The Five Lamps Arts Festival, located in the heart of the community in Dublin’s North East Inner City, was founded in 2007 by Roisin Lonergan, a former teacher from Marino College. Since its first edition, the Festival has grown to become a center for the creation and presentation of locally relevant, artistically ambitious works and is a highly regarded and much-loved part of the community. We believe that everyone should be able to experience and participate in arts and creativity.

Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026, following on from Dublin Written in Our Hearts, an anthology, chosen for 2025. One Dublin One Book aims to encourage everyone in Dublin to read a designated book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year. This annual project is a Dublin City Council initiative, led by Dublin City Libraries and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, which encourages reading for pleasure. The author introduces us to the maverick pathologist Quirke whose only passion is finding truth in science. While readers

The Team Dublin Clean-Up invites residents, community groups, schools, businesses, and environmental organisations to help improve and maintain their neighbourhoods. Dublin City Council provides all required clean-up equipment in advance, free of charge, and all bags will be collected by the Council on the day. Waste Management Services will also coordinate the safe collection and disposal of all litter gathered during the event. Event organisers Sinéad Mooney and Aideen O’Brien, Litter Management Office, Dublin City Council encouraged people citywide to get involved, saying, �