The Dubliner (magazine)
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The Dubliner is a small city magazine from Dublin, Ireland.
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[edit] Publication format
The magazine has 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, theatre, cinema and art.
"The Dubliner...has grown to represent something ennobling and affirmative. Its anthropological, ideas-driven mix does not quite belong to this century, or even the last, but owes a debt to the Victorian salon and to the explorer's pith helmet. It shouldn't have survived but it has, and so represents a welcome glimmer of hope." (The Sunday Times)[citation needed]
[edit] Regular Features
Portraits of young Celtic Tiger life as well as reflective pieces on old Dublin mingle in a magazine that owes more to older periodicals than contemporary style guides.
The 'Two Cent Survey' asks Dubliners to answer a cheeky question.
'The Month Ahead' is a calendar that lists upcoming cultural or musical events.
'The Dubliner's Guide to Dublin' is a feature that takes an area in Dublin, and highlights what the place has to offer - from schools to restaurants to celebrity locals. 'My Dublin' is a similar feature, written by a different well-known local each month.
There are two satirical features each month on the established Dublin institutions of U2 lead singer Bono and The Irish Times. The 'Bonologue' is a fictionalised account of the adventures of the singer on numerous appearances or charity promotions, written by contributor Jason O'Mahony. 'How To Read The Irish Times', also written by O'Mahony, contains observational humour about the Irish paper of record and its editor Geraldine Kennedy. This page also features a panel which counts the number of people insulted by the rival Phoenix magazine.
'Photo Finish' is a feature on the last pages of the magazine which has photographs of Dubliners (both well-known and unknown) at various events and charity outings around Dublin.
The Dubliner seeks to unveil the best and worst of Dublin life and a series of 'Top 5 Choices' recommending places to go, eat or see is often featured.
[edit] Capital Life
The publication devotes a substantial section to monthly entertainment and dining guides called Capital Life, covering reviews and previews of cinema, theatre, books and art, as well as restaurant, bar and wine reviews.
[edit] Distribution
Though primarily targeting residents of Dublin age 21-40, in 2003 it was also distributed in three cities of the United States - Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
[edit] Related publications
The magazine annually releases a Top 100 guide of Dublin's Best Restaurants – Ireland's best-selling restaurant guide[citation needed] – and a separate guide for the Top 100 Bars.
[edit] Related events
'Old City, New Dreams', is an annual event organised by the magazine featuring comedy, fashion, food and debates. High-profile writers, artists and public figures are invited to spar on current events and issues. The 2007 event took place in Dublin's Dundrum Town Shopping Centre. Speakers included Senator David Norris, newspaper columnist Ian O'Doherty, author Paul Howard and restaurateur Kevin Thornton.
[edit] Staff
[edit] Editorial and Production staff
Trevor White is editor, and also a food critic. His book, Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket, was published by Mainstream Publishing in 2006 and in the US and Canada in summer 2007.
Nicola Reddy is the deputy editor of the magazine. Born in Waterford, Reddy studied foreign languages in University College Cork. She lived in Florence, Cannes, New York and London before returning to Ireland to study journalism. She was the editor of a hospitality magazine for three years, before joining Vincent Browne's current affairs magazine Village. Reddy took over the position of Deputy Editor at the Dubliner from Eoin Higgins. Higgins is now a freelance writer, with a weekly restaurant review in The Sunday Tribune
Art Director Simon O'Connor is the Periodical Publishers Association of Ireland (PPAI) magazine designer of the year. Publishing Manager Paul Trainer has worked in the media in Scotland and Ireland since 1996 and is a regular contributor to Dublin's Q102 and Newstalk radio stations.
[edit] Contributors
Contributors include John Banville, AC Grayling, Abie Philbin Bowman, Pat Rabbitte and Richard Dawkins.
[edit] History
The Dubliner has been published since 2001.
[edit] Controversies
In September 2006, the magazine published a small article that included a topless photograph alleged to be Elin Nordegren Woods (wife of American golfer Tiger Woods). A lawsuit was subsequently filed against the magazine by Ms. Woods. On December 7, 2006, the lawsuit was dropped after the magazine conceded that the article was "deliberately offensive. [1] It was also completely untrue." In addition, the magazine agreed to pay €100,000 in a donation to charity and publish its apology in a number of venues.
