A Satellite loop showing the Cyclone swinging slowly towards Ireland bringing the much needed but not really wanted rain. pic.twitter.com/nCP8iGlKnd
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) July 27, 2018
*unfurls moth-eaten brolly*
Earlier: Stayed In Last Night?
Episode 75.
A big thank you to, clockwise from top left:Johnny Keenan, ‘Preposterous‘, Alan O’Reilly, Fergal Twomey, Marcel Kreuger, Kevin Higgins, Olga Cronin, Dean Scurry, Luke Brennan and celebrity accountant Vanessa Foran, our panel on last night’s Broadsheet on the Telly.
The show, usually produced by Neil Curran but he was otherwise detained, can be viewed in its entirety above.
In a packed show….
Carlow Weather guy Alan reported from the front line of a possible WET front across the country.
Lawyer Kevin , who has been advising Tuam survivors, shared his frank views of the government’s response to the now two year old find.
Fergal, of the Connolly Youth Movement, and Dean Scurry, of Home Sweet Home, discussed how to occupy a building without attracting the Armed Response Unit.
Marcel launched his ‘book club’ with three books in the mix: Stolen Village (picked by Vanessa) Keeping Us In The Dark (Johnny) and The Rule Of The Land (Marcel).
AND Olga reported from the Danielle Carroll Summer School and reaction to Gemma O’Doherty’s speech.
Some ‘blue’ language.
Sorry.
Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly
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Number 4: One Day In My Life by Bobby Sands
Selected by: Bernie.
First published: 1983 (having being written on ‘toilet paper with a biro refill’ in Long Kesh three years earlier).
Available: Still in stock, also at most library branches nationwide with second-hand copies available on Amazon and eBay
Why: “Owing to it being written by an undaunted man of such tender years, who sacrificed his life for five very basic human demands.”
Reading experience: “It’s the most harrowing and raw book that I have read to date, detailing the sadistic, punishing torture and beatings of a man by prison guards. No matter how vicious and cowardly they were to him, and the other nine men also on hunger strike, they could not break them’.”
Ongoing resonance: “I read this book aged 13 his words (and the unchecked acts of the prison officers) remain ingrained on my brain and heart. He and the other nine hunger strikers paid the ultimate price in a war they should never have had to fight. Bobby Sands’ poem, ‘The Rhythm Of Time’ is a poem that everyone should read, also, the strength of his unflinching spirit is something I still draw on, in testing times.”
‘Great-Irish Non-Fiction’ is a reading list of 100 books chosen by YOU and highlighted over the coming weeks. If you would like to include a favourite please leave your suggestion below.
Previously: Great Irish Fiction: Number 3
Great Irish Non-Fiction: Number 1
Jaffa, missing in Dalkey, County Dublin
‘sup?
‘Not Pancho’ writes:
I know you don’t normally do this but this (above) is Jaffa, who can only be photographed while asleep because if you make eye contact with him he comes over to you.
Until recently Jaffa was the scourge of the rabbit community of North Clare. He has lately resettled in Dalkey and went missing last Sunday.
Could any of your readers let us know if they spot him?
Anyone?
MORE to folly
Staying in tonight?
Broadsheet on the Telly returns at 10pm streaming live HERE and on our YouTube Channel.
Old friends, surprise guests and dozing animals will throw their glares over the news from home and ‘abroad’.
Join us for Episode 75 where, among other matters we will discuss: Gemma’s speech, Eamon’s departure, Tuam Mother and baby update, Marcel’s buke club and more Disclosures shenanigans from Olga.
Profane language throughout.
Sorry.
Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly
Heat expands girth.
Can you confirm?
Katie writes:
As your website attracts some of the biggest male members around, could they confirm or deny if the phenomenon known as the ‘Summer penis‘. is a real thing or just another flaccid male lie. Asking for a friend.
Anyone?
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Number 3: The Four Green Fields by George O’Brien.
Selected by: ‘Hans Zeuthof’
First published: 1936.
Available?: Available at most library branches with second-hand copies on eBay and Amazon.
Why? “A beautifully-written, brilliant oversight of the young State, the North and relations with our nearest neighbour.”
Contemporary resonance?: “O’Brien laments the national question going to the fore when the social question needed more urgent tackling.”
Significance: “For this line, among many, O’Brien deserves to be on the shelf: ‘The anti-treaty party has certainly made the Free State safe for the bourgeoisie‘.”
‘Great-Irish Non-Fiction’ is a reading list of 100 books chosen by YOU and highlighted over the coming weeks. If you would like to include a favourite please leave your suggestion below.
Previously: Great Irish Non-Fiction: Number 1
Pic via Amazon
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