I always had a love of music. I got drums when I was a kid, then the guitar. I tried every instrument under the sun. My dad gave me Paul Simon s Graceland the year it came out, when I was four, and I played it on repeat, then I got decks for Christmas when I was 12 and from then I wanted to be a DJ.
Three years later, at the tender age of 15, her dream started to come true when she got work in pirate radio. Then at 17, I left school at the start of fifth year and got a job on FM104. she says.
Simone and Joe in the courtyard between their home and the gallery. It was Simone s idea to put the frame-like structure above the fountain, the better to train the eye on the garden. Photo: Tony Gavin
The themes of her paintings and prints are quintessentially Irish. The Wexford-based artist is noted for her nostalgic take on the Irish larder and Irish brands; her scenes of an Irish childhood; her quirky vision of our coastal villages, and her highly individual interpretation of our many national heritage sites. Yet, it was a quality in the New Zealand climate that set her on her course.
As 2021 is starting to look a lot like 2020, concerns are growing for the vulnerable people living on Dublin’s streets after 57 lost their lives last year.
A review is being carried out into the increase in deaths in a year marked by a number of tragic events involving homeless people.
A man from Eritrea was paralysed when his tent was cleared by a digger from the banks of the Grand Canal last January; in September, a 39-year-old man was found dead in a laneway after suffering serious injuries to his head; while two rough sleepers died in the Phoenix Park over the Christmas period.
George Nkencho’s sister has pleaded with the public to not share videos of her brother being shot after it was circulated on social media.
The 27-year-old was shot in the garden of his home by gardaí in west Dublin at around 12.35pm on Wednesday and was later pronounced dead in hospital.
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is investigating the fatal shooting at Manorsfields Drive, close to Hartstown.
On New Year’s Eve morning around 200 people were protesting outside Blanchardstown Garda Station over the death of Mr Nkencho.
The protestors chanted “How many people Garda must kill?” and “Justice for George” among others.