The volte-face oeuvre of British photographer Oliver Curtis, who’s spent several years visiting world famous landmarks then capturing the view in the opposite direction
#LookingforEurope? Impression de la retrouver, à #Dublin, face à un #Brexit plus tragique que du Beckett, plus inextricable qu’1 page de Joyce et avec les accents Bloody Sunday de #Bono, les facéties swiftiennes de #The_Bob_Geldof et face, aussi, à la grandeur des Gens de Dublin. pic.twitter.com/g8lsDuA0rw
— Bernard-Henri Lévy (@BHL) May 2, 2019
Last night.
Trinity College Dublin
Meanwhile…
My timeline is full of effusive tweets about #BHL‘s appearance in #TCD last night. I’ve always personally thought of him as the Bono of French philosophy: over-rated, egocentric, deeply Orientalist and all too comfortable within the power structures he claims to critique. pic.twitter.com/iLhEBM7OjM
— Dónal Hassett (@donalhassett1) May 2, 2019
Eau.
Hmm
at
9⃣3⃣ % of people in Ireland surveyed as part of #EMIRedCPoll2019 📊 believe that Ireland should remain a member of the EU.
That’s a 1⃣2⃣ % increase since our first ‘Ireland and the EU’ poll in 2013. pic.twitter.com/VFiiHzTQga
— European Movement (@emireland) May 2, 2019
Seems legit.
‘Airplane Mode’
A very short comedy short.
Séamus Hanly writes:
The first video from the comedy channel The Hand Fitz a 45-second sketch starring myself and Aidan Fitzmaurice. Winner of Best Picture at the 44th Firehouse Film Contest screening. Enjoy!
Get your hair cut.
TCD Alumni tweetz:
Two of Trinity’s oldest students arrive on campus for the launch of #InspiringGenerations – still studying at 100, an inspiration to us all!
Layabouts.
In fairness.
Meanwhile…
Finally.
The story behind the Inspiring Generations piece by Joe Caslin in Trinity College Dublin featuring former Trinity student Samuel Beckett and current Trinity student Leah Kenny.
Previously: Meanwhile At Trinity College Dublin
Free tomorrow?
Are A Lazarus Soul too real for ya? If not, then you will rejoice at the news that the Dublin indie outcasts are launching their new album ‘The D They Put Between The R & L’ in The Grand Social tomorrow night.
Last week, Brian Brannigan and his crew ‘dropped’ the lead single ‘No Hope Road’ (above) – in which they sing about escaping the drudgery of modern Irish life by spliffing out to classic Jamaican reggae.
It’s another coruscating state-of-the-nation address from Brannigan, who has fire in his belly and the bit between his teeth. Fans of Joy Division, Billy Bragg and Damien Dempsey take note.
Students of Dublin in the rare oul’ times will also not want to miss the video to ‘We Know Where You Live’, which features wonderful home video footage of the community of Deanstown, north Dublin, in 1972.
Support on the night comes from David Long, former lead singer of cult 1980s indie desperados Into Paradise.
Dubliner Dave releases his new solo album ‘In Headphones’ later this year (catch its first single Pill Box here) and you can read a quite wonderful appreciation of the man and his work by former Into Paradise press officer and ‘No Disco’ TV producer Colm O’Callaghan on his ‘The Blackpool Sentinel’ blog.
Nick says: If you’re searching for the pure soul of Irish rock, look no further.
lol
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In Derry
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Aoife Grace Moore, of the Press Association, tweetz:
Pro-IRA graffiti has been put up just metres from where Lyra McKee was shot in Creggan, warning off the community from helping the police with their investigation. Warns “informers will be executed”.
Pro-IRA graffiti at Lyra McKee murder scene warns ‘informers will be executed’ (The Irish Examiner)
UL Student Life tweetz:
Is Direct Provision Apart Of Ireland 2040?
Our Student Officers organised a silent demonstration against the direct provision system today to greet An Taoiseach @leovaradkar & Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform @Paschald
Students wore duct tape on their mouths to symbolise those that live in direct provision’s fear in speaking up in case it would negatively affect their asylum application.
Meanwhile, inside the university…
Minister @Damien_English joined @LeoVaradkar @Paschald & @podonovan today in Limerick for the launch of the 2018 annual report of #Ireland2040. His contribution is here https://t.co/AmMAhaquXd pic.twitter.com/AhroO0oFOk
— Department of Housing (@HousingPress) May 2, 2019
Junior Housing Minister Damien English’s planned speech can be read here
Yesterday: You Are Cordially Invited
Remember that year we got invaded by the Anglo-Normans?
Novelty balloons. Face-painting for the kiddies.
Good times.
Radio Ned twasks:
Why is the Anglo-Norman invasion being ‘celebrated’ and packaged as a fun family day out by
@wexfordcoco?! Anyone there know of Alice of Abergavenny et al?