Posted in Uncategorized on April 15, 2011| 1 Comment »
Aerosolic Murals, I think I speak for all Saints when I say: Thank you.
If you’re in the mood for football:
Bohemian F.C vs Shamrock Rovers (Dalymount Park, 7.35)
Shelbourne F.C vs Monaghan Utd. (Tolka Park, 7.45)
Saint Patrick’s Athletic vs UCD AFC ( Richmond Park, 7.45)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 15, 2011| 5 Comments »
My thanks to commenter Ltron who linked to a series of images over here on leonotron.com which give an idea of the scale of the damage done to this remarkable building by the recent fire. They are well worth a look.
My thanks also to old students of the college who commented on here. It is nothing short of a disgrace the building was ever allowed deteriorate in the manner it did.
(c) leonotron.com
(c) leonotron.com
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I’d like to thank the people at Grand Grand for bringing a smile to my face with these images.
I picked up some ‘Keep Going Sure It’s Grand’ pieces just before Christmas from the market at Block T, now it seems the Grand Grand Cartel are of to the Royal Hibernian Academy as a pop-up shop. I’ll be sure to drop in, there’s a spot in the hall way for some words of wisdom.
Posted in Events, Football Articles, Uncategorized, tagged Bohemian FC, Bohs, Dublin Derby, Dublin Football, Dublin Life, football, Football Derbies, Football Derby, Shamrock Rovers on April 13, 2011| 10 Comments »
Be there
Crowds this season are up, with Sligo and Derry drawing the guts of two and a half thousand a game and Rovers getting their usual “full house.” One thousand tickets have gone to them for this game, and I expect a crammed Jodi Stand for Bohs. With Rovers in the shed, the proximity of both sets of fans is going to make for one hell of a game. While the pull of this game is understandable, hopefully those making their trip to Dalymount for the first time, or for the first time in a while, realise that football in this country isn’t going to survive unless there are heads coming through those gates week in, week out. (A few quid spent in the bar or the club shop wouldn’t go astray either…) What should be a tight, and tense affair may go some way to attracting people back. My heart is already in my mouth, and I truly can’t wait to get up to Dalymount on Friday. Derby day is always special, lets hope this one is no different.
Come on Bohs.
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There is a good report of the protest on Kildare Street today following events in Mayo over here, on the website of the WSM.
The message of todays event, which was organised by an ad hoc group of organisations and individuals concerned with justice, equality, and women’s and human rights under the heading ‘Say no to the trivialisation of rape’, was that rape is not a joke.
Organiser Susan Ms McKay from the National Women’s Council said: “Jokes about rape are never funny. Rape is recognised in law as being second only to murder in terms of gravity. An Garda Síochána are responsible for upholding the law and for protecting the public. Their behaviour must be exemplary, and they must respect the people they serve. That includes women. We are half the population, and we are the majority of the population at risk when it comes to crimes of sexual violence.”
Posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2011| 4 Comments »
I was on Barmyflags getting a flag priced last night. I’ve always wanted an ‘Atletico San Patricio’ flag for Inchicore on Friday nights, it sounds a bit exotic for the League of Ireland and indeed the style of football played here!
Low and behold, Atletico San Patricio are a real club:
The other Saint Patrick's Athletic F.C
They play their football in Argentina. Like in Inchicore, they seem to have an ultras grouping behind them, notice the smoke and wavey’s:
Between our shared red and white kits, love of a good ultras performance and the whole matter of a name, maybe there’s a friendship there.
Their average gates seem to be in the low hundreds, I wonder if they’re aware of the Atletico San Patricio who have played from Berlin to Glasgow?
It’s nice to share a name with another football club, not least when they’re named after Saint Patrick despite geographical distance.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2011| 3 Comments »
Gerry Breen, Lord Mayor of Dublin, is enjoying his strolls to work as of late. All has changed utterly on the streets of the capital.
I would have encountered eight beggars on a short walk through the city now I’m seeing just one. Begging is much more random now and it is not as pervasive or aggressive as it was before the new Act came into force.
It costs in the region of €1 million a year to operate the offices of the Dublin Lord Mayor, for those of you who like figures.
The lack of filthy poverty stricken lumpens on the street is the effect of a wonderful new law, which has seen 177 people arrested for begging on the streets of Dublin over the course of just a few weeks. This Irish Times report on the matter makes for interesting reading.
THE GARDA Síochána has arrested 177 people for “aggressive begging” in the two months since new begging legislation was introduced on February 2nd.
The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011 was enacted by the Government to deal with an increase in incidents of aggressive begging and harassment.
Beggars of course have a habit of getting in the way here, for example this man who disgraced the nation by appearing in the international press when Ajaj Chopra from the IMF was enjoying a leisurely stroll around the Stephens Green area. It is about time these economic criminals were brought to justice.
Gerry, enjoy the view.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2011| 2 Comments »
My thanks to Paul Reynolds for linking to these images on our Facebook page, they come from a wonderful set of photos he took at the Dublin Derby last night.
The match was unexciting, though perhaps more exciting for me than most people present owing to a wonderful day spent in The Palace Bar celebrating Flann O’Brien. We’ll leave it there.
Posted in Dublin History, Miscellaneous, Social History, Uncategorized, tagged April Fools Day, dublin, Dublin Life, Dublin Pranks, Pranks on March 31, 2011| 10 Comments »
We… well I, was thinking about launching an April Fools prank on here tomorrow to see how far it would spread (if it spread at all,) but these things rarely work well, and if they do, its the elaborate ones that do and I’m far too hungry to think of one of those. It got me thinking though of pranks that have been played out in this city. Below is my top five:
Save the Park!
5) Save the Park, 2006. In 2006, more than 250k listeners to the RTE radio programme “Mooney goes Wild on One” were informed of impending government plans as per a report entitled “Amended Programme for Rail, Integrated with Luas; First Official On- line Report” to build a dual carriageway with ten metre high screening walls down Chesterfield Avenue in the middle of the park. It was announced protestors had arrived to demonstrate the abominable plans. Pity they didn’t cop the abbreviation of the report spelt out APRIL FOOL.
"Like icebergs it was. Icebergs floating down the canal."
4) Icebergs on the Grand Canal, 1968. Not an April Fool this one, but an October one. October 1968 to be precise. JayCarax has an interesting piece on this here, that I’d only be doing an injustice in trying to re-hash for this piece. Just think of your average “Fairy Liquid in the fountain” trick times twenty.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2011| 1 Comment »
The people behind MylesDay have presented their schedule for events tomorrow in The Palace bar. I’ll be there until about 6pm, when I will depart for the Dublin Derby between Dublin 7 and Dublin 8. Drop in.
The Myles Day team is delighted to present the schedule for the inaugural MylesDay event, to be held this Friday in the Palace Bar. There is no admission fee, we would not burden the Plain People of Ireland so in these straitened times. But you are advised to arrive early, as due to the levels of interest, we are expecting something of a crush.
A “relaxed approach” should be taken with the interpretation of times – the actual time of performances may not be accurate enough to facilitate the setting of watches against the schedule
2:30 John Clarke,(brief) intro & kick-off
2:30 Val O’Donnell, Bookhandling
2:50 Carol Taaffe, The Third Policeman
3:10 David Wheatley, Keats & Chapman
3:30 Ed O’Loughlin, For Steam Men
3:50 James Stafford, At Swim-two-birds
4:10 Michael Carolan, The Brother
4:30 Peter Prior, The Mollycule Theory
4:50 Jack Lynch, Two in one
5:10 Frank McNally, Miscellaneous
5:30 Ann Russell, True biography of Myles na gCopaleen
5:50 Tim Casey, Trink and Intoxicating Ice Cream
6:10 Aidan Jordan, The Brother
6:30 MylesDay Quiz, results & prize giving
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