The line-up for South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas is taking shape, and today’ saw the announcements for the complement of Irish artists headed over with Music in Ireland.
Artists of note include neo-soul vocalist LOAH (pictured), jazzcore headwreckers Robocobra Quartet, Northern folk artists Ciaran Lavery & Jealous of the Birds, and Dublin outfit Cloud Castle Lake.
This morning.
Photojournalist Leon Farrell took a walk from the top of Grafton Street to O’Connell Street Bridge, Dublin.
Leon writes:
“I could not believe the number of people sleeping in shop doorways, walking around with sleeping bags over their shoulders looking for a safe place to lay their heads; standing against railings crying with despair; marking out their sleeping areas with cardboard boxes and hoping that when they returned from getting food, that their spot would still be free.”
Leon Farrell/Rollingnews
Met Éireann writes:
Very cold and windy tonight, with a mix of clear spells and scattered showers, the showers turning increasingly to hail, sleet and snow in Ulster, Connacht and in north Leinster, with some accumulations by morning.
More persistent rain and sleet will move in across much of Munster later in the night, with some snow, mainly over high ground.
Minimum temperatures minus 1 to plus 2 Celsius, in fresh westerly winds, strong along north and northwest coasts.
Tomorrow, Thursday, will be bitterly cold, with scattered showers, many falling as hail, sleet and snow, some of them heavy and thundery, especialy in the west and north.
Some sunny spells also, especially in eastern and southeastern coastal areas, where the showers will be more scattered.
In Munster and parts of south Leinster, it will be cloudy in the morning, with more persistent rain and sleet for a time, but there is also a risk of snow…
The relationship between a young girl and her dad reflected as they spend time together in a car driving along an endless road – an impressive graduation film by Lee Dror and Yali Herbet of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
The shortlist for the recently-rechristened RTÉ Choice Music Prize is out.
Previous winners in recent years have included SOAK, The Gloaming and Villagers, with former gong-holders including The Divine Comedy, Two Door Cinema Club and Jape.
This year’s shortlist:
All Tvvins – IIVV (Warner Music)
Bantum – Move (Self Released)
Wallis Bird – Home (Mount Silver / Caroline International)
The Divine Comedy – Foreverland (Divine Comedy Records)
Lisa Hannigan – At Swim (Hoop Recordings)
Katie Kim – Salt (Art For Blind Records)
James Vincent McMorrow – We Move (Faction Records)
Overhead, The Albatross – Learning to Growl (Self Released)
Rusangano Family – Let The Dead Bury The Dead (Self Released)
We Cut Corners – The Cadences Of Others (Delphi)
To mark the occasion, RTÉ 2fm is playing all Irish music, all day, until midnight, with a CMP special at 8pm.
By the way – Broadsheet’s tip for the top?
Rusangano Family, one of our joint Albums of the Year from 2016.
This afternoon.
On Tara Street, Dublin 2.
Dublin Live tweetz:
Drivers passing by #ApolloHouse are being asked to #HonkForTheHomeless
Meanwhile…
Free at 8pm?
#ApolloHouse what next? Not going anywhere. Call out for massive support at 8pm tonight #HomeSweetHome Enough is enough #liveline pic.twitter.com/UrOLYsibf4
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) January 11, 2017
Earlier: Chain Reaction
Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy interviews contestants in RTE’s Dancing with The Stars on RTE One’s Late Late Show last Friday
On the The Late Late Show last Friday, the first item consisted of an interview with participants (including RTÉ employees) in an upcoming RTÉ show, followed by an interview with another RTÉ employee.
These were followed by an interview with the presenter of another upcoming RTÉ show, and this in turn was followed by an interview with an actress in yet another RTÉ programme.
Not to be outdone, the following evening the Ray D’Arcy Show featured an interview with participants in further RTÉ programme, followed by a piece featuring another RTÉ personality.
Is public-service broadcasting now defined as RTÉ people interviewing each other ad nauseam?
David FitzGerald,
Goatstown,
Dublin 14.
FIGHT!
RTE chat shows (The Irish Times letters page)
Previously: Selling Ireland By The Pound
Downloadable posters for the Women’s March on Washington – January 21, 2017 by Dome Collective.
Apollo House this afternoon
RTE reports:
The High Court has refused to grant an extension for a stay on its order to vacate Apollo House in Dublin.
The judge said the provision of suitable alternative accommodation was a matter for Government not the courts.
The case returns to court tomorrow to see if the order has been complied with.
…Mr Justice Paul Gilligan said it was not the function of the courts to become involved in the provision of suitable accommodation for homeless people.
He said the occupants of Apollo House were entitled to take legal proceedings under the Constitution or the European Convention on Human Rights.
He said the issue before the court involves the right to ownership of private property.
High Court refuses extension to Apollo House occupiers (RTE)
Thanks Aaron
Meanwhile…
Stand with #ApolloHouse and the #HomeSweetHome campaign pic.twitter.com/QuGlq5DW7h
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) January 11, 2017
In response to the decision in the High Court…
Supporters of the Home Sweet Home campaign have linked arms and surrounded the Apollo House building.
Pic: Joyce Fegan and Fergal O’Brien
Video: Mick Caul
Previously: Alternative Accommodation
UPDATE:
The #HomeSweetHome campaign is making a stand. We need #ApolloHouse here for as long as they are treating people like dogs #liveline pic.twitter.com/F9k1qRiLHQ
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) January 11, 2017
Rosi Leonard, of Home Sweet Home, responds to Mr Justice Paul Gilligan’s decision.
Via Mick Caul
