Yearly Archives: 2014

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The Hotspot Ukes – Brewing Up A Storm

Marcus Byrne writes:

The HotSpot Ukes from Greystones, Co Wicklow  (friends of mine) recorded this cover of The Stunning’s classic, Brewing up a Storm. with all  proceeds going to the homeless in Ireland. Steve Wall [ex -The Stunning now an actor] who wrote the song loves the cover and will be pushing it too.

Only €1.

Available to purchase here

Recorded by Jim Doherty and Aidan Smyth at The Hotspot Music Club, Greystones, County Wicklow.

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From left: Dublin GAA’s Paul Flynn, writer Michael Harding and telly’s Brendan O’Connor

Snaps from Pieta House’s ‘controversial‘ inaugural International Men’s Day event, With Men In Mind, in the Powerscourt Theatre, Dublin last night.

An evening of discussion and ‘manter’ on what it “means to be a man in Ireland today”.

Guests also included John Evoy, Founder of Men’s Sheds Ireland and Pieta House therapist, John Searson.

Just dudes happy to open up with other dudes about dude stuff.

*snaps towel*

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Old school downloading.

The second Le Cool Dublin cover by Dublin native, Waterford-based illustrator and designer Colm O’Connor.

He sez:

“I moved out of Dublin when I was 18 so I have quite a nostalgic view of the city whenever I go visit. This is a throwback to the weekends myself and Pat, with a couple of weeks’ pocket money on us, would get the 78A in to town, go see a film in the Savoy, drop in to Peats, HMV, Champion Sports, Marathon Sports and anywhere else we couldn’t afford at the time. We were only 11/12 and it was well before iTunes, Spotify, even Napster, but after graduating from taping songs off the radio this was the guy to get your bootleg tapes off. Standing outside McDonalds on O’Connell Street with a box full of dodgy tapes you could get all the latest hits. The days would end with missing our bus on the Quays, spending an hour in Virgin waiting for the ‘next one’, and chatting about the film, video games, and what we were going to spend all our millions on when we made it. Good times.”

This week’s Le Cool Dublin issue

A chat with Colm

More of Colm’s work here.

Thanks Kate Le Cool

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Page_BC_College-General-8_W-319x195From top: Bob Geldof (top) Crostwhaite Park, Dun Laoghaire, where Geldof was raised and Blackrock College, his alma mater.

“He [former Tory Minister Andrew Mitchell] struck me as being a man eager to learn, to listen, to absorb and process information rapidly and as someone without side or guile in any respect. I am used to being patronised by ‘my betters’ there was no such nonsense from Mr Mitchell. I came from a poor Irish, not particularly well educated background and he does not. I am in fact ‘a pleb’ and he is not.”

Ah.

Here.

Bob Geldof Issues Strong Defence Of Andrew Mitchell (Telegraph)

Thanks Eddie

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One of the patriotic bedrooms in the new 52-room boutique Dean Hotel, Harcourt Street, Dublin.

A mere stagger from Copper Face Jack’s.

We’re back baby.

First Look: The Dean Hotel, Dublin (Pól O’Chongaile, Independent.ie)