Divas 4 DVAS feat guest appearance with Nina Haye

November 23rd @ 8pm Tickets €20 For booking and information: 071 – 914 1405 / www.themodel.ie This November The Model is delighted to be hosting the now annual ‘Divas for DVAS’, a night celebrating women with all proceeds going towards the safe house project by DVAS. DVAS (Domestic Violence Advocacy

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Insect Hotel, Saturday the 19th of October.

Insect Hotel is an art project for children, collecting natural material and building hotels for insects. This week in Insect Hotel the children started off by thinking about where insects like to live in other words what cosy places and spaces they might like to sleep in. As a group

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‘Jimmy’s Hall’ by Ken Loach. Live Film Shoot in Sligo!

Last Monday & Tuesday The Mall Sligo was alive with Actor’s, Extra’s, Cameramen & some famous faces along with a very impressive filmset which transformed the street opposite The Model back to 1930’s Ireland. Ken Loach was let loose with his dedicated team onto the street to film the upcoming

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Seamus Heaney

We are all deeply saddened today to hear the news that Seamus Heaney has passed away. It’s not often that one can say they’ve had the pleasure of spending an hour in the company of one of the legendary figures of Irish literature. However that honour was mine last year

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Yeast, Yeats and Yoga: Creative Camp is over. We asked Laura McGowan what went down

‘We’ve had a fantastic few days here at The Model. There have been warrior poses, sticky dough and cats dancing to the radio. We’ve stretched and kneaded dough, making rectangle oval and square shapes. We made yummy bread and scrumptious pizza. We stretched and strengthened our muscles with the Swan

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