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.
What’s happening to CF patients?
Orla Tinsley, the freelance journalist and prominent advocate for Cystic Fibrosis sufferers has been caught in the latest round of cutbacks and fuckups from the HSE. Her case gives a voice to the voiceless and highlights the life-threatening nature of the inadequacies of our health service. In the latest chapter of this sorry tale Ms.Tinsley has presented at St.Vincent’s hospital with chest pains. CF patients are highly susceptible to infection … Read More
Foetal Attraction
While our headline might not have been in the best taste, this article from issue 4 of our print mag deals with the timely issue of abortion legislation and has a look behind the scenes at Youth Defence. We hope to see many of you at the Dáil this evening, the Jesus Army are down there already with their big virgin heads and two pairs of socks inside their … Read More
#rabbleEye: Irish Photography
This week we’ve got work from the Irish Times Amateur Photographer of the Year, Aideen McFadden. Dublin based McFadden learned her trade here and in North America. Shooting in different media, and formats, her style brings humour and a touch of the surreal even to the more commercial of her work. Some examples below include band promos, wedding photography and a personal project that won the Photograph of the … 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
Lern too right gud
No doubt many of you rabble are awaiting acceptance letters from City Colleges, having jumped at the opportunity to study Journalism under the cultured hand of John Waters.
Life on the Edge
The Premier League’s favourite Spanish manager, Rafa ‘Fact’ Benitez, arrived at Chelsea to tumultuous applause. Applause that his for Di Matteo his predecessor, while fans held signs ‘Rafa Out’ just 15 minutes into his tenure. Now thanks to this site you can check if Rafa has been fired yet. It joins a host of sites that monitor the lives or careers of celebrities to war criminals Perhaps the most … Read More
Expert Group Report on Abortion
The expert group charged with reporting on the abortion issue in Ireland has returned it’s findings. Read them below. Clare Daly, who has led the rallying cry for legislation and change says ‘The expert group says we must provide for life-saving abortions where suicide is affected. So really the personal opinions of Fine Gael TDs shouldn’t really come into it.”
OutFoxed
We love it when FOX ‘News’ gets bitten by one of it’s contributors. Here’s a classic, Thomas Ricks a respected military historian declares that ‘this network was operating as a wing of the Republican Party’. Nice.