Oct 7, 2017

JC’s in Swords is Ireland’s largest independent supermarket, a much-loved north Dublin institution. But it’s besieged by budget competitors like Lidl, which has literally moved in next door. Recently, JC’s laid off 20 long-term employees. In this podcast from April 2016, Lorcan Archer sits down with the boss,...

Oct 7, 2017

Why are the the Samuel Beckett and Tom Clarke bridges so far apart? a reader asked us. It makes for some long walks for pedestrians crossing the Liffey in the Docklands, he said. So we set off to find and answer for him, a journey which touched on the history of the Docklands, the ferryboat business, a pile of...