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Official opening date announced for Ireland’s first LEGO store
The LEGO Group is opening a new location in Dublin next month to finally give Irish LEGO enthusiasts a flagship store of their very own. The Grafton Street store will open its doors on August 8. The LEGO Group had hoped to have the location up and running earlier, but delays were encountered after Dublin…
LEGO Store Ireland initial plans blocked by local council
Dublin City Council has interrupted plans for Ireland’s first-ever LEGO Store, which is due to bring the company’s ‘retailtainment’ concept to the capital later this summer. First announced in February, the new store will open at the former site of Topman on Grafton Street, and will take most of its cues from the ‘retailtainment’ LEGO…
‘We left our LEGO in Ukraine’: LEGO fans respond to plea from dad in Ireland
LEGO fans around the world have responded to pleas from a father who was forced to leave his son’s LEGO collection in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the displacement of more than 10 million people, four million of whom have left the country for neighbouring Poland, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Belarus.…
Ireland’s first LEGO Store to open this summer
The LEGO Group has announced plans to open its first LEGO Store in Ireland later this year, bringing its ‘retailtainment’ concept to Dublin. The new store will be located at 41 Grafton Street, on the former site of Topman. The city has apparently been part of the LEGO Group’s retail expansion plans for years, owing…
An Irish LEGO fan is on a mission to build Dublin’s pubs
While stuck in lockdown, one LEGO fan has taken it upon himself to build Dublin’s many pubs with quite a few under his belt so far. Gianni Clifford runs the increasingly popular DublinBricks Instagram account and is continuing his journey of replicating Dublin’s pubs in LEGO, in all sorts of scales. From minifigure-sized to microscale,…
The LEGO Foundation brings its Braille Bricks to 13 more countries
The LEGO Foundation has announced that it’s bringing its LEGO Braille Bricks to another 13 countries, including Ireland and Australia. The LEGO Group first unveiled the new initiative in 2019, and it’s been full steam ahead since then. Following a successful pilot program in a handful of territories, including the UK, Denmark, Norway and France,…
LEGO Braille Bricks distribution gets underway in Ireland
The LEGO Foundation is celebrating World Braille Day by starting distribution of its LEGO Braille Bricks in Ireland. The gradual roll-out of its educational bricks has been underway for a while, with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) heading up their distribution in the UK. The LEGO Foundation has now partnered with the…
Irish builder recreates Manhattan in LEGO
A 14-year-old has recreated the island of Manhattan, New York in LEGO microscale. The build was originally posted on Twitter by a woman named Laura, the builder’s mum. The model features an impressively accurate recreation of Manhattan, with skyscrapers and streets decorating the tiles that form the base. The builder, named Alex from Dublin, Ireland,…
LEGO Education Innovation Studios gets Girl Guides involved
Dublin City University’s LEGO Education Innovation Studio recently teamed up with the Irish Girl Guides as part of an initiative to encourage teenage girls to become more involved with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths. A week long Summer camp was arranged for Girl Guides between the ages of 14 and 18, who visited the LEGO…
