The Dublin WHAT!?
A new independent weekly online newspaper providing quality coverage of city affairs published on Wednesdays “from its office in Harold’s Cross”.
Offices, eh?
The Inquirer’s writing roster includes Frank McDonald, former environment editor for the Irish Times, who, in the first issue, explores the “new-look” Grafton Street.
Mr McDonald writes:
A Spanish friend living in Dublin was aghast when the dyed red concrete bricks and magnolia ceramic tiles of 1988 vintage were torn up and replaced by (Spanish) limestone: “They’ve drained the colour out of the street!”.
I told him that the old stuff was totally inappropriate, especially the ceramic tiles, which were slippy in wet Dublin weather, the red brick wasn’t really clay brick and, in any case, it shouldn’t be laid on a street surface. The paving had also been breaking up, making a mess of it.
Fight!
We Need To Talk About Grafton Street (Frank McDonald, Dublin Inquirer)
More red!
The new slabs are drab and dirty.
Frank retired from the IT in January.
Ye’re in good hands with the Ad Sales and E-Commerce Manager there. My man Wilson.
Pray silence, for the Frank hath spoken – desist and leave, foul Spaniard! You know not of what you speaketh,
His Frankness hath pronounced on the hideousness of both red paving AND hanging baskets – he hath cast the crimson from beneath our feet; he shalt soon obliterate the swinging flower pot in a similar fashion!
All praise His Frankness!
Good to see a newspaper focus on actual local issues, rather than d’Herald with its celeb dross or the advert riddled Northside People.
Read the article about the Tenters, plans for a nursing home and a student block in the same development??! Smart move.
+1
Worth giving it a chance.
No hipster sh!te so far.
Frank’s not so bad.
Interesting revival of WW2 font.
Needs more ironic elaborately coiffured beard and silly monocle/bicycle