The Ballymun Is Brilliant project continues to get people talking. Most recently, we were doing some of the talking ourselves, as the project was featured on RTÉ Radio 1’s popular show, Mooney Goes Wild. The programme, hosted by Derek Mooney, explores the natural world in creative ways, and it was the perfect platform to highlight […]
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We really enjoyed the celebration at Axis Ballymun, when local artist Adam Mohamed launched his book, A Ballymun Blend.
The book is a beautiful collection of poetry, interviews and conversations from local residents, on themes such as identity, memory, nature and community. It was illustrated by another local artist, Aaron Sunderland Carey, whose images capture the richness of Ballymun’s past, present and hopes for the future.
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We headed out to Ballymun Library in April with this curious question in hand to see what came up As part of our creative exploration, Niamh and Nadia from the Ballymun is Brilliant team spent a day in the Ballymun library asking passers by our second question “What do you think could make Ballymun shine
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“Ballymun Is Brilliant” project launched during Better Ballymun Day The “Ballymun Is Brilliant” project launched its groundbreaking initiative at this year’s Better Ballymun Day, on Friday 15 March. The 2-year project, dedicated to harnessing the power of art to address climate change and inspire collective action, was officially introduced during this year’s “Better Ballymun Day”,
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A new project comes to Ballymun.. one with unique difference The Ballymun is Brilliant project has just been awarded funding as one of the 43 creative projects in the Government’s new Creative Climate Action Fund. The project is a partnership between three organisations based in Ballymun: Axis Theatre, Global Action Plan and the Rediscovery Centre. The three organisations share
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