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Faded and Forgotten.

In #rabble11, Blog, Print Editionby Bob FitzpatrickLeave a Comment

Dublin’s Henrietta St is well off the beaten track for most city dwellers. Bob Fitzpatrick took a gawk around it for us and discovered some rather unusual commemorative plaques. You stumble upon Henriettta St after straying too far past the boozers and restaurants of Capel St, or if you’re the more privileged sort swotting it up to enter the law profession it provides a handy back entry to the various … Read More

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Was It For This?

In Blogby Niall O'Sullivan1 Comment

Above: Some portraits celebrating the memory of the executed leaders of the 1916 rising at Arbour Hill last week. Check out more shots from Jamie Goldrick here.   Last week’s 1916 commemoration was a grandiose spectacle, imbued with a huge amount of national symbolism and with no cost spared. Niall O’Sullivan says it’ll change nothing for the growing thousands of homeless men, women and children in emergency accommodation or those … Read More

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Can’t Get No Relief.

In #rabble11, Politicsby Maggie Corrigan2 Comments

  In February of this year Maggie Corrigan was consumed with making a documentary about homelessness in Dublin, specifically looking at how it affected lone parent families. It was impossible to find people willing to talk about their homelessness on camera when all of a sudden she found herself at the centre of her own housing nightmare. As the due date loomed closer for my documentary, I decided to look … Read More

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Mountjoy Street Eviction Update.

In Blogby Fedayn

Activists from the Irish Housing Network have barricaded themselves in with four families facing eviction from numbers 54 and 55 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7. The group is calling for support as they expect a second attempted eviction at 5pm. “There was an attempted forced eviction at 10 with unidentified heads breaking open a door and removing property including kids passports. The property was taken back by activists. People here are expecting … Read More

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What Defines Recovery?

In Blogby FedaynLeave a Comment

Is this really a recovery? Most recent CSO figures hint at same old problems. We bought a lot of books for Christmas but our wages seem to go to landlords and new taxes so once again retailers are getting stung.

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A Critical Chorus.

In Blogby Rashers TierneyLeave a Comment

While clowns like Tom Barry are selling up their houses over fears property hating communism has come to Ireland in the form of those new housing measures, a more sane criticism grows as people finally digest what the new measures really mean. Among that growing critical chorus is the Dublin Tenant’s Association.  Central to their disagreement is the fact that tenants will basically receive two years worth of rent increases in … Read More

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Castlecomer Communism.

In Blogby Rashers TierneyLeave a Comment

Looking for something to listen to as you wind in the last working hours before the weekend? Give the latest podcast from our old mucker Fin Dwyer a listen.   It’s about the land war, secret societies and coal in his home town of Castelcomer. Here’s what he has to say about it: “In the aftermath of the famine the people of Castlecomer were shell-shocked, reeling from years of death, … Read More

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#takeFive: Dublin’s Top Five Bougie Areas.

In #rabble10, Blog, Humour, Print Editionby rabble9 Comments

Dublin is being socially cleansed of rabble like us, either through the pressure of emigration or having to hightail it to the ‘burbs over rackrent prices. These days the meeja, politicians and other muppets declare the rise of the Celtic Phoenix, while landlords write letters to santy asking for another bubble. As the Harboisation of large swathes of the city continues, we’re pinning our hopes on third generation really existing … Read More

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Dear Dublin 7.

In Blogby Rashers Tierney14 Comments

With rent prices sky rocketing across Dublin, many friends of rabble are upping sticks and heading to pastures new. Pauliina Spockinen is one of these. She penned this wistful farewell to D7. Have you been pushed out of an area you loved?   dear dublin 7, it’s time for us to part ways. i never thought it would come to this. i suppose i knew something was up when you … Read More