An e-book by Karl MacDermott.
One of Ireland’s favourite funnymen (endorsed by his ‘agent’ above)
“One man. One life. Many failures. Meet Lar Gibbons, the man who put the Lar in lard and protagonist of ‘Ireland’s Favourite Failure.’ He has recently lost his job. His wife has walked out on him. A parent has passed away. Can things get any worse?”
Yes.
Ireland’s Favourite Failure – Kindle Editon (Amazon)
Thanks Morgan
[President Higgins with Paul Fallon]
Paul Fallon talks about his charity On The Road Again where he uses exercise to help people overcome homelessness and mental health issues.
Via Aidan Ellis
Tenuously related:
Sinabfhuil writes;
“…(via
@theretronaut) c. 1831: Woman aged 23, before and after cholera..”
Meagan Hyland writes:
Here’s my print for Gallery 1988’s official Ghostbusters show which opened in New York on Saturday!
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again.
G’wan the Meg.
London based artist Natalie ‘Lone Taxidermist’ Sharp’s tribute to Record Store Day (April 19th just gone).
MORE: Lone taxidermist’s RSD Face Paint Tribute (The Quietus)
Friday (April 25) – Seven Quarters Launch Night with Katie Kim and Jennifer Evans @ Whelan’s, Camden Street, Dublin (€10).
Nialler9 writes:
“A new club night happening in Whelan’s which will be (im)pressing with a monthly limited edition seven inch vinyl, featuring unreleased tracks from performing artists on the night, given away for free to the first 150 people in the door as part of the €10 entry. The first night of the club – happening four times a year – features two musicians of a high-calibre, Jennifer Evans and Katie Kim. There’s a ticket giveaway in this week’s guide [link below] too if you’re broke.”
Further to Irish Times apologising on Saturday for the Martyn Turner cartoon above, Don Buckley writes in a letter to the Irish Times:
“Turner’s cartoon is entirely justified and fair comment given the record of the Catholic Church in recent decades. The Catholic clergy individually and collectively tried to cover up the dreadful sexual exploitation of children by some priests. In saying “some priests” I accept the abusers were a minority. But that minority were tolerated by their fellow priests, who kept their heads down or co-operated with the church policy of moving paedophile offenders from parish to parish when caught out.
“The Catholic clergy didn’t produce any whistleblowers to expose what was going on. Instead the truth had to be painfully dragged out of the Church authorities by brave victims and their supporters before the Irish hierarchy grudgingly admitted what was happening. This was the context for the cartoon in last Wednesday’s paper which has so upset Catholic clergy and some lay supporters. The fact is that parents of young children will not risk leaving them alone now with priests. Martyn Turner’s critics did not deserve any apology and certainly not in a leader under the – appropriately phrased – heading “An editorial lapse”. If that leader represents the current editorial policy of The Irish Times I regret to say it is no longer the paper I worked for proudly as a journalist in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.”
