Since we posted the photo contrasting RTÉ’s coverage of last night’s Legislate for X Case Bill with reality (see featured image) our Facebook page has been flooded with new people claiming everything from ‘only Sky has a licence to broadcast from Kildare St.’ to ‘ Satellite dishes don’t work in Kildare St.’Bullshit. We have been covering news from outside the Dáil for years and while admittedly RTÉ rarely broadcasts … Read More
The Vigil. The Vote.
We’re outsde the Dáil listening to various degrees of fundamentalist nonsense on speakers broadcastng the ‘debate’ on Clare Daly’s Abortion Bill. Some stirring speeches coming through but there is an overwhelming feeling that while Opus Dei and the Knights of Columbanus dominate the benches of our more conservative political parties the rights of women in this country will always come second to the desires of elderly priests.
All That Glitters…
The corners cut and shortcuts taken during Ireland’s property boom mean that Priory Hall, negative equity and half-finished ghost estates are but the very tip of a continental-shelf sized iceberg, and every day brings new titanic tales of grief and misery. The latest mayday to reach our ears came in a short, single word: Pyrite. Pyrite occurs naturally in certain rock formations. Left alone in the ground it’s … Read More
Elmo says Boo
Sweet suffering feck, is no one safe from Paedogeddon? We always distrusted Jimmy Savile but Elmo?? srzly? *cries* who’s next, Bosco? More on the Elmo story here. Those of you in need of some light relief, we recommend a bit of classic Brass Eye –
CERN wasn’t the first
We like a bit of underground here at the rabble dungeon but we’d no idea about this until we slid across it this morning on t’internet. It seems the yanks abandoned a CERN-like super collider only after pumping $2bn into the ground in Texas. After building 14 miles of tunnels the projected expenditure was topping out at $12bn and the govt. pulled the plug, deciding instead to invest in … Read More
We will marry your boyfriends
A new video from the Unsolicited Project pokes fun at women voters in the USA whose states haven’t approved gay marriage. “We Will Marry Your Boyfriends”
Gombeen #5: Dermot Desmond
Out there among the clusterfucks of wholesale financial “products”, Desmond broods over his €1.35 billion fortune and laughs in the face
of the now deceased “Robin Hood Tax” which Consigliere Noonan sorted out recently, ensuring speculative behaviour on the markets will not be be reasonably taxed.. No! That cold, hard cash has to come from Household Charges, Water Taxes and Civil Service Pensions.
A Mix For Mongos
We had the pleasure of having Fran Hartnett down to play at one of our parish fundraisers nearly a year ago. Sweatbox. That is all need to say. The more miscreant among you might be familiar with Mongo. A regular all dayer event that pops up on Bank Holiday weekends. The past wee while has seen it take over the Grand Social. To get around our obnoxious licensing laws it … Read More
Rough Cut & Ready Dubbed.
Came across this little gem of musical documentary making over the weekend. The scenes with Stiff Little Fingers are amazing, and the rooks come rolling hard. What’s nice about it is the sense of the punk scene’s immediate energy. It’s not judged on its legacy or weighed up by cultural historians or scene leaders looking back frustrated on their youth – rather it just happens in front of you on … Read More
Bundles
The last few bundles of issue 5 are making their way to you rabble, around the country and further afield. Message us yer details if you think you can distribute some before they’re all gone…