16 Days

Kudos to the North Inner City Action Group for their involvement in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign which began on November 25, the International Day Against Violence Against Women, and ends on December 10, International Human Rights Day. These dates “symbolically link violence against women and human rights, and emphasize that [...]

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Come Here To Me! is two today.

1,200+ posts, 3,000+ comments and 360,000+ views later, Come Here To Me! has reached its second anniversary. Here’s a little round up of what I think were our best posts this last year;  the story of Kavanagh’s two Dublin seats, Orson Welles’ Dublin Visit, Squatting, letter-bombs and hunger-strikes: The Case of Robert C. , reviews of A [...]

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Dark horse on the wind.

I was sent this video earlier on promoting the Spectacle of Defiance and Hope protest this Saturday. This protest is a particularly interesting one, as it revolves around a broad alliance of community organisations from Dublin, including arts groups and the like, which gives the demo a great youthful and colourful atmosphere. I was taken [...]

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Thomas Read and The Oak closed?

It seems that the doors were closed on Thomas Read’s and The Oak, two establishments on the corner of Parliament Street and Dame Street, earlier on today. The reason remains unclear. I’d a feeling something was up earlier when I spotted a few tweets on the subject, but you can’t believe something just because it [...]

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‘Ever wonder if it’s all for you?’

In time, when and if they are released, I will post the other end of season videos from across Dublin. This is the Shed End Invincibles (SEI) end of year video, as premiered last night in McDowell’s on Emmet Road. I’d forgotten about some of these great days out and moments, and it makes for [...]

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‘Wells for Zoë’ fundraiser – Whelans, 6 Decemeber

Plugging a decent gig, for a good cause, being organised by an old friend. It’s only a fiver in to hear four great, hardworking Dublin bands – stall it. D.I.T. ‘Wells for Zoë’ present… Morning Hush “Dublin based four piece with a penchant for melodic hooks, catchy tunes and heavy pop music.” The Blades Club [...]

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Not everyone lives in 2011……

….The notice below was delivered to well-known Dublin gaybar ‘Pantibar’ on Capel Street today. The bar once operated under the name ‘GUBU’. I’ll happily contribute financially towards the construction of the time-machine we all want to shove the bigot who printed it into.

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Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (88mins) at the IFI

A fantastic, well made, moving biopics on one of the most important Irish republican socialists of the last fifty years. From a Dublin perspective, it is worth going along just to see the amazing footage of anti- HBlock demonstrators on O’Connell St. in the early 1980s and the half depressing/half comic footage of republicans throwing [...]

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Where Were You? in shops now

If you cannot wait for Thursday’s launch, you can pick up the book at the following places: Sound Cellar – 47 Nassau Street. Freebird Records – 15a Wicklow Street. Spindizzy Records – Georges Street Arcade. All City – 7 Crow Street, Temple Bar. The Gallery Of Photography – Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. The Winding [...]

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Street Literature – Products Of The Environment

It’s great to see Dublin rappers Street Literature, who we’ve featured on the site before, picking up some attention in recent weeks. From gigging with Patrik Fitzgerald to gigging outside of the Central Bank, people are talking about the lads debut album and hunting it down. I said on here before it’s my favourite piece [...]

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‘Student Revolt!’ (Workers Republic, Autumn 1969. No.25)

Student Revolt! by Carol Coulter. Click here for PDF Blast from the past time, and with last weeks USI walkabout in the city centre I thought I’d scan up an article dealing with the Irish student movement from Workers Republic, published by The League for a Workers Republic. The article was written by Carol Coulter [...]

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‘One For The Road’

Absolutely brilliant news, in that sadly-missed Dublin institution Road Records is the star of a new upcoming documentary, titled ‘One For The Road’. Opening in 1997, Road lasted an impressive 13 years championing that most beautiful of musical format, the vinyl record. It was an early victim of the crash, and many great independent music [...]

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