Archive - The Long Read of Tripe + Drisheen

A city parkrun turns 250

The Glen River parkrun celebrates a major milestone this weekend: it will be the 250th time runners, joggers, and walkers supported by a small army of…

Mar 13 •

January 2025

A broken stream, a 'dirty drain'. Is there any hope for the Glasheen?

A major ecological report into the Glasheen highlights how degraded, polluted and devoid of biodiversity the city stream has become. But that health…

Jan 6 •

December 2024

Cork city’s ‘Night Mayor’ surveys the after-dark economy

A year into her new role, Fiona Collins, Cork City Council’s Night-Time Economy Advisor, talks to T+D about the role, its limits, what she’s…

Dec 11, 2024 •

September 2024

What to expect from the next Crawford Art Gallery

he Crawford is days away from closing for up to two years and change. The revamp is the biggest in its 300-year history. Kilian McCann looks ahead to…

Sep 19, 2024 •

August 2024

Cork City has a night-time economy advisor. Where is she?

The city's newish night time economy advisor has a tough gig: how to make Cork's night-time economy more dynamic and inclusive.

Aug 1, 2024 •

June 2024

A portal opens up on Grand Parade with three new standing stones

The triptych of standing stones in the Peace Park in Cork city centre represents a radical and straightforward way of making art for the city by the…

Jun 20, 2024 •

January 2024

What the doctor did next

After a long career in medicine, Seamus O’Mahony switched lanes to become a writer. How we live and die, and the institution of medicine inform his…

Jan 23, 2024 •

Pádraig O' Connor

Once more, with soba

After closing his Michelin-starred kaiseki restaurant, Chef Takashi Miyazaki reopens Ichigo Ichie as an izakaya next week with lower prices and a star…

Jan 4, 2024 •

December 2023

The KLM: A den of inimitability

The unassuming pub near Kent Station has seen generations of rail workers, dockers, locals and even a crew from KLM come and go. They’ve all left their…

Dec 20, 2023 •

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October 2023

Shine bright, The Constellation

For more than 100 years, the Blackpool institution has served generations of brewery workers, artists, punters, gamblers, and a man in a cape. But for…

Oct 3, 2023 •

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August 2023

Bowling for Cork

Tripe+Drisheen meets the men, women and children from Ardcahan, Ballygurteen, Toe Cross, Drimoleague, Bandon, and Clonakilty who are keeping one of…

Aug 2, 2023 •

Chippy Loves Ya Cork

But does Cork love the tireless tagger back? Tripe + Drisheen goes on a walkabout with Chippy, one of Cork's busiest graffiti artists.

Aug 1, 2023 •

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