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Irish Independent
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Notions and necessities: From music and interactive events to spa and GAA experiences, it's all here
Hearing voices The National Concert Hall is hosting its inaugural Festival of Voice from June 27 to 29 at the NCH and other venues throughout Dublin. Dedicated to the power, beauty and universality of the human voice, the festival offers a weekend of main stage and more intimate concerts, pop-up events and interactive workshop performances. Artists taking part include Tolü Makay, Dublin Gay Men's Chorus, Eimear Quinn and sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird. LH For tickets, see National Concert Hall Box Office, Tel: 01-4170000 or NOTION Living the dream The Dream Point Experience for children is a multi-room immersive experience from the creators of the Van Gogh Experience that has just launched in Dublin. The 21,000sq ft premises includes a balloon room, a projection space featuring an interactive animation wall, an inflatable room, glow corridor, and a ball-pit room with 250,000 balls. Dream Point operates in 90-minute sessions, six days a week (it is closed Tuesdays), and will be open for a six-month run. LH See NECESSITY Quiet time The working-outside-the-home parent-of-small-children in your life is about to enter the school-summer-holidays-hell months. Before that kicks off, treat them to some childfree relaxation time. The Spa at Farnham Estate in Cavan, an adult-only premises which boasts an indoor/outdoor infinity hydrotherapy pool with bucolic views of the hotel's 1,300ac estate, has just launched skincare brand Comfort Zone as part of their treatments, including their new Himalayan Salt Massage Ritual. LH See NECESSITY Love of the game Running until early August, the Bord Gáis GAA Legends Tours return to Croke Park to bring fans up close to where and how the magic happens. Icons of the sport leading this family day out will include Dublin's Brian Fenton and Lyndsey Davey Diarmaid Marsden of Armagh, Pat McEnaney from Monaghan and many more. Highlights include first-hand accounts of the highs and lows of the game, access to the GAA Museum and Hall of Fame, as well as the interactive Games Zone. SC To book, see NOTION Strike it lucky Not just for the kids, in case you didn't know, bowling has now come to town, or Clarendon Row in Dublin 2, to be specific. Lane7, which also has a location in the Dundrum Town Centre, offers bowling, gaming, cocktails and, they promise, Insta-friendly interiors. SC See NECESSITY All mapped out Open now until early September at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, D2, is an exhibition of the Book of Routes and Realms (Kitāb al-Masālik wa al-Mamālik), a collection of 21 colour maps of world regions, composed by 10th-century geographer Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Istakhri. The exhibition also features a contemporary art response from Dublin-based artist Diaa Lagan. SC For more information on workshops and tours, see NOTION Secretly shaping Following their launch two years ago in Brown Thomas Dublin, SKIMS, the Kim Kardashian underwear, shapewear and loungewear range, is now available in Brown Thomas Cork and Dundrum. While we could live without her muted, muddy palette taking over our entire wardrobes/lives, the neutral shades Kardashian favours work and she genuinely makes good bras. LH See NOTION Complexion attraction The new Dermalogica Magnetic Afterglow Cleanser promises not only to thoroughly clean, but thanks to positive-charge hyaluronic acid, counters the natural negative charge of your skin to lock in moisture. As well as other nourishing ingredients, it also features phyto mucin, a plant-derived alternative to K-Beauty snail excretion, which also works to achieve that glass-skin effect. SC From €56, selected stockists nationwide
The Independent
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Ireland fails to qualify at Eurovision with Emmy Kristiansen
Ireland has failed to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final with Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen. The country, which ties with Sweden for the most Eurovision wins, sent the 24-year-old to perform her entry Laika Party, about a Soviet dog sent to space, during the second semi-final in Basel, Switzerland, on Thursday. Last year, Bambie Thug became the first Irish entrant to make the final since Ryan O'Shaughnessy in 2018. The country has not placed high in recent years, with the last win coming in 1996 when Eimear Quinn's The Voice took the trophy. Other winners include Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with Rock 'n' Roll Kids in 1994, Niamh Kavanagh with In Your Eyes the previous year, and Linda Martin coming first with Why Me in 1992. Dana first won the contest in 1970 with the million-seller All Kinds Of Everything; 10 years later, Johnny Logan scooped the top spot with What's Another Year, and again in 1987 with Hold Me Now. Other qualifiers include Ryan Dolan, who finished last in 2013 with Only Love Survives, and Jedward twice in the previous two years, as well as Niamh Kavanagh in 2010.
