Please.
This afternoon.
Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin 2
Actress Amy Huberman and students from Colaiste Pobail Setanta in Clonsilla [who are currently performing the musical Hairspray] launch the The Bord Gais Energy Student Theatre Awards 2017. The awards are open to primary school students from 3rd- 6th class and all secondary school students.
No awards for mindless gurning though.
Harrumph.
Bord Gais Energy Student Awards
Rollingnews
Saturday, December 3: Young Hearts Run Free’s Yule @ The Co-Op, Newmarket Square (Dublin 8, BYOB, €22)
Nialler9 writes:
Young Hearts Run Free’s annual Yule event serves as a fundraiser for the Simon Community and a BYOB knees up to some of the best Irish talent around. This year’s gig in the Co-Op in Dublin 8 starts early and goes late with performances by hahaman David O’Doherty, Booka Brass Band, Sligo rappers This Side Up, Dublin electronic duo Le Boom, Scottish songwriter Alaisdair, indie songwriter Paddy Hanna and more…
Nialler9’s Gig Guide November 29-December 5 (Nialler9)
Howya Santy.
Mark at the Jam Art Factory, writes:
A list of our Christmas gift ideas that might be of interest to Broadsheet folk :)
We’ve a “Made in Dublin – Christmas” section on our JamArtFactory site here, which ioncludes from top: Laser Cut Wood Poolbeg Decoration by Fiona Snow; White Lady Decoration by Fergus O’Neill; Donal Mangan‘s Whelans print (he also does, Olympia, Brogans, Poolbeg Lighthouse); Geebag and Gobshite mugs by Fergus O’Neill.
We’ve looooooads more on our site if you’d need anything at all, just ask.
Made In Dublin – Jam Art Factory
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Save Poolbeg.
Above: Bus Eireann, 59 O’Connell Street Dublin, some lovely money today.
Graeme Kelly writes:
Free money! Sort Of. If you have a Tax Saver Leap (Dublin Bus) card you can get a €40 refund due to the recent drivers strike from their office on O’Connell St.
RUN!
Hard or soft?
Keep it stylishly snug.
Charmaine Kenny, of The Irish Workshop, online home of Irish crafts and whatnot, writes:
What did the hat say to the scarf? You hang around, and I’ll go on ahead
.Bad joke, we know. But all this festive cheer is making us a little giddy here at The Irish Workshop HQ.
Now to the business of Christmas gift ideas… Famed for their throws and blankets, Mayo-based Foxford Woollen Mills needs no introduction, but what does need introducing is their range of scarves.
Traditional stitching and materials have been injected with contemporary design to create this wonderful range of scarves. Made from 100% lambswool, they are sure to keep necks warm. Free worldwide shipping too.
Foxford Scarves (The Irish Workshop)
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But you can never take our FREEDOM.
*swishes kilt*
This morning.
Government Buildings, Dublin 2.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meets Seanad Ceann Comhairle, Senator Denis O’Donovan before addressing Seanad Eireann on the second day of her visit to Ireland.
Ms Sturgeon is the first serving head of a foreign government to speak to the Senate.
McFight!
Nicola Sturgeon Addresses irish Parliament (BBC)
Rollingnews
From top: Oliver Callan: Niamh Reilly
Further to Oliver Callan’s controversial contribution to inter gender harmony.
Oliver Callan’s gambol in the direction of a dialogue about men’s perceptions of feminism and their role in achieving gender equality is welcome.
Few would dispute that men, no less than women, must recognise the harmful consequences of gender inequalities, stereotypes and violence, and the necessity of working together to transform the attitudes and actions that perpetuate such harms.
The main difficulty with your columnist’s modest proposal is that it gives women yet another onerous unpaid job to do – to “get to”, “to teach” and to take by the hand men who are still attached to chauvinism and, presumably, to cajole them along the road to gender equality.
He also says women must make a greater effort to understand (male) chauvinism in order to dismantle it. But women understand such chauvinism very well; it is why they found it necessary to invent feminism.
I hope the author will dig deeper, beyond social media and popular commercial websites, to form his views about the diverse expressions of feminism in Ireland and around the world. – Yours, etc,
Professor Niamh Reilly
Professor of Political Science and Sociology,
NUI Galway
FIGHT!
Oliver Callan’s Perception Of Feminism (Irish Times Letters)
Have you got a Xmas song in you?
Read on.
Lisa Buckley, at charity radio station Christmas FM, writes:
Are you a singer or songwriter who would love to hear your song on air – while also raising money for charity at the same time?
Christmas FM returned to the airwaves on Monday, and the station is looking for festive entries for their very special Christmas FM Song Contest
The Christmas FM Song Contest is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring singer/songwriters to be heard by Christmas FM’s national and international audience.
Simply write and record your very own Christmas song or cover version and fill out the online entry form and you never know – you could be hearing your song played on the very popular radio station this Christmas!
The winning entry will be played live on air and will be named the Official Christmas FM Song of the Year.
Closing date for entries is midnight Tuesday, December 6, 2015.
‘sup?
Earlier this month we asked you to nominate your pet for a portrait by Jane Fogarty at PawPawPawPawPrints.
Jane creates vector images drawn on a graphics pad using Adobe Illustrator and prints on extremely high quality paper.
Dad of three Dee Cunniffe secured this dazzling portrait of Mimi (above), who was a beloved family cat for 10 years and sadly put down last month after an illness.
Thanks all.
PawPawPawPawPrints can look after all your animal portrait needs and only require a photo of your pet to deliver a memorable stocking filler.
Previously: I Will Paint YOUR Pet
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