The FAI has released the 2013 Airtricity League Premier Division Fixtures. The first night, Friday 8th March, sees Bohs host UCD in Phibsbronx although the stand-out ties are Derry v Sligo at the Brandywell and St. Pat’s host Drogs in junkieland. Week two has a tasty serving in the form of a small club from Wicklow playing host to St.Pat’s at Tallaght Stadium and the final night of the season … Read More
Beep Beep! Privilege coming through!
Senator Fidelma Healy Eames of Fine Gael has been fined €1,850 for failing to tax her massive Merc. She wasn’t in court so her Solicitor told the judge she was ‘contrite’. It’s not the first and we guess it won’t be the last time we’ll hear of Eames in the press. She’s famous for other controversies including a row with a train ticket inspector after she failed to produce … Read More
Enda pipped at the post
Barack Obama has pipped Inda to the cover of Time for ‘Person of the Year’ 2012. The incumbent President of the USA, who spent billions to beat a mormon nutjob who wouldn’t win a seat on Tipp county council has endeared himself to the far right (or ‘liberals’ as they are known in America). Having already won the Nobel Peace Prize while bombing the shit out of most of the … Read More
A Sound Crowd History
Who? Sound Crowd, that’s who. Irish rave legends give an interview on FM104. They’ve been on something of a revival lately, twenty years after being one of the biggest dance acts on the island. This is the first part of an interview they gave to FM104 on the back of their 20th reunion gig a month or two ago. Francois Pittion, of UFO fame and Mark Kavanagh are going up … Read More
Foreshore Licence award disputed – How will media report?
An Taisce has alleged the Government acted unlawfully in how it granted a foreshore licence to an oil and natural gas exploration firm for the Dalkey Island prospect in Dublin Bay. In High Court proceedings, An Taisce claims the Government wrongly concluded an environmental impact assessment (EIA) was not required to be carried out prior to awarding the licence to Irish-listed company Providence Resources Plc. We wonder how this … Read More
Part of the Family?
Au pairs have been coming to Ireland for decades. Traditionally, young women travelled from European countries to learn English and experience a new culture. They would stay with a host family and were generally treated as a “family member” in a protective family environment. Until now there has been little research into the experiences and conditions of au pairs in Ireland. A major new report by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland … Read More
WTF??! €244k For A Website.
Terminal Four Solutions – a web services company has received €244,741.71 for “Professional services in relation to Presidency 2013 website”. At first glance it includes a link to a non-existent Youtube channel and a clunky calendar of events. If you’re going to spend a cool 1/4 of a mill on a website that will get fewer hits than an Enda Kenny pornsite why not get your legion of free … Read More
Anti-gay moral crusader destroyed by mistress
Here in rabble HQ we’re not ones for salacious tabloid tittle tattle (well not all of us) but we love a bit of hypocrisy from time to time. Conservative MP Bob Blackman (with a surname like that we can only imagine the raised eyebrows as his name was announced at Tory dinners) supports the reinstatement of Thatcher’s Section 28 – outlawing gay ‘propaganda’. Quoting the usual slew of creepy clichés … Read More
News Core
rabble brings a selection of links that have caught our eye in the last few days. We rely on you rabble for input, so please contribute the content that excites you, we love to read it. Below find stories of political prisoners, a soccer mom, Bertie, ninjas and more. Love your feedback. Ireland has lodged an application with the offices of the Guinness Book of Records for our … Read More
Starbucks Seasonal PR Backfire
Send them an end of year “pay your bleeding taxes…” We covered Starbucks scurrilous tax avoidance in Ireland and the UK a wee while ago. They’ve only paid €35,000 in taxes here since 2005, while paying €5.7m in royalty and licensing fees to its parent company. Amazing figures really and says an awful lot about the amount of profit being sucked out of the country – nothing illegal about it at all. … Read More