More on the docks, and Leo Varadkar

Ireland's latest taoiseach (prime minister) happens to be gay, young (38) and have a dad from India. Cue plenty of international headlines making out like our country has suddenly become ultra progressive. As if.

'Educating Rita', from Zoom to Mooz

Believe it or not, an upmarket new Italian grocer in Stoneybatter called Mooz was once a location for a very famous film from 1983.

Slack space #2: 'Contemporary Ruin'

In the end, when the Celtic Tiger bubble burst - as bubbles always do - it left so much wreckage in its wake.

Canals and docks: 'Becoming Men'

The very centre of the city of Dublin has two sort of "outer" boundaries, both of them involving water: the Grand Canal (on the southside) and Royal Canal (on the northside). Boundaries that are sometimes physical and geographical, that also act as borderlines of dreams and aspirations in a way.

Here's a gem of a short film from 2013 about life in (literally in) the canals and docks over the years.