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In Poland.

BBC reports:

Women in Poland have gone on strike in protest against proposals for a total ban on abortion.

They marched through the streets wearing black as a sign of mourning for their reproductive rights.

Women who oppose the ban are staying away from work and school and refusing to do domestic chores, in a protest inspired by a women’s strike in Iceland in 1975.

Anti-abortion protests are being held around the country too.

Women took to the streets of the capital city, Warsaw, in a pro-choice march on what they are calling “Black Monday”.

Further to this…

People who wish to express their solidarity with women in Poland are invited to bring a candle to the Polish consulate on Eden Quay this evening between 5.30 to 7pm.

Dublin – Solidarity with Polish women on strike (Facebook)

Black Monday: Women in Poland go on strike against abortion ban (BBC)

UPDATE:

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Lenny Abrahamson writes:

Huge protests happening in Poland against a full scale attack on women’s rights. They are asking for support from abroad…

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Free next Saturday?

Ruairi O’Hagan writes:

Feis Lebowski, Cork’s little Big Lebowski festival is back!

The night takes place on October 8th upstairs in the Roundy on Castle Street (near Argos for those unfamiliar). Doors will open at 8 where you can sip on a White Russian and chat to fellow Little Lebowski Urban Achievers (and proud we are of all of them).

DJ El Duderino will be dipping into his record collection to spin some tunes before the movie – and yes, there is a strict “No Eagles” policy. No Metallica either. Bunch of a**holes.

Achievers are encouraged to come dressed as their favourite character from the movie – be it The Dude, Donny, Walter, Jesus, The Stranger, Maude, Bunny, whoever. The best costume on the night will receive a very special prize, along with being crowned Feis Lebowski King or Queen for 2016.

The movie will then start at 9.30pm, where Achievers are encouraged to laugh along/quote along/sing along.

Following the movie, we’ll be giving away Lebowski-themed prizes, before DJ El Duderino takes us on home and gets everyone on the dance floor.

Admission on the door is 10 Euro (or bones, or clams, or whatever you call them) – every single penny of which will be going to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

Capacity is limited so come along early – we’re not pre-selling tickets and we won’t be keeping tickets on the night for anyone, so it’s first come first served.

Feis Lebowski Cork

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Thomas Quigley writes:

I bought a brand new bicycle yesterday and it was stolen from the bike cage in the underground car park of my building in the Ashbrook estate in Clontarf, Co Dublin.

It didn’t even last 24 hours. I didn’t even get to know her. I was hoping you could spread awareness in case people spot it online or in the city. Appreciate any help.

Mmf.

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Cliffs of Moher, Liscannor, Co Clare

Joanne writes:

On a day like yesterday when I arrived at it was pea soup and you literally couldn’t see a hand in front of you and then lo and behold half hour later this (above). It was just stunning….tourists were in their element. I met 2 Japanese tourists who had come specially to Ireland to see it as they are HUGE fans of The Princess Bride  (1987) which features the cliffs. Makes a change from Game of Throners…

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SAND – second album for post-rock solo project

What you may need to know…

01. Keen observers of post-rock/instrumental ongoings may recall North Atlantic Oscillation, an Irish/English/Scottish outfit based in Edinburgh, releasing thru KScope, that came in for serious critical acclaim in the early part of the decade.

02. They’re fronted by Dublin/Limrock man Sam Healy, whose solo project SAND surfaced with a self-titled full-length in 2013, taking NAO’s soundscaping in a more introspective direction.

03. Streaming above is Seldom-Used Furniture, taken from SAND’s newly-released sophomore effort, A Sleeper, Just Awake.

04. The album is available now on CD and digital. Meanwhile, fans of Healy’s mothership will be happy to learn that a compilation of the band’s tunes is also up for pre-order at present via the band’s site.

VERDICT: Arriving at a mad intersection of post-rock, prog, psychedelia and taking on inflections of jazz, SAND plays with the various boundaries and lines between them all, to glorious effect.

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With Daragh Malone, of St Mochta’s National School in Clonsilla, Dublin 15.

Ailish Brennan, of St Mochta’s National School Build Action Group, writes:

Nine hundred and seven children attend school in St. Mochta’s National School in appalling conditions. The Government promised us a new school building in 2006. We are still waiting. The Government just announced grand plans for education. This is a joke to us. Children in our school have to use buckets to catch leaks on rainy days. Crowded, cramped, smelly, mouldy, fungus-ridden classrooms are the norm.

This is the face of Irish education in 2016. Four hundred and fifty children in delapidated overcrowded prefabs. Our children deserve better!

Our parents and children are marching to Dáil Éireann on Wednesday morning.

St Mochta’s School Build Action Group (Facebook)

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