Merrion Square

And if you're on the tear, grab a pint.

See me old knickknacks beyond in Merrion Square.

Up the yard.

Hi, everybody.

I'm disappointed that this is in Dublin, not Kildare.

We've a new exhibition on Christy Moore, but it is being held at the ITMA Merrion Square headquarters.

And the president, Catherine Connolly, officially opened this major new public exhibition.

So it's into the life and music of Christy Moore.

Um, he grew up in ...

He was born in Merrion Square, just opposite where that, um, statue is now, and, um, opposite what was the Mont Clare Hotel.

Yeah.

It's called the Mont Clare.

Uh, they're gonna play very, um, uh, uh, uh, religious music, and then we're marching all the way from O'Connell Street.

Um, it's like a 35, 40 minutes walk all the way to, uh, Merrion Square.

Wow.

Yeah.

Um, so I'd really encourage people to head to the website marchforjesus.ie. All the details are there.

Kicking off probably just before 2:00 from the Garden of Remembrance, taking a walk all the way down to-

Uh, Merrion Square

...

Every time we bring in a new service and we say, oh my goodness, where is that going to go? And we're incredibly tight.

Of course, we're sitting in the middle of Merrion Square.

But it's amazing how many buildings you can put up on stilts, how many temporary buildings you can stick in the car park.

Our car park gets... loses a few spaces every year exactly but you know what they work and actually those areas that we have expanded and built to bring in new services when you walk into them you wouldn't realize that you were in a building dating from the 1800s so we are it is it is a patchwork job but it is excellently done and i think patients wouldn't know how old the building is no how much behind the scenes stuff goes in to patch you together to make sure that the service

This is a global challenge.

This isn't something that has been manufactured by government ministers sitting in Merrion Square otherwise, which is being indicated.

Michael, government ministers

here can take... action.

I don't know an awful lot about Oscar Wilde.

I know he's kind of witty and you know some of his quotes and you know what he looks like and he's got a lovely statue in Merrion Square in Dublin.

But I don't really know much about him.

So John Boyne imagines Oscar Wilde doesn't die a young man and in horrible circumstances, but actually swerves that bullet and goes on to live till his 80s.