Monthly Archives: October 2012


A concept (alas), suggested for installation near the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris by French design firm AZC, what sez:

…it is formed of inflatable modules, like giant life-preservers, 30 meters in diameter. In the central part of each ring, a trampoline mesh is stretched. The floating buoys, fabricated in PVC membrane, are attached together by cord to form a stable and self-supporting ensemble. Each module under tension – filled with 3700 cubic meters of air – develops in space with an arch-like form.

highdefinite/designtaxi

Bryan writes:

My sister’s boyfriend had to apply for the dole around two months ago in Galway as he can’t find a job, and his family can’t help him too much as things aren’t great with them financially either. He told the welfare officer in the dole office that he’s getting desperate as he has no money, and they advised him to “Sign up for the homeless shelters”.
The guy is only 21.
The exact same thing was said to my 32-year-old uncle in Carlow two weeks ago. A memo must have been sent around advising welfare officers to say that. I just find it too much of a coincidence, especially given the distance between the two counties. Just wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences of late…

By Cork-reared artist Chloe Early, who sez:

This is a painting I did in 2010 called Silver Tip Symphony for an exhibition I had in Los Angeles the same year called Birdsong and Machine Sounds. I wanted to explore the idea of the archetypal couple in relationship to the environment and took inspiration from Classical art and Literature (Milton’s Paradise Lost).

 

Le Cool Dublin: This week’s issue

Chloe Early

 

 

From left: May Burke, Eithne Coyle and Linda Kearns (and Union Jack).

New York Times, October 31, 1921.

As with its male counterpart, the Mountjoy Women’s prison was used to incarcerate women who took part in the War of Independence (1919-1921). Four of these women decided to draw up an escape plan. They were: Linda Kearns from Sligo, serving 10 years for possession of firearms; Aileen Keogh from Co. Carlow, serving 2 years for possession of explosives; May Burke from Co. Limerick, serving 2 years for giving copies of military ciphers to the IRA and Eithne Coyle from Donegal, serving 12 months for possession of seditious documents. Linda Kearns was the main organiser but she received valuable assistance from the officers who were sympathetic to the IRA. Keys were often left on tables and she was able to make wax impressions which were smuggled out during a visit and the duplicate keys smuggled back in on another visit. These keys gave the four access to the prison grounds. On the evening of 30th October, 1921, they made their escape using a rope ladder that had been tossed over the wall by those outside assisting in the escape plan.

 

But what happened next?

Anyone?

Prison Education News (Penandclink.com)

Pic via The Rustbelt Radical (thanks Shane Hegarty)