Above: A still from the Youtube promotional video for the Green Ribbon campaign. Watch it here. This month sees the roll out of the Green Ribbon campaign, one of them cosmetic marketing pushes that state departments channel millions of euro into in order to create a nationwide perception that your government is being proactive. Sean Finnan says it’s far from enough. The Green Ribbon Campaign is rolling out over … Read More
#ruckusAlert: Trust In The Green Hut Takeover in D7.
Some pals of rabble have put together this gig upstairs in The Hut on Friday to cover the running costs of the Trust In The Green’s soundsystem showdown on September 27th. You can expect reggae, electro swing, drum n bass, RnB and Surf from those on the bill. The door price is snackbox cheap at €5. The now annual Trust In The Green event raises awareness around suicide prevention. Soom T is on the line … Read More
JTB Challenges The Stigma Around Mental Health.
We’ve featured JTB’s work in a past print edition of rabble, where it sat alongside an article talking to survivors of the Magdalene laundries. Now she has an exhibition to raise money for Niteline, they’re a listening and support service for students. On Monday September 22nd large blank canvases will be scattered around the walls of Filmbase and she will set about using them to portray her depression. This will all take … Read More
#rabbleReels: Driven
Phelim Drew burns with on-screen intensity in this short burst of film-making that lands blow after blow on Ireland’s corporate lackies. Meet Thomas, a man in his mid-forties who shits bricks as each bill piles up high with nothing coming in and imminent eviction brewing. Directed by Ian Thullier, this features a wonderful monologue about unregulated cowboys and a political class that twiddled their fingers while Ireland fell on its knees. If … Read More