Independent Dublin

24/09/2025

Chef of popular South Dublin restaurant Big Mike’s announces closure on social media

A popular South Dublin restaurant has announced their closure on a social media post this afternoon.

24/09/2025

Manhunt underway for gangland criminal who escaped from garda station through unlocked door

A nationwide manhunt is under way for a 42-year-old criminal who escaped from Kilkenny garda station.

24/09/2025

Call for basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent

Dublin city councillors have called on the government to make the basic income scheme for artists a permanent measure, as the pilot initiative nears its conclusion.

23/09/2025

Brian O’Driscoll ‘delighted to catch up’ with Michaela Morley as pair reunite to raise funds for kidney patients

Fourteen years after a six-year-old little girl on kidney dialysis met Ireland rugby star Brian O’Driscoll, the pair have reunited to help the Irish Kidney Association (IKA).

23/09/2025

More bins needed to tackle growing dog poo problem in Rathfarnham

Councillors in South Dublin County Council (SDCC) have called for more bins in the Rathfarnham-Templeogue area due to an increasing issue of dog waste in the area.

23/09/2025

Howth lifeboat responds to ‘medical emergency’ on cruise ship in rough seas

The volunteer crew at Howth RNLI were called into action to respond to a medical emergency on board a cruise ship 15 miles off the coast last weekend.

23/09/2025

Bohernabreena cemetery to be closed to vehicles at night due to rise in criminal activity

Bohernabreena cemetery in south county Dublin is to be closed to vehicles at night due to a rise in criminal activity.

23/09/2025

Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: This Dublin spot pairs good food with a theatrical vibe – and it opened early just for me

When technology is working it’s great, but when it’s not, it can be a real bummer. With restaurants nowadays, we rarely get the chance to enunciate ‘have you a table’ to another human, having been well trained into taking out our smartphones, selecting our slot, handing over our credit card ...

23/09/2025

Officials are developing a new emergency response strategy after smoke from wildfires impacted homes in south Dublin last month.

Firefighters battled a series of gorse fires in Ticknick Park, Cherrywood, during a spell of hot weather in August.

Smoke from the fires could be seen drifting across the nearby M50 and surrounding area for days as firefighters battled to control the blaze.

One mother-of-two said she spent two weeks worrying about the health of her two young daughters after smoke spread to their home.

“We’re located at the foot of Ticknick Park, just around 600 metres away from it,” said Angelika Korelc (35), whose children are four and six years old.

“It got very hot and the gorse that grows in the park started to burn. It started in very small patches, we could see some smoke and flames from our home."

23/09/2025

Kirsty Blake Knox: Everything I’ve learned about renting after almost two decades as a tenant

Of all the practical applications and functions my phone can perform, I think ‘memories’ may be my favourite. You know those random pictures that have been lying idle or forgotten in a digital vault that pop up unexpectedly, and bring you back in time? I can’t get enough of them.

23/09/2025