Come Here To Me!

The Occupy University timetable continues to throw up surprising speakers and guests, from Fintan O’Toole to leading trade unionists and also people from the arts. It’s certainly moved beyond the normal left-wing phonebook of contacts. This Friday sees Cait O’Riordan, or ‘Rocky O’Riordan’, one time bassist with The Pogues, join the list of speakers. Cait played on two of my all-time favourite albums, Red Roses For Me and Rum Sodomy and the Lash. The topic is ‘Protest music’.

Other talks this week include Joe Mooney on East Wall residents and the Spenser Dock development this evening at five, and Richard McAleavey on writing in the age of networked occupation tomorrow evening.