Nov 04
East Wall wins award at PRIDE OF PLACE 2012 Our community has won the 2012 PRIDE OF PLACE competition! This is a major achievement and is testimony to the hard work, dedication and sense of community that can be found in East Wall. Pride of Place is a 32 county wide initiative, with each local …
Oct 03
Sunflower Competition winners announced - The results are in – the measuring tape has been put away , calculations completed and the winners can now be declared . What a green fingered lot we turned out to be – there was quite a few entrants and the quality was very high. The judging was a …
Sep 11
As part of the Pride Of Place Festival, we chose the sunflower as a symbol to represent our area. Why? It’s bright, vibrant and it stands head and shoulders above the rest, just like East Wall! For all in the community who were busy growing your flowers over the wonderfully sunny Summer months , now …
Aug 10
On Wednesday 1st August two judges from the Pride Of Place competition visited our community. The Judges Donal Connelly and William Beatty were accompanied by a representative from Co-operation Ireland, and Bernie Lillis of Dublin City Council. As previously agreed by the community groups in the area, Marie O’Reilly acted as the host and guide …
Aug 06
Following on from our report on the Dublin Dockworkers Preservation Society Photographic exhibition, here are some more images from the event. In addition to the 40 framed photographs and the 1,000 plus photos on the slide show, also on display was memorabilia from working life on the docks. This included hooks and other implements kindly donated …
Jul 30
Paul Horan (Chairperson East Wall P.E.G Variety & Drama Group) describes the excitement of the recent co-operation between the East Wall Community and the Abbey Theatre. Over the past few months I have had the pleasure, on behalf of “East Wall For All” of co-ordinating the Abbey Outreach Project in our area. Driven …
Jul 26
(Friday 27 and Saturday 28 July 2012, Liberty Hall. Sponsored by SIPTU, Liberty Hall and Croke Park, GAA.) Thirty years ago, activists from the North Inner City organised a month-long Looking-On Festival to showcase the problems facing this community in a creative and stimulating way. To commemorate this event, a conference is taking place in …
Jul 11
Paul Horan provides a report on the “Fun Day” Event that took place in The Sean O’Casey Community Centre as part of the Pride Of Place festival. Maureen O’Sullivan provides a review of the céilí which rounded off the day nicely. As you are aware the event was originally planned to take place in …
Jul 03
Fairview Park Clean up – Saturday 30th June Despite the disappointment of the park not being available for the family fun day, the clean up went ahead as planned. East Wall For All has been consistent in promoting the importance of Fairview Park as a local amenity, and we were determined to follow up on …
