There’s far more to hip-hop in Limerick than the Rubberbandit’s codology. It’s roots run deep. Rashers Tierney had a very late night chat with Shane Curtain, he’s the chair of Make A Move – a community arts festival that you should really mark on your calendar. Some of the other rabblers were down at Make A Move last year. Reports were good. Can you give us the low down on … Read More
Traveller and Roma Groups Launch Double Pride Poster Campaign.
Monday saw the launch of a new poster which aims to raise awareness of LGBTQ issues in the Traveller and Roma communities. Darragh Lynch spoke to Kat Bahramian from Pavee Point about the project. The poster was designed by a group of young people from these communities, facilitated by a collaboration between Pavee Point, BeLonG To and LGBT Pavee, and was timed to coincide with both Traveller Pride week and … Read More
Late And Off The Point
In today’s Irish Times, Rosita Boland speaks with Catherine Corless, the Tuam historian who spent thousands of Euro and many years researching the case of Tuam’s Bon Secours dead. The IT draws a strange conclusion: ‘Tuam mother and baby home: the trouble with the septic tank story – Catherine Corless’s research revealed that 796 children died at St Mary’s. She now says the nature of their burial has been widely … Read More
They Called It Acieed.
Rashers Tierney chats to Piers Sanderson. He’s the director of a documentary about the early 1990’s Blackburn rave scene that saw a generation find wholly new uses for warehouses in the hard hit North of England. The presence of Thatcherism hangs heavy in your trailer for your doc. Tell me what life up north was like under her Iron fist? Was rave a political response in a sense or more … Read More
Who Works Here Belongs Here
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland has been kicking against the pricks for ten years now. Rashers Tierney sat down for a chat to see how the battle for inclusivity is progressing in the land of a thousand welcomes. rabble has collected anecdotal accounts of the rise of workplace bullying during the recession. Is the hidden sector of Domestic Work an area that is particularly open to bullying and abusive behavior … Read More
Tackling The Drug War On The Home Front.
Throwing all jokes about students and sensible drug consumption aside, Students For Sensible Drug Policy Ireland are set to challenge the state’s prescriptive strictures on drug use.Rashers Tierney catches up with Seán Lynch. He’s a founding member of the group and it’s their first conference this weekend. You lot represent the Irish wing of a more international movement. Can ye tell me how you got set up here and what the aims of … Read More
What’s In Yer Baggy?
With the rise of EDM stateside came the increased use of chemical enhancers. In steps the Bunk Police, they’re probs the only coppers you wouldn’t mind showing up at your rave and telling you what’s in your baggy. Rashers Tierney fields them a few questions. There seemed to be more caution around pill use years ago than now. There was a much more heightened awareness of the need for pill/drug testing in … Read More
Acroplane: A Net Label Fable From Up North.
Northern Irish label Acroplane Recordings has been filling our ears with some seriously impressive electronic releases over the years. Myles Ni Gangstaleen catches up with head honcho Paul Acroplane for a chat. We even got a wee present for yiz all too. An exclusive track by Pat Hime from their most recent release, which you can stream / download below. Their roster has included international acts such as Somatic Responses, Mad EP, … Read More
#spareChange: Happy As A Pig In Shit.
Pull on a pair of crusty old boots and get all willy wonka with us as we chat to Thomas Smith about edible landscapes, homemade toasters and much more from the world of permaculture. Thomas is involved in The Happy Pig. It’s a potential free space being set up by a bunch of heads with a 3-acre small holding way out Wesht. With promises of free booze our ears piqued … Read More
#outBeyond: Chomsky on TPP – The Biggest ‘Trade’ Agreement In History
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is an agreement between the US and other Pacific executives and the most powerful organisations. It is being described as NAFTA on steroids and possibly the most important and impactful agreement in history – yet without these two Wikileaks leaks we would know almost nothing about it. Noam Chomsky briefly explains what it is on the Laura Flanders show. Watch another 5 minute clip from … Read More