Scientologist loon claims they are behind an “an 85% drop in drug-related crime”. David Miscavige is the main-iac and global leader of these Abbey Street-residing flutes who claim to have captured a foothold here, selling books to at least one percent of the population and reducing crime without any evidence. But sure you can prove anything with ‘facts’. During the video, a clips alleges to show a broadcast from Irish … Read More
Ladri di biciclette
It would bring a tear to your eye. Dublin’s George’s St citizens take the law into their own hands and do a stranger a solid. h/t Brian McCarthy
Glorified Piss Lands Ming in hot water
Speaking in the Dáil today, Deputy Luke Ming Flanagan challenged Minister with Responsibility for NewEra Project (Natural Resources and Environment), Fergal O’Dowd, with a bottle of water taken from Co.Roscommon. “What are you going to do about the people who live outside my town, Castlerea…who are forced to drink this? The people in my area are expected to drink glorified piss and you are going to charge them for … Read More
[The Rant] Just In The Nick Of Time rabble#7 Hits The Streets.
So here it is, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, and we’ve just about managed to scrape it in on time… or at least in time for our heartless Christmas jibes to make any sense before December 2014. Yep, 2013 is almost over and the country is still shit and everyone is still leaving. Although we heard on the radio today that everything’s going to be fine now … Read More
The Essential Protestor’s Survival Kit
Nevin Oztop of KAOS GL – Turkey’s magazine for the LGBT community – gave us the run down on what you need to survive Turkey’s street protests. 1: Anti-acid, milk and lemon are useful for burns on skin. 2: Baby Shampoo is also good for washing out your eyes (by the way, contrary to how they advertise it, I experienced it myself that baby shampoo does burn your eyes … Read More
Session Pixies: Holistic Lifestyle Column from #rabble6
After a hectic summer of early morning kitchen japes and outsmarting festival security, the session pixies are back with a plethora of zany lifestyle advice… Dear Session Pixies, I moved to the arsehole of nowhere last year for work. The country living has been great but I do get bored outta my skull, so I occasionally get one a mate in Holland to post over some yokes, … Read More
Gombeen #6: The Highway Rat
In the Highway Rat, the rat’s kleptomania means “he even stole his own horse’s hay”. Similarly, ISME’s Rat has given full-blooded support to austerity, stridently opposing minimum wage increases and calling for the abolition of all Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreements. These measures hammer the living standards of the 777,000 SME sector employees, destroy their purchasing power, and send more small businesses to the wall (businesses are closing … Read More
#rabbleClassix: Six Songs for Bohane
Bohane. The Vice City of a future Ireland whose invented patois and richly drawn characters won author Kevin Barry this year’s IMPAC award for his debut novel that tells its tale. No Vice City is complete without its own soundtrack and we here at rabble asked Kevin to offer up some of his suggestions, what he called “Six Songs for Bohane.” ‘Rema’ by The Observer All Stars … Read More
Flash Fiction: The New Evangelist
Nobody could have anticipated the remarkable transformation that Rhona Blackwell underwent after her exposure to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. She had started in U.C.D. like any other run-of-the-mill Killiney girl. Her social circle had been preordained since secondary school; she had joined all the correct societies such as Fashion-Soc and Young Fine Gael (on the advice of her dad). Rhona Blackwell had it all; the looks, the friends, the … Read More
Not so funny now
Frankie Boyle, the Scottish comedian known for his controversial wise-cracks has gone on hunger strike. He’s doing so to highlight the case of Shaker Aamer – the last British detainee in Guantánamo Bay. Boyle has previously awarded a £50,000 compensation payout from a defamation case against the Mirror newspaper to highlight Aamer’s case. Clive Stafford Smith, who represents Aamer had gone on hunger strike in solidarity with his client and Boyle … Read More