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Focus Ireland is a nonprofit organisation based in Dublin, Ireland that provides services for people who are homeless and people at risk of homelessness in Ireland. It was founded by Sister Stanislaus Kennedy in 1985, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is one of the largest housing and homelessness organisations in Ireland. [ 3 ]
The Focus Theatre (Irish: An Amharclann Fócais) in Dublin, Ireland, was a small theatre which, for more than fifty years, offered a variety of plays from new and established writers, from its foundation in 1967 until its closure in 2012.
Cork is also a generally foggy city, with an average of 97.8 days of fog a year, most common during mornings and winter. Despite this, however, Cork is also one of Ireland's sunniest cities, with an average of 4.04 hours of sunshine every day and only having 63.7 days where there is no "recordable sunshine", mostly during and around winter. [33]
9 April – Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, aged 37, became Ireland's youngest Taoiseach after a Dáil vote of 88–69 and being appointed by the President. [37] 10 April – A large fire destroyed industrial units in Dublin known as the 'home of car culture in Ireland'. [38] The buildings were home to Deane Motors, Drift Games and JC Autocare. [39]
The Firkin Crane is a non-profit arts organisation based in the protected building of the same name in the Shandon area of Cork City in Ireland. [1] [2] It is a theatre and dance centre and is a permanent base for Cork City Ballet and Crux Dance Theatre. [3] [4] [5]
Hickey was born in Cork and raised in MacCurtain's Villas, Cork City, Ireland. [2] He grew up in a working-class background, his father working in a car manufacturing plant. He was the first in his family to go to University College Cork , where he studied philosophy. [ 3 ]
Cork Public Museum (Irish: Músaem Poiblí Chorcaí) [1] is a city museum in Cork, Ireland.Housed in a mid-19th century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, [2] the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeology of the Cork area.
17 September – British rock band Pink Floyd performed their only concert in Ireland at the Arcadia Ballroom in Cork. [7] 29 September – The Focus Theatre in Dublin opened its doors for the first time. 2 December – Poet Patrick Kavanagh was buried in his native Inniskeen, County Monaghan.