Dermot Bannon

On The Ray D’Arcy Show…

Sinéad Harrington writes:

This Saturday night, Ireland’s most popular architect Dermot Bannon joins Ray D’Arcy to talk about being like a kid in a sweet shop when he crossed the Atlantic to look at homes in L.A. and New York for his new television series.

‘House Hunt’ goes celebrity this weekend. One well-known Irish personality will open up their doors to Ray this week to play for cash for their chosen charity

Also on the show, Peter McVerry will be asking people to donate their water charge refund to “The Refund Project”, a campaign spearheaded by the Simon Community, Focus Ireland and the Peter McVerry Trust, to help homelessness.

And as it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…Ray might just treat viewers to a seasonal lip sync!

*pours fast-drying concrete over telly*

The Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ 1 at 9.55pm.

Pic: RTÉ

Oh, Josepha.

Previously: The Traveller Card

UPDATE:

https://vimeo.com/246081966

In March of this year.

Travellers were officially recognised as a minority ethnic group in Ireland.

Artist Paul D’Arcy has designed a Traveller ethnicity pin featuring a wagon wheel and the harp.

Pavee Point writes:

“This week-end we celebrate the first International Human Rights Day with Irish Travellers officially recognised as a minority ethnic group by the Irish State.  We will be posting photos and messages on Facebook and Twitter of people wearing the Traveller ethnicity pin.”

From top: President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins; Education Minister Richard Bruton; Irish Solidarity–People Before Profit TD Ruth Coppinger; Chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Dublin Reece Smyth; Ireland soccer player Cyrus Christie with Thomas Collins; Bridgie Nevin, Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann; Anne Marie McDonagh; Kathleen Sherlock; and Breda Quilligan.

Pics: Pavee Point

The bizarre and wonderful world of Soviet-era bus stops, captured (in the course of a 16,000 km round trip of Russia) by photographer Christopher Herwig in a follow up to a previously published homage. To wit:

A foreword by renowned architecture and culture critic Owen Hatherley, reveals new information on the origins of the Soviet bus stop. Examining the government policy that allowed these ‘small architectural forms’ to flourish, he explains how they reflected Soviet values, and how ultimately they remained – despite their incredible individuality – far-flung outposts of Soviet ideology.

Soviet Bus Stops Volume II (Christopher Herwig)

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Yikes.

Tickets went on sale this morning for the residents-only, self-catering festival It Takes A Village in Trabolgan, outside Whitegate, Co Cork from April 13 to 15.

Tickets can be bought here

Previously: No Camping

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