’s Club 8pm, €5 Sinead White The Sugar Club 8pm, €12

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Money $ex Records Showcase The Sugar Club 11pm, €10 w/ Glenn Astro & Max Gräf Sunday 31 May Don McLean Vicar Street 7.30pm, €42/50 Declan Sinnott Whelans 8pm, €16.50 Top 8 HipHop Dance Battle The Sugar Club 11am-7pm, €12 Monday 1 June Don McLean Vicar Street 7.30pm, €42/50 Roxette 3Arena 6.30pm, from €44.05 Tuesday 2 June Gilbert O’Sullivan and his band Vicar Street 7.30pm, €28-44.05 The Overtones Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, from €33.50 Wednesday 3 June Gilbert O’Sullivan and his band Vicar Street 7.30pm, €28-44.05 Friday 5 June Wyvern Lingo Whelans 8pm, €15 Saturday 6 June Ross Breen The Workman’s Club 7.30pm, €10 Lord Huron Whelans 8pm, €16.50 Sunday 7 June ASH Whelans 8pm, SOLD OUT! JAZZ SUNDAY Jazz Brunch Kilkenny Rest. Kilkenny Shop, Nassau St. D2 11am, Free Jazz Brunch Hugo’s, Merrion Row, D2 1.15pm, Free Stella Bass Qrt. Cafe en Seine, Dawson St. D2 2pm, Free Jazz Session Zaragoza, South William St. D2 May 3 Natalie Turner May 10 Linzi McKeon May 17 Aleka May 24 Tania Notaro May 31 Lizanne Kennedy 5pm, Free Jazz Session

JJ Smyths, Aungier St. D2 May 3 Louis Stewart Qrt. May 24 Louis Stewart & Jim Doherty May 31 Down With Jazz 5pm, €10 Stella Bass Quintet Searsons, Upper Baggot St. 6pm, Free MONDAY Hot House Big Band Mercantile, Dame St. 8.45pm, €5 Essential Big Band Grainger’s, Malahide Rd. 9.30pm, €5 TUESDAY Jazz/Swing Night The Grand Social, D1 7pm, €10 Phoenix Big Band Tara Towers Hotel, D4 9pm, Free Tom Harte Quintet Leeson Lounge, Upr Leeson St. 9pm, Free Jazz Session International Bar, Wicklow St. 9.30pm, €5 WEDNESDAY Jazz Session (1st Weds of the Month) The House, 4 Main St. Howth, Co.Dublin 7.30pm, Free THURSDAY Piano Jazz The Tea Rooms, Clerys, O’Çonnell St. D1 5.30pm, Free Jazz Session JJ Smyths, Aungier St. D2 May 7 Lisa Jameson May 14 Margot Daly May 28 Paul Frost 8.30pm, €10 Jazz Session International Bar, Wicklow St. 9.30pm, €5 FRIDAY Jazz/Swing Band Mint Bar, Westin Hotel 10pm, Free SATURDAY Jazz Session Paris Wine Bar, 1 Frenchman’s Ln. D1 8pm, Free Jazz Supper Club The Workshop Pub, 10 Georges quay, D2 8.30pm, €38.50 ONE OFF Sunday 3 May Louis Stewart Qrt. JJ Smyths, Aungier St. D2 4.30pm, €10 Monday 4 May Proteus Jazz Band Hot Spot Music Club, Greystones, Wicklow

4pm, Free Thursday 7 May Lisa Jameson Qrt. JJ Smyths, Aungier St. D2 8.30pm, €10 Sunday 10 May Alex Baboian (Guitar) US The Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Sq. D1 4.30pm, €15 Friday 15 May Listen - Tommy Halferty & Izumi Kimura, Sue Ryanhart Trio, Paul Roe, Fuzzy Logic Ensemble. The Wellington, Baggot St. Bridge, D4 7pm, €10 Thursday 21 May Greg Lloyd Group JJ Smyths, Aungier St. D2 9pm, €10 Saturday 23 May Kormac’s Big Band The Academy, Abbey St. D1 7pm, €19.90 Saturday 30 May & Sunday 31 May Down With Jazz Meeting House Sq. Temple Bar www.downwithjazz.ie CLASSICAL Tuesday 5 May DIT Ensembles All Together Now NCH - Main Auditorium 7pm, €15/10 125th Birthday Celebrations Wednesday 6 May RIAM Final Year Concerto Performances NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €10/5 Thursday 7 May RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Cole Porter in Hollywood NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €15-39.50 Friday 8 May DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble NCH - John Field Room 1.05pm, €10/5 RTÉ NSO Gerry Murphy, Prokofiev, Brahms NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €12-35 Dissonance & Resolution Saturday 9 May Dublin Orchestral Players 75th Anniversary Gala Concert NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €20/15 Sunday 10 May 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Great Exhibition NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €30-80 Monday 11 May Music of the Night NCH - John Field Room

8pm, €20/18 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Tuesday 12 May Pierce Turner (The Wexford Legend) NCH - John Field Room 7.30pm, €23 Wednesday 13 May Songs In The Key of D NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €20 Thursday 14 May RTÉ Concert Orchestra: And the Oscar Goes to... NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €12-38 Friday 15 May Music Of The Americas NCH - John Field Room 1.05pm, €15/12 RTÉ NSO Mozart, Mahler NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €12-35 Approaching Night Saturday 16 May The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar NCH - Main Auditorium 7.30pm, €20-46 Sunday 17 May The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar NCH - Main Auditorium 7.30pm, €20-46 Tuesday 19 May Great Symphonies Close Up NCH - Main Auditorium 1.05pm, €10 with Charles Hazlewood The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar NCH - Main Auditorium 7.30pm, €20-48 Lunny / O’Hara / Lacey / Casey Kevin Barry Room 8pm, €8/6 Wednesday 20 May Blow the Dust Lunchtime Concert NCH - Main Auditorium Unreserved 1.05pm, €8 Perspectives 2015: The Radiophonic Workshop NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €30/25 Thursday 21 May Ulster Orchestra NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €45/20 Rafael Payare, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello Matthew Shipp (piano) & Michael Bisio (Bass) Kevin Barry Room 8.30pm, €16 Friday 22 May Harmony@Large@Lunchtime NCH - John Field Room 1.05pm, €12 National Concert Hall Gamelan Orchestra Kevin Barry Room 7.30pm, €10/7

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RTÉ NSO Mendelssohn NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €12-35 Chariot of Fire Saturday 23 May Dublin International Piano Competition NCH - Main Auditorium 2.30pm & 7.30pm €12/7 Last Round Solo Recitals Sunday 24 May Dublin International Piano Competition NCH - Main Auditorium 2.30pm & 7.30pm €12/7 Last Round Solo Recitals Monday 25 May Vintage YES NCH - John Field Room 7.30pm, €10/5 Tuesday 26 May Dublin International Piano Competition Grand Final NCH - Main Auditorium 7pm, €20-45 Thursday 28 May Okkyung Lee / Paul G. Smyth Duo NCH - Kevin Barry Room 8pm, €15 Friday 29 May Giants of Ragtime & Stride Piano NCH - John Field Room 1.05pm, €15/12 “Scott Joplin meets Mr Gershwin & Fats Wilder” RTÉ NSO Mussorgsky, Zhubanov & Hamidi, Stravinsky NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €12-35 Russian Rites Saturday 30 May Dazzling Dances with the WhistleBlast Quartet NCH - Kevin Barry Room 12pm & 1.30pm, €12.50 Saturday 30 May CAOS Ensemble NCH - Engineering Library 2pm (Rehearsal), €15 6pm (Performance), €5 Saturday 30 May RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Cavalleria Rusitcana NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €15-45 Wednesday 3 June Bach Mass in B Minor NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €15-30 Thursday 4 June RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Sondheim at 85 NCH - Main Auditorium 8pm, €15-39.50

KIDS Saturday 16 May The Paper Princess The Ark, Temple Bar 10.30am & 12.30pm, €5 Petr Horáček: The Mouse Who Ate The Moon The Ark, Temple Bar 11.30am, €5 Picturing Stories with Chris Haughton The Ark, Temple Bar 2pm, €5 Sunday 17 May Nicola Davies: Heroes of the Wild The Ark, Temple Bar 12pm, €5 Book Clinic The Ark, Temple Bar 1pm-4pm, Free Trail Tales The Ark, Temple Bar 1pm-4pm, Free Bestselling Besties The Ark, Temple Bar 3pm, €5 Monday 18 May Petr Horáček: The Mouse Who Ate The Moon The Ark, Temple Bar 10.15am & 11.30am, €5 Schools: Rumble with the Romans The Ark, Temple Bar 11.15am, €5 Wednesday 20 May Schools: Peter Worley - Once Upon an If… The Ark, Temple Bar 11.15am, €5 Thought Stories The Ark, Temple Bar 6pm, €5 Friday 22 May Tiger Tale The Ark, Temple Bar 6pm, €5 Diversity in Children’s Literature The Ark, Temple Bar 11am, €5 Saturday 23 May Tiger Tale The Ark, Temple Bar 12pm & 3pm, €5 Everyone’s Translator The Ark, Temple Bar 11.15am, €5 Sunday 24 May Tiger Tale The Ark, Temple Bar 2pm, €5 Wednesday 27 - Thursday 28 May Elephant Walk The Ark, Temple Bar 10.15am & 12.15pm, €12/5

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CLUBBING Mondays Soul, Funk and Disco with Upbeat Generation Industry Club and Venue, 11.30pm Sound Mondays Turk’s Head, Parliament St Indie rock, garage and post-punk 11pm, free Dice Sessions Dice Bar, Smithfield DJ Alley King Kong Club The Village, Wexford St, 9pm, free The Industry Night Break For The Border, Stephens Street Pool competition, karaoke and DJ DJ Ken Halfod Buskers, Temple Bar Chart pop, indie rock, rock, 10pm Lounge Lizards Solas Bar, Wexford St Soul music, 8pm, free Thank God It’s Monday Ri Ra, Georges St Electro, indie and big beat 11pm, free Simon S Fitzsimons, Temple Bar 11pm, €5 Floor fillers Language Exchange Ireland DTwo, 6.30pm Like speed-dating, but for learning languages Tuesday We Love Tuesday Ri Ra, Georges St Martin McCann’s eclecticism 11pm, free C U Next Tuesday Indie, pop, hip hop hipsterdom Lost Society, Sth William St, 11pm, €6 Ronan M Fitzsimons, Temple Bar 11pm, €5 Lost Tuesdays Deep House The Pint, Free Admission, 8pm Wednesday FUSED! Ri Ra, Georges St 80s and electro, 11pm, free Fubar! The Globe, Georges St 11pm, free Dirty Disco Dtwo, Harcourt St Chart pop Wednesdays at Dandelion Dandelion, Stephen’s Green Student night Moonstompin’ Grand Social, Liffey St Ska and reggae 8pm, free Bruce Willis Lost Society, Sth William St 10.30pm, €10 Dance music for students Somewhere? Workman’s, Wellington Quay Free before 11 Indie and dance Simon S Fitzsimons, 11pm, €5 Thursday Decades Club M, Bloom’s Hotel, Temple Bar FM 104’s Adrian Kennedy plays classics Free before midnight LITTLE big Party Ri Ra, Georges St Soul, indie and rock ‘n’ roll 11pm, free Mischief Break For The Border, Stephen St 11pm, €8 After Work Baggot Inn, Baggot St Quiz night with band and DJ from 11pm, 8pm, free Take Back Thursdays Industry Bar and Venue, Temple Bar 10pm Blasphemy The Village, Wexford St, 11pm Get Loose, Get Loose Mercantile, Dame St Indie, Britpop and alternative 10.30pm Push Workman’s, Wellington Quay Soul, funk, disco and house

Phantom Anthems Workman’s, Wellington Quay Rock, indie rock, other rock Weed and Seven Deadly Skins Turks Head, Parliament St 11pm, free, Live reggae Loaded Grand Social, Liffey St 8pm, free Indie and alternative Zebra Whelan’s, 11pm, Free Bands and DJs show their stripes Poison: Rock, Metal, Mosh & Beer Pong The Hub, €4/7, 10.30pm Flashed Techno / House / Hiphop / Reggae / RnB €5, 10pm Friday My House Buck’s Townhouse, Leeson St With special guests Ladies Night Baggot Inn, Baggot St Cocktail masterclasses from 7 7pm, free Club M Friday Club M, Bloom’s Hotel, Temple Bar DJ Dexy on the decks We Love Fridays Dandelion, Stephen’s Green DJ Robbie Dunbar Friday Night At Vanilla Vanilla Nightclub, D4 Chart-topping hits, 11pm Car Wash Sin, Temple Bar Retro disco 9pm, free before 11 Friday @ Alchemy Alchemy Nightclub, Temple Bar Chart floor-fillers, 11pm Living Room Lost Society, Sth William St Moves from 7, music from 10 7pm, free WV Fridays Wright Venue, Swords €10, 11pm Irish DJs Resident DJ Café en Seine, Dawson St, 11pm, free War Andrew’s Lane, 10pm, €8 Pop for students and hipsters Darren C Fitzsimons, 11pm, €10 Chart hits Babalonia Little Green Café Samba, reggae and mestizo, 9pm, free Saturday Simple Sublime Saturdays Club M, Bloom’s Hotel, Temple Bar Chart pop, dance and r’n’b Free before 11.30 Saturday @ Alchemy Alchemy Nightclub, Temple Bar Chart floor-fillers 11pm Dandelion Saturdays Dandelion, Stephen’s Green Two floors of summer sound Space: The Vinyl Frontier Ri Ra, George’s St Intergalactic funk, electro and indie 11pm, free Saturday Night SKKY Buck’s Townhouse, Leeson St Signature night Indietronic Grand Social, Liffey St Electro and indie, 8pm, free Propaganda The Academy, 11pm, €10 New and classic indie Saturday Night at Vanilla Vanilla Nightclub, D4, 11pm Andy Preston’s latest pop and rock Sports Saturday Baggot Inn, Baggot St Sports from 3pm, DJ til late, 3pm, free Sugar Club Saturdays Sugar Club, Leeson St, 11pm Hidden Agenda Button Factory, Temple Bar, 11pm International techno and house Djs The Best Suite 4 Dame Lane Suck My Deck The Village, Georges St, 11pm High Voltage

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THEATRE Abbey Theatre Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler is something to everyone; a wife, a daughter, a muse, a rebel. Yet, has no idea who she is to herself. 10 April – 16 May, Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Matinees Wed & Sat 2pm, €13 – €45 Deadly Deadly is a poetic and contemporary version of a Greek tragedy. This powerful exploration of lost youth asks tough questions about our own reactions in the face of violence. 11 – 15 May, 12pm & 7pm daily, €15 Gate Theatre Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare’s classic tale of forbidden teenage love comes to the Gate Theatre. 26 March – 16 May, 7.30pm, €25 The Gigli Concert The Gigli Concert is a fiercely satirical and beautifully crafted play about the endurance of the human spirit and our ability to achieve the impossible. 21 May – 27 June, Mon – Sat 7.30pm, selected matinees 2.30pm Gaiety Theatre John B. Keane’s The Field The Field’s story burrows deep into the heart of rural Ireland in the late 1950s; at its core is the enduring link between the Irish people and ‘the land’. 23 April – 16 May, 7.30pm and Saturday matinees at 3pm, €22.50 One Night in Istanbul Scousers Tommy and Gerry are in Istanbul hoping their heroes are going to bring “big ears” back to its rightful home in Liverpool. 2 – 6 June, 7.30pm, €22.65 - €27.65 Project Arts Centre Before Monsters Were Made David is a man struggling to hold together his marriage when the small town he lives in is rocked by the sudden, untimely death of a local girl. 29 April – 16 May, 8.00pm Matinee 9 & 16 May 2.30pm, €18/16/14 Little Thing, Big Thing Little Thing, Big Thing is a darkly comic suspense thriller full of intrigue, betrayal and passion. 5 – 16 May, 8.15pm Matinees 9 & 16 May 3.00pm, €18/16/14 Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Calamity Jane Calamity Jane can outrun and outshoot any man in Deadwood. Hard, boastful and desperate to impress, she travels to Chicago. But things don’t go as planned… 19 – 23 May, Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Matinees 20, 21 & 23 May 2.30pm, €18-50 Top Hat Top Hat brings the glamour of Hollywood’s golden age and the glorious, tap-dancing magic of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to the stage in one of the greatest dance musicals of all time. 27 May – 6 June, 7.30pm, matinees 2.30pm, €20-65 Pavilion Theatre The Man In The Woman’s Shoes The award-winning Mikel Murfi returns with his one-man, hit-show The Man in the Woman’s Shoes. 7 & 8 May, 8pm, €18/16 Famished Castle An accidental meeting in a snowlocked airport reunites former lovers Angie and Nathaniel. They evaluate his family’s troubled past which ultimately led to the end of their relationship. 13 – 23 May, 8pm, Matinees Sat 16 & Sat 23 2.30pm, €20/16/18/14 Mill Theatre Dundrum Emma 200 years after its publication, Emma continues to delight, both as a coming-of-age tale and a lively satire of Austen’s elegant and quirky characters. 13 – 16 May, 8pm, €16/14/12 The 39 Steps Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps; a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! 21 – 23 May, 8pm, €17/15/14 Da In this bitter sweet comedy, set in Dalkey in the 60’s, Charlie is home for his Da’s funeral where he is visited by his father’s ghost.

26 – 30 May, 8pm, €15/12 Civic Theatre Tallaght Frank Pig Says Hello Frank Pig Says Hello is Pat McCabe’s stage version of his acclaimed novel The Butcher Boy. 7 – 9 May, 8pm, €18/16/12 Battlestations Set in the recent past, Battlestations takes place during the time that peace vigils against the war in Iraq were being organised. 7 – 9 May, 8.15pm, Saturday matinee 3pm, €10/8 My Second Self Paul has lost his son. Leyton has lost his father. Together they will find themselves. 11 – 16 May, 8.15pm, €12/10 Maeves House This beautiful poignant story features extracts from Maeve Brennan’s writing and presents a moving portrait of two artists in conversation across generations. 14 – 16 May, 8pm, €20/16/12/10 A Man of No Importance A Man of No Importance tells the story of Alfie Byrne, a bus driver in 1954 Dublin, whose heart holds secrets he can’t share with anyone but his imagined confidante, Oscar Wilde. 19 – 23 May, 8pm, €19/17 axis: Ballymun Underneath Sticks and stones didn’t break Her bones, but words and pointing crushed Her. 15 – 16 May, 8pm, €15/12 The Elves and the Shoemaker Fidget Feet’s ‘The Elves & The Shoemaker’ is immersive storytelling with music and aerial circus for children aged between 4 – 8yrs and their families. 22 – 23 May, 2pm, €6/5 The Games People Play Touching family drama meets epic Celtic mythology distilled into a Drumcondra Semi-D, presented in the trademark ‘Theatre Strong Style’ of Rise Productions. 27 May, 8pm, €15/12 Draíocht Maeve’s House This beautiful poignant story features extracts from Maeve Brennan’s writing and presents a moving portrait of two artists in conversation across generations. 9 May, 8pm, €18/14 God of Carnage After a scuffle in the park between two kids, their parents meet to discuss the matter. But things quickly escalate in this fast and furious comedy. 12 – 16 May, 8.15pm, €16/13 My Fair Ladies Des Keogh gets to fulfil a life-long ambition - to play legendary Irish man of letters George Bernard Shaw. 21 May, 8pm, €18/14 Mermaid Arts Centre The Games People Play The mounting pressure of balancing family and career takes its toll, and one night a series of games starts to escalate, threatening to unravel their suburban paradise. 13 May, 8pm, €16 Maeve’s House This beautiful poignant story features extracts from Maeve Brennan’s writing and presents a moving portrait of two artists in conversation across generations. 22 – 23 May, 8pm, €18 The New Theatre The Revolutionaries – 1916 and beyond Songs and poems by Matt Callaghan and Yvonne Moore with author Gabriel Rosenstock. 4 May, 7.30pm, €12 The Socialist Voice Some of Ireland’s best singers and poets take to the stage to perform on the Socialist Voice platform. 6 May, 7.30pm, €10 Hairy Jaysus Donal O’Kelly’s solo show Hairy Jaysus is a view of pacifist, feminist and socialist Frank Sheehy-Skeffington seen through the eyes of a Dublin beggar today.

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6 – 8 May, 1pm, €5 Juno and the Paycock This special evening brings two towering socialists and friends together James Connolly and Sean O’Casey. 7 May, 7pm, €10 Music Night with Mark Geary The James Connolly Festival is proud to bring you one of Ireland’s best singer/songwriters who will bring his blend of original music and harmony to the stage. 8 May, 7.30pm, €15 Má Thagann Tú This bilingual performance opens up that trove and opens our eyes and ears to the ecstacy and agony endured by dreamers and bards throughout the ages. 11 – 16 May, 7.30pm, €15 Have a Heart A man who’s recently had a heart transplant thinks that his new heart is talking to him, is he going insane, suffering side-effects from the medication or could it be possible? 18 – 23 May, 7.30pm, €15 60 Minutes in Dublin vol. II Comprising stories set in Dublin City taking place on any given night. 25 – 30 May, 7.30pm, €15 Tuesday 19 May Built to Last Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 DANCE FESTIVAL Wednesday 20 May Built to Last Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 Jockey Samuel Beckett Theatre 8pm, €22/18 Dance Uncovered… (sensational) Project Arts Centre 6.30pm, €10/8 Master Class: Damanged Goods / Maria F. Scaroni DanceHouse 11am, €14/12 Thursday 21 May Jockey Samuel Beckett Theatre 8pm, €22/18 Death is Certain Project Arts Centre 7pm & 9.15pm, €15/13 Mesh Mermaid Arts Centre 8pm, €12/10 Friday 22 May Jockey Samuel Beckett Theatre 8pm, €22/18 Death is Certain Project Arts Centre 7pm & 9.15pm, €15/13 Fragments Project Arts Centre 8pm, €22/18 Re-Presenting Ireland DanceHouse 12pm, €10 Ultima Thule DanceHouse 2pm, Free Tiger Tale The Ark, Temple Bar 6pm, €12/9 Evening Class: Robbie Synge CoisCéim Dance Theatre 5.30pm, €15 Saturday 23 May Dance Uncovered… (sensational) Project Arts Centre 9pm, €10/8 Fragments Project Arts Centre 8pm, €22/18 Re-Presenting Ireland DanceHouse 12pm, €10 Tiger Tale The Ark, Temple Bar 12pm & 3pm, €12/9 Douglas Samuel Beckett Theatre 6pm, €22/18 Renegade: Connect Smithfield Square 1pm & 4pm, Free A Brief Glimpse of the End Samuel Beckett Theatre 4.30pm, Free Master Class: Sylvain Émard

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Gate Theatre Lab 11am, €15 Sunday 24 May Tiger Tale The Ark, Temple Bar 2pm, €12/9 Renegade: Connect Smithfield Square 4pm, Free Before We Go IFI 5pm, €9/7.60 Monday 25 May Bastard Amber Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 Filming Sasha Waltz IFI 6.15pm, €9/7.60 Shaping Time Project Arts Centre 6.30pm, €10/8 Tuesday 26 May Bastard Amber Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 (sweet)(bitter) / Aurora / Qui Ora Project Arts Centre 8pm, €22/18 Ultima Thule DanceHouse 5pm, Free Wednesday 27 May Bastard Amber Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 A Brief Glimpse of the End Samuel Beckett Theatre 5pm, Free (sweet)(bitter) / Aurora / Qui Ora Project Arts Centre 8pm, €22/18 Master Class: Thomas Hauert

DanceHouse 11am, €14/12 Elephant Walk The Ark, Temple Bar 10.15am & 12.15pm, €12/9 Thursday 28 May Le Edad de Oro Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 Blanca Project Arts Centre 6.30pm, €15/13 The Art Of Dying Gate Theatre Lab 2.30pm, Free Elephant Walk The Ark, Temple Bar 10.15am & 12.15pm, €12/9 Friday 29 May Le Edad de Oro Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 Blanca Project Arts Centre 6.30pm, €15/13 Bokko / The Ultimate Fusion Porject Arts Centre 8pm, €22/18 Re-Presenting Ireland DanceHouse 12pm, €10 In The Thicket DanceHouse 4.30pm, Free Saturday 30 May Le Edad de Oro Abbey Theatre 7.30pm, €22-38 Blanca Project Arts Centre 6.30pm, €15/13 Bokko / The Ultimate Fusion Porject Arts Centre

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Chester Beatty Library Dublin Castle, D2 Seven Treasures: Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London The art of cloisonné enameling became one of Japan’s most successful forms of manufacture after its renaissance around 1940. It reached a peak of artistic and technological sophistication between 1880 and 1910, a period reggered to as the ‘Golden Age’. This exhibition of over 100 objects, combining a gift of superb Japanese enamels from Edwin Davies CBE with the V&A’s historical collection, presents a rounded picture of one of Japan’s most exquisite art forms. March 14 – June 14 Cross Gallery 59 Francis Street, D8 Hannah Brown May 7 – May 30 Draoicht Gallery The Blanchardstown Centre, Blanchardstown, D15 Sally-Anne Kelly, Upon Becoming Aware of our Self Sally-Anne’s work is based around the various projections of the self that are presented by a subject and how this can be reflected in the different faces and lives of a site or location. She is interested in exploring the trace people leave behind them in a space and what story this can tell. Her work is an exploration into the discarding of identity, the instability and interchangeability of the self and the curated subject; the different versions of a person that they choose to share with different people in different platforms or situations. Through several methods of mold making, casting and making copies of the subject she creates objects that are based on the subject themselves in a variety of different materials. A copy of a copy, or a version of a version, something that is made from the original, but

in the process of making becomes forever altered. May 8 – July 11 Helen MacMahon, Profero The work in Profero is the result of a fascination with the phenomena of light, movement, perception and space. They are the result of observation and they function to reveal the artificial ecosystem that exists between the viewer and these intangible elements. They co-exist in a state of continual flux, changes occurring in one facet having a perceptible impact on the others. The pieces are experimental in nature and this exploratory process is as important as the finished piece. May 8 – July 11 Douglas Hyde Gallery Nassau Street, D2 Rose Wylie Rose Wylie favours the particular, not the general; although subjects and meaning are important, the act of focused looking is even more so. Every image is rooted in a specific moment of attention, and while her work is contemporary in terms of its fragmentation and cultural references, it is perhaps more traditional in its commitment to the most fundamental aspects of picture-making: drawing, colour, and texture. March 6 – May 13 Indian Matchbox Labels Early Indian matchboxes carried beautifully designed labels showing images of Hindu deities and legendary scenes; over time they took on a multitude of themes, ranging from the mundane (keys, lamps, fruit, farm animals) to the exotic (lotus flowers, glamorous beauties, fighting tigers and elephants) and the comical (a pair of monkeys smoking cigarettes, a baby with a moustache). Nowadays there are obsessive collectors of the ephemeral vernacular images that are the subject of this small exhibition,

all of them drawn to the bewildering variety of subjects as well as their humour and charm. March 6 – May 13 Farmleigh Gallery Phoenix Park, D15 Sofie Loscher, Jonathan Mayhew, Niamh O’Doherty, Intelligent Machinery The exhibition ‘Intelligent Machinery’ explores ideas that inform artificial intelligence, pattern recognition (in neural networks), complex networks, coding, and how these factors have been used in seminal moments in our history. The classical grid of Art History has given way to the ‘system’, and modern forms of invention have to deal with a norm composed of complex inputs often concerned with redaction, obfuscation and reflection. Art that is made up of unitary incremental actions, reflects an innate logicism that is greater than the individual; each unit and each work, creating a full mechanism for that place and time of exhibition. April 3 – May 31 Irish Museum of Modern Art Military Road, D8 Gerda Frömel, A Retrospective This exhibition will be the first contemporary retrospective of Gerda Frömel, an artist who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1931 as the daughter of German parents but who moved to Ireland in 1956. An incredibly well regarded artist during her lifetime, her work is no longer well known and has not been on exhibition since a 1976 retrospective at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin the year after her untimely death. This exhibition seeks to bring new work to light and to reinstate Frömel as a modern Irish master. April 10 – July 5 Diogo Pimentão This will be the first Irish solo exhibition of Portuguese artist Diogo

Pimentão. Timed to coincide with Gerda Frömel, Diogo’s practice seeks to open the horizon of the drawing and its conventions to other dimensions, other processes and other tools. April 10 – July 5 IMMA Collection: Fragments This exhibition borrows its title from Philosopher Walter Benjamin’s comparison of the work of translation to re-assembling fragments of a broken vase – the individual fragments must come together, but need not be like each other. This could also be taken as an allegory for exhibition making, or collecting. April 24 – July 26 Karla Black Karla Black is regarded as one of the pioneering contemporary artists of her generation. Experimenting with ways to float material, form and colour at eye level remains a constant preoccupation in Black’s work. This preoccupation will form a key thread in the exhibition at IMMA, which will present Black’s extraordinary creative output through a series of new works tailored for the spaces here, revealing the artist’s free, experimental way of working combined with a careful aesthetic judgement. May 1 – July 26 Kerlin Gallery South Anne Street, D2 Isabel Nolan, Bent Knees are a Give Focussing on a memorial statue which poet and cleric John Donne posed for prior to his death in 1632, Nolan’s research seeks to understand Donne’s varying representations in stone and print, which portray his calm acceptance of death, and his anticipation of eventual resurrection. Consisting of delicate colouring pencil drawings, towering flagpoles, an accompanying text, and corroborating photographic prints, the exhibition cohesively reveals the aesthetic and theoretical links between Nolan’s work and

Donne’s cryptic representation. April 1 – May 16 Mother’s Tankstation 41-43 Watling Street, D8 Sam Anderson, Tallies Folly April 8 – May 23 The National Gallery of Ireland Clare Street, D2 Passion & Persuasion: Images of Baroque Saints This exhibition focuses on baroque seventeenth-century paintings of popular Counter-Reformation saints including Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Sebastian, Irene, Rufina, Alexis and Joseph. It demonstrates the impact of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order, who wrote the ‘Spiritual Exercises’ in the early 1520s.The artists represented in this exhibition directly reflect the artistic inheritance left in their wake. The exhibition draws on the Gallery’s collection of Italian, Spanish and Flemish artists, among them, Giordano, Mattia Preti, Jacob Jordaens, Guercino and Domenichino. February 11 – May 31 Oliver Sears Gallery 29 Molesworth Street, D2 Liam Flynn, SPIN Drawing on almost thirty years of dedication to his craft Flynn has assembled an astonishing collection of vessels turned and carved from ash, sycamore, eucalyptus and oak (ebonised and fumed). Flynn demonstrates a total understanding of his material and creates objects that are at once sympathetic and uncompromising, timeless and contemporary. April 9 – May 14 The Origin Gallery 37 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, D2 Kurt Jackson, Anna Livia: Painting the Path of the Young Liffey This show at traces the path of the young Liffey, which rises near the Guinness estate ‘Luggala’ where the artist stayed (in the gate lodge) while

Michael Jackson occupied the house. April 17 – May 27 Project Arts Centre East Essex Street, Temple Bar, D2 A Breathcrystal Jean-Luc Moulène , Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan, Katerina Undo, Miklos Onucsan, Tom Nicholson, Phillip Warnell, Jonas Staal, Fabio Mauri, Jacqueline Mesmaeker , Lawrence Abu Hamdan. An exhibition concerned with ideas around contamination. The gallery will become a space for cross-pollination, symbiosis and infestation, uncovering intriguing connections and contradictions between a group of international artists and their artworks. April 24 – May 30 The Royal Hibernian Academy Ely Place, D2 185th Annual Exhibition The RHA Annual exhibition, now in its 185th year, is the most ambitious public event in the Academy’s calendar. Ireland’s largest open submission exhibition includes painting, sculpture, print, photography, drawing and architectural models and it brings together the works of RHA members, invited artists and artists selected from open submission. May 25 – August 8 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Temple Bar, D2 Aoibheann Greenan, DMC; (Dunmurry May-Day Conspiracy) A solo exhibition in which Aoibheann Greenan exhibits a full-scale inhabitable diorama in the gallery. This pseudo-recreation simulates the ceremonial ground of a fictional secret society called the Draoithe Dún Muirígh (the Druids of Dunmurry) and imagines a new folklore around the Delorean car manufacturing plant in Dunmurry, Co. Antrim. April 17 – June 20

COMEDY

Each Sunday & Monday ONE OFFS Thursday 7 - Saturday 9 May Gar Murran, Rory O Hanlon & Neil Douggan Laughter Lounge 7.30pm, €26 Friday 8 May PJ Gallagher & Joanne McNally Separated at Birth Vicar Street 7.30pm, €25 Friday 8 & Saturday 9 May John Colleary, Jim Campbell & Robbie Bonham Chaplin’s Comedy Club 7.30pm, €10 Saturday 9 May Gearóid Farrelly Whelans 8pm, €14/€12 Thursday 14 - Saturday 16 May Chris Kent & Kevin Gildea Laughter Lounge 7.30pm, €26 Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May Pat McDonnell, Johnny Cadon & Bernard Casey Chaplin’s Comedy Club 7.30pm, €10 Thursday 21 May Stewart Lee A Room With A Stew Vicar Street 7.30pm, €28 Thursday 21 - Saturday 23 May One to Watch - Paul Myrehaug

plus guests Laughter Lounge 7.30pm, €26 Friday 22 May Reginald D Hunter Vicar Street 7.30pm, €28 Friday 22 & Saturday 23 May Gearóid Farrelly, Tommy Nicholson & Marcus O’Laoire Chaplin’s Comedy Club 7.30pm, €10 Sunday 24 May Stewart Lee A Room With A Stew Vicar Street 7.30pm, €28 Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 May Alex Boardman, Owen O’Neill & Steve Cummins Laughter Lounge 7.30pm, €26 Friday 29 & Saturday 30 May Andrew Stanley, Kevin Gildea & Paul Marsh Chaplin’s Comedy Club 7.30pm, €10 Sunday 31 May The Lads of Comedy Upstairs in Whelans 8pm, €11 adv / €12 door Thursday 4 & Friday 5 June Tommy Tiernan - Out of the Whirlwind Vicar Street 7.30pm, €35 Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 June

Alan Carr Olympia Theatre 7.30pm, from €33.50

music.com International Literature Festival Saturday 16 - Sunday 24 May Ireland’s premier literary event boasts a huge line-up of small events smattered around a variety of venues in the city over a week this month. Highlights include Sara Baume, whose recently published Spill Simmer Falter Wither on Tramp Press has been garnering rave reviews, and Irvine Welsh the famous Scottish author whose work includes Trainspotting. Full program available on ilfdublin.com Dublin City Soul Festival Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 May Taking place in the beautiful surrounds of Merrion Square, the Dublin City Soul Festival is a weekend of family fun and live music each day between 12pm and 6pm. For more see dublincitysoulfestival.ie Forbidden Fruit Festival Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham Friday 29 - Sunday 31 May €49.50 each day / €119 (3-day) Now in its fifth year, Forbidden Fruit is the daddy of day festivals in Dublin. Big names play each of the three days, including veterans like Fatboy Slim and Richie Hawtin to hip young gunslingers like Nico Jaar, Earl Sweatshirt and Jamie XX, with grooves from Eglo heads Floating Points and Fatima in between and local DJ collectives

like R’n’B Club, Together Disco and This Greedy Pig spinning throughout the weekend. Full information can be found at forbiddenfruit.ie

Wicked Wolf Comedy Night Wicked Wolf, Blackrock 8pm, €5 Every second Tuesday The Comedy Improv The International 9pm, €5 Every Monday Talk Talk Panel Show The International 9pm, €5 Every Tuesday The Comedy Cellar The International 9pm, €8 Every Wednesday International Comedy Club The International 8.30pm, €10 Thursdays, Fridays & Sundays 7.30pm & 10.15pm, €10 each Each Saturday Battle of the Axe The Ha’penny Bridge Inn 8pm, €5 with flyer Capital Comedy Club Chaplins Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays Doors 8.15pm €10 (students €5 Thursdays), €3 Tuesdays The Comedy Crunch The Stag’s Head 7pm, free event

FESTIVALS

Bealtaine Festival Until Saturday 31 May Celebrating creativity and the arts in the nation’s elderly community, Bealtaine is a month-long series of events and workshops spread around each county. For more see bealtaine.com 12th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Monday 4 - Sunday 17 May Annual celebration of the contribution of the gay community to theatre past and presents occurs in the weeks leading up the vote on Marriage Equality. There’s performers from the States, Canada, the UK and across Europe across a host of venues. The full programme is available at gaytheatre.ie, with tickets costing €10-15 per performance. Skerries Traditional Music Weekend Friday 15 - Sunday 17 May Since 2011, Skerries has hosted a weekend’s worth of traditional music recitals, workshops and grand auld hooleys. Everything from Uilleann pipes to Sean Nós dancing is on show in North County Dublin. For full programme see skerriestraditional-

POKER

Fitzwilliam Casino & Card Club Monday 8:30pm: €75 + €5 No Limit Freezeout. Tuesday 8:30pm: €50 + €5 No Limit Double Chance Freezeout. Wednesday 8:30pm: €20 + €5 Hold’em Multirebuy. 7:30pm: Satellite Tournament. Thursday 8pm: €45 + €5 + €10 Scalp No Limit Freezeout. 9:30pm: €30 + €5 Pot Limit Omaha Triple Chance. Thursday End of Month €250 + €20 Freezeout. Friday 8:30pm: €70 + €5 No Limit, Double Chance. Saturday 8pm: €100 + €10 Deepstack No Limit Freezeout. 9pm: €20 + €5 No Limit Freezeout. Sunday 8:30pm: €50 + €5 No Limit Freezeout. www.fitzwilliamcardclub.com

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Coming to THE GRAND SOCIAL in MAY Friday May 8th

Thursday May 21st

Daddy Long Legs

Sleep Thieves

(Ubangi Stomp Club)

Friday May 22nd

Friday May 8th

Jon Kennedy Federation

Jennifer Cardini (Late)

(Late)

Tuesday May 26th

Saturday May 9th

Torche

Hemp Gru (Poland) Thursday May 14th

(U:mack)

Slugabed (Ninja Tune) & Yosi Horikawa

Sam Lee

(Scavenger presents)

(Note Productions)

Saturday May 16th

Thursday May 28th

Makings

35 Lr Liffey St, Dublin 1. Ph: 01 874 0090.

Wednesday May 27th

Toy Soldier

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