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
#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
Change Comes From Those With Nothing Left To Lose.
On the off chance that you may find yourself in any doubt whatsoever as to the fact that political parties are naught but refuges for vile shit-spewing serpents, Scratch That Itch lays things straight. A New York governor once said, ‘You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.’ This little titbit may prove a useful anecdotal conversation-piece for the youth of our nation. Especially since the recent budget which directly … Read More
End JobBridge.
Youth groups representing workers, students and the unemployed have joined together to call for an end to the JobBridge scheme.
Gombeen #7: Jay Bourke
Regular rabble readers may remember immaculately coiffured Dublin ballbag Jay Bourke during the well documented troubles regarding the windup of his Shebeen Chic venture some years ago. Mr Bourke landed in hot water after irregularities emerged surrounding the timely payment of rent for the South Great George’s Street premises. The restaurant/bar was shut down eventually, after a long protracted battle in the High Court over €92.000 of unpaid VAT, and … Read More
#rabbleRaker: Mission Accomplished
It has been three years since Jonathan Sugarman first left comments below an article on the Guardian website. His story has since been raised in the Irish and Austrian parliaments, covered in publications across the EU, German, Belgian and Australian network television, reports have occasionally dotted the Irish media. Simon Price looks at the legal and media response. The facts; Sugarman resigned as Risk Manager at Unicredit Ireland in … Read More
#rabbleReels: 80 Blocks From Tiffanys
Tonight’s fare is a firm favorite in rabble land. Capturing as it does the bombed out story of the Bronx in the mid-1970s and the gangs that ruled the roost. You’ve oft heard how New York in the ’70s was a rough looking place, nowhere more so than the South Bronx. Gary Weis’ 80 Blocks From Tiffanys is based on a long piece of prose from Esquire magazine about the two gangs … Read More
#rabbleComp: Win A Double Pass To Sparks.
Sceal Eile productions have given us a freebie to fire out to some of ye filthy fecks. This Pat Hynes scripted affair sets out to be a twisted comedy about life in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. There are 8 characters and all of them are played by Darren Killeen, who popped up in Game of Thrones S2. The whole shebang originated as a radio play that ended up short-listed for RTÉ’s PJ … Read More
Why aren’t we talking about expropriating the rich?
If you were following the news in recent days you’ll have seen some staggering statistics from Oxfam on global wealth inequality. According to their numbers: The wealthiest 85 people on the planet own as much as the poorest 3,500,000,000 – the bottom half of the population. The wealth of the richest 1% of people in the world amounts to $110tn, or 65 times as much as the poorest half of … Read More
Up Up And Away: What’s Going On With Dublin’s Property Prices?
With everyone seemingly going ga-ga over the rise in house prices, it’s like Ireland has made a miraculous recovery. Hold off on buying that champers-fuelled jetpack just for a moment though, as Stephen Bourke looks into the housing crisis that is still very much in existence. The great big Bank of Ireland ad on Manor Street says something like, “I thought I’d be renting for the rest of my … Read More