O'Connell Street
# oconnell-street - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Irishness, pints and craic: Tom Cruise’s 24 hours in Dublin (pics, videos)
Far and away (geddit?!) the best 24 hours you can have in Ireland…
# oconnell-street - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Two incidents involving Luas in Dublin city centre
Five people, including the driver of one Luas, have been taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries.
# oconnell-street - Saturday 22 December, 2012
# oconnell-street - Sunday 25 November, 2012
Guineys workers still in limbo over pensions
Many of the workers who lost their job when Guiney & Co closed down in September had more than 25 years service – but now their pension remains up in the air.
# oconnell-street - Friday 23 November, 2012
Christmas jumper world record attempt in Dublin… here’s some inspiration
GeansaÃs galore.
# oconnell-street - Sunday 30 September, 2012
Column: Miracle on O’Connell St – what the Clerys rescue says about Ireland
An institution was saved – which just goes to show how badly Irish homeowners are being treated in comparison, writes Arthur Doohan.
# oconnell-street - Saturday 29 September, 2012
PHOTOS: 2,500 attend pro-choice march in Dublin city centre
‘Several thousand’ people are believed to have taken part in the march which called on the government to change Ireland’s abortion laws.
# oconnell-street - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Guineys workers told: 30 years service? Sorry, no pensions
The employees found out about the shop closure after a phone call on Monday telling them not to come into work the next day.
# oconnell-street - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
So exactly WHICH Guineys is closing down?
There are three (count ‘em!) separate stores with the name Guineys on Dublin’s Talbot St – but which one is closing down?
Clerys taken over, saving 350 jobs – but Guineys is to close
Clerys was sold to an American private equity group last night, just hours after it was placed into receivership.
# oconnell-street - Monday 17 September, 2012
Psychoactive drugs worth over €800,000 seized in Waterford
A 32-year-old man has been arrested after being caught in possession of the drugs.
# oconnell-street - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Varadkar wants to install Wi-Fi across all public transport in 2013
The Minister has set the target as trials are carried out on some bus and tram services this year.
# oconnell-street - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Charity runners cross the finish line 40 hours after setting off on 126-mile challenge
Brian Maher and Mike Sheridan took some time out from their entertainment day-jobs to jog from Limerick to Dublin.
# oconnell-street - Thursday 26 April, 2012
A grand soft day: Entertainers lace up for 126-mile run in aid of Special Olympics Ireland
DJ and movie critic team up for a fund-raising, endurance jog. Nice weather for it too.
# oconnell-street - Sunday 8 April, 2012
In pictures: Crowds gather to remember the 1916 Easter Rising
The Taoiseach and the President were amongst those at the event outside the GPO in Dublin’s O’Connell Street.
President and Taoiseach to attend ceremony marking 1916 Rising
A ceremony will take place outside the GPO on O’Connell Street in Dublin later today.
# oconnell-street - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
Grafton Street in Dublin to be repaved in new colours
The capital’s iconic shopping street will be completely resurfaced and the red brickwork replaced with granite.
# oconnell-street - Monday 23 January, 2012
Man rescued from River Liffey in Dublin city centre
Two units of the Dublin Fire Brigade were involved in the rescue late last night.
# oconnell-street - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Video: Inside Clerys department store in Dublin – in 1932
Check out this 1932 video of the legendary department store on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, including the bargain basement, the ‘gay and lively’ café – and a mechanical zoo…
# oconnell-street - Thursday 20 October, 2011
In pictures: Libyans in Ireland celebrate the death of Gaddafi
O’Connell Street has been the scene of celebration for Libyans living in Ireland tonight.
# oconnell-street - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
Road closure on Dublin’s south quay after pedestrian hit by truck
Bus routes in the city have been affected by the closure.
# oconnell-street - Tuesday 9 August, 2011
Limerick shop employee tied up during attempted robbery
Two attackers were apparently disturbed before taking anything from the Vodafone store, and fled the scene on foot.
# oconnell-street - Thursday 16 June, 2011
Taxi drivers suffer 19 strokes and heart attacks on one rank
The pressure on cabbies to make a living in an increasingly crowded industry is also driving some to suicide.
# oconnell-street - Tuesday 17 May, 2011
Twenty-one arrests in city centre as Queen visits Garden of Remembrance
“All hell breaks loose” on Dorset Street as the Queen arrives to lay a wreath to Irish republicans at the Garden of Remembrance.
# oconnell-street - Sunday 24 April, 2011
Ceremony held to mark 95th anniversary of Easter Rising
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and president Mary McAleese took part in the ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the Easter Rising on Dublin’s O’Connell Street earlier today.
# oconnell-street - Thursday 2 December, 2010
In pictures: gas explosion strikes O’Connell Street
As the capital city sees hours of constant snowfall, Café Kylemore is hit by a gas blast.













































