Some of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ artistic community help launch this year’s GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2020, held at at the Light House, the Irish Film Institute and online.
Above from left: Stefan Fae and Sarah Devereaux (performers with Spicebag), Avoca Reaction (cabaret performer) and Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan (writer, performer, and arts manager).
The Festival runs from from September 30 – October 4 (details at link below).
Minister for Education Norma Foley (top left) is confronted by a group of publicans from Kerry, wearing their county jerseys, who are protesting against the continued closure of Irish pubs during lockdown.
This morning, NPHET”s guidelines for so-called ‘wet pubs’ to follow were revealed:
This includes a ban on any live music or dancing. Public health experts also recommended that TV volume must be turned down low to ensure people are not forced to speak over it.
International research has shown the virus spreads more quickly among people who are raising their voices – such as those attending sporting events or in other crowded situations.
Nphet also said some pubs may need to introduce extra toilets facilities to allow for social distancing.
During this global pandemic we have collaborated with an international array of 14 cinematographers to create this inspiring message of hope. In a time when the issues of the world would have us divided, this film demonstrates what can be achieved when we work together.
RISING shows the beauty of the world that surrounds us and the power of unity and human connection….
Behold: the Aston Martin Victor – unveiled at last weekend’s Hampton Court Concours – a one-off, road-legal 836bhp, 7.3L V12 supercar incorporating elements of the One-77, Valkyrie and Vulcan – of which it is intended as an ultra-exclusive tribute.
Created (wait – is there a Bond movie on the way?) by Aston Martin’s bespoke Q Division, which is an actual thing.
But there’s always Lilla Vargen (top) to make things better. The Ballymena [County Antrim] songstress delivers a haunting meditation on lost love that will stop you in its tracks.
The song has already garnered over 3 million streams online.
The only gig in the country! “Full psychedelic lighting and effects”. The Arc gig was a few weeks after Piper at the Gates of Dawn [Pink Floyd’s first album] was released…
Played Ballymena [County Antrim] the night before. Band drove to Cork, Roger [Waters] at the wheel, zooming down country roads, Gardai pulled him over and gave him a warning about how he could kill a kid. Rog said he never forgot it!
From left: George Kennedy, John Boland, David Phayer, Thomas Hogan and a man who did not wish to be identified by name
This afternoon.
Department of Education, Dublin 2.
A group of men who were sexually abused as children by a teacher at Creagh Lane primary school in Limerick protest outside the Dáil, over the State’s ongoing failure to grant them the redress they are due.
Via RTÉ:
Today is the fifth time in recent years that the ‘Creagh Lane men’, as they are known, have travelled from Limerick to Dublin to try to draw attention to their situation through protest.
A State redress scheme was established for survivors of abuse in national schools, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the Louise O’Keeffe case that the State did share liability for their abuse.
But the Creagh Lane men are among what is believed to be hundreds excluded by the scheme’s narrow interpretation of the European court ruling.
A year ago, the Government accepted a former judge’s finding that that the conditions of that scheme were “inherently illogical”, “fundamentally unfair” to applicants, and should be changed.
An award-winning and very charming National School Of Film And Television student claymation by Greek animator Fokion Xenos in which two kids on the beach find a simple way to chill everyone out.
From top: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Eamon Ryan; Minister for Foreign Affairs Trade Simon Coveney; Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and Taoiseach Micheal Martin.
This afternoon.
Government Buildings, Dublin 2.
A media briefing on the publication of the government’s 2020 Brexit Readiness Action Plan ahead of the end of the ‘Transition Period’ on December 31 and building on earlier Action Plans of December 2018 and July 2019.
