Yearly Archives: 2014

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Sinéad O’Connor in the video of her latest single, 8 Good Reasons

“Have had to leave my manager. Not that we didn’t get on well, we got on too well, both fell equally in love.Had a month long affair, but he has a girlfriend, so naturally I gotta vanish. Extraordinarily sad and depressing, but there it is. Another manager bites the dust. So now I need to find a new manager and I haven’t a fucking clue where to start. Shoulda fucking thought about that before I got involved with someone else’s fella. Been secretly fucking miserable as a motherfucker since the second it started. Wasn’t at all proud of myself. Or him. Never, ever messing with someone else’s fella again. It’s the most disgusting thing a woman could possibly do to another woman. And it smacks of zero self-esteem.”

Yup.

Urgently seeking new management (Sinéad O’Connor)

Previously: You May Like This

https://soundcloud.com/andrewskeltonproductions/we-wont-pay

Andrew Skelton writes:

“After the recent campaign against yet another tax forced upon the great people of Ireland, I decided to produce this track using actual audio I recorded at public marches, “No way – we won’t pay”. Irish water and the Irish Government need to listen to the people for once. We have been listening to them for too long. Democracy “is what it is”.”

Choon

FIGHT!

We won’t pay (Andrew Skelton)

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Artist in residence at Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine, John Bisbee uses nails and only nails  – bent, welded, hammered and soldered together – to form his extraordinary geometric sculptures.

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Sainsbury’s  Christmas advert based on the Christmas Day truce between ze Germans and ze Tommies in 1914.

Take that John Lewis with your CGI penguins.

*slowly walks towards enemy machine-gun fire*

Any excuse.

Thanks Andrew Murray

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Manager of the Republic of Ireland football team, Martin O’Neill, makes a statement, following the kerfuffle between Roy Keane and a member of the public at Portmarnock Hotel in Dublin last night.

Roy Keane has ‘full support’ of Martin O’Neill and FAI (RTÉ)

Meanwhile…

Previously: Meanwhile, At The Portmarnock Hotel

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The city is finding a new way to exist — neither ostentatious with wealth nor bowed down under debt. A hugely popular bike share program has replaced the “beamers,” craft beer is gaining precedence over elaborate cocktails, and Dublin restaurants are undergoing a creative renaissance that prioritizes imagination and Irish ingredients over heavily stylized and overpriced dishes.

FIGHT!

36 Hours In Dublin (New York Times)

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Sean of Irish Student Activism Network writes:

We are a group of DCU [Dublin City University] students who are gathering a petition that seeks to Repeal the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) Males who Have Sex with Males (MSM) Blood donation ban. If you think your readership might be interested in taking part in the petition the link to it is here

Previously:

‘Until I Mentioned I Had A Boyfriend‘

James Reilly’s Letter About Gay Blood Donors

James And The Gay Blood Ban