Oh.
*slams fist through press*
Thanks DowntownTrain
Brian O’Driscoll arrives at Dublin Airport yesterday following his final game for Ireland against France in Paris.
[A St Patrick’s Day protest by the LGBT community on Fifth Avenue in New York in 2012, over the LGBT parade ban]
Guinness has withdrawn its sponsorship from the New York St Patrick’s Day parade because of the ban on openly gay and lesbian groups marching.
Boston Beer Company (which produces Samuel Adams Lager) pulled their sponsorship from the parade in Boston for the same reason, while Heineken has also withdrawn it’s support from the New York City parade.
The Guardian reports:
“Guinness has a strong history of supporting diversity and being an advocate for equality for all. We were hopeful that the policy of exclusion would be reversed for this year’s parade,” the brewer said in a written statement issued by a spokesman for its UK parent company, Diageo.
“As this has not come to pass, Guinness has withdrawn its participation. We will continue to work with community leaders to ensure that future parades have an inclusionary policy,” Guinness said.
Previously: Meanwhile On Fifth Avenue
Guinness pulls out of New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade over gay rights (Guardian)
Pic: Stephen O’Farrell
Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Writer, DJ and music blogger Nialler9 asked YOU: What song best represents Modern Ireland to you? What current singer/musician has a strong Irish identity you’d like to share with the globe?
AND if you were sending a song out to the rest of the world and saying – “Listen to this not only is it Irish but it is awesome,” what would one track send?
You responded in your dozens.
Behold: Modern Green:
Nialler 9 writes:
So here it is. I couldn’t restrict the playlist to just 25 so I let the playlist run wild to include 80 Irish songs made in the last 5 years totalling just over 5 hours of music to answer those questions.
FIGHT!
Modern Green – A modern Irish playlist for St. Patrick’s Day (Nialler9)
Previously: Help Make The Patrick;s Day Playlist
Thanks Kevin Cramer, Worxy Meredity and Colm Heaney.
Patrice Sheridan writes:
“it’s a dog that followed us home from Portrane Beach [North County Dublin today! Has collar but no name…”
Paddygeddon
at
Temple Bar, Dublin last night at 1am.
Thanks Brian
On the London Underground this afternoon.
Daniel writes:
“Out of picture are the 10+ people with this couple in leprechaun and Irish dancing outfits pissed out of their minds winding up passengers on the same carriage…”
Upper Mount Street, Dublin yesterday afternoon.
Thanks Knitzer
Ivory Coast flag outside The Westin Hotel, Dublin this afternoon.
Thanks Alan O’Connor
Louise writes:
Fishmonger getting into the Paddy’s Day spirit in the Saturday Market in Galway yesterday. There’s no plaice like Galway on a sunny day…
Neil Dorgan writes:
“Frankly hatstand seasonal window display in a fabric/furnishing type shop in Greystones, Co. Wicklow.”
Dave Leahy writes:
“Keith Walsh ollies two Japanese tourists outside Grattan House, Mount Street, Dublin this afternoon .Photo by Niall O Byrne.”
Fiona Smith tweetz:
My mate David Hoey, Dub expat in Sweden, constructed an Anchorman portrait out of 1,500 Rubik’s Cubes!
Blimey.
Shane Diffley writes:
A big demonstration titled “BREAKING BREAD” was made by Ukrainians, Russians & Irish in Dublin at the Russian Embassy today. The protest featured dozens of loaves of bread piled at the gates of the embassy. The reason was that during a recent protest an embassy official made a comment along the lines of … What are you doing here? Why don’t you work to earn money for bread, instead of standing here?
In response we brought as many different types of bread as we could loaves – bagels, baguettes & more – and left them in front of the gates. This was both to reply to the Ambassador and represent Ukraine’s reputation as the breadbasket of Europe. Approximately 120 attended the protest.