Yearly Archives: 2014

shatterkenny
[Minister for Justice Alan Shatter with Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the launch of the Child and Family Agency in Dublin Castle in January]

“I don’t know the scale of the actual contents of what are in all those tapes but we’re concerned about it. It’s a serious issue where in some cases, court cases have been dealt with, others reaching as far up as, Tribunals may have, may have implications for some of the findings there.“

Taoiseach Enda Kenny speaking at an event to mark Intel’s 25 years in Ireland

Taoiseach warns garda phone recordings could impact Tribunals (Newstalk)

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

brand

A parody of brand promotional clichés by stock footage company Dissolve – inspired by an article called ‘This Is A Generic Brand Video’ written by Kendra Eash for McSweeney’s Internet Tendancy.

Narrated by Dallas McClain.

biotv

crumlin

The Sundrive Velodrome, Crumlin, Dublin last Saturday.

By Tom Beary who writes:

“Sundrive Velodrome is the Home of Track Cycling in Ireland. It is located in Eamonn Ceannt Park, (known locally as Sundrive Park), Sundrive Road, in Crumlin. Measuring 460 metres, it was specifically designed and built for the sport  Originally, a grass track dating from the 1920s, tarmac was later added in the 1950s which has given the distinctive shape known as a velodrome. This is the oldest cycling track in existence in Ireland.”.

 

john

Donal Moloney writes:

“I’ve talked to a lot of homeless people in the last few months and shot a lot of footage with their permission. Here’s just one of the chats I had with John, a heroin addict. No shelters for this lad.”

 

Anyone?

gonzo_Liam1-1[Liam and friend in the Curragh, Co Kildare]

Love The Muppets?

Liam Geraghty writes:

“Here at Culture File [RTÉ Lyric fm] myself and Regan Hutchins are possibly Ireland’s biggest Muppet fans as is drag queen Bunny co star of The Panti Show. The three of us celebrated our felt friends in a recent show. You can listen back here.”

 

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Craol PSD

 Sup?

Mark Malone writes:

“Craol – the umbrella body for Community Radio in Ireland, will host a conference on the theme of Media Literacy to be held in Dublin on Saturday at the  Teachers Club,Parnell Square West, Dublin  between 9-15am-1pm.
“The conference will explore a number of issues around media literacy, including the media’s role in influencing political views and media literacy in education” It’s a half day event with talks and discussions from Vincent Browne, Frank Connolly, Harry Browne as well as Emer Costello MEP and Paschal Donohue TD who may or may not be fielding questions on the recent bugging revelations.”

FIGHT!

CRAOL Media Literacy Conference Saturday 29th March 2014