The Dubliner (magazine)
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Publication format
The magazine had ten issues per year, and contents include opinion, reporting, political and social commentary and essays on Irish culture. It also includes reviews of restaurants, books, music, comedy, theatre, cinema and art.In March 2010 the magazine announced that it would now be a weekly magazine distributed with the Thursday edition of the Evening Herald
Evening Herald
The Evening Herald is a mid-market tabloid evening newspaper published in Dublin, Ireland by Independent News & Media. It is published Monday-Saturday, and has three editions — City Edition, City Final Edition and National Edition...
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Regular features
"Capital Life" is a 17 page guide to Dublin music, theatre, food, drink, film, art and comedy that appears each week.Contributors have included Victoria Smurfit
Victoria Smurfit
-Early life:She is part of the Smurfit family, one of the richest in Ireland. The family, headed by Victoria's uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsor a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in U.C.D....
, Max McGuinness, A. C. Grayling
A. C. Grayling
Anthony Clifford Grayling is a British philosopher. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, a private undergraduate college in London. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991...
, Abie Philbin Bowman
Abie Philbin Bowman
Abie Philbin Bowman is an Irish comedian and journalist. He is the writer/director/performer of "Jesus: The Guantanamo Years" which was staged in 2006 in the Project Arts Centre and the Underbelly as part of the Edinburgh Fringe...
, Brendan O'Connor, Rosanna Davison
Rosanna Davison
Rosanna Diane Davison was the winner of the Miss World 2003 title. She is the daughter of musician Chris de Burgh. The song "For Rosanna" was written by her father in her honour for his 1986 album, Into The Light.-Education:Her primary education was at Aravon School, in Co...
, Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish musician and singer, best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues.-History:...
, Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...
, John Banville
John Banville
John Banville is an Irish novelist and screenwriter.Banville's breakthrough novel The Book of Evidence was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Guinness Peat Aviation award. His eighteenth novel, The Sea, won the Man Booker Prize in 2005. He was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2011...
and Pauline McLynn
Pauline McLynn
Pauline McLynn is an Irish actress, comedienne and author, best known for playing Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, and Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.- Early life :...
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Dubliner of the Year Award
The 'Dubliner of the Year Award' is given to a person from Dublin each year by the magazine..List of winners
| Year | Winner | Achievement |
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| 2008 | Brian O'Driscoll Brian O'Driscoll Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand... |
Magners League, and IRB International Try of the Year winner |
| 2009 | Ryan Tubridy Ryan Tubridy Ryan Tubridy , affectionately known as "Tubs", is an Irish broadcaster and writer, a presenter of live shows on radio and television in Ireland. He has been described as "one of Ireland's most gifted broadcasters"... |
new host of The Late Late Show The Late Late Show The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ... |
| 2010 | Bono | Lead singer of U2, campaigner |
Related events
Old City, New Dreams, is an annual event organised by the magazine featuring comedy, fashion, food and debates. The 2008 event took place in Dublin's Dundrum Town Shopping CentreDundrum Town Centre
"Dundrum Town Centre" is the name of a shopping centre located in Dundrum, in Dublin, in Ireland. It is Ireland's largest shopping centre with over 160 tenants, more than 80,000 square metres of floor space and over 3,400 car parking spaces...
. Speakers included Senator David Norris, newspaper columnist Ian O'Doherty, author Paul Howard and restaurateur Kevin Thornton.
In 2008 The Dubliner awarded the inaugural Dubliner of the Year Award to Irish rugby captain and former Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll.
Staff
Martha Connolly is the Editor of the magazine. She joined The Dubliner in September 2010.Managing Editor Paul Trainer joined The Dubliner in 2003 and has acted as Publishing Manager and a contributing editor to The Dubliner 100 Best Restaurants book in his time with the magazine. He is responsible for the Old City, New Dreams series of talks and events organised by the magazine.
Previous editors of The Dubliner have included Emily Hourican, Eoin Higgins, Nicola Reddy and founding publisher Trevor White
Trevor White (food critic)
Trevor White is an Irish publisher, food critic, and museum director. White was born in Dublin in 1972 and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. After graduating from Trinity College with a diploma in Theater Studies he worked as a freelance journalist in Cape Town, Prague, Bermuda and New York....
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