The #HerzogPark row in #Rathgar, #Dublin is using a lot of #iepol bandwidth. Even #SimonHarris and #MicheálMartin have weighed in, both looking ill-briefed.
The best account iI have seen is this thread on #Twitter / #X by #GarySpedding […]
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The proposal to rename #HerzogPark after #HindRajab is an understandable response to the calculated horror of her extraordinarily determined murder, aged only five. But it is mistaken. #Dublin certainly should have a memorial to Hind Rajab, but it should not replace this memorial in #Rathgar […]
Memorial plaque at the entrance to Herzog Park in Rathgar
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In 1995, a small park in #Rathgar, #Dublin, was renamed in honour of #ChaimHerzog. The Orwell Quarry Park became #HerzogPark.
But in 2025, Irish public opinion has now turned heavily against #this rogue state and its #ethnicCleansing and ongoing #genocide. A […]
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And on top of all that (yet from the bottom of that page) is the discovery that #Rathgar used to be D14 ... 🤪😂
James Joyce as a young boy is a sailor suit and as a young man in a jacket and tie and flat cap.
James Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 at 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin to John Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane "May" (née Murray). He was the eldest of ten surviving siblings. He was baptised with the name James Augustine Joyce.
#JamesJoyce #IrishLiterature #Rathgar #Dublin #Ireland
A cormorant has its wings open and stands in a river.
Beautiful #cormorant in #Rathgar #Dublin #nature #dodderriver
Firefighters were damping down hotspots in #Rathgar following yesterday's fire.
In some circumstances compressed gas cylinders would be cooled and specialist advice sought from industry experts.
#Rathgar update
1️⃣ One fire engine remains on scene damping down
We had great assistance today from:
Dublin City Council Water works and dangerous buildings
ESB networks
Gardaí
Gas Networks Ireland
Firefighter/Advanced Paramedics treated one person before removal to hospital
Orwell Road #Rathgar
🚒 Firefighters are at a workshop fire
⛔ Avoid the area as closures are in place on Terenure Road East, Highfield Road and Orwell Road
💨 Smoke is drifting across the area, take precautions if you are affected
