A variant of Rubik’s Cube by Txaber with the alphabet, ten digits and the word ‘Helvetica’ twice.
Eh.
Sure, why not?
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In case you missed it.
Ireland’s poet anti-laureate Dave Lordan (he of aggro-lit bedrock The Bogman’s Cannon) has a new radio show, with newly-active online station Dublin Digital Radio, simply monikered The Pirate Show.
Writes himself:
An Alt.lit show with emphasis on the singing poet tradition then & now, live lit, performance, & spoken word/music crossovers in all their forms. For the first show I will be briefly interviewing Ewan McColl’s proud ghost, & talking in more detail to rebel writer Sorcha Fox.
Also featuring Conchúr Ó Ceallaigh, Olive Groove, Jinx Lennon, Sisterix, The Sons of Slum, Katie Freeney, The King Blues, The Dubtones, Kate Tempest, Rafeef Ziadah, Adrian Mitchell, Natasha Helen Crudden, Daniel Wade, Captain Moonlight, Jinx Lennon & Paula Flynn.
Tune in – great craic & inspiration guaranteed.
Avast, etc.
Following on from reminiscing over the anniversary of their first full-length album Nurse last week, we find HD footage of Northern power-trio Therapy? from their last tour, a full gig aboard the A38, a ship-turned-cultural centre moored in Budapest, Hungary.
That they’re still this energetic and tight after all this time is of no surprise at all to longtime fans, but Troublegum-era listeners might want to take a second look.
Alanna Kennedy tweetz:
Lunch at St Vincents University Hospital. Given to a patient who is IMMUNE SUPPRESSED. Utterly disgraceful & no wonder I’m not getting well!
Further to this…
Aleesha Tully tweetz:
Can anyone identify what this person was served for lunch at Vincent’s Hospital today? Answers on a postcard @SimonHarrisTD
Anyone?
People Before Profit and Anti-Austerity Alliance TDs Brid Smith, Ruth Coppinger, Richard Boyd Barrett and Paul Murphy outside Leinster House yesterday in support of the AAA-PBP repeal bill (top)
Ahead of the debate on the AAA-PBP private members’ bill to repeal the 8th amendment this evening from 8pm, and a rally outside Leinster House at 5.30pm in relation to the same…
The Government has agreed to reject it, and it has released the following statement…
There are differing views within the Government on the substantive issue of the 8th Amendment of the Constitution.
The Government is moving this Reasoned Amendment because this Bill pre-empts the work of the Citizens’ Assembly, the agreed, independent process set out in the Programme for Partnership Government for dealing with this issue and approved by both the Dáil and Seanad.
The Citizens’ Assembly is currently deliberating on the 8th Amendment as its first topic and is expected to deliver its Report on the issue in the first half of 2017.
The Government will then immediately refer the Report to a Special Oireachtas Committee which will be asked to respond to the deliberations and recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly within six months.
The Government will today ask the Business Committee to set in train the preparatory work necessary for the establishment of this Committee, including its structure and work programme, in order that the Committee will be in a position to commence its work without delay once the Citizens’ Assembly delivers its Report on the 8th Amendment.
The Government will not adopt a collective policy position for the Committee deliberations and all Government deputies will be free to promote their own policy objectives during that process.
The Government has agreed that, when a decision is being made in the Dáil on the outcome of the Citizens’ Assembly and Special Oireachtas Committee processes, all members of the Government, and all deputies supporting the Government, will exercise their votes freely in accordance with their consciences.
Fine Gael also acknowledges, more generally, that its Independent colleagues in Government are not subject to a party whip and that, on matters which are not addressed either in the Programme for Partnership Government or by decisions of Cabinet, they will continue to exercise a free vote.
Reasoned Amendment
“Delete the words after “That” and substitute the following:
“Dáil Éireann declines to give the Bill a second reading in order that the Citizens’ Assembly, established by Resolutions of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, may conclude its deliberations on the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, which is the subject matter of this Bill, and report to the Oireachtas in the first half of 2017.”
Via Merrion Street
Coalition eyes countermotion to block abortion Bill (Irish Times)
Previously: Free Tomorrow?
Rollingnews
UPDATE:
From the Labour Party.
Meanwhile…
This evening.
Scenes outside Leinster House where AAA/PBP TD Ruth Coppinger (pic 7) and Nine month pregnant Helen Guinane (pic 5) of AIMS [Association For Improvement Of Maternity Services) call for a repeal of the Eighth Amendment.
Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews
Cork rapper/poet Bubba Shakespeare, taking his cues from Plato in a short piece for online channel The Lab.
As opposed to Socrates, where he’d just be standing there giving the cameraman grief, in fairness.
From top: Eerie poster; from left: Peter Dunne, Liam Geraghty and Mags Mcauliffe
Wooooh.
Alternatively…
Liam Geraghty writesL
Morb presents a Halloween event like no other, Eerie is a haunted, haunting, audio ghost experience.
Beginning your journey at Smock Alley Theatre and ending god knows where, this weird walking tour of Dublin city centre is not for the faint hearted. Will you survive these blood-curdling tales collected for your dark delight?
Immerse yourself in the audio files of an occult investigator, as he chills you with ghastly stories and the horrific history of the city.
Part petrifying audio tour, part terrifying treasure hunt, prepare to tiptoe fearfully through the maze of nightmare streets, desperately searching for clues to unlock a dark mystery…
Tickets 7 euros.
Purchase from Smock Alley Theatre [link below]. Upon purchase, a downloadable link will be emailed to your smartphone. The starting point is Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street, Dublin 2. The show can be experienced at any time of day.
