Yearly Archives: 2014
Heard the one about the ambitious, bloodthirsty Seoiges?
OK.
Heard the one about the ambitious, bloodthirsty Seoiges from the 16th Century?
Pirate Queen of Connaught, Gráinne Mhaol is the subject of the concluding episode of Holding Out For A Hero, comic Neil Delamere’s journey through Ireland’s heroically flawed past.
Holding Out For A Hero on Monday, 22nd December on RTÉ2 9pm.
Should there be room in your stocking.
A sample sale from the latest collections by Irish designers.
Natalie writes:
Hi, we are having a Sample Sale today and tomorrow, 13 designers all under 1 roof, great discounts so perfect for Christmas gifts/stocking fillers…..
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’
This afternoon.
Briarhill, Galway.
More as we get it.
Thanks Cathal
Robert Longo’s Untitled (Ferguson Police August 13, 2014) is a 10-ft wide charcoal drawing of a line of faceless cops, clad and helmeted in black, silhouetted against searchlights in a swirl of illuminated smoke. This is a brilliantly powerful drawing, based on photographs taken on the angry streets of Ferguson, Missouri, after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer there on 9 August.
Lunny Or Die
at
This afternoon.
Imelda May and Donal Lunny (red sweater) join The Trinitones (all hot-throated Trinity College Dublin students) to belt out some charity yule choons in The George’s Street Arcade, Dublin.
Any excuse.
Picture: Patrick O’Leary
UPDATE:
Glen Hansard joins The Trinitones to sing The Auld Triangle.
Tennis balls Neon pom poms for the lobes?
Dinner plate-sized rings for the hands?
Oh go on then.
Emmie writes:
I run a jewellery business called Emmie Lou. All Emmie Lou Jewellery is designed & created in Ireland. Emmie lou is all about creating bold, statement pieces for confident women with a daring sense of style. I sell online [link below] and I also sell through the Loft Market, top floor of The Powerscourt Centre, Dublin 2 and at various markets in Dublin and the surrounding areas. This Sunday I will be at the Block T Christmas market. Happy Christmas…
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee just a virtual ear rub.
Big Splash
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Eeek.
The fresh new edition of Village magazine, containing the Ansbacher Dossier compiled by civil service whistleblower Gerard Ryan and allegeing widespread tax evasion by senior politicians.
On shelves NOW.
RUN!
How Much?
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Scott De Buitléir, of TinderPoint, writes:
“We’ve put together a video with some interesting and heart-warming stats on what the Irish will be getting up to this Christmas. From flights home to charity runs, Midnight mass to swimming at the Forty Foot, Ireland knows how to make the holidays special.”
Former assistant Dublin City and County manager George Redmond
Breaking: The Planning Tribunal has agreed at the High Court to withdraw corruption and other adverse findings against George Redmond
— Kilian Doyle (@kiliandoyle) December 19, 2014
As honest as the day is long.