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CULTURE NIGHT 2024 will take place next Friday, 20 September, with a jam-packed lineup of events planned in locations around the country.
It will follow last year’s success, where 1.2 million people participated in over 1,700 free cultural events.
This year, Culture Night is aiming to be more inclusive, accessible and diverse while showcasing the best of both the traditional and evolving arts in Ireland.
Here are some of the fun free events in store.
The Dublin Ink Tattoo Culture Experience will provide an opportunity to experience the art of tattooing in a unique and fun way as the talented artists at Dublin Ink share their skills and show visitors how to tattoo.
Don’t worry! Bananas will be used as the subjects.
The event starts at 7pm. No booking is required.
‘A Stitch in Time’ upcycling workshop will give tips and skills to get the best out of clothes and household fabric items.
Attendees can bring along three to five items of pre-loved clothing or textiles to be repaired, upcycled or recreated into something new.
All other materials are supplied and no sewing experience is necessary.
The event starts at 5:30pm.
This event, ‘Spark a Love of Stories with Ireland’s Children’s Book Artists’, invites you to join Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde and some of Ireland’s finest children’s authors and illustrators for an evening of live-storytelling in the window of Dubray Bookstore on Grafton Street.
While you’re there, you can visit the Children’s Books Ireland free Book Clinic and have a chat with expert Book Doctors who will prescribe your next great read.
This drop-in event runs from 5pm to 7pm.
The Marine Institute’s headquarters in Oranmore, Co Galway, will host an evening of marine-themed music, drama, art and poetry from 7pm.
Oranmore’s drama group, Bualadh Bos, will perform the one-act play ‘Adrift’ by George Infini. This comedic play centres on three men set adrift at sea after a failed mutiny, who must set aside their differences and await rescue.
There will also be poetry readings, live musical performances, and exhibitions on display.
September is traditionally a time for Polish digging. Both nations, the Irish and the Poles, like potatoes in various forms.
This drop-in event, running from 4pm, will show you some of the history and traditions associated with potatoes.
You can also sample Polish cuisine, with potato pancakes prepared for tasting on site.
Potatoes will also be used for artistic activities.
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You mean “illegal immigrants”? I ask because that’s what we call people who sneak into our country.
I may be wrong, but it appears that the Irish government has double standards. It is OK if illegal/undocumented immigrants are Irish, but not OK if they aren’t Irish.
Why is this?
Because Ireland is the home of double standards.
We were there first.
And undocumented human beings being forced to live in public toilets.
They weren’t forced to live in public toilets, they choose to. They were housed by the charity groups in Ennis but had to leave because of behavour caused by the alcohol. They were also given a home in Galway city recently but left it and returned to Ennis and started living rough again after only a week. You shouldnt use these poor unfortunates to make a incorrect point.
Thanks Pat for your comment. However, I would like to add that the unfortunate Czech National was not an illegal immigrant. The Czech Republic entered the EU in 2004 so the poor gentleman had more rights than an illegal immigrant. Furthermore, the late Mr. Pavelka gave his family the impression that he was doing well here in Ireland.
In this case, the late Mr. Pavelka made the choice to live rough and ignore support from the state.
That’s the kind of thing people say about the homeless Irish in London…
Exactly they are illegal aliens. If they regularised it will be for economic reasons. I have a family member over there illegally but it is a sub life that illegal people choose.
Lemass was offered buy declined an open visa programme in the 1960s bizarrely,
Not quite. Ireland had a yearly quota of 50, 000 American green cards per year – Lemass wanted the youth to stay at home, so rescinded the deal. What a stupid thing to do, other small countries would love a similar deal.
Also, if I were illegally in Ireland (im not, I swears) id get as many people as possible, in a similar position as myself, to write a letter to the American ambassador(Dan Rooney?) to Ireland to highlight the Irish governments hypocrisy on this issue.
Theres similar number of illegal immigrants here, as there are Irish over there. Lets be realistic – neither groups are going to ever leave. Probably best to legalise both and then become more stringent on incomers.
Undocumented? Illegal immigrants I would have thought.
Get our country in order first. Legal immigrants face hugh increase in price of visas and documents.schools and colleges go bankrupt and leave foreign students with nothing. Cost of citizenship is over 1k. Criteria to setup business here and be granted business visa is to have 300k in bank and employ 2 irish citizens.
As for illegal here, employees hold all the power and face only slap on wrist if caught paying next to nothing. If we imposed zero tolerence how many would loose childcare? All the conditions that illegals face in USA are the same and worse here.
So buy getting our country in order first… Do you mean have America return all the illegal Irish to Ireland and Ireland return all of the illegal immigrants to their countries of orgin? Then permit all to apply and use the legal routes of entry into each country?
@marlon no i dont want a population of 18 million in ireland. What i am saying is that both countries need immigration and a balance in legislation to be made in order to have less illegal. when you are seeking legal entry, you face so many costs and barriers that only promote the opposite or leave people changing status every 2nd year or stuck here illegal after working for 5 years.
Without immigration in USA it has been shown that statistically many industries would be in trouble 50% workforce on farms are immigrants and qaurter construction and child minding rough stats taken from hispanic centres. While we were in boom years it would not have been possible without a immigrant workforce and in hardtimes childcare is a major priority.
Barney R, I believe we are in agreement regarding the fact that America and Ireland both need immigration. However, I believe that we are not in agreement regarding the legality of the immigration. An Irish Illegal\undocumented immigrant in America is unacceptable and these persons are criminals. An Illegal\undocumented immigrant in Ireland is unacceptable and these persons are criminals.
Hundreds of people in both countries go through the proper channels and procedures to enter and remain. Why should persons who by-passed immigration laws be given legal status?
I believe the Irish government should stop lobbying America to permit illegal\undocumented Irish immigrants to remain and instead enacting a reciprocity program.
Funny that america was a powerhouse before the ted kennnedy immigration reform bill. No country needs mass immigration. The farmers can modernise rather than rely on cheapo labour.
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