The Dublin Community Blog

Every now and then we put out a call for people who are interested in joining up with the team here at Dublinblog. Today is one of those days. If you like what we do, you love Dublin and you want to write about it, let us know!

You don’t need to have a blog already (though that certainly helps!) to join the team, nor do you have to commit to a certain number of posts etc.

So, if you are interested, drop us a mail to authors@dublinblog.ie explaining a little about yourself and why you would like to join up.

Being snowed in can have it’s advantages. After doing the laundry and cleaning the living room, I will no try to summarise the year 2009 on the Dublin Community Blog.

Gloomy January showed us that the recession is in full swing, as Dublin indie institution Road Records was forced to close its doors (which thankfully re-opened later due to massive support from many a successfull Irish musician) and Dublin Bus announced massive cutbacks, laying off 200 staff. Add some snow causing massive disruptions to traffic and you had a very bleak start into the new year.

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