The unpaid workers from Paris Bakery have occupied the premises on Moore Street. Gardaí were called and the owner Yannick Forel and staff were spoken to. It seems that undercover Gardaí on site were not going to prevent the occupation of the premises earlier today. Follows the statement issued by workers, see links at bottom for continued updates. UPDATE: Billy Wall from OPATSI Union (representing the workers) is denied access by … Read More
BAI Finds RTÉ Report Unfair To MEP Candidates
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has found against RTÉ in it’s unfair coverage of two MEP candidates, Bríd Smith and Paul Murphy.. Here’s an extract from decision of the Compliance Committee. All spelling and formatting errors are their own. The Committee considered the broadcast and the submissions from the broadcaster and the complainants. Having review the material, the Committee has decided to uphold the complaint in part. In reaching this … Read More
#rabbleChoons: Roberts/Robertson
Folk music at its best is the living, beating heart of human experience and you will find few records that encapsulate this idea so beautifully and devastatingly as Hirta Songs, a collaboration between musician Alasdair Roberts and poet Robin Robertson. “We drowned our dogs with heavy rocks, and gave them up to water’s trust.” The album is a reflection on the exodus of Hirta, the most westerly island of St … Read More
Candidate Camera
‘Buachaill’ went door to door in Dublin with real government policies to see how popular Fine Gael & Labour are with the public. Posing as a Fine Gael candidate, he voices his support for the Water Tax, levies on wages and proposing a chimney tax. Did it go down well? “Get out of me garden now or I’ll ring the police.” “Get out that gate before I fucking stab ya.” … Read More
White Envelopes
Ah sure, it’s what you do during an election. Council candidate, Noel Rock of Fine Gael pledges himself as the ‘No Expenses’ candidate for the Glasnevin/Whitehall/Ballymun ward in the upcoming local election. Noel has his canvassing material delivered in Seanad envelopes. h/t John Nisbet
Yeast-er Rising
The French are Revolting. As many as 20 staff of the Paris Bakery restaurant on 18 Moore St. are picketing the premises this morning over unpaid wages. Reports from staff who arrived to work this morning at the historic address are that they found themselves locked out without notice. Some haven’t been paid since March, one worker claims to be owed €3,o00. The Bakery’s premises is due to be bulldozed … Read More
The Ombudsman’s False Teeth.
An Garda Siochana and GSOC. They don’t like each other, right? You would expect this type of relationship between the police and a body tasked to tackling police abuses and corruption. Immediately after allegations of GSOC’s surveillance surfaced, teeth were bared, fur flew and blood was drawn. Mark Malone takes stock of the scrap. The commissioner and Alan Shatter both came out with statements riddled with half truths. But after … Read More
Gerry And The Namechangers
Gerry Gannon has council heritage officer’s approval to change Priory Street in Clonskeagh, south Dublin to Park Street. Priory Street sounds too close to ‘Priory Hall’ the evicted development that brought shame to Irish construction and government oversight. Gannon, well there’s no shame in that name it seems. The Maple (Anglo) 10 developer, Gerry, owes us over €1bn although his lifestyle doesn’t seem to have been pinned back as much … Read More
#rabbleReels: Driven
Phelim Drew burns with on-screen intensity in this short burst of film-making that lands blow after blow on Ireland’s corporate lackies. Meet Thomas, a man in his mid-forties who shits bricks as each bill piles up high with nothing coming in and imminent eviction brewing. Directed by Ian Thullier, this features a wonderful monologue about unregulated cowboys and a political class that twiddled their fingers while Ireland fell on its knees. If … Read More
#rabbleChoons: Midweek beats
Time for another round-up of some recent goings-on from Irish acts and labels. All streamable, and rakes of it downloadable…. DJ Q – ‘Trust Again’ (MAJOR GRAVE remix). Dublin grime producer Major Grave has been on fire over the past year or so. His track ‘Like A G’ was featured on ‘Grime 2.0’, a quality compilation from the legendary Big Dada label. Soon after this he dropped the … Read More