Did ya stay in out of the cold and miss the DCTU march? Well, ya can check out the selected highlights here.
TShock Transforms Dublin. Win A Print Here!
Remember that Dublin bus Tshirt that got the maker in a spot of legal warning? Well, Tshock are back with this rather nifty riff on the logo used to celebrate the 1988 millennium of Dublin. 2013 will mark 25 years since the people of Dublin celebrated 1000 years of history with a year-long extravaganza involving milk bottles, 50 pence pieces and an inflatable giant. The Dublin 1988 Millennium anniversary … Read More
Anti Austerity March
Thousands marched in the capital today to protest against cuts and the Household Charge. Early Garda estimates of 4,000 were wildly short of the mark as organisers and participants were surprised at the large turnout.
Be The Holy Smoke.
Provincial papers often provide fodder for magazine sections like The Phoenix’s Bog Cuttings. Apart from the reports of Nazi saluting drunks, men watering their horses and glass bottle fights; one thing that always stuns this rabbler is the court reports around drugs in his home town. Last Sunday Jim Cusak, a Sindo journalist published an article saying the state has lost the war on drugs. This was apparently based on the … Read More
J007bridge
You thought JobBridge was a terrible scam? This rather suspect position was posted on the British equivalent….
Nice work boys!
The reputation of the NYPD, which traditionally has been less than stellar and suffered a tarnishing in the eyes of the world for the false arrests and violent treatment of thousands of Occupy supporters, has taken another dive. While looking for a killer of three people the NYPD released a template sketch of a black man with sunglasses. Salvatore Perrone, a 64 yr old, balding, mustachioed man of Italian extraction … Read More
Slaves to Love
Today in the slavery capital of the middle-east an Irishman and his English girlfriend have been sentenced to three months in jail, deportation and a fine of over €600 each. Their crime? Well on the word of a taxi driver with whom they had an argument over a fare, the couple are accused of having sex in the back of a taxi and being drunk. Conor McRedmond from Tullamore and … Read More
rabble Reels: Larry Levan
Okay, so this starts fairly slow and wanky. But let it go and you are in for a deadly history of some of the highs and lows of disco.
Any of you received this automated call?
This automated call has been doing the rounds over the last 48 hours. Looks like someone in the pro-life movement is getting scared. That’s democracy for ya!! Courtesy of our friends over on Shit Youth Defence Say this is a recording of an unsolicited automated message that has been doing the rounds in the last 48 hours. It’s the type of garbled yes speak the government referendum commission would be proud of. Churning … Read More
#rabbleRaker: Ireland’s Greatest Cover-Up?
What happened on the night of 8th July 1985 and is it still being covered up? At a meeting of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, convened to hear the views of Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan on all aspects of crime, TD Finian McGrath tried to raise the case of Fr.Niall Molloy. He was ruled out of order by chair David Stanton (FG TD Cork East). The committee went into closed … Read More