A print by Anthony Peters from Print Club London
Related: We’re Breasties
Based on an original work by Bulgarian poet Georgi Gospodinov.
Directed by Asparuh Petrov of Compote Collective.
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The Lingo spoken word festival is back!
Includes: Moynes!
Kalle writes:
Yesterday saw the launch of our official programme for LINGO, Ireland’s first and only spoken word festival, and we’re super proud of it. Spoken word is all about having a voice, so for this, the third year of LINGO, we decided to ask: What are we using it for?
How can we really amplify voices calling for change? So, we’re showcasing some of the most interesting and inspirational voices from Ireland and overseas to do just that.
From American indie-hop legend Sage Francis and Palestinian poet Rafeef Ziadah, to an evening of craic and conversation about art & social change hosted by Blindboy Boatclub (Rubberbandits) with Panti Bliss, Tara Flynn and female muslim hip-hop act Poetic Pilgrimage.
There’s also a bundle of free events for young and old, with open mics, an epic poetry slam, world premieres of new work, and yer man who writes the limericks at broadsheet.ie. In other words, we reckon we have something for everyone!.
Lingo Festival Programme and tickets here
Minister for Finance, Mr. Michael Noonan disputing the C&AG Special Report into the National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle.
Watch here.
Meanwhile…
Does Noonan take us for idiots? he's told about £5m advisory fee to NAMA official (who left 3 mths before)& didn't think halt was advisable!
— NAMAwinelake (@namawinelake) October 6, 2016
A short video outlining alternative Budget 2017 proposals from the Social Democrats.
Fight!
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Labour launches its Budget 2017 proposals. From left: Joan Burton, Brendan Howlin and Sean Sherlock.
Labour’s Alternative Budget (Labour)
Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews
Festival season around the country’s lower reaches continues.
Cork, already thrown down with jazz, folk and early music, adds another recurring fest to its list with the second bi-annual Friary Cork Festival, running October 20-24 at the Friary bar on Shandon Street North Mall.
Music, food, alcohol, films and other shenanigans are a go throughout the festival in the newly-resurgent city-centre venue.
Sez Mike D’Arcy:
The festival is aimed at people who are appreciative of the wide range of art, music and the artisan skills of the local producers and aims to showcase some of the great facets of what makes Cork great to a wider audience; many of whom may have reached these shores in the last few years.
To highlight a few; On Saturday DJ Ian Richards will present a history of Cork music since the 1960’s until today including tracks by the likes of Microdisney, 5 Go Down to the Sea and The Frank and Walters. Alternatively we have DJ Ian Fiasco bringing Global Sounds in Cork, recognising the music of our multi-cultural city. We also have Jim X Comet reprising his fantastic Planet Funk club night from the much missed Half Moon Club, as well as hosting a lot of talented local musicians throughout the festival.
St. Patrick’s Distillery will bring their multi-award winning range and tell the story of how their artisan distillery came to be. Records and Relics will encourage you to try on and play with relics from the past in their interactive afternoon. Deja View screening club will showcase some of the best of Cork film makers with food by Cool Beans.
There ye are now, la’.
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The 14 Hennessy Portrait finalists above and their entries (top)
Emer Igbokwe writes:
Hennessy and the National Gallery of Ireland have announced the 14 finalists chosen for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016. The finalists were selected from almost 400 entries encompassing a wide range of media and materials, by artists living in Ireland and Irish artists abroad. The shortlisted artists’ works will be exhibited in the National Gallery of Ireland from 26 November 2016 until 26 March 2017. On Tuesday, 29 November 2016, one artist will be announced as the winner of the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016 and will receive a prize of €15,000. The winning artist will also be awarded a commission worth €5,000 to produce a portrait for inclusion in the National Portrait Collection.
From top: Peter Bradley from Co. Galway; Bruja – oil on canvas; Regina Carbayo from Spain, based in Co. Cork; Abuelo Pepe – graphite on paper; Catherine Creaney from Co. Tyrone; This Too Will Pass – oil on canvas; Gerry Davis from Co. Tipperary; Seán – oil on board; Kim Haughton based in Dublin and New York; Gabriel Byrne, from the series ‘Portrait of a Century’ – archival C print on photo rag paper; Stephen Johnston from Co. Down; Jennifer – oil on canvas (previously shortlisted in 2015 for a different work); Paul James Kearney from Co. Galway; Tom, Bath, Towel – digital drawing (tablet) printed on Fabriano paper; John Lee (Laoi) from Co. Clare; Má under light – oil on canvas; Angus Massey from Co. Dublin, based in Berlin; Twenty First Century Portrait Artist – video projection on terracotta bust; Gavan McCullough based in Ireland and Germany; Imran – oil on canvas (previously shortlisted in 2014 for a different work); Tom McClean from Co. Laois, based in Co. Galway; Waiting Room – oil on canvas; Leanne Mullen from Co. Louth; Someone’s Mother – oil on canvas; Fergus A. Ryan from Co. Dublin; Harold – egg tempera on true gesso panel; Vera Ryklova from the Czech Republic, based in Dublin; Untitled #5001, from the series ‘Aesthetic Distance’ – colour film photograph, archival pigment print mounted onto dibond.
Yes.
This afternoon.
Dublin 2.
Thanks anon
Philip Cairns
Tomorrow night, on RTE One at 9.35pm.
The Late Late Show.
Gareth Naughton writes:
Rugby hero Paul O’Connell and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham will join Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show this week.
Limerick legend O’Connell will chat about what life is like now that he has hung up his boots….Liam Cunningham recently visited the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. He joins Ryan in studio to talk about what he saw and why he’s angry about it.
Pippa O’Connor will help three eager volunteers revamp their winter wardrobe… Smalltown star Pat Shortt will be in studio to chat about his new film The Flag, an irreverent take on 1916.
We’ll also catch up with writer and raconteur Michael Harding and it has been 30 years since 13-year-old schoolboy Philip Cairns vanished. Prime Time’s Barry Cummins will talk viewers through Philip’s case alongside the cases of some of Ireland’s most high-profile missing persons from Annie McCarrick to Esra Uyrun and the families of Deirdre Jacob and Trevor Deely will be in studio to tell their stories.
Music from The Three Amigos, Nickelback and Mick Flannery.