25/11/98
Wonder Years
Wonderbar have announced details of their new years party, It will take place in "Andrews Lane Theatre", naturally on Dec 31st
Doors open at 10pm, The always wonderful 'Dame Edna Experience' will take stage at 11 and midnight will be followed by a disco and surprise guests, there is a limit of 300 tickets which are £12.50 each from the Wonderbar Box Office or from Harmony Promotions, PO Box 10, Edinderry, Co. Offaly.
There is a £2 discount for Wonderbar members and perhaps a £2 discount for internet visitors to the wonderbar site, altho this still is to be confirmed, stay tuned for futher info!!

18/11/98
New Paradise Venue
Paradise has re-located at THE ANDREWS LANE THEATRE - just off Dame Street. (or you can approach it by staggering out of the front door of the George and going down the narrow street immediately opposite - passing by the Stags Head and the Bankers) Doors open around 10.30pm and continues until 2.30am. Late night Bar and Disco ...with the occasional individual acts thrown in! Admission is just £5 before 12 (£6 after) and the venue is restricted to 300 punters. Strictly over 18's (ID required) and a Dress Code is in operation. The club will open EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT - has a large dance area - and will attract discerning clubbers looking for a regular, intimate, city centre gay club.

Happy New Year
Christmas is just around the corner with all the shops having their xmas displays up already, so naturaly all the clubs are busy planning their xmas and new years parties already.. First to release info is "The outhouse". The outhouse is to hold their 'New Years Eve Queer Party' on Thursday December 31st (of course) It will take place in the Tivoli Theatre, one of the biggest venues in Dublin, the proceeds will go towards the 'Outhouse Community resource center' For more info call the outhouse on 670-6377!!

Happy Sexy Day (??)
Saturday, Nov 28th is the date set for "Sexy Day", 'a series of free workshops to explore and share experiences about sexy and safe ways to be be with each other'. There will be discussions on safer sex, HIV transmission, testing & treatments etc.. & sexually transmitted infections.
The workshops are aimed for 'men who have sex with men' they will run from 11am to 4pm in the Outhouse resource center, 6 South William Street, Dublin 2. phone 660-2189

Happy Talk
It appears 'small talk', Dublins gay cafe is not to stay closed for much longer, A new location is currently planned, across the road from the old venue (on Parliament Street), beside 'Sinners' wine bar. The old venue still has a sign saying 'closed for renovations' on its door.. more news as it arrives..

13/11/98
Boom Bang-a-Bang
Do you know your "Dinge Dong" from your "Boom Bang-a-Bang"?
Everyone knows that Dublin is the spiritual home of the Eurovision Song Contest, but what can you do for the other 364 nights of the year?
Well you now have a chance to show your expertese of the World's biggest live music event with the "Eurovision Table Quiz". The quiz will be held in the Ierne Ballroom in 12 Parnell Sqr. (Parnell Sqr. East) on Wednesday 18th November at 8.pm.
The quiz is in aid of "Gloria" (the gay choir not Gaynor). Tickets are £4 per person, and there's also spot prizes including best fancy dress.

Inn on the Liffey in website UPDATE shocker
Yes indeed folks... Inn on the liffey's team of web designers have been hard at work to put their site online.. that old black + white page is gone and in place is a site with info about the 'Inn on the liffey' Guesthouse and 'The dock' suana.. everything you wanted to know about 'the dock' but were afraid to ask!!

link = http://www.clubi.ie/guest_and_sauna

11/11/98
Raiders of the lost Archive
Due to popular demand, old news from this page will be kept in an archive, up until now all old news was still listed and could be seen by scrolling down the page, however this has resulted in slower loading times for the page. Rather than delete old news items which may be of interest to newcomers we have decided to keep an archive. The archive will always be available from the bottom of this news page.. so for all ye olde news, you know where to go!!

IRC for Dummies
Now that the archive is created the link to view the "OLD" website is gone, the old website contained resources for internet newbies, There is a new site currently under construction, follow this link for a sneak peak, it contains info on how to get on irc etc.. (note:- many of the links dont work, so dont write in telling me that many of the links dont work) :)


Millenium Web site
The web site has had it's 1000th visitor some time this week, on checking today 11/11/98 there was 1022 visitors. This number is since recorded from the 14th of September 1998, so there has been 1000 in less than 2 months, this is way beyond all expectations of the site, so here's hoping for another 1000 before xmas :)
Also the mailing list is continuing to surprise, it now has 77 members and has received 291 mails to date since it's creation in September. Just where are all these people coming from??? and can we make 100 members on the list?
to join the list visit http://gayireland.listbot.com

04/11/98
2 Gay fashion shows for November
Friday November 20th see's the 5th Annual "George Fashion Show" in the George of course.
Activity begins at 11:00 and its free entry in before 10:00
Also on the same weekend, Sunday the 22nd is FAME (Fashion & Music Extravaganza) which will be held in the Temple Bar Music Centre at 9:30. The event is in association with 'The Boilerhouse' and 'PVC Productions',
It's very curious that the only two gay fashion shows of the year are both on the same weekend.

Boyzone sing at gay rights charity gig
Ronan Keating, front man of Dublin boy band, boyzone sang on stage at a charity gig in the Albert Hall (uk) on Sunday night. The gig was in aid of gay and lesbian rights. Ronan was joined on stage by Elton John and also Gary Barlow (ex- take that singer) with whom he sang 'back for good', the event was attended by many celebrities and Ronan is said to be very chuffed at Elton John introducing him on stage.
Theres no info if Stephen or the rest of the boyz were present at the gig :)

November at the George
A new look to bingo? eeeek.. lets hope its a welcome change.. Bingo for Sunday Nov 8th is billed as "Shirley Dance", which advertises 'Shirley and her Irish Dancers will take the world by sorm in a whirl of jigs, reels and of course "organic farm"'
Sound like good news.. considering there was NO Organic Farm last Sunday, for those who havent been to 'Bingo' on a Sunday, there is a weekly soap opera called 'organic farm' in which the cast is made up of vegetables, There is also a less popular spin off soap called 'citrus grove', in which the cast is made up of fruit.
Saturday November the 14th brings back 'Chicken Tonight' and under 23's get in for freeeeeee (with ID)