And having a pretty good time.
Ger Duffy writes:
Test spot for Levi’s – Dave Tynan’s follow up to his short film Just Saying which went viral earlier this year, shot on and off over 7 months in 2 countries, from Donegal to Brixton and everywhere in between, using 3 stylists, 11 pairs of Levi’s, a 200 year old poem, 3 models and loads of mates – and of course lots of favours.
Fair play though, in fairness
Finally.
The disabled pretty boy who mugged raped and murdered while confined to a primitive copper wheelchair pod gets the infamy he deserves.
Already immortalised on a Le Cool Dublin cover.
Now, a play, The Curious Case of The Stoneybatter Strangler from Maylin Productions.
And it’s site-specific.
Rua O’Donnachu writes:
Join us in the grounds of St Michan’s Church for this experiential new show. Step back in history and allow yourself to be immersed into the infamous true story of ‘Billy in the Bowl’ and ‘The Grangegoman lane murders’.
Ooer.
St Michan’s Church [meet at Christophe’s Café, Duck Lane] Monday 16th to Saturday 21st September. Shows at 7pm and 9pm. Bookings here
Created in Photoshop and Flash, directed, written and animated by Emily Carmichael for Mad Atoms, this 8-bit short (the acronym of the title stands for Role Playing Game OK Cupid) tells of an online relationship between a dragoon and a cat woman.
Baffling if you’re not familiar with fantasy RPGs of yore.
Nostalgia city for vintage gamers.
Oi.
Pack that in.
Howth, Co Dublin last night.
Tony Murray writes:
Is this really Ireland? There have been a couple of these amazing sunsets this Summer – long may it last. . .
Current status: locked in @WebSummitHQ‘s bathroom with handle broken off http://t.co/BVRw0wXtL2 might have to call someone…
— James Whelton (@jwhelton) August 29, 2013
No signal, can’t open door, skype to @tonyennis failed, can’t make enough noise. Can anyone at @WebSummitHQ open door of the jacks for me?
— James Whelton (@jwhelton) August 29, 2013
Anyone know someone in the Websummit offices that could release him?
There’s tay.
Neil writes:
Future Matters are hosting an info session and Q&A on the upcoming Seanad abolition referendum at seven tonight in the Teachers Club [36 Parnell Square, Dublin].
The theme is “Open it, don’t close it: Why the Seanad should be reformed.” Speakers are Gary Murphy, Senior lecturer on Government in DCU, Suzanne Egan: Law lecturer in UCD and widely published author on human rights and Barrister and reform campaigner Ronan Lupton Following the Q&A session the campaign will launch the Petition for Reform which calls on Enda Kenny to respect a No vote and implement reform if the referendum is defeated. Free food and refreshments will be provided. although there may be Nay.
Last Saturday on the clamp crazy ‘Stretch of Doom’ in Rathmines, Dublin.
Anonymous writes:
A guy taking clamping on ‘that stretch’ in Rathmines into his own hands. The wheel was fully removed but he was still having trouble getting the chain off the axel. Guards arrived moments later. Who knows what happened after that.”
Well.
It just so happens…..
Tim Conlon writes:
Guy clamped. Removed wheel. Garda arrive. Man runs off. 20 mins later bloke comes back. Garda make him put the wheel back on….
Previously: The Stretch Of Doom
Niall O’Dowd, of Irishcentral.com, above, believes The Gathering has been such a success, it should be an annual event.
He writes:
“The Irish Americans I spoke to and heard from lapped it up. It seemed authentic to them too, and the welcome they received at those events, where they tapped into the family tree, went down very well.”
“In a world grown more global and more corporate every passing year, to have these touchstones of family and community that millions of Americans yearn for is vitally important.”
“That is why The Gathering has been a success, like the Notre Dame game in Dublin last year which allowed tens of thousands of Irish Americans an occasion to travel back for and feel an intimate part of.”
“…So what should be the follow up to The Gathering? It seems simple — a long-term project in every village and town to preserve local history, to reach out to exiled sons and daughters and to create occasions every two years or so where the twain shall meet.
“Call it The Homecoming and extend it deliberately to every parish.”
“On the governmental level the intent should be to publicize and spread the word about such homecoming events and continue to try and drive more visitors through extended access such as flights from American Airlines and United Airlines achieved this summer, and new routes from Aer Lingus will next year.”
Brilliant global marketing strategy.
Or clover-soaked Fifth Avenue blarney?
YOU decide.
Why The Gathering may be Ireland’s greatest tourist success (Irish Central)
Pic: Advertiser.ie
