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Friday June 24 – Sunday June 26: Interlude Festival @ RHA Gallery, Eky Place, Dublin 2 (€29 per day, weekend tickets sold out).

Nialler9 writes:

No need to leave the city centre this weekend to get your festival fix as Interlude in the RHA Gallery is offering three days of music both outdoors on Ely Place and indoors in the art gallery.

Music ranges from hip-hop and dance headliners (Grandmaster Flash, Dimitri From Paris, Kenny Dope) established Irish artists & DJs (Lisa Hannigan, Donal Dineen, Tonie Walsh, Billy Scurry) to upcoming Irish artists (Wyvern Lingo, Booka Brass, Bad Bones, TooFools).

There is a Nialler9 stage on the Sunday too featuring Solar Bears, Cian Ó’Ciobhain and a Bantum (Prince A/V set) among others.

Nialler9’s Gig Guide June 21-28 (Nialler9)

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At Narrow Waters Castle in Co.Down this morning with Courtney Robinson, from Belfast (above)

Women on Waves write:

This morning the abortion drone flew from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland at Narrow Waters Castle [in Co. Down].

After the drone landed safely, two women took the pills. At the same time, Women on Waves employed a [remote control] speedboat to send over more pills for the women. Making abortion illegal will not keep women from accessing abortion pills, by ship, by mail, through the internet, drone or [remote control] speedboat!

This afternoon, at 2.30pm, there will be another protest in front of the Court of Appeal in Belfast when the appeal regarding the decision by the High Court that Northern Ireland’s abortion law breaches the European Convention on Human Rights will be heard.

Tomorrow we will protest for Repeal of the 8th Amendment at 12.30pm outside Dáil Éireann with Ruth Coppinger TD and Dr Rebecca Gomperts.

Women on waves

Drone delivers abortion pills to Northern Irish women (The Guardian)

Pics: Labour Alternative and Courtney Robinson

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Radio Direland writes:

This is an important public service announcement about the consequences of a Brexit for Ireland and its Game Of Thrones fans. We can only hope that the people of Ireland vote for the correct outcome in the referendum this Thursday. *WARNING: Contains some GOT spoilers, although you probably know them by now anyway as they’re a few seasons old (mostly)*

FIGHT!

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The Beasht tweetz:

We camped in a little village last night that bears more than a slight resemblance to Ireland #COYBIG

Thanks Adam Gelston

Meanwhile:

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Lorna writes:

Our new addition, Maude the kitten’s grey splodge looks a bit like Ireland? Maybe…if you squinted and lost a couple counties like Dublin?

The Broadsheet Book of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland, edited by Aidan Coughlan (New Island )

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ1lE-KzX7g

Spoken word artist Oisin McKenna wants to write a play.

He explains:

Using a blend of spoken word, physical theatre and live art, Gays Against the Free State! is a new show about revolution and reform. From Markievicz to marriage equality it is about how we got here and where to go next, about queer activism today and republican activism in the past.

We want to see how change gets made, who gets to make it and who benefits in the end. But it’s not a re-telling of events. It is an exploration of the reasons behind events – why they happened the way they did and how they affect us today.

Influenced by a mixture of contemporary queer performance, Prime Time and the Reeling In The Years’ 1980s box sets, Gays Against the Free State! collects conflicting cultural references, gently butchers them, before putting them back on stage.

It will premiere in Dublin in September.

Those who wish to support Oisin can visit his Fundit page here

Previously: Talk Is Cheap

In All The Wrong Places

Thanks Conor