Most of us are familiar with RTÉ’s bias, be it through cosying up to government quarters, lambasting Sinn Fein, or constant under reporting of anti-water charge protests. Seamus L Moore takes a look at their role and service as the national public broadcaster and sets out to answer the age old question of why is RTÉ so shite?
Comp Here To Me.
Our companeros in the parish down the road have another sweet night of Dublin Songs and Stories lined up later on in the Sugar Club. They’ve hapes of top notch guests including Rory O Neill aka Panti Bliss who’ll be joined on stage by director Katie Holly, comedian PJ Gallagher and street artist Will St Leger are on the bill too. Full details are over on Facepuke and you can … Read More
RTÉ Piss Off Bishop.
Comedian Des Bishop took to social media this morning to complain about RTÉ censoring his material.
#rabbleReels: The Queen Of Ireland.
Due for cinema release on 21st October, The Queen of Ireland, is a documentary that traces Rory O’Neil’s journey from small town Ballinrobe to striding the world’s stage as Pandora ‘Panti’ Bliss. Rory/Panti came to world attention during the campaign for Equal Marriage in Ireland which culminated in a Yes vote on referendum day May22nd 2015. Catch up with all the background story via rabble’s Archive of Panti here.
Checkity Check Yo Self.
Harry Browne, Author of The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) gives us the low down on defamation, libel & the almighty power of the litigious. Libel is scary. As professional reporters, editors, presenters and producers, libel haunts us. In our every working moment, and in all too much leisure-time too, lurks the fear that we’ve said or suggested something, or we’re about to say or suggest something, … Read More
#soapbox: Norris Tears Into Iona
A typical firebrand speech from Senator Norris as he calls for an investigation into the Iona Institute from the floor of the Seanad. I listened to colleagues on these benches putting down motions that were effectively Apartheid. Had I been a Roman Catholic, a black person or a Jew and anything was attempted remotely like that the person would have been fired out of this house straight away. Would … Read More
Have Ye No Homophobia To Go To?
LGBT Noise organised a demonstration showing solidarity with Rory O’Neill (Panti Bliss) and opposing homophobia. The protest Facebook page was shared in the last day or two and a couple of thousand turned up this afternoon on South King St. outside the Gaiety Theatre. If Lucinda Creighton and the other anti-choice, anti gay rights advocates had organised a crowd a third the size of this after spending thousands of euro … Read More
Healy Eames wants games to stop after 2 hours
“I believe it is not unreasonable to demand some class of a microchip to be installed that shuts the game down after two hours” With a hat-tip to BreakingNews.ie we learned today that Galway Senator Freely Memes Senator Fidelma Healy Eames previously pledged to write to the National Consumer Association in 2011 to have chips fitted to gaming consoles so they will shut down after two hours. “Apart from the health … Read More
Choose. Life.
The main photo was taken tonight at the Life House on Capel St. in Dublin. It features pages from this evening’s Evening Herald which carries the leaked report on the death of Savita Halappanavar. The Life House is situated on possibly the most contradictory corner in any European capital. The Life House itself on the corner of Capel and Parnell St in distinctive red and white represents numerous, supposedly different … Read More
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