Yearly Archives: 2017

Did you pick up a fare in Pearse Square tonight?

Beibhinn writes:

This is very urgent. A laptop was left in the back of a cab going from Pearse Square, Pearse Street to Harrington Street [Dublin 2] at around 6pm this evening.

This laptop IS our business and is irreplaceable.

It’s A Toshiba in a navy computer bag there are invoices in bag too with markets address & mobile contact numbers s plus a mobile merchant card reader

The taxi was hailed on the street and we have no info on the driver or cab company. Please, please help us spread the word to readers.

Anyone?

 

Did you stay up?

A big, warm thank you to clockwise from top left: Marcel Krueger, Neil Curran, Preposterous and Johnny Keenan, our panel for last night’s Broadsheet on the Telly, the final one of the ‘silly’ season.

The show can be viewed in its entirety above. Some swearing.

Matters tackled included the housing crisis, with Cologne-born Marcel giving an outsider’s perspective, and Johnny’s One Love concert in support of those living in Direct Provision.

If you would like to take part in future shows please send short bio to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Broadsheet on the telly’.

All political persuasions welcome.

Thanks all.

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly on Broadsheet

Last month, we offered a Golden Discs voucher for the  best U2 moment you considered their most underrated.

And promptly forgot to choose a winner.

Sorry.

You had entered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

In reverse order so…

U2 – October (Live)

Toni the Exotic Dancer writes::

Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during the opening piano to “October” live at Red Rocks.

Ivan writes:

‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during that bit in Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – it’s at 2:06. “Baby can we still be friends?”‘

Sometimes it’s about the bits where there’s nothing.

In other news, weren’t ‘Single versions’ that differed completely from the album version utterly fab sometimes?

Bono – boozing

Scottser writes:

Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during Self Aid…. The unforgettable cider…

Winner!

U2 – Numb

Odockatee writes:

Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during Numb. The moment I heard that ripping guitar sound from one of the masters of guitar tech, The Edge, I was hooked.

Edge’s talkey whispery vocal, the random lyrics, the iconic video, Bono’s falsetto – it had it all.

Made me buy the album as an 11 year old which was a big outlay back then. Led me to Stay (faraway,so close) – my favourite U2 song.

And to top it all when they put it on the greatest hits they updated it to, in my opinion, an awful butchered version of it. Typical of them being perfectionists they felt rushed to release it when it was already brilliant.

The Edge – stage fall

Gorev Mahagut writes:

Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came when the guitary fella fell off the stage in Canada.

U2 – Please (Live)

Liam Deliverance writes:

Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during the Popmart Tour in Helsinki in 1997 and the song Please. This song is hardly one of their finest tracks but performed here, live, it is imbued with a power and resonance that is characteristic of the bands live performances.

Never understood the begrudgery myself, here is a wholly Irish band that is one of the world’s biggest acts, they have been going strong for 40 years, a rarity these days, producing an impressive back catalogue as they go and nearly all Irish people have a U2 moment of some kind, be it witnessing a live show or hearing “One” in the car just after you have broken up with your significant other.

Same with Bono, solid performer and song writer who uses his wealth and influence to try and bring about social change here and abroad for those that need help when he could have quite easily sat back and enjoyed and flaunted his great wealth, instead going against the grain of your average pop star. We should be nothing but proud. I am anyway.

Fight!

Thanks all

Golden Discs

Previously: Luck In A Moment

From top: Leo Varadka at the Dublin Pride festival last month; Eamonn Kelly

After Enda Kenny became Taoiseach, the liberal left immediately launched into a social media campaign of ridicule and invective against him, using memes and comments and so on, and not holding back in the least in terms of insult.

In contrast, there has barely been a whisper of dissent against Varadkar.

It occurs to me that people may be afraid to criticise him for fear of their criticism being misconstrued as closet homophobia. (Either that or the liberal left are all for the right-wing Taoiseach).

I was accused of homophobia in a comment on one of the JobPath articles in Broadsheet. It took me a while to figure out where on Earth the person had drawn such a conclusion from, and I went over the text with the proverbial fine-tooth comb, but could find nothing incriminating.

Then I remembered that the Taoiseach was gay. I responded with something like, ‘Oh, I get it, the Taoiseach is gay, and I’m criticising him, so therefore…’

This response was then seized upon by a third party who said something like, ‘Thanks for reminding us of the Taoiseach’s sexuality. Makes me wonder what your agenda is…’

This is a classic lose-lose situation.

It seems that the election of a rabidly right-wing but forgiveably gay Taoiseach has had the effect of hoisting the liberal left by its own petard. I’m sure Fianna Fáil must be taking careful note of this puzzling turn of events.

Eamonn Kelly is a freelance writer.

Rollingnews

Previously: JobPath And Class Discrimination

JobPath And The Reality Of Employment Activation

JobPath: The Great Social Proetection Swindle

 

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This afternoon.

Essex Street,, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Artists join forces to shred the Eighth Amendment outside Project Arts Centre ahead of A Day of Testimonies at the theatre tomorrow.

A Day of Testimonies will bring together Ireland’s leading performers and creators to “reflect both the complexity of the issue and the simple truth that women’s health is put at risk because of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution”

Artists include Bassam Alsabah, Aideen Barry, Sebastian Barry, Cecily Brennan, Mary Coughlan, Sarah Cullen, Raymond Deane, Theo Dorgan, Racheal Fallon, Kim Gleeson, Eithne Jordan, Joey Kavanagh, Alice Maher, Paula Meehan, Amy Walsh and more.

FIGHT!

A Day Of Testimonies (Project Arts Centre)

Pic: Ruth Medjbar