''The Dubliner'' was a city magazine based in and centred on
Dublin
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, Ireland. It ceased publication in January 2012, eleven years to the day after the first edition in January 2001.
''The Dubliner'' was originally published by Dubliner Media Limited, and came out ten times per year. Contents included human-interest stories, reporting, opinion, political and social commentary, and essays on
Irish culture
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. It also included reviews of restaurants, books, music, comedy, theatre, cinema and art.
The magazine was bought by the VIP Magazine Group in December 2008. In March 2010, it was transformed into a weekly magazine distributed with the Thursday edition of the ''
Evening Herald
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''.
Graydon Carter
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of ''
Vanity Fair'' described The Dubliner as "a fantastic publication" - but according to White it was "an instant failure", and within a few months it was close to bankruptcy. He struggled to keep the magazine afloat for eight years" before selling ''The Dubliner'' — and the associated restaurants guide — to magazine publisher
Michael O'Doherty in November 2008. Shortly afterwards, O'Doherty explained, "The Dubliner is a magazine I've long admired. Launched nine years ago, shortly after VIP, it has a compact but loyal readership, and a reputation for top-class writing. Sure, it has featured the occasional 10-page yawn-fest about Aosdána, but now that I own the business, I can replace that with pictures of Twink."
In 2006, The Dubliner libelled Elin Nordegren, Tiger Wood's ex-wife, and printed nude photographs purporting to be of Nordegren. Nordegren sued the magazine, of which White was the publisher, in a Dublin court and won substantial damages.
Regular features
"Capital Life" was a guide to Dublin music, theatre, food, drink, film, art, and comedy that appeared each week.
Contributors included
Victoria Smurfit
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,
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
,
Maia Dunphy
Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.
Family
Maia is the daugh ...
,
A. C. Grayling,
Abie Philbin Bowman
Abie Philbin Bowman is an Irish comedian and journalist. His One Man Shows include ''Jesus: The Guantanamo Years'', ''Eco-Friendly Jihad'' and ''Developing the Country as a Hole''. He has worked on RTÉ programmes, including ''Arena'', ''CAKE'', ...
,
Brendan O'Connor,
Rosanna Davison
Rosanna Diane Davison (born 17 April 1984) is an Irish actress, singer, writer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2003. She is the daughter of musician Chris de Burgh, and the song "For Rosanna" was written by her father for his ...
,
Shane MacGowan
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He was also a member of the Nipple Erectors and Shane MacGo ...
,
Gavin Friday
Gavin Friday (born Fionán Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes.
Early life
Friday was born in Dublin and attende ...
.
Jean Butler
Jean Butler (born March 14, 1971) is an American stepdancer, a master of Irish Dance, choreographer, and actress. She is best known for originating the principal female role in the Irish dance theatrical production ''Riverdance''. In January 202 ...
,
Quentin Fottrell, Domini Kemp,
Paul Howard, John Stephenson, John Ryan, Gerry Stembridge,
Irvine Welsh
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,
John Banville
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, and
Pauline McLynn
Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'', Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama '' Shameless'', Tip Haddem in the BBC ...
.
Dubliner of the Year Award
The 'Dubliner of the Year Award' was given to a person from Dublin each year by the magazine..
List of winners
Related events
''Old City, New Dreams'', was an annual event organised by the magazine featuring comedy, fashion, food and debates. The 2008 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.
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 was the last editor of the magazine; previous editors included Emily Hourican, Eoin Higgins, Nicola Reddy and founding publisher
Trevor White. Paul Trainer was publishing manager, then managing editor of the magazine and ''The Dubliner 100 Best Restaurants'' book.
White reports the magazine's operation in ''The Dubliner Diaries.''
References
External links
''The Dubliner'' Home Page
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City guides
Cultural magazines
Defunct magazines published in Ireland
Local interest magazines
Magazines established in 2001
Magazines disestablished in 2012
Magazines published in the Republic of Ireland
Mass media in Dublin (city)